I wish I could give this more stars.
585173
Excellent! This book will teach you how to fish. The primary use for me has been to establish a framework for detailing future projects - giving me the "why" and "how" of a WIDE variety of detailing patterns rather than the what. It provides a set of principles in support of detailing projects for protection from water, graceful aging, using the minimum number of parts, etc. etc. etc. etc., and then lets the architect do what architects do best - create meaningful solutions that both accomplish their purpose and reinforce the essence of the project. It goes so far beyond providing cut-and-pasteable solutions.

The "patterns" developed in the book are rich and diverse. Although some patterns are essential for nearly all details of a certain type (i.e. removing water from a wall), many are just good ideas. They encourage the architect to create a "hierarchy of values" for their details and apply the patterns that are most relevant to each detail according to that hierarchy. I could even see an architect explaining how she/he is planning to address a client's needs by pointing to particular detailing patterns that she/he will use throughout the project to ensure quality/efficiency.

By teaching us how and why to fish rather than providing a list of currently popular fish, this book is certain to have a long and useful life. I have no doubts that this will be the definitive architectural detailing text of its kind for both students and new and old professionals for many, many years to come.
4063710
Cheesy as this sounds I am truly addicted. Part way through this book I dreaded it ending and when it did end I needed more. I demand more. I would consider giving this a 4.5 because I would have loved MORE I love the relationships, friendships, love, devotion that this group of characters brings to each books. I want these people as my friends, lovers, sisters, brothers.
1024966
I LOVED this book.  i could not put it down.  i wish i could give more than 5 stars!
757490
Better than I expected.  I wish I had bought it earlier.
4779565
I stayed up for 2 hours just to read this. Okay maybe a little more than that since it's about 3:30 AM now haha. This was such a sad but loving story. I couldn't help myself from sobbing at the end. It was beautifully written and still crying while writing this. Erik and Lily brought this story alive. The only reason I gave it four stars and not five stars was because I wasn't satisfied with the ending. It left me wanting more. Other than that I absolutely loved this story.
3690696
Wow - this is great - wish I'd gotten it sooner!
3594152
OMG, I can't even begin to explain how much I loved this book. I had it on my kindle for a few weeks. I wish I had read this book sooner. It is so sweet and heart wrenching at the same time. I am an emotional mess and it is not something that easily happens to me.

The first half of this book is as sweet as it can be telling the story of Quint and Annie, best friends and lovers but then something happens in the most unexpected way and it broke me as much as it broke the characters. I spent two hours crying while reading this book. It takes a lot for a book to make me cry and I can't remember that last time a book gripped me with so much angst as this one did. Many blurry reading attempts and tissues latter I had to stop. I took an hour to regroup and dove right back in. Then I was crying happy tears and that is a first for me. Happy tears while reading a book never happened before. But this is so much more than a love story, it felt so real and honest and raw and visceral. I have no words but I urge you to read this book and be taken by it just like I did. It surprised me and I am very rarely surprised by a book.

Towards the end it put all the broken pieces of my heart back together and even gave me a little bonus scene at the end that had me grinning like an idiot the whole time.

