Audiobook7 hours
The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I
Written by Carolyn Mackler
Narrated by Laura Knight Keating
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Virginia Shreves' world implodes again in this long-awaited follow-up to Printz Honoree The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Sixteen-year-old Virginia Shreves' life is finally back on course: she's accepted who she is inside and out and is rebuilding her relationship with brother Byron, whose date-rape charge shattered everything. But just as she adjusts to her new normal, her world turns upside down again. Sparks with boyfriend Froggy fade, her best friend bombshells bad news, and then the police arrest Byron. As Virginia struggles to cope, she meets Nate, an artist with his own baggage. The pair vow not to share personal drama. But secrets have a way of coming out, and theirs could ruin everything. Just in time for The Earth, My Butt, and Other BIg Round Things' 15th anniversary, Virginia's hope-filled story of love, friendship, and the beauty in imperfection continues, by acclaimed author Carolyn Mackler.
Author
Carolyn Mackler
Carolyn Mackler is the author of the award-winning teen novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; The Future of Us, coauthored with Jay Asher; Tangled; Love and Other Four-Letter Words; Vegan Virgin Valentine; and Guyaholic. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.
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Reviews for The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I
Rating: 4.20833325 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved the story . It left me wanting more.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Very boring and anti-climactic compared to the first book. I kept waiting for the inevitable reveal, and the fallout from that lasted less than a chapter, with only one chapter left in the book. They also never really resolved the family drama of them falling into the same pattern, and pretending that Bryon did nothing wrong. The choice to focus on a romance was indeed A Choice. It took away a lot of the agency from Virginia's character, and a lot of her drive. Nothing wrong with romance plots of course, but all of the actual meaty, dramatic elements were pushed aside in favour of a gooey, poorly set up summer romance between two teens. It was just kind of boring overall.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a sequel, but it reads just fine on its own. It is a very realistic YA contemporary that does not shy aware from hard issues.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In this follow up to The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things, six months have passed. Virginia is feeling a bit better about herself, but only a bit. Then she meets Sebastian on line at the bagel store and her heart goes 'thump'. But she leaves without exchanging contact information and her thoughts of ever seeing him again vanish.It is serendipidous that they do meet, but of course, there are serious snags in this would-be romance. There are also family issues that, lying dormant for six months, ressurect themselves causing familial turmoil.Carolyn Mackler adds enough background information throughout the book to insurre readers don't necessarily have to read the first book. However, it is probably a wise thing to read The Earth, My Butt.... It's a very enjoyable two book series. Just beware, you're liable to hate Virginia's therapist mom...who has no clue how teens works, primarily Virginia.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Virginia Shreves is back in this sequel to The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things. She meets a new guy who seems really into her. And her brother, accused by a college friend of rape, is arrested, throwing her family into turmoil. When her sister returns from her stint in Africa, Georgia realizes that maybe she isn't really the black sheep of the family after all - that nobody is as perfect as she thought. And her new boyfriend makes things both happier and more complicated.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Virginia has always been curvy, and her feelings about her body have long been complicated. Her family’s attitudes toward her weight haven’t helped. She was thrilled to find a boyfriend (see The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things), but now she’s not sure she even likes the guy all that much. If she breaks up with him, will she ever be part of a couple again? Then, family drama breaks out, not to mention friend drama, summer employment, and the dreaded driving test.I read The Earth, My Butt... back in library school (how is that even 10+ years ago already?), and this book picks up right where that one left off. I’d be interested to see how that works when reading the two books together, since this one name-checks stuff like Minecraft and Hamilton, placing it pretty definitely in the present. On the other hand, I have only the vaguest memories of the earlier book and had no problem following this one, so it works just fine as a stand-alone. I read this all in one evening, so obviously I liked it a lot. Great characters, interesting conflicts, good pacing — if realistic YA is your thing, this one’s worth reading.