counting by sevens by holly goldberg sloan

The mother of two sons, Holly lives with her husband (the writer/illustrator Gary Rosen) in Santa Monica, California. She wrote the screenplay for Angels in the Outfield and directed The Big Green, as well as a number of other successful family feature films. Appleblossom the Possum was written by Sloan and Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington, DC, and Oregon (where she graduated from high school). Her book Just Call My Name is a follow up to I'll Be There and takes place several months after the ending of the first novel. Her next book, Counting By 7s, was Amazon's best novel of the year for middle grade.

My bad.Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington, DC, and Oregon (where she graduated from high school). I guess the preponderance of one sentence rave reviews should have clued me in. I just thought I'd lay out some thoughts for people like me who are older adults, love YA, and are wondering whether to get this audiobook. I realize this book was not written for my age bracket, and I am a lone dissenter here. I did not feel anyone was developed well enough to hook me in or make me care about them. The counselor's behavior was far-fetched, and the friend's mom's behavior strained any credibility. I did not find the other characters interesting or at all believable. I did not find it particularly sad or funny or happy or anything else for that matter. In addition, she was not very likeable to me. She sounded like she attended medical school. Willow's intelligence stretched my credibility levels. No way was I convinced this was a 12 year old speaking. Some of my thoughts as to why I am quitting it after 4 hours are the following: While I love Robin Miles as a narrator, this story and character, Willow, needed a younger voice.

I Guess I Am Just Too Old To Enjoy This Book!Īs an older adult who usually loves YA literature, I felt very surprised listening to this book, as I found myself enjoying it less and less as time went on.

Counting by sevens by holly goldberg sloan