Hank Kirby wanted to make a bold move to ask his dream girl to the prom, he decides to go to her house and spell out "prom" with sparklers in in her front yard. From lighting a tree on fire to sneaking into a strip club, this book has it all. This not-so-young-adult is a sucker for a good love story; not your average, predictable sappy, happy love story, but a unique, 'real' love story filled with flawed, believable, beautifully written characters.
Despite the best of intentions, seventeen-year old, wisecracking Hank Kirby can’t quite seem to catch a break. A story of finding out who you are, finding what really mattSometimes, somethings don't turn out exactly the way they are planned. We are not always able to make our books available worldwide. She studied dancing science and spent one semester touring the world with a dance companyLoved the book! If the boy is one who has the worst luck or the stupidest ideas - that will either leave you cringing or laughing. At times I was laughing tears. They're hilarious and they have prMy Kind of Crazy is wonderful. I do indeed!
This book is now one of my all time favs. I liked that both books have the running references to cars. When she's not writing, Robin can be found drinking copious amounts of iced coffee and listening to way too much 80's music. He isn't crazy. I want more time with Hank and Peyton, I want to be friends with them, which, really, is the highest praise I can give.
Some people fall in love.
I found myself laughing out loud, feeling all the feels and hoping for the outcome I felt each character respectively deserved. It was funny. Which is really weird because I know those movies so well that there aren't really surprises in them and everything about this book felt like the best kind of surprise.I know that it's really lazy to compare books to movies and to be like, "Oh, this is just like [whatever]." She studied dancing science and spent one semester touring the world with a dance company. I know.
Head in my lap, bare feet on the windshield Says, "Come on, baby, let me drive" Now honey, it's a stick shift.
It’s not that he means to screw things up all the time, it just happens. (Thanks to Sourcebooks Fire and NetGalley, I received an ebook copy of this book for free to review. by Sourcebooks Fire - Ian Becker, an innocent teenage boy, ends up in an all boys mental hospital after a life-ruining misunderstanding. This not-so-young-adult is a sucker for a good love story; not your average, predictable sappy, happy love story, but a unique, 'real' love story filled with flawed, believable, beautifully written characters. There's a different kind of beauty in that, I think. We get to see the whole family again, and I loved that there were many scenes with them, so I could revisit with all of them again, especially Shae and Adam. Hank comes across as a real teenage boy--confident, yet full of second guessing; funny, yet self-conscious; introspective, yet impulsive--and is so incredibly likable.
Talk about a successful read! My Kind of Crazy was chosen as Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 17th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards in the Inspirational category.I am an expert on being crazy. Please check below for the availability in your country. I found myself needing to know what happens next at the end of every chapter, henOutstanding, fast read! It is a true gem of a story. It is a blend of John green and Jennifer Niven, with a hint of David levithan. What a wonderful and sentimental story of appreciating the crazy in us all. My Kind of Crazy Paperback – April 5, 2016 by Robin Reul (Author) › Visit Amazon's Robin Reul Page. Published Case in point: his attempt to ask out the girl he likes literally goes up in flames when he spells “Prom” in sparklers on her lawn…and nearly burns down her house. Hank Kirby's voice is authentic. A lot. Loved that Shae is as crazy as before, even more because now she's pregnant and hormonal. At times I was laughing tears. But while reading this, it felt like I was watching a John Hughes movie. Peyton and Hank and Nick felt real to me. Start by marking “My Kind of Crazy” as Want to Read: The author of MY KIND OF CRAZY and the forthcoming WHERE THE ROAD LEADS US, Robin Reul has been writing since she was in early elementary school, when she used to make her own book club flyers for her classmates and then pen them original stories. Reul delivers this and so much more. Paperback. She does so with heart and with humor. "My Kind of Crazy" by Robin Reul surprised me.
Cash, the Bad Boy from the previous book, appears in this one, older, hunkier, and part owner of a vintage cars garage. I went into this thinking it was going to be a lighthearted comedy, but I found so much depth to these characters. But while reading this, it felt like I was watching a John Hughes movie.