Nothing audiobook

In the parlance of "windows" and "mirrors," I read a lot of "window" books. I read a lot of books about children and teens who aren't growing up like I grew up: who come from afar, or live in poverty, or are haunted by the ghost of a vengeful classmate in 1919. I mean, *shrug* what do you write a novel about? Not about me and my boring life.Which is the total premise of Nothing. The book begins with Charlotte telling Frankie the salient points of the book she's reading, and Frankie goes, 'aaand then the mother dies.' 'No, in this one it's the brother. But you're on the right track,' says Char. Or something like that, I don't have it in front of me. Char goes on to moan about how THEIR lives would never make a decent teen novel, because NOTHING ever happens to them.And this is true. They text, they do their homework, Frankie learns to drive. Like all teens, they use profanity like professionals. They are extremely funny all the while. But nothing happens. I read this book on the couch last night, giggling and side-eyeing my teenage sons, kind of thinking, 'Why on earth does this book actually work?,' until i realized, "Ohhhhh. I bet you Annie Barrows has teenage daughters and she is just CRAZY about them!" Because this book is a total mirror for me. I have sons who are the funniest things that ever farted on cue, and if I could write worth a damn, this is the book I would write about them. I can feel the love.And oh my god, how privileged am I that the book that most closely mirrors my life is 100% uneventful??I mean, quite frankly, I'm not even sure I should be reviewing it - I don't know if I have enough perspective. And I don't know if it has a big audience. It might *just* be for college-bound girls from white-collar families - girls whose brothers do not have to fear the police; who experienced childhoods devoid of adverse experiences; who are neither bullied first-generation Americans, terminally ill, nor haunted by vengeful ghosts. This bugs me. It shouldn't be solely within the precinct of the privileged to see oneself in such a sweet, funny, snarky book. While we advocate for diverse books and #ownvoices, let's make sure we seek out and champion warm, nontragic books like this one for every kid who might search the teen section in search of a character who looks like them. Maybe this is on my mind because the last book I read was The Hate U Give, and while that book was exceptional in its handling of crisis, it was also terrific at the small, funny moments between friends and family members. I sort of wish for a follow-up novel in which Starr and Kenya and Chris and DeVante get to have a senior year of high school in which nothing happens.Every kid deserves a little dose of Nothing.

This is a combination of Seinfeld and Gidget. No, seriously, work with me here. This is a book about nothing. About ordinary girls, friends, living their regular lives. They have families and homework and boys they like and other friends they hang out with. They talk about stuff, and boys, and go shopping. There's no love triangle. There's no superpowers. There's . . . nothing. One of them is fine with it, the other longs for something a bit MORE.But how is it Gidget? Well, Gidget was written by a dad after overhearing many of his daughter's phone calls with her friends. It captured the slang and the feeling of the day (early 1960's surf culture). Annie Barrows has shamelessly listened in on her kids and their friends, and the slang is dead on. I will say I was more than a little shocked by the language. there is a lot of F-words, and I still can't believe that there are kids who talk that way . . . Ah well.

I found this book to be quite adorable and amusing. There were many times it reminded me of a little show about nothing. Our lives are not as exciting as books or movies, but there are still a lot of small, meaningful moments we experience on a daily basis, and that is my take away from this rather charming and amusing tale. I spent a lot of time with a smile on my face as I read this book. I have to attribute a great deal of that enjoyment to Barrows ability to capture the teenage voice so well. I worked in a high school for 12 years, and many of Frankie and Charlotte's musings reminded me of the conversations I heard each day. I am from the northeast and NOT a teen, so some of the slang was odd for me, but it by no means diminished my enjoyment or understanding. "Nights of homework, days of school, weekends of hanging around wishing that something would happen."The heart of this story is the relationship between Frankie and Charlotte, and I loved it. It was a long standing friendship, that was going through a period of change as both girls were experiencing some personal growth. They were trying to figure out who they were and who they wanted to be, and sometimes they put the other off or maybe kept a secret, but it was because they were still trying to understand what it meant to them. "I don't want to be sheep. I want to have my own opinions."Barrows gave our heroines two very nice and interesting families. Frankie's family was the most interesting, because of the circumstances surrounding her parent's coupling. She also had a colorful cast of step siblings, who were not too fond of her, but she had a opportunity to bond with one of her step-brothers, I was excited that she seized the opportunity and it resulted in some of my favorite moments in this book. This was a fun look at the lives of teens, and totally brought me back to my own teen years, when I also believed nothing ever happened. BLOG|INSTAGRAM|BLOGLOVIN| FRIEND ME ON GOODREADS

