#my life with the walter boys Ali Novak

[psychic-refugee]

I was recently in a large chain bookstore. So, these are real time, real life examples of typical novels that have an associated Netflix series.

All of them have a) the author’s name prominently shown on the cover and b) the Netflix sticker

The Wednesday novelization has neither.

Why is Random House AND Netflix treating this author and the novel like the red headed step-child?

Something is rotten in the State of Denmark.

[maddiesflame]

nikki rodriguez x my life with the walter boys

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[buffyfan145]

Surprised I haven't seen this over here yet but the book version of "My Life with the Walter Boys" is officially getting a paperback/eBook sequel "My Return to the Walter Boys" out April 15th, 2025!!! 😀 This is a different story from what Ali originally shared on Wattpad as this book picks up only a few months after where the first book ended and still told from Jackie's POV. Also Ali confirmed it's got different storylines than what season 2 of the Netflix show will have and about Jackie and Cole actually figuring out their relationship as the triangle is gone. But there are other storylines with the siblings, cousins, and parents too. I can't wait to read this and watch the show too as I really enjoyed both.

[rissyrosie]

'My Life With The Walter Boys' by Ali Novak I finished in 2 days getting out of my reding slump.

*spoiler warning*

I read 'Paper Hearts' (my fav) in 2018 and didn't know Ali wrote this one years later. Fantastic Writer. It got me out of a huge reading slump, it's like TSIP vibes but it isn't messy like Belly's

I fell in love with Alex more than Cole. Cole's very stubborn and just ruin every situation aka like the wedding.

but in that one scene where Cole takes Jackie riding on Athena i thought of that one scene in the hannah montana movie where Miley and Travis rode the horses.

I really loved Katherine taking care of her kids and having Jackie as her own daughter, I'm happy nothing bad happened to her. idk i got a feeling someone was going to get hurt but didn't think it would be Nathan

I'm Team Alex.

out of five stars, I give a four-star rating. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[myloveforhergoeson]

reading romance novels and telling myself it’s writing research

[thewanderingpalomino]

finally got the My Life With The Walter Boys book recently!! Currently on page 130.

[imayormaynotbeadeadrat]

today i learned that my life with the walter boys, the book i can directly trace my relationship with fanfic back to was made into a tv show and idk how to feel abt this

[bonafiedbookworm]

If you have already finished My Life With The Walter Boys & are looking for your next read, I would check out Ali Novak’s other series Heartbreakers!

This book was so good could not put it down. It definitely unlocked some teenage memories.

These were the kind of stories I loved to read and was reminded of how much I missed them.

This is a cute rom com you’ll fall in love with each character!! It does contain the subject of death and loss but it adds so much more depth to the story!! It is such a page turner!

So excited to hear that Netflix is also making it into a series!! Can’t wait to see these characters come to life on screen!!

I’m already starting the second one in her series and hopefully she continues!!

I definitely recommend !!

[unblogparaloschicos]

TV: Nathan Walter

Como si la muerte de su madre no fuese suficiente tragedia, Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) también acaba de perder a su padre y a su hermana mayor en un accidente automovilístico. Así y todo, la joven, proveniente de Nueva York, pasa a vivir un tiempo en la granja de sus tutores, en Colorado, habitada por una veterinaria (Katherine, en la piel de Sarah Rafferty), su marido George (Marc Blucas) y su ejército de hijos: Will (Johnny Link), Cole (Noah LaLonde) y su mellizo Danny (Connor Stanhope), Alex (Ashby Gentry) y Nathan (Corey Fogelmanis). Además, dos pequeños primos de la familia también viven en la misma casa: Isaac (Isaac Arellanes) y Lee Garcia (Myles Perez).

El primer contacto, contra lo que pudiera esperarse, no es muy amistoso: a pesar de saber que lleva consigo una pesada y dolorosa carga por la pérdida de su familia, los hijos de sus anfitriones (no todos) le hacen una broma muy pesada antes de comer. La chica intenta una mejor relación con estos, lo que sólo consigue con Alex y con Nathan, que más pronto que tarde delata su deseo de convertirse en músico.

El tercer capítulo da una pista sobre su personalidad, cuando lo muestra devorándose con los ojos a Skyler (Jaylan Evans), compañero de Jackie e hijo de la leyenda del fútbol americano local Mato Summerhill (Nathaniel Arcand), que lleva el torso desnudo debido a un incidente con uno de los miembros de la familia y un tacho de pintura. En episodios subsiguientes, se verá que su sexualidad no es ningún secreto para su familia, ya que entre sus hermanos hay quienes intentan acompañarle a una fiesta en la playa con el fin de que éste se acerque a Skyler. El destinatario de su afecto, a quien le regala una canción que le compuso, a pesar de sus innegables avances, no parece deseoso de iniciar un romance con Nathan. Cuando, por fin, éste se convierte en una realidad palpable, al joven Walter le diagnostican epilepsia. Dado su estado, su nuevo novio se propone evitar toda posible ocasión de peligro para su salud, lo cual no le cae muy bien, pero la relación florece sustentada en el amor y el respeto.

