Deb caletti honey baby sweetheart pdf

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Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help. Los Angeles Public Library. Search Search Search Browse menu. Sign in. Honey, Baby, Sweetheart. Description Details Reviews A summer romance headed for heartbreak turns into a mother-daughter road trip in the name of true love in this story of love, loss, and redemption from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.

With Travis, Ruby can be someone she's never been before: Fearless. But Ruby is in over her head, risking more and more when she's with him. In an effort to keep Ruby occupied and mend her own broken heart, her mother, Ann, drags Ruby to the weekly book club she runs for seniors.

At first, Ruby can't imagine a more boring way to spend an afternoon, but she is soon charmed by the women she's spending time with. I stayed a long while, sat on the grass, and listened for the flapping sound of tight nylon wings against the wind.

I can see why a shy girl like Ruby would be attracted to this boy, but when she helps him rob her employer, who als This book was highlighted in the textbook I use to teach my YA lit class college level. The author also did a great job of building suspense. After the wall itself went up, masons with cement-splattered overalls came day after day to add small tiles of intricate designs. A girl named Ruby McQueen who points out the ridiculousness of her name herself dates the resident bad boy and precedes faletti get her heart broken.

Deb Caletti is rapidly becoming one of my favorite YA authors. While the romance is a huge aspect of the novel, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart contains much more. But from the beginning,we know things will not work out. Shy is the usual word. Return to Book Page. Deb Caletti is an award winning author and National Book Award finalist. Suddenly, all she ever thought Originally posted here. Media reporter, reviewer, producer, guest booker, blogger. Or is it? I love how Caletti takes a stereotype plot like this and whips it around into a heartwarming story about something completely different—something that makes you sad when the last page turns.

Ruby was naturally a keep-to-yourself type. When she suddenly catches the eye of the motorcyle-ridin' bad boy, Travis, Ruby unleashes her alter-ego that has been hiding inside her.

Suddenly things starts turning upside-down. Does Ruby really like Travis or does she just like the thrill of the wind rushing against her skin as they zoom down the highway. When Ruby and her family become invovled in a complicated mission to help Lillian, an elderly woman and fellow book-club member, unite with her true love, Ruby gets a lesson in more than just love.

Sometimes, adventure is way more exciting. They're so normal, they're people you know The humorous yet serious advice the seniors give Ruby is uplifting and inspiring. Highly, highly recommend. If you're a Deb Caletti fan already—what are you waiting for!? Feb 09, nidah05 SleepDreamWrite rated it liked it. For the most part, I liked this. When it wasn't focused on the bad boy subplot. But I liked how it got resolved at least. I found myself more interested in the mom's book club members and helping out a fellow member.

That also includes a road trip. And Ruby and her family bonding along the way, etc. Other than that, this was an okay but good in moments kind of read. Oct 04, Sarah Marie rated it liked it Shelves: romance , young-adult , standalones , books-i-own , pretty-covers , contemporary , great-heroine , lol-i-love-books-that-make-me-laugh , re-review , reread. Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti 3.

Whimsical Writing Scale: 3. Kick-Butt Heroine Scale: 3 Travis is a complete douchecanoe. Plotastic Scale: 3. I liked how Ruby learned to a lesson and became a stronger character. Jul 21, Chachic rated it really liked it Shelves: best-of Originally posted here. Based on the summary above, you'd think that this is just a contemporary YA novel with a love story. While the romance is a huge aspect of the novel, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart contains much more.

This is a story about a teenage girl finding herself. She believes she's in love with a bad boy when in fact, she's more in love with the idea of falling in love.

I could totally relate to Ruby even though she's known as The Quiet Girl and I've never been the shy type. In fact, I'm Originally posted here. In fact, I'm the opposite because I'm outgoing and really talkative. But Ruby's experiences in this book are universal. I also enjoyed reading about the secondary characters. Ruby's relationship with her librarian mother is pretty interesting and I like her closeness to her offbeat brother. The Casserole Queens, the book club for old people that Ruby's mother handles, also has a fascinating set of members.

Each geriatric person has a unique personality and they're all so quirky. From time to time, they also spout out some sort of wisdom, probably the kind that comes with old age.

The road trip orchestrated by the Casserole Queens is one of the highlights of the book. Old people rock! There are so many good lines in this book, I wanted to pause every time I found one so I could mark it. Good thing Goodreads has a feature where you can add your favorite quotes in a book. Here's one of my favorites: "A man's identity is complete through action, a woman's, when she has a man.

