13 Little Blue Envelopes Epic Reads Edition

It's a wonderful book for the young minds. The story is no doubt very mesmerizing and attracts the reader to go inside and know next. The story is so beautiful and loveable.

This is the second book I read as an audiobook. I've tried a few, but I usually ended up get the e-book or paperback copy in order to read it because I'm way to impatient to go at the narrator's pace, and I can't increase the speed as I'm not a native English speaker and I end up getting confused because of the various accents! :pBut now, I can proudly say that I finished reading this book solely through the Audiobook.And I loved it. I loved the crazy aunt Peg, and I loved Virginia and Keith too. I loved the narration as well because it was easy to understand and I was actually able to fast forward it.The places Virginia visits are described so beautifully that I felt I was there. It was a beautiful experience.I also loved the letters and the pictures on them and Aunt Peg's other paintings. They were all so beautiful!The writing style was super, the characters though many, were all awesome and I absolutely loved it! Now I'll on to the book two!

I've never read anything of Maureen Johnson's before, and looking at reviews I really didn't know what to expect,so I guess my expectations were low.I loved this book.No it didn't blow me away like some books I have read. So why the 5 stars? I really enjoyed it. It didn't put methrough a huge emotional rollercoaster, but sometimes your emotions need a rest. I felt like I had made the journeywith Ginny, visited the places, experienced what she experienced. That is all I expect from a book like this.I wish I could just take off on a crazy, unplanned journey where you don't know what will happen next and afterreading this I feel a little like I have. It was really well written, genuinely funny and there were partsthat made me feel sad. So not a life changing event, reading this book, but thoroughly enjoyable. I am desperateto find out what was in the 13th envelope, and it just so happens I have "The Last Little Blue Envelope" sat onmy bookshelf, waiting. So I'm going to go read it ......Right Now.

My daughter, a college student in the US, told me I should read this (with an underlying MUST). I was enchanted with it, it is a truly amazing read. Both my daughter and I read it from different persepctives. I read it as a mother, she read it as 19 yr old 2nd year college student - in fact the epitomy of Ginny, the main character. The book says that Ginny, who has just finished school, changes because of the envelopes. As a mother of a girl the same age, this transition between school and life happens anyway. How it affects the teen girl (or boy) depends on what happens next. Some go on successfully to college, some choose a gap year, some "hang out" unsure and afraid of what lies ahead. Ginny falls into this lattr category. She is dealing with confusion about her life at this transitory point, when a dramatic event that changes her life's direction, is spring upon her.She is left 13 blue envelopes by a favourite, rather eccentric,deceased aunt. The instructions are explicit - open them at a specific time and follow the instructions contained within. Ginny could have open all of the envelopes at one time - she doesn't which in itself is curious but as she opens the first - she finds money and instructions to buy a one-way ticket to London. She must take only a back back, no ipod, mobile phone, laptop or the general trappings attached to the average teen. On the plane she opens no 2. That envelope tells her what to do and where to go initially. After that, there is a certain amount of strange free choice with each letter, which then makes Ginny's voyage into the unknown far more her own than her aunt's exact planning. This book (and its sequel , which is also a must read). The ending is not what you think it will be. This book is dramatically hitting the book charts in the US and I am really confused as to why this is not happening in the UK. For both parents and late teens this is a MUST READ.  13 Little Blue Envelopes ..Then read the last little blue envelope. 13 Little Blue Envelopes

I was a bit undecided on this book before I bought it. I thought at the very least it would be a fun, flirty read. And it was. What enticed me to the book was Ginny'a quest as she follows instructions from her deceased aunt. Ginny is led on an exciting journey that takes her from New Jersery to London, to Scotland, to Paris and Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Greek Islands.The reader bit by bit learns about the nature of Ginny and her aunt and while all the scenerios are well written and exciting, it felt like there was something missing. The places all felt real, so well described it felt like I was right there. But to make this a brilliant read, I would have preferred some emotions.Ginny meets Keith, a struggling artist. The only indication we get that she likes him is her inability to speak, and the writer telling us she a crush on him...apart from that, there was no indication. No fluttery butterflies, no longing glances, nothing.The same with her travelling. It felt like Ginny was only going through the motions. I would have loved to read how scared or alone Ginny felt or how excited. A lot of the time it read more like an essay than a novel.Asides from this, it was a good book and a fun read.

I enjoyed 13 little envelopes and thought it was a unique offering in the YA contemporary genre. I read it in a matter of hours and enjoyed every page.The story follows Ginny as she goes on a mad and random journey following a series of instructions given to her in envelopes by her late aunt. It initially takes her to London then off further afield in Europe and beyond. The idea of doing something so impulsive without a real plan thought through is so fascinating as I could never see myself having the courage to do anything of the sort.For me the journey goes on it both very exciting and quite sad as she traces the foot steps of her aunt whom she never got the chance to say goodbye to.Along her journey she randomly meets Keith. I loved Keith and how his personality was completely mirrored in the type of tasks Ginny found herself completing and I loved the relationship they built up between them over the course of the book.A quirky offering from Maureen Johnson which I really did enjoy.

I know this booked is not aimed at my age group (near 50) but I highly recommend it and I really enjoyed it. I am not normally into what I would call "girly" books but this had the added extra of the intrigue of the envelopes. You could never second guess what was going to happen next as Ginny's Aunt was quite wacky. I have just finished reading the sequel as well which too is very enjoyable with lots of twists and turns. Thank you Maureen Johnson.