Showing posts with label Ann Brashares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ann Brashares. Show all posts

Thursday, January 10, 2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

I just finished this book this morning after starting it a couple days ago, it's really a quick read. Then again, it is a Young Adult book. This book was published in 2001, the year I graduated from high school, and so I considered my high school years while reading it. It's a good story of friendship, in that the Pants unite 4 girls otherwise completely different in personality.

I like the fact that the Traveling Pants came from a secondhand store; I feel compelled to mention my business blog while discussing this, as I'm currently trying to open my own store - consignment to be exact. I love when people are thrilled with their purchase from such a store!

Back to the book - it was a good, fun read, and I may eventually read the next 3 in the series. I enjoyed the quotes Brashares included on the pages in between chapters, I'll share a couple below.
  • "Sometimes you're the windshield: sometimes you're the bug." - Mark Knopfler
  • "You will make all kinds of mistakes: but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her." - Winston Churchill