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Title: My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters
Author: Sydney Salter
Category: Fiction, Young Adult
Why I Read It: I went to a writing workshop where this book was recommended.

Summary: Soon-to-be-a-senior Jory has a Super Schnozz, so she gets a job and starts saving up money for plastic surgery. Maybe then Tyler Briggs will notice her.

Stopped on Page: 22
Why I Stopped: Another casualty of that string of great books. This may be a good book, but for me, it didn’t compare to the ones I’d just finished.

The main reason I stopped reading is that the voice sounded too young for a girl who’s about to be a senior. An example, where Jory is talking about getting to borrow the family minivan after having an accident in her car:

I was still slightly shocked that Mom had let me drop her off at work early and borrow the minivan. Like I keep saying, it was an accident! I thought I was hitting the brakes, but I was hitting the gas instead. It was only in the movie-theater parking lot, and I totally blame the guy for looking like Tyler Briggs. Really, it was no big deal. Except that I lost my car. One little mistake and my car becomes too expensive to insure. (You’d think the Mercedes I hit would’ve had a sturdier bumper!)

Your Turn: Should I have kept going? Or was I right to stop?

Note: As an aspiring author, I respect the extraordinary amount of effort that goes into writing a book. I did not write this review in order to be unfair or negative about the book. My goal is simply to articulate why the book wasn’t for me.

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