#kelly Quindlen

[thatoneurchin]

[softavasilva]

i just finished reading she drives me crazy by Kelly Quindlen and i desperately need it made into a movie and directed by Alice Wu

[lgbtqreads]

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Best Quotes From 'She Drives Me Crazy'

"I just wish people could be more creative with their ignorance."

"For the dozenth time this year, I wish I could go home with anyone else. But tonight it's not because I hate her. It's because I can no longer deny that I actually like her."

"The ball is usually so controlled in my hands, but tonight it's like I'm chucking a giant potato through a window tunnel."

"At the end of the day, I'm the only person living my life. Why should I answer to anyone else?"

"Cheerleaders are athletes."

'She shoots me a look that to everyone else probably looks flirtatious, but to me seems to say This is such bullshit and these people are idiots and I might kill you but I haven't decided yet.'

"You will move through your life and fall in love with many different people, and at some point, you will get your heart broken. It's unavailable. The key is not to be afraid of the breaking. People break our hearts, but they create more room in them first, and that room makes it possible for us to become more ourselves."

"If you want them to think that you matter, start acting like they should already know that you matter."

"But from me, you deserve honesty. I haven't wanted to be real with you about how messy and broken and confused I feel. I tried to keep you away by telling myself you were the popular girl who didn't care about me. But you do care about me. You care about a lot of things. You have a big heart and you're funny and headstrong. You're one of the most amazing people I've ever met."

"Because before you can worry about who's in your passenger seat, you have to learn to drive yourself."

[ddesanta]

i finished reading Her Name In The Sky last night and all I want to say about Kelly's books is:

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Book names + authors under the cut

Scottie Zajac/Irene Abraham- She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

Tara Jones/Darcy Olsson- Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Charlotte Thompson/Sutton Spencer- Those Who Wait by Haley Cass

Moiraine Damodred/Siuan Sanche- Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

[vlsapphire]

re-reading hnits and i got to the part where ms. carpenter said, "the unnecessary pain of this whole thing. it kills me." and i go yeah, imagine going through all of it again for the 3rd time

[sapphic-book-tournament]

So, based on your votes, coming up next is our Sapphic Enemies to Lovers tournament! Tell me which books you would like to see on the bracket!

[bubblymilktee]

so when are we getting a live adaptation of she drives me crazy with avantika as irene and sadie sink as scottie

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SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY.

“She lays her hand along my jaw and kisses me like she means it, and I am breathless and weightless and dizzy at the very fact of her. Lips and tongue and teeth, her hair and her skin and her perfume, and more than anything, her very essence, her fire and her flaws and that steely determination to be better, to always be better.”

— Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

[whatimdoing-here]

"But the only person Hannah watches is Baker. She rises unsteadily from her table and seems unaware that Clay is speaking into her ear. She meets Hannah’s eyes one more time, and Hannah feels the weight of the world between them."

Happy Good Friday from Her Name in the Sky.

[thatoneurchin]

“You’re not like the rest of these girls.”

“Actually… I’m worse.”

- Yellowjackets, 2x09

[getwreckedddd]

"It's just us, right?"

Hannah walks to her. She touches her cheek and finds her eyes. There is a desperate light hanging on her pupils. A flicker of passion, a flicker of shame.

"It's just us."

Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

[eldiariodetiara]

I remember feeling like I was both too much and not enough.

Kelly Quindlen, She Drives Me Crazy

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BOOK REVIEW: She Drives Me Crazy

★★★★★ - 5 stars

"You would think, based on the fact that I've played varsity basketball for three years now, that I know how to score a basket. You would be wrong."

Scottie Zajac lost her first basketball game with Tally since her breakup. Then, she got into a minor car accident with the person she hates the most, Irene Abraham - not that this is the first time Irene has trashed her car. To make matters even worse, their mothers do some meddling and decide the two girls are to carpool until Irene's car gets fixed. Carpooling doesn't go particularly well, with the two girls arguing like crazy due to the confinement. However, when Scottie sees an opportunity to make Tally jealous (and maybe just move up the social hierarchy of her school as well) she takes it, in the form of bribes and fake dating Irene Abraham. Yet as Irene and Scottie spend more time together, they begin to realise that maybe their dating wouldn't be as crazy as it seems and discover that they do have real feelings for each other.

Romance books that reference rom-com films are on a whole other level to other romance books, and She Drives Me Crazy is in this league of rom-coms. From 10 Things I Hate About You to Say Anything, rom-coms play different roles in the story (either being mentioned in brief passing or having a large impact on the plot).

One of the most important messages of this book is arguably unusual for a romance book because it's not just a romance book. It's a character-centric book and as a result, focuses on sports and athleticism a lot, which is where this message comes in. Cheerleading is as much of a sport as anything else; Cheerleaders are athletes. As Cheerleading is the second most important sport in the entire book, we see just why this is the case. Cheerleading requires its' athletes to be strong, good planners, organised, and good at learning choreography. Irene Abraham can be assigned to everyone single one of these attributes. Therefore it should not be discounted; it is undoubtedly a sport.

While Scottie and Irene are obviously the main characters and are great ones at that, I think it's the minor characters that really make this book so special. Where would our daring, sporty, enemies-to-lovers be without the Christmas-obsessed, spiritual best friend Honey-Belle. Scottie wouldn't be Scottie if it weren't for her relationship with her sisters, caring and being protective over each other. Dannielle and Kevin were genuinely the cutest side-plot of this entire thing - the nerds who get excited over debates and slowly fall for each other during each crisis that Scottie is undergoing. Also, the parents were the greatest comedic relief of this book - supportive of their girls and their dreams but also utterly embarrassing whenever Scottie and Irene see each other. To summarise, the characters of this book are what make it so great; the characters make you continue reading.

She Drives Me Crazy is sort of the sapphic version of Better Than The Movies. It's got rom-com references, everyone's favourite romance-obsessed ginger main character (I'm pushing a Scottie Zajac is the sporty version of Liz Buxbaum agenda), and it mixes the tropes of fake dating and enemies to lovers. I'd recommend to read during the build-up to Christmas (Christmas isn't necessarily a large part of the story, but it's when it's set and the town they live in is a bit Christmas-obsessed). If you love all that I've described, I'd definitely recommend giving this funny, witty romance a read.

[book-loving-dyke]

enemies to lovers>>>

i’m really enjoying this book :)