My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody

Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Release Date: June 7, 2011
ARC Paperback: 299 pages
Source: Publisher
Rating:

PLEASE READ THIS! MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!

Okay, maybe that was a bit melodramatic, but I’m sorry, I’m feeling a bit melodramatic at the moment.

Here’s the deal. My name is Brooklyn Pierce, I’m fifteen years old, and I am decisionally challenged. Seriously, I can’t remember the last good decision I made. I can remember plenty of crappy ones though. Including that party I threw when my parents were out of town that accidentally burned down a model home. Yeah, not my finest moment, for sure.

But see, that’s why I started a blog. To enlist readers to make my decisions for me. That’s right. I gave up. Threw in the towel. I let someone else be the one to decide which book I read for English. Or whether or not I accepted an invitation to join the debate team from that cute-in-a-dorky-sort-of-way guy who gave me the Heimlich Maneuver in the cafeteria. (Note to self: Chew the melon before swallowing it.) I even let them decide who I dated!

Well, it turns out there are some things in life you simply can’t choose or have chosen for you—like who you fall in love with. And now everything’s more screwed up than ever.

But don’t take my word for it, read the book and decide for yourself. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll scream in frustration. Or maybe that’s just me. After all, it’s my life.

My thoughts…

Jessica Brody knows how to bring the fun! I was giggling like crazy throughout this entire book. My Life Undecided was just overall a fun read! Although it was humorous and hit the spot, it was also heart breaking. It just captures everything about a real teen’s life and the essence of decision making. Whether the decisions are just everyday ones or huge ones, it doesn’t matter. They all play a roll in how things play out and this seemed to be the overall concept here.

Brody has a crisp writing style and it plays along with the story so well that I actually got lost in Brooklyn’s world! Brooklyn is quite the fun character. She’s in style and up to date on the latest trends. She’s popular and has a best girlfriend who has all the same interests…boys and fashion. That’s all until she makes a very bad decision to throw an awesome party in her mom’s model home, which goes awry. Brooklyn ends up getting into major trouble. She up and decides her decisions will be managed by her blog followers.

I can’t tell you how many times the narration from Brooklyn made me laugh…out loud. By myself. She was full of awesome and spunk. She wasn’t afraid to go through with the decisions her blog followers made. Along the way she meets cute boys, Hunter and Brian. Hunter I wasn’t really a fan of. He was too bad bad boy for me, as in he didn’t make a good bad boy, haha! On the other hand, Brian, was the dorky-friend-type guy I fell for from the start.

My Life Undecided is about learning from mistakes and taking all things into consideration. There’s consequences and rewards, it comes with the territory of growing up. I loved the overall message here and it was written in such a fun way, there’s no way you’d be bored! Romance plays a small role and (even though I love me some romance) I liked it that way. I liked that the focus was on Brooklyn’s adventures and mishaps.

I suggest this book to anyone who wants a fantastically funny read! I hope you all can get your paws on a copy and…guess what?! You have a chance to win my copy below!

One of my favorite quotes from the book:

Technically, it was me who started the fire. But I’m not lying when I say it was an accident. I may be decisionally challenged but I’m no pyro. I just thought the party would be that much better if we had fajitas.

Giveaway time! Rules & entry form…

1 winner will get an ARC copy of My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody! My ARC is a bit damaged from the shipment and there is a section that was print wrong, so the pages are short. None of the text is cut off though!

• You must be at least 13 years old to enter
• Name, email, and address is needed
• Winner’s mailing address will not be shared
• U.S. and Canada residents only
• Giveaway ends June 22, 2011, 11:59 pm PST

Please fill out the form here!

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