I'm moved to write a review since so many are TRASH! or BRILLIANT! I neither thought that it was trash (really? I don't even say that about Twilight.) nor brilliant (reserved for Maggie Stiefvater, Laini Taylor, Ryan Graudin, Ruta Sepetys, and the like), but it was fun. Basically, the book is about two sophomores who think their lives are going nowhere fast and never will, and one decides to chronicle their lives for the year to see if they can make something interesting. Now I teach sophomores and I remember being a sophomore, and I think it's a relatively tough time in your life in terms of the degree of independence you want versus what adults are willing to give you and in terms of all of the "life plans" that people are starting to ask you about. Barrows captures that sense perfectly and the voices of the girls feel right. Also Barrows wrote the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which is awesome. Also it's not too long, which means it's an option for folks who balk at the 400+ page books that abound in YA.

I got this book for my birthday. I was attracted to the cover and the blurb at the back of the book. If you read this book you are in for a ride. It’s not what you think it is going to be, even the blurb at the back can’t ready you for the story which is inside.Best friends Charlotte and Frankie are inseparable. All they talk, text non-stop and are always causing trouble. School is ending for the Christmas holiday break and the girls couldn’t be more excited. Although they are used to their non-event lives where nothing happens, the girls are convinced that they are going to have a great New Year’s Eve. After a lot of planning the girls have a great New Year’s Eve followed by a life changing New Year’s Day.This book is nice and short, I could have read it in a day. The way it is written is like nothing I have ever read before. It is really different but so easy to read. It is really self-explanatory and you won’t be able to put it down when you pick this book up because you are going to want to know what is actually going to happen.With family issues, a weird but very 21st century online relationship between Charlotte and Sid, and a great out of the blue road trip this book is exactly what the blurb on the back of the book says, different to what every other young adult book out there is about. If you are into unique books that are written in a unique perspective, then this is the book for you

I really wasn't sure about this book when I first picked it up but ended up really liking it a lot!!! It's not the best book for you if you're looking for something plot heavy, but it's a really nice book to just sit down with, chill, and not have to think about anything too hard. Overall a very fun read!!

PERSONAL RESPONSE:Nothing by Annie Barrows was a good read. The book was a little confusing at first because it had different point of views. I did like how the book went all over the place. There were two main characters that were amazing. PLOT:The main events in Nothing were about two teenage girls going through everyday life. Charlotte was a writing a story about what she and her best friend, Frankie, go through everyday. They mostly just go to school and back. They did hang out at each others house’s and go to a few parties. Frankie and Charlotte had just a plain, normal life. Nothing was wrong, no one died, and there was no drama, until the end. Frankie had many siblings and one of them was Max. Max had come home for the holidays and spent time with Frankie. During that time Frankie learned something about her brother that she just had to fix. While she fixed that problem she was also working on Charlotte’s. Charlotte never wanted to see the boy she was texting, but Frankie worked her magic. CHARACTERIZATION:At the beginning of the book Charlotte thought she could only do normal everyday things. As the story went on, she realized that not being normal is a good thing. She finally went out of her comfort zone. At the start of the book Frankie never thought about others. When her brother had a problem, she thought she could fix it and she did. That action was a good thing because that lead her to help Charlotte. She finally thought about others.RECOMMENDATION:I recommend this book to fifteen year old girls and older. I recommend this book to girls because the main characters are girls. The context would be better understood by girls than boys. I recommend this book to fifteen year olds and older because there are more mature scenes in the book.

This book talked about what teenage girls go through in their life and the difficulties of all the problems. This book was a great read.