Through him. We fall off our high heels into the narrow crevasse of what it means to be female. Let me tell you. You fall in love and you think you're finding yourself. But too often you're looking inside him for you, and that's a fact.

There's only one place you can find yourself. This quote goes out to all my single girl friends out there! I know I keep saying this about well-written YA books that I discover nowadays but I really wish I could have read this when I was a teenager.

It's a beautiful book that tackles a topic that probably every teenager has experienced - how you try to change yourself because of other people. I know I went through that phase. This doesn't mean that the book doesn't have its share of humor because it does. Ruby is pretty funny and I found myself chuckling in certain scenes of the book. Plus like I mentioned earlier, the book has a great set of characters. I even liked the guy who owns the whale van even though he had such a small role in the book!

I highly recommend this one and I hope more people get to read it. This is the first Deb Caletti book that I've read but if her other books are as good as this, then I'm excited to read the rest of them. Shelves: fun-or-frivolity. My sister reviewed this book and made it sound so delicious, I had to get it. By the time it arrived, I had forgotten any of the details of her review--just a halo of "Dani" over the book--so I was expecting it to be really good. I started reading, and it was kind of horrible.

I kept going, getting more and more appalled, thinking, "She thought this was good?! What on earth am I going to say to her? The book isn't bad bad. There was a lot I liked. I cared about the main character, her mom, her brother, her boss, the minister, and several of the oldsters. I wanted them all to do well and be happy. Hell, I even liked the bad boy, Travis The author also did a great job of building suspense.

Even though in a way it's obvious what the main character will do, and it wouldn't be a story if she didn't, I still spent most of the book screaming to her, "No! Don't do it!!! The suffering and induced stupidity of obsessive love is portrayed extremely well here. Really the bad part is the writing.

Normally when I say that, I would mean it was poorly written, which this book is not. Instead, it reads like the product of reading too many books about how to be a good writer. Every time I start to read one of those books, I put it down again because I get afraid my writing is going to turn out exactly like this.

Too self-conscious, too many details added for color, too many eccentricities, WAY too many similes. Just be yourself, Deb Caletti, and your next book will be awesome. Feb 21, Savannah Books With Bite rated it it was amazing. What I liked most was the love and self discovery in this book. Have you ever fallen in love with a boy who is just all wrong for you.

He gets you to lie, do bad things and even almost gets you seriously hurt? The MC discover who she really is and not who the boy defines her as. Ruby meets a boy who not only make her fall fast but he knows it as well. Ruby thinks that because age loves him she can't be who she is. Her mother is a great role. She has been through a lot and shows Ruby what love re What I liked most was the love and self discovery in this book.

She has been through a lot and shows Ruby what love really is, but uniting a a friend with her long lost love. On this road trip I loved how string Ruby became.

She learned that she was not in love with but was in love his motorcycle. She was looking for something greater in life and found that in the adventure he took her on. Even if it was at the cost of getting hurt or in trouble. In the end, Ruby learns a valuable lessen in live and life. I loved the plot and the characters. All were greatly written and someone you could relate too.

The plot was so food it grab you and would not let go. If you like a book about self-discovery, adventure and love read this book!! This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

To view it, click here. Based on the cover and the title and a little bit of the flap copy , I thought this was going to be your typical YA chicklit book. I won't name any names here, but there were a few authors I was thinking of as I picked this up.

Boy, was I ever wrong! Okay, okay. There was the quiet, "good" girl who fell for the "bad" boy. And yes, you knew he was trouble from the first moment Ruby spied his motorcycle parked on the front lawn of his house. What I didn't expect when I picked up this book were Based on the cover and the title and a little bit of the flap copy , I thought this was going to be your typical YA chicklit book. What I didn't expect when I picked up this book were the Casserole Queens.

These senior ladies and one gentleman help Ruby find herself and realize there is more to life than being called, "Honey, Baby or Sweetheart. I love the Casserole Queens. What a fabulous and unexpected read!

I heard that she was a great author but I honestly hated this book. Was really boring and nothing important or interesting happened. It's not worth it reading this book. Rating: 2.

