Review: Wishy-Washy Authors!

          So, this post is about me being brutally honest and telling you about the authors I think do a good and bad job at writing books.
          My number one author who I hate and love her books at the same time is Sarah Dessen. Yes, I have only read three of her books, but still, its enough to explain how she makes me feel. The first book I read of hers was That Summer. I read it about a year ago and ended up giving it a 3/5 stars. So, it probably wasn't the best idea to start off with that book. Luckily I had another book she wrote called Just Listen sitting on my shelf. I picked that one up about 8 month ago and absolutely loved it. I read it so fast and absolutely loved it. I ended up giving it a 5/5 stars. The book just really spoke to me. So, around Easter this year, I got a copy of Along For The Ride written by her and gave that book a 4/5. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. Everyone says that they love Sarah Dessen's writing and yeah, I like her. She's just not my favorite. I can only take so much of her.
          My second wishy-washy author is Nicholas Sparks. Now, before you freak out, I have seen most of his movies that have been made from the books and have read a good majority of his work. The first book I read form him was The Last Song and that was after I went our and saw the movie. I ended up loving that book and wished I owned a copy of it! But, after that, I picked up Nights in Rodanthe and read that one also after watching the movie first. I didn't enjoy that book as much as I did the movie. So, after seeing that, I read The Notebook once again after seeing the movie. I absolutely hated the book! I only gave it a 2/5 stars. It was terrible. I love the movie way better. I read the companion novel to The Notebook which was The Wedding and liked that book too. I read The Lucky One and actually liked that book compared to the movie. And lastly, I read Safe Haven after seeing the movie. And liked the movie better. I think with Nicholas Sparks, its either I like the movie better than the book or vice versa. Seriously, why cant they have the same enjoyment? Why do I have to choose one or the other? I dont know if its his fault or the screen writer's fault, but I would like to feel the same way about one of his books and movies because its like one has a lot of detail and htings happen or its just a crap movie.
          The last author I have to talk about is Susane Colasanti. I have read three of her books all this year and feel very undecided about all three of them. The first book I read of hers was Keep Holding On and I didn't enjoy this book. I just think it was the whole realness of the story and how the guy was never in it as much as the blurb described it to be. I think it was the way the story got to me that I was just getting upset about it and didn't want to read on. But I did and ended up giving it a 3/5. So, then I picked up So Much Closer and enjoyed it more than the first one but ended up giving it the same rating. The last one I read of hers was Waiting For You. I actually gave that one a review if you scroll down the page more. I enjoyed that one the most. It was the perfect summer/beach read and I liked it. But I dont think I will be reading another one of her books.
          I know all of you reading will have different opinions about the books I mentioned or authors Ive mentioned and that okay. I just wanted to put my opinions out there because I had a lot of the same others in this same category. Thank you for reading!