"My Life With the Walter Boys" es un drama sobre adolescentes que, al contrario de nuevas tendencias como "Por trece razones" ("13 Reasons Why", 2017-2020) o "Euphoria" (2019 hasta el presente), no muestra una juventud propensa al abuso de drogas, la promiscuidad, la toxicidad en la pareja o al crimen, así como tampoco muestra adultos negligentes o ausentes. Basada en un libro de Ali Novak, la segunda temporada es ya una realidad futura.

[rlsantucijr]

"It's terrifying how death can materialize in a single, silent moment, completely unnoticed by the rest of the world." -- Ali Novak / My Life with the Walter Boys #SaturdayMovieTVQuote

[wintersfalling]

Moving In With The King's - CHARACTER MOODBOARDS (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1409674457-moving-in-with-the-king%27s-character-moodboards?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=winters_falling&wp_originator=HMyKP65FAAaZsIDySwBw5Ca3sLPGxVaOCWTIAAhdWyJ6d3pEUlrNnkDLLFi%2F5r0bXmdlszPW2R216b%2FM3fQwqrod63s%2F4F3X18V0TXlZla%2BKYwmWk8RwC7gAoVqBHtHP Tragedy strikes when 17 year old Ember Lee-Green's parents are killed in a fire at their work. Forcing Ember to live with her aunt and uncle. When Ember's aunt and uncle kick her out, she's then forced to move in with the King family. Peyton and Reed King, their eight sons and Reed's nephew, Dallas. As Ember and the King's son, Brandon, start to grow close and form a connection, things take a turn when Brandon's best friend, Randall Redwood, starts to grow close to Ember as well. And now Ember finds herself stuck in a love triangle between two best friends, uncertain of what to do. Because choosing one, means hurting the other !! This story was inspired by "My Life With The Walter Boys" by Ali Novak. ©️a.j riley ™️ 2023

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🗞️📖 Bookish News - December Edition

🦇 Extra, extra. Read all about it! 📖 Good afternoon, bookish bats! A lot happened in the publishing industry last month, but here are a few highlights you may have missed!

Adaptations: 📖 Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms 🗞️ Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Piccolo 📖 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 🗞️ Brianna Peppin's Briarcliff Prep 📖 Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben 🗞️ Geek Girl by Holly Smale 📖 Paddington (musical theater) 🗞️ The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 📖 My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows 🗞️ Heartstopper Season 3 📖 A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts by Ying Chang Compestine 🗞️ My Life With the Walter Boys by Ali Novak 📖 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me 🗞️ They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera 📖 Pretty Little Liars: Summer School 🗞️ Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries

Cover Reveals: 📖 New Adventure in Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan 🗞️ Cally Fiedorek's Atta Boy has its cover 📖 Brandon Sanderson's The Sunlit Man - March 2024 🗞️ It's Elementary by Elise Bryant 📖 The Wilds by Sarah Pearse - July 16 🗞️ Nicola Yoon's first adult novel, One of Our Kind - June 11 📖 Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto - April 2024 🗞️ Pretty by KB Brookins 📖 Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid - July 2024 🗞️ The Big Day by Aliya Ali-Afzal - June 6

Other News: 📖 Dhonielle Clayton is starting a new book packaging company, Electric Postcard Entertainment, focused on diverse reads 🗞️ Cassandra Clare's Kickstarter set a record for YA projects on the platform 📖 The winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards were announced 🗞️ Penguin Random House, John Green, Jodi Picoult, and other novelists are challenging Iowa's book banning law 📖 The Books Save Lives Act has been introduced by US Congress

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My Life with the Walter Boys (Spoilers)

I read this book back in 2018, so I didn't remember everything--just the tragedy of Jackie's family and her going to live with the Walters and being in a love triangle.

I liked a lot of the updates to modernize the story, but as I get older, I find love triangles more difficult to watch and read, not that I was a big fan of them as a teenager or in my early twenties (now I'm in my late twenties). Love triangles always seem so possessive and I always root for the girl to go find someone else entirely. The "nice nerdy" guy always seems like a creep.

I prefer Ali Novak's Heartbreakers series and can't wait for the other two books in the series to be published at some point!

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Know the Interesting Cast of My Life with the Walter Boys – in 2024

My Life with the Walter Boys” debuted on Netflix on December 7, 2023, as an American teen drama series. This adaptation of Ali Novak’s 2014 novel, originally published on Wattpad, brings to life the coming-of-age story of Jackie Howard, portrayed by Nikki Rodriguez.

[myloveforhergoeson]

ash's january 2024 reading round up

find all the books and fics i read this month under the cut with a link to the synopsis and my reviews/ratings attached :)

this is just for fun! i'm not a professional, i just like to read <3

book list!

