![]() Halle’s friends are also Jewish, and they all spend their Friday nights observing Shabbat. While I’ve read a few YA books with Jewish characters and a Jewish protagonist here or there, I feel like Marisa Kanter really sheds light on Halle’s religion, explaining some of her family’s customs and holidays. While Ollie and Halle didn’t grow up with a lot of the traditions, their grandfather gets them into going to synagogue with him and learning more about their religion. I really loved seeing the progression of Halle and her grandfather’s relationship, as they both begin to work through their grief and healing together.Īnother aspect of Halle and her family life that I absolutely loved was the fact that Halle is Jewish. In the beginning, there is a lot of tension in the house, as Halle and her family are mourning the recent death of her grandmother.While Halle owes much of her love for books and baking to her star publishing editor of a grandmother, she feels she can’t talk about Grams with Gramps. Halle and Ollie tell each other everything and aren’t afraid to call each other on everything either.Īnother favorite relationship of mine was between Halle and Gramps. I really enjoyed Halle and Ollie’s sibling relationship. With her star documentary parents off to Israel for a project, Halle and Ollie are spending the school year living with their grandfather. Both Kels and Nash are vying for spots on a blogger panel at Book Con, and I loved all and any talk surrounding my favorite bookish weekend.Īlthough What I Like About You’s main plot somewhat revolves around books and blogging, there is so much more to Halle and this story outside the bookish-ness. Halle finds herself in so many important conversations about book blogging and YA books, Twitter and who YA is for included, and so much of our everyday lingo, from ARCs to TBRs. From drafting and editing posts to checking emails to scrolling through Twitter, blogging definitely takes a lot of time and I loved that we got to see Halle do all of these things. Halle’s platform is absolutely huge, but I was able to relate to her so much for not only her love of books and turning said love into a bookish career, but really having to balance blogging with IRL things like family and school. However, What I Like You steps up the bookish book game up so much for featuring a protagonist that runs a book blog. I have no problem at all relating to nearly any character who loves books or books that take place in a bookish setting like a library or bookstore. What I Like About You is my favorite bookish YA contemporary. Things get extremely complicated for Halle IRL when she meets Nash face-to-face at her new school and must figure out how – and if – she’ll reveal herself as Kels to him. Halle loves just about everything about One True Pastry, but especially loves talking to Nash, fellow blogger and her online best friend. But by laptop and phone screen, Halle is Kels, the creator and blogger behind One True Pastry, a YA book blog that pairs YA book covers with cupcakes. By day, Halle is adjusting to spending her senior year in Connecticut and dreams of getting into NYU and landing a job in publishing. ![]() What I Like About You follows high school senior Halle Levitt. Main character who shares the same name as me (albeit, spelled differently from yours truly), blogs about YA books, loves books and baking, and dreams of a job where she can share her love for books? Marisa Kanter’s debut novel literally has made my bookish dreams come true in the best way possible- in the cutest YA contemporary book that is! ![]() I firmly believe that What I Like About You is the YA contemporary meant for my bookish soul. Because while she starts to fall for Nash as Halle…he’s in love with Kels. Not telling him though, means it can never be anything more. If Halle tells him who she is, it will ruin the non-awkward magic of their digital friendship. Nash who has no idea she’s actually Kels. ![]() Nash, who is somehow everywhere she goes-in her classes, at the bakery, even at synagogue. That is, until Halle arrives to spend senior year in Gramps’s small town and finds herself face-to-face with real, human, not-behind-a-screen Nash. Kels has everything Halle doesn’t: friends, a growing platform, tons of confidence, and Nash. They can talk about anything…īecause online, Halle isn’t Halle-she’s Kels, the enigmatically cool creator of One True Pastry, a YA book blog that pairs epic custom cupcakes with covers and reviews. And she never has to deal with the awkwardness of seeing him in real life. ![]() He loves books almost as much as she does. He’s an incredibly talented graphic novelist. There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash. ![]()
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