This is currently one of my favorite books, but explaining why is hard because of the sheer amount of context it requires. However, it currently holds a score her of just 2.97, so I feel like I have to make an attempt. First, you have to understand that I’ve been reading Young Adult since I was in

'Nothing' by Annie Barrows has an intriguing premise. The two girls in the story - Charlotte and Frankie - feel that nothing in their lives ever happens in the way that it does in young adult novels. To prove this, Charlotte begins writing their story. She calls it 'Nothing' and writes about their daily lives.Despite all evidence to the contrary, life begins to change for them in ways that they didn't foresee. These changes are not necessarily the most obvious at times, but they show that anything can change in a moment and that the unexpected truly can make life worthwhile.Even though the story was meant to show the normal, everyday lives of two average teenage girls, the story still had moments in which it could have been fleshed out further. For example, some of Charlotte and Frankie's friends were mentioned here and there, but no emotional connection ever seemed to stem from those mentions. It was realistic that they have other friends, but those friendships should have amounted to more, along with explanations as to the two guys they were semi-interested in at the beginning of the book. Showing how they dealt with those guys as they made plans to move forward with more "real" relationships would have strengthened the story all the more.From unanticipated kisses to meeting penpals and helping friends and family find and hold on to love, the 'Nothing' girls have more going on than they would like, based on their thought that nothing ever happens. Yet it shows how writing down your everyday experiences, whether in book, journal, or some other form can encourage even those people most bored with life to come out of their shell and discover truths that they never saw coming.Beth Rodgers, Author of 'Freshman Fourteen' and 'Sweet Fifteen,' Young Adult Novels*Review originally posted on YABooksCentral.com*

As soon as I saw the author's name I knew I wanted to read this book. I've enjoyed her adult books and I've enjoyed her Ivy and Bean children's books so the fact that this was a YA novel just meant that I got to see her write for another audience as well. I have to say, as a [very, i.e. older] adult woman I am not that audience; nevertheless I did like this book. (And as Charlotte in the book would say, notice that use of a semi-colon? Those writing asides tickled me every time I read them). Charlotte and her best friend Frankie are sophomores in high school. Unlike the many YA novels that they read, they are not living exciting lives, they are not strikingly beautiful and boys are not sweeping them off their feet. Searching for structure (or at least something to do) Charlotte decides to write a journal detailing how their lives are so full of 'nothing'. The book alternates chapters between what is happening to Frankie, narrated by the author and chapters entitled Nothing which is the journal Charlotte is writing. This is a book which could easily be reread if you happen to get mixed up as to which girl is doing what and since they are best friends, living in fairly similar circumstances, if you are reading quickly you probably will get them mixed up. Although Charlotte and Frankie aren't leading incredibly exciting lives they are living what is apparently the life of a relatively affluent white teenager: they are texting on their phones constantly, they curse as a part of their regular vocabulary and although they don't seem to drink alcohol a lot, they have tried it as well as pot. As the school year goes by it turns out that even though their lives are not like the YA books they read, there is a lot that goes on and it's a lot more than nothing.

Charlotte and Frankie are best friends. They're fifteen, sophomores in high school, and nothing ever happens to them.So Charlotte decides to write a book about their real lives, one that tells the truth, as opposed to how all those "teen books" describe teenagers' lives.Essentially, author Annie Barrows turns the YA genre on its head with Nothing, her first young adult novel. Because, basically, nothing happens. And that's okay. It's the kind of book I would've liked to have when I was in high school, to make me feel better about my seemingly boring and average high school experience. Because that's what most high school experiences are. We muddle through them because we have to. We make the best of those four years, hopefully with a friendship as honest and real as Charlotte and Frankie's.

Every book I have read by this author I have loved. This story focuses on two 15 year olds who believe that NOthing ever happens, they have power over nothing in their lives, and writing a book will prove it. The teen angst and confusion is classic, and there are laugh out loud moments throughout the book. You can't help but love reading this and wish you could watch these two young ladies grow up.

This book was so much fun!!! And I don’t mean it’s fun saying I am reading nothing though it really is!This book was such a bubbly contemporary and I loved it you know what I am going to change it to 5 stars! Done ✅ There was only one thing I couldn’t relate to and that was (beware not exact quote) “he flicked his ponytail across his shoulder in that way where he doesn’t touch it and suddenly I am filled with lust” Ewww if you know what I mean!

This novel achieved the extraordinary feat of reminding me (a middle-aged old lady) what it was like to be 15. I was not reliving personal experience, but I could connect with the mentality of that time. The author used humor and truth to capture the essence of being a "regular" teenage girl. I enjoyed the writing, and I appreciated the format and perspective devices. I'll be keeping an eye out for Annie Barrows in the future.