an ok book, not nearly as good as her book 10 things. but still worth reading.

Okay so the book was extremely frustrating sometimes because they kept messing everything up and ivy was so frantic about everything I wanted her to chill out but it was fun at times and interesting seeing how things changed.
The ending really made up for the eh-ness of the entire story though. I really liked how life turned out after they finally decided to stop screwing with the past. I liked it but it wasn't my favorite thing to read and it took me nearly a month to get through it.

It's senior skip day and Devi is spending it at the mall alone. She's returning a watch she bought for her now ex-boyfriend Bryan. She has zero friends because she made her whole high school life around him. She starts thinking about what could happen if she was able to talk to a younger version of herself and warn her away from Bryan. Maybe then she wouldn't be in so much pain right now. After dropping her phone in a fountain, it turns out she's able to do just that.

She tells Freshman Devi to steer clear of Bryan, be a better friend to her girlfriends, and focus on school and getting into a better college. Poor Freshman Devi ends up running around like a lunatic trying to keep up with all the changes that her actions make for Senior Devi... which also makes for some really cute and funny moments!! Eventually Freshman Devi figures out she might just have to make decisions for herself, and Senior Devi realizes that just because something doesn't work out the way you want it to, that doesn't make the experience worth throwing away.

I LOVE SARAH MLYNOWSKI!!! [b:Ten Things We Did|9266810|Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have)|Sarah Mlynowski|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1293821561s/9266810.jpg|14147661] was one of my favorite books last year, so I was really anxious to read another book by her. I was not disappointed! This book was so adorable I just wanted to pinch Freshman Devi's cheeks. But seriously I loved Devi's personality. I love how the author was able to create an older and younger version of the same person and it still felt like the same person. The story alternates between Freshman Devi and Senior Devi's POV, which might sound confusing, but they were different enough that it wasn't. Freshman Devi was so cute and naive that I was hoping somehow by talking to her future-self she would be able to retain some of that. Future Devi was too down and insecure. And then she became too obsessed with getting into the perfect school and getting a scholarship. She was too extreme. I liked how Freshman Devi was able to figure out how to balance out her life in a believable way.

This book is definitely a light, cute, fun read. I recommend it to anyone who is in the mood for a light-hearted easy to read book.

A definite departure from Mlynowski's other YA novels, I none-the-less really enjoyed this one. I like the underlying message in the book as well, that there has to be moderation in all things. Because the main characters did nothing but glom to each other their lives were the poorer for it. Yes they love each other, yes they should probably be together but they should have lives outside each other which in turn would strengthen their relationship. That's a nice change from the typical "love is the only thing that matters" message many YA romances seem to espouse.

I think that the concept of this book is fantastic. I always wonder about the impact of a simple choice, so books about the different lives a person could be living because of some decisions they make are must-reads for me. This one is different from everything else I've read, so I was really interested about it and I wasn't disappointed.

I loved how the younger and the older Devi felt like two different people - which they are, in a way. They're the same person, but their life experience makes them two separate people, which we often forget about our younger self. This book really made me realize how much a person, including myself, can change in a few years only. Also, I've always wondered about what I would think of my older self and vice-versa, so seeing something like that in a book was very interesting to me.

Although it's not explained all that much, I loved seeing the relationship aspect of this book. Devi's relationship with Bryan has done bad things to her life, but it's not all black or white. Through this experience, older Devi learns a lot about life and about her relationships with everyone around her, which was nice, since it's like her younger self taught her a few things. I do wish that we could have seen more of Bryan, since 1) he seems dreamy, and 2) he's from Québec, where I live. I wasn't expecting that, but it made me like him even more. His relationship with Devi sounds pretty intense because of how much in love they are, but I would have loved to see some of it, because it sounds extraordinary.

I loved this novel more and more as I continued reading it, so I would absolutely recommend it. It's not too serious, but it makes you think about your choices in the present, but also in the future. I'll make sure to look up the author's other novels now, since it's the first one I read from her!

