#37 "Sisterhood Everlasting" by Ann Brashares

What? No really. What?

If you've read even the first five pages of this book you will understand how sincerely disappointed I am in these characters for letting things get to such a point. For repeating the same mistakes again and again. For giving up on so many things.

But I'm stopping now because I refuse to write spoilers.

All in all I enjoyed this book the most of all of them on this read through. Though I should clarify that with the term "enjoyed" I am not denying the possibility that I cried through most of the second half and am successfully not in need of make-up remover tonight. Like the first four books I don't think the ending is any more realistic, it's still too full of youthful day dreams. But certain aspects of the character's internal dialogues as they tried to get back on path did resonate.

#36 "Forever in Blue" by Ann Brashares

I'm almost done. But the writing isn't getting any more mature. There's one book left in the series that was published in 2011 and I've never read. But man oh man, I'm not sure if I can handle another 24 hours of only Ann Brashares.

These books used to feel really good, and now I just feel too old for them.

#35 "Girls in Pants" by Ann Brashares

Maybe it's just been too much Sisterhood too fast, but this used to be my favorite book in the series and I got bored with it half way through. Bee and Eric used to be my ideal. Okay, I was 14, but still. Now they seem so young. He thinks if he can make her happy he'll be happy, that seems like a really unhealthy foundation for a long distance relationship.

There's a newer fifth book that I haven't ever read, so I'll suffer through the fourth book to get to it. I do hope these characters grow up.

#34 "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares

You can see where my week is going.

Once again a quick read, and a repeat. But there were whole sections that I had didn't remember at all and lots of pieces that I remembered incorrectly.

I would imagine that tonight I will be joyously reading Bee and Eric stories from the third book.

#33 "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares

I read these books 20 times in middle school. They were the perfect combination of over-emotional teenage years and relateable family drama to lean on. My copies of the first and the third book were so bent out of shape from reading in bed until 3 am. The pages are all dog-eared at my favorite parts.

I found the first book as an audio book, available for instant download, just waiting for me, yesterday when I went out for my walk. At only 7 hours it took just one walk and a morning of putzing to make it through.

Certainly it's not the most stimulating reading. But it's been really nice to take a 24 hour break from computer screens and German books. Also there's nothing quite as soothing as having someone read aloud to you.