1. Wreck the Halls by Tessa Bailey (18+!)

• review: i am a massive, massive, massive tessa bailey fan so it's no surprise that this was my favorite from this month and my first book of 2024! i received this christmas-themed rom-com as a holiday gift and i absolutely loved every second of it. the plot centers around the main couple, beat and melody (i know, right?!), who are the children of two bitter ex-bandmates, attempting to reunite their mothers' band on a live, 24 hour reality tv show! definitely one of the most unique concepts for a contemporary romance book i've read in quite some time! i loved following beat and melody's dual perspectives on both their past and their present as well as unraveling how difficult their family relationships were despite their fortuitous upbringings. the position of being the child of a famous individual can be quite isolating and even though beat didn't mind the spotlight and melody hated it, they're still some of the only people in the world who understood the other's struggles. the 24-hour live stream format was also very interesting to read from their perspectives - they were so funny both on and off camera! their mothers, trina and octavia were such dynamic characters as well; learning about their bitter rivalry through the perspectives of their children was so neat! between the two main characters, melody was my favorite. she was such a well rounded and dynamic character! my favorite chapters were all from her perspective. i could have gone without beat's weird overprotectiveness of her though - personal preference. i'm not too fond of characters like that and sometimes he took his protectiveness way too far for my liking! highly recommend for fans of campy rom-coms and those looking for a fresh take on the genre :)

• rating: 4/5 epic guitar solos !

2. My Life With the Walter Boys by Ali Novak

• review: very conflicted feelings on this one. if i hadn't watched the netflix adaptation first, i think i would have liked the book more... idk. like other published wattpad novels before it, the main character jackie is displaced from her perfect new york city girl life after a tragic accident leaves her an orphan, so what must she do? move to rural colorado to live with her mother's best friend and her 12 children. of which 11 are boys. oh no! there were parts of the book that i really enjoyed, like getting to see jackie bond with her new housemates and get used to the small town lifestyle and making new friends around her high school. the show cut out a good majority of her friends but i really liked them in the book! however, aside from jackie and her love triange between walter boys alex and cole, all the other characters were super underdeveloped and two dimensional, which made me yearn for some of the original plotlines developed for the show. i feel like making the main conflict center around a family of 14 and not really developing 12 of them is just a waste of time. and also, i didn't really vibe with jackie or alex in this version of the story. i'm still a proud member of team cole in the book and the tv show. i also wasn't fond of the ending personally... tldr, if you're interested in the plot synopsis i have linked, just skip the book and watch the show. which feels backward to say, but trust me ok!

• rating: 2/5 characters i liked in the book but got cut out of the show :)

3. The Deal by Elle Kennedy (18+!)

• review: ah. yes. like in all things. men like hockey. women love music. haha. my favorite thing about this book was the concept - i'm a real sucker for these contemporary hockey romance novels set in fake college towns with fake hockey teams and a book for each player and their love life... generally, i very much appreciate what elle kennedy was going for with this one. that being said. the male main character, garrett, was just an ass for more than half of the entire novel and the female main character, hannah, just let him walk over her for a good part of the beginning. usually i like fmc's in books like these, but she was just a bit boring to me... yikes. i did really enjoy how gattett and hannah's stories intertwined throughout the book, and even though garret was a persistent dick he sure loves hannah. i can respect that. in addition to the main two, i though their respective friend groups were interesting as well! the jocks and the theater kids coming together to unionize is always funny to me :) hannah and garrett's two worlds blending together into one was nice. i'm planning to pick up the sequel to see how that progresses as the shift moves to other players on the hockey team! if it's got a hockey player in it, good chance i'm gonna read it.

• potential trigger warnings if interested in reading: mentions of a past sexual assault on the female main character; mentions of past physical abuse on the male main character; mentions of current physical abuse on a side character

• rating: 3/5 times i had to google a hockey term while reading !

4. Wildfire by Hannah Grace (18+!)

• review: if you run in booktok spaces, you may have heard of Hannah grace's other novel, icebreaker. in my humblest opinion, this book deserved the hype icebreaker got! main characters russ and aurora were sooo dynamic and i absolutely loved their second chance romance while they were both camp counselors at a fancy summer camp! both of them having their own separate storylines that ended up converging was so well written and the two of them supporting each other unconditionally was so refreshing. the atmosphere of the camp and surrounding town were so adorable - i wish i could go there! plus all the sneaking around they had to do because of the camp counselor's no-fraternizing rule... mm. russ was so freaking sweet too - not enough sweet, kind, shy gues in these types of books. i also enjoyed aurora's confident, outgoing personality! the side characters were adorable as well and the cameos from characters in icebreaker had me screaming! ugh i love them and this book so freaking much!! highly highly recommend for fans of second chance romance or good books in general :)

• potential trigger warnings if interested in reading: gambling addiction struggles in a parent; parental neglect and verbal abuse on the male/female main character

• rating: 4/5 marshmallows to make the perfect cup of cocoa

fic list!

Goddamned (51100 words) by skyline

• fandom: big time rush (tv)

• pairings: kendall knight/james diamond, brief kendall knight/jett stetson, carlos garcia/logan mitchell

• i can't sing this fic's praises enough, one of the best i've read in a quite some time. a pjo/btr crossover is just what i needed in my life and i enjoyed every moment, every word, every twist and turn... so so so obsessed! the world building was so incredible and after i finished it i couldn't think about anything else for hours. i can't recommend this one enough :)) we all know i love a long fic and this one was just perfect