I would not go so far as to say this book was horrible, or even bad necessarily, but I can't say I enjoyed it. I picked this book up because, although it was 300 pages, it seemed like it would be quick to read, and I am attempting to read a book every day next week and needed something fast. I decided to just read it now instead of waiting until next week because I finished my other library books and needed something to read.

I remember thinking the premise was relatively interesting when it first came out, when someone mentioned the book to me or something. The way whoever it was describe it to me made it sound infinitely more interesting than it actually was. The plot itself wasn't excessively awful, but I feel like a lot more nuances of the whole talking to your past self thing should have been stipulated, because I felt sort of cheated out of some good time travel-like problems that they would have faced.

The writing was very bland and juvenile and kind of dumb, like it could have been marketed for a twelve-year-old, maybe, the way it was written. I thought the way the moral was presented was kind of cliche, as was the moral itself: live life in the present, don't dwell on the past, and don't worry too much about the future. It was extremely obvious that this was going to be the moral at the beginning of the book, and there was little reinforcement or enrichment to that theme throughout the book to make it more layered and complex. The story was so predictable that the act of reading the book seemed almost futile in that I spent 300 pages getting to a final message that I already knew was coming at the beginning.

I probably would have enjoyed this book when I was eleven, maybe, and I guess I can't really criticize it too much because it is marketed maybe toward younger kids, who don't have my expectations and pretension.

ADORABLE!

Have I mentioned before that Sarah Mlynowski is the queen of adorable young adult fiction? If not, let's say it again! ADORABLE!

I picked up GIMME A CALL after reading Mlynowski's MAGIC IN MANHATTAN series. I had no idea what this one was about -- but I knew it would be cute. And, I certainly was not disappointed.

Devi, a high school senior, wasted most of her teenage years in a relationship with Bryan -- a cute, sweet, gorgeous boy who breaks her heart and dumps her senior year. Looking back, Devi realizes that she gave up good grades and great friendships for Bryan, spending all of her time hanging out with her boyfriend rather than studying or keeping up with the girls that have always been there for her. So now Devi is awaiting a future in a mediocre college totally alone. Why did she waste her high school years with a relationship that wouldn't even last?

One day Devi drops her phone in a fountain and realizes that it will only dial her own number -- except, someone answers the phone! It's Devi, as a freshman -- right before the downward spiral of Bryan began.

So senior Devi comes up with a fantastic plan. She will mentor her younger self, steering her away from Bryan and towards all of the extra-curricular activities and study groups that will set her on the right path to a scholarship to a top notch university. Then, she'll get freshman Devi to spend more time with her friends to ensure that senior Devi isn't spending her last days of high school alone. While she's at it, freshman Devi can even solve a few problems for some friends -- steering one friend away from the gymnastics team that led to years of disordered eating and keeping another friend from starting a relationship with a guy that would end in disaster. Why not save the world while saving her own future, right?

But senior Devi soon learns that every small instruction to her freshman self completely alterates the future in unexpected and often unexplainable ways, leaving Devi to wonder if it's even worth it to try and rewrite the past. Is it better to have love and lost than to never have loved at all?

Like I said, GIMME A CALL is utterly adorable, engrossing, entertaining, and loads of fun. I read the entire book in a single sitting and I couldn't wait to see how everything ended. I adore stories with time travel and I love young adult chick lit -- so this was a perfect combination of the two.

If you love Sarah Mlynowski, cute chick lit, light-hearted time travel, or teenage tribulations, definitely give this one a try. You won't be disappointed!

When her perfect boyfriend Bryan breaks up with her just weeks before their high school graduation, Devi is crushed. If only she could speak to her freshman-year self, she'd tell herself not to date him and spare herself the heartbreak! Well, when Devi accidentally drops her cell phone into the wishing fountain at the mall, she finds that she's able to call her 14-year-old self. This is going to change everything! Devi tells her younger self not to go out with Bryan... but little changes make big differences for senior-year Devi. Has she made things better or has she ruined everything?

This is a fun and fluffy chick lit novel and would make a great beach read for tweens. You don't have to think too hard about it and it's no more or less than a pleasant diversion. I had fun reading it and I think it would make a great Disney Channel movie.

Fun premise.