It may only be January and I read on average over 200 books a year but I can already tell, this will be a top 10 for me this year. Do yourself a favor and go read this book. You will thank me later.
4310181
I have a confession...I read bad writing sometimes, worse...sometimes I like it.
I'm not saying I like reading the books filled with typos and misspellings and wrong words, but sometimes the story does it for me enough that I'll do my best to ignore that, this was such a story. After reading Rocked (a freebie on amazon) I decided I wanted to know more about Liss and Joe, this little compilation leaves me with the HEA I'm always craving, but also a need to see more. Not just between Liss and Joe, but for the whole band of Dream Defiled (and I really wish some of their songs were real.) I don't like that I have to buy so many pieces to get the whole story, but I'm really loving these characters, so I will. Four stars because the editing was atrocious, but the story was great.
3642863
I give this book a 100. I wish there could have been another chapter but its the best ending i could have asked for. Thought i wish Keira would have wrote about king Maxon and queen  america but this is good enough. I loved the whole book. I think i read this book faster than any other book and now i wish i could reread it for the first time.
4112577
I loved Heft.
Its a beautiful story, well written and perfectly narrated.  I have lately been voraciously buying audible books for work.  So I can type mindlessly while my brain is preoccupied listening to stories.  Makes the time fly by.
There has actually only been 1 other book (Anne of Green Gables) thus far that has made me smile inanely at my keyboard and/or laugh out loud occasionally like a crazy person.  My co-workers surely must worry about me since I wear a tiny earbud in only 1 ear so is not so conspicuous, so Im sure they wonder what is so funny to me sitting here alone in my office...  Must just be the long hours ;)
In any event, Yolanda and Arthur, but mostly Yolanda was the source of my laughter.  I love her.  And him.  They are so endearing and likable.  Could sympathize with Arthurs painful insecurity and loneliness.  The characters in this book were so relatable, not in that I parallel any of them but they seemed like people you might know, having responses and reactions to things that seemed entirely plausible.  These people could be your neighbors.  How does that saying go?  Be kind for everyone is battling something...
There weren't necessarily any happily ever afters, which is how life is.  Was refreshing to read a story about imperfect people, just living their imperfect lives and trying to find happiness in sometimes the smallest things.
Left story wishing it would keep going.  Wanting to remain in contact with these characters and learn where they went from here.  Like everyone else, I wish the author wouldve tied everything up neatly for me with a little bow but I had read the reviews so knew the story would end abruptly and unsatisfactorily (if you're the kind of person that wants to be told what happens, like I do).  Knowing this prepared me to not be as disappointed as I may have been had I not expected it.
3275225
What a wonderful story. I wish I could give it more stars. Louise will have to work hard to top this one.
2509830
I actually would give it 20 stars if I could. I'll also watch it again in the near future.
3473771
I wish here was a way to give this book 10 stars!
The amazing way lives are intertwined by the details that occur in this story is wonderful.  Yes, a little too good to be true by the end, but handled so skillfully that I never found myself distracted.  I fell in love with the characters & wanted to see them all have what they were really needing.
I rarely find myself so moved by a story until the end, but this one had me sobbing on more than one occasion. It's not that it is such a sad set of circumstances, but the sacrifices & trials drew me in completely.
Lucky for me I snagged this gem for free, but I almost feel guilty...it was that good!
1540922
This is a book I revisit about once a year. It might seem crazy, but this is one of my favorites. The friends to something more that happens in this book is so slow and so beautiful and so freaking perfect that I have to have more of Levi and Cath.

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I absolutely adore this book. This is the third time I've read it and each time I find something new to love.

Levi. Levi, Levi, Levi. I'm pretty sure this man is damn near perfect. He's kind, fun, happy, and sincere. These aren't the typical words I use when describing male characters, but Levi is special. He's everything I hope my daughters find in a guy (I'd say he's everything I would love to find, but I found my special someone so the his ship has sailed).

I love this story--obviously, it's my third time reading it. I love the slow dance between Cather and Levi. I love how good they are together, even before they're together. I love snarky Reagan, Cath's dad, and Wren. I just love it all.

This is a story I will continue to read again and again. This once per year thing is working pretty well and I'm going to keep that going.

I did listen to this book instead of reading it this go 'round and I have to say the narrator is perfect for the voice of Cather. She seems to really understand the story and how Cather is feeling. And then there's the voice of Simon and Baz. I think it's cool that these sections are narrated by someone else. The story flows very smoothly and I'll definitely listen again.

Levi. Because he's more than just...
711467
I felt immediately attracted to this book, because of the title, the cover, and the description, and I turned out to love it even more than I had expected. I'm not a big fan of thrillers or mysteries, but this is both and neither, and in addition, there are vivid characters and really beautiful yet simple prose that transcends genre literature. The novel has tiny chapters, and I read a few at a time, and it was always such a comfort to return to the lull of the road, and Ben's narration. I didn't want it to end, and will now definitely get my hands on the prequel.
I had one problem, though. Not for the life of me could I understand what happened in the end with the child. I understood who the belt belonged to, and I understood what Ben hints at, but how was this all possible?! I'm stupid like that sometimes, but it seemed a little too neatly folded and not explained enough for idiots like me. I think this may be a thing for the editors to consider as they prepare the book further? I'm a pretty careful reader with two MFAs, I'm pretty sure if this was an issue for me, it may be problematic for others, too.
3219830
I couldn't put it down; and now I wish it would go on more!  This is a wonderful sequel.
1583784
I put off reading I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN for years, and now that I've finished, I can't for the life of me remember why. The prose is so beautiful and the emotions so vivid that it's impossible not to feel everything Noah and Jude are feeling--grief and guilt and love and rage and heartbreak and forgiveness. I'm a sucker for stories about broken families learning to rebuild, about first love and falling in love with art and artistry, and this story delivered in spades on all counts. The only reason I'd give it four stars instead of five is because I wanted more from the ending. After everything they'd been through, I felt these characters deserved more.

Otherwise, this was magnificent. An experience from start to finish.