May 30, Someoneyouknow rated it it was ok. I've read this book several months ago and I didn't particularly enjoy it. The writing style is pretty good, but I had a problem with the characters and the way the author tells her story - like it's a cautionary tale and it should teach teenagers what to avoid in life and how to behave. I absolutely hate it when the author tries to teach the readers a lesson!

The moral of this tale is simple : you shouldn't let other people influence you in a bad way, you shouldn't value your boyfriend's opinio I've read this book several months ago and I didn't particularly enjoy it. The moral of this tale is simple : you shouldn't let other people influence you in a bad way, you shouldn't value your boyfriend's opinions more than your family's,love is not always the answer, you should be an honest person, a good daughter, yadda yadda yadda.

My second big problem with this book was all the members of the Book Club and the storyline with Charles and Rose. I mean, it was just plain boring to read about them because I dislike reading about old people and the author wrote like a pages revolving around them!!!

What's so interesting about a couple of old geezers who have been in love for 50 years and finally get to meet each other again? I also felt that the author simply used the characters Ruby and Travis and her Mom's and Dad's too to prove several points - i.

This is definitely not the worst book I read, the writer has a way with words, but the story was too long and moralizing. Mar 28, NTE rated it it was amazing Shelves: contemporary , favorites , fiction-realistic , ya-supposedly , fiction , keepers , clever , humor.

Ruby McQueen's summer is not turning out at all like she'd thought it would - this "Quiet Girl" is managing to be loud in all sorts of unexpected ways.

There so much about this book, and these characters that I loved - Ruby was as real to me as a fictional character can be: Sixteen year old NTE was right there with her while she did all sorts of stupid things, not knowing how to make herself stop. There was the relationship between Ruby and her mother, Ann, which felt so true that it almost hurt Ruby McQueen's summer is not turning out at all like she'd thought it would - this "Quiet Girl" is managing to be loud in all sorts of unexpected ways.

There was the relationship between Ruby and her mother, Ann, which felt so true that it almost hurt; or the elderly members of Ann's Book Club, who were so funny, so honest, and so realistic that you almost feel you could run into them at your own library.

Anyways, there were a million good things about this book, and I have at least 6 sticky notes sticking out of it in three different colors, because I never am reading in the same place , so that's a real sign to me that it was pretty awesome.

Must pick up some more Deb Caletti books - if you're a Sarah Dessen fan, then this is your kind of writer too. Aug 11, Brenda Lane rated it really liked it Shelves: read-in As to the plot it was quite amazing, sure it's not the most action packed book in history but it was so poetic and deep and I was able to personally relate to the main character.

I love all the secondary characters they were so real and well created I'm quite sure this is one of my favorite books ever. Mar 28, Lisa rated it it was amazing. Brilliant book. Made me laugh and it made me cry - my favorite kind! May 19, Jessica The Psychotic Nerd rated it liked it Shelves: national-book-award , pov-girl , contemporary-realistic , read-in , summertime , simon-and-schuster , not-quitestars , stand-alones , read-on-pulseit-or-riveted , road-trip.

It was a free read on Riveted and since I had yet to read a book by Deb Caletti, I decided to give it a read. There are two main storylines.

First, while walking home from work she passes the new Becker house and one day meets Travis Becker. This sets off a fast and spiraling relationship. She rides on his motorcycle, walks along train tracks, skips out on work, and jumps out the way of a car at the last second.

Being with Travis is dangerous and Ruby knows this, but she wants to be around him. Until Travis asks her to do something that she regrets and hurts someone she cares for. The second storyline is after this event, when Ruby's mother drags Ruby to the Casserole Queens book club, a book club of old ladies and Harold. When they find out that the book they are reading is connected to one of the Queen's lost loves, the book club turns into a kidnapping from a senior home and a road trip.

The writing in this book was wonderful. Every small detail was described and every character gets careful attention. I really loved the narration in this sense and it really made me feel like I was within the setting. The observations from Ruby as she tells us these small details did not feel at all like an interruption or unnecessary, they felt natural.

They made me feel like I was really seeing these places through her eyes and hearing her tell me the story. That said, her narration did bother at some points when she would step aside and hint that there were darker things to come, they had no idea what was about to happen, etc.

I'm not really a fan of narration that vaguely hints at what is to come in an unhelpful manner. I don't mind past tense, but there is no reason for these vague hints as they don't really do anything for the story.

Unlike other books with multiple storylines, these did not weave very well with each other.