{"id":990,"date":"2016-07-12T21:43:17","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T01:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2016-07-12T21:43:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T01:43:17","slug":"sarah-dessen-saint-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Dessen &#8220;Saint Anything&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1689213025\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1689213025\">There&#8217;s something comforting in Sarah Dessen&#8217;s writing. Easy-reading for the summer.<\/span><\/span><img data-attachment-id=\"991\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/20160712_211216\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2419,3605\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G850W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1468357936&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;3&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20160712_211216\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-201x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-537x800.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-991 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-537x800.jpg\" alt=\"20160712_211216\" width=\"191\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-537x800.jpg 537w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-201x300.jpg 201w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-768x1145.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-1024x1526.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160712_211216-e1468373768516-168x250.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1689213025\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1689213025\">Who doesn&#8217;t love some chick-lit?<\/p>\n<p><em>Saint Anything<\/em> regards all sorts of relationships. Family, friends, love, personal. This is laid out through the life of Sydney, who has always felt invisible. Her brother Peyton won the attention of many throughout their childhood. Peyton, however, begins to spiral out of control and finds himself in jail after a drunk-driving incident.<\/p>\n<p>This leads Sydney switching schools and meeting the Chathams family after deciding to visit the local pizza place after school one day. There she learns more about herself and begins to realize that she too deserves to be heard. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1689213025\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1689213025\">The novel is perfect for anyone looking for a quick and easy ready.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1689213025\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1689213025\">&#8220;How a song can remind you of something specific in your own life, like it belongs to you. But how personal can it really be if a million other people feel the same way about it? It&#8217;s like a fake meaning, on top of a manufactured meaning, divided by a true.&#8221; page. 159. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><del><em><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1689213025\"><span id=\"freeTextreview1689213025\">BOOM. hit the nail on the head with this quote. cough &#8220;Do I Wanna Know?&#8221; Is the perfect example of this. scratch that. The whole AM album cough.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/del><\/p>\n<p>Follow my reading adventures over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/14881056-victoria\">goodreads<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-990\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-990\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something comforting in Sarah Dessen&#8217;s writing. Easy-reading for the summer. Who doesn&#8217;t love some chick-lit? Saint Anything regards all sorts of relationships. Family, friends, love, personal. This is laid out through the life of Sydney, who has always felt invisible. Her brother Peyton won the attention of many throughout their childhood. Peyton, however, begins&hellip;<a href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sarah Dessen &#8220;Saint Anything&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-990\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-990\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/sarah-dessen-saint-anything\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Another booked down, another review written. 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