Download Field Notes on Love Jennifer E Smith Books

Product details Age Range 12 - 17 years Grade Level 7 - 9 Lexile Measure 0790 (What's this?) Hardcover 288 pages Publisher Delacorte Press (March 5, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 0399559418

Field Notes on Love Jennifer E Smith Books Reviews

• Jennifer Smith has never let me down, hence my pre-ordering this book. I read it in one sitting and loved the story and the characters. Imagine you're one of a set of British sextuplets, your girlfriend of three years has just dumped you, but left you with the trip package the two of you were planning from London to the U.S. and from NYC across country by train to Emeryville, CA. She still wants you to go, but there's one small problem. The tickets and hotel reservations are in her name. This is Biracial Hugo's situation. Meanwhile, in a town just outside NYC in a house adjacent to the tracks leading out of NYC and eventually to the west, lives Margaret Campbell, AKA Mae, accepted at USC, but rejected by their film school which has been her dream for years. When Hugo's sister convinces him to put a message inline asking for another Margaret Campbell (his erstwhile girlfriend's name) who might be willing to accompany him on the trip, he gets two responses. Why his first choice doesn't work is good for a belly laugh, but then he contacts Mae, and the gods and goddesses of love and fate set to work. How everything plays out involves romance, wonder, some feelings of being trapped and both Hugo and Mae having to look at life through fresh eyes. It's a dandy and heartwarming story, and a great choice for school and public libraries.
• Field Notes on Love was a cute story about Hugo, a sextuplet (part of a 6-pack), and Mae (also known as Margaret Campbell). Hugo lives in England, and had planned to go on a trip around the US with his girlfriend, also named Margaret Campbell, who in a strange turn of events dumps him but tells him - hey, you should still go on this trip!
  
  There's a catch. The trip was booked entirely by her, so he couldn't get into any of the hotels or anything without Margaret Campbell being with him with proper identification. So he puts out an ad for a Margaret Campbell. Mae responds to this ad.
  
  Mae is an aspiring filmmaker, who was just accepted to USC but not to their film program. She decides she needs adventure to find herself and experience new things, so she goes for it.
  
  Two strangers meet on a train, and of course, super cliché, end up falling in love. It was a little off-putting how quickly they started making out, I will say that.
  
  Otherwise though, after that one weird point, I kind of just decided to suspend reality and go with it. Hugo is a really really, genuinely, sweet and stand up guy. Mae comes with a bit of 'drama', but not so much that it put me off.
  
  A cute story, cute romance, super predictable, not amazing, but also not horrible.
• Hugo on Audible was delicious. I'd add this feature, if I were you. I really liked both characters. It wasn't an action story and had no jump scares, but it kept me interested throughout.
• Great writing coupled with a great story made this a nice read. I’d recommend it. A part two would wrap things up.
• I loved the book. I'm already a big fan of Jennifer e. Smith, so it it was plus. I love the story.
• This book was very cute. I enjoyed the train travel. Makes me want to get on a train myself. A good book all around.
• You know those books you can’t stop reading, but are also praying you never finish? FIELD NOTES ON LOVE is one of those! I bought, read, and finished this one in a day!
  
  The YA novel follows two teens, Mae and Hugo who end up traveling by train from NYC to San Francisco. When Hugo’s girlfriend, Margaret Campbell breaks up with him after booking the trip (hotels and all) in her name alone, he posts an ad to find another Margaret Campbell so he can still take the trip.
  
  A few things I loved about this book
  - Hugo is half-Black and British
  - Hugo is also one of sextuplets (all of whom are fairly well-developed characters 👍🏾)
  - Mae is a filmmaker
  - The book is well-written and so incredibly vivid!
  - Alfie ❤️ (you’ll understand when you read).
  
  Overall, a nuanced romance (totally appropriate for high schoolers) centered around family, finding oneself, and of course the wonder of a good travel adventure! 10/10 would recommend!
• Sometimes you just want a book that you will make you feel happy, and Field Notes on Love was that book for me. It's got a very original meet cute story and people falling in love against the backdrop of a cross-country train trip.
  
  Hugo has a major problem. As a last hurrah before starting college, he and his girlfriend were going to take a train trip across the United States. For Hugo, who's never been outside the UK, this is a big adventure. Then his girlfriend dumps him and he finds out that all the reservations for the trip are under her name and nontransferable and nonrefundable. So, Hugo turns to the internet to look for a traveling companion with the name Margaret Campbell.
  
  Enter Mae (full names, Margaret Campbell). Her dream was to go to USC for film school. She got into USC, but not the film school and she's trying to reassess her work, not knowing why it didn't measure up. She's in a weird place, and when she sees Hugo's post, she decides to go for it, and they take the cross-country trip together.
  
  This book was really delightful. Hugo and Mae are great characters. They're both at a crossroad in their lives. Hugo is a sextuplet. He's never been on his own, and he's supposed to be starting college with his five siblings in a few weeks. Suddenly, he's not sure this is the path he wants and he's feeling trapped. In an effort to move past the failure of her film school application, May decides to start a film while they're traveling, and she and Hugo interview their fellow passengers about love. She's got some barriers set us, but with the encouragement of her sassy grandmother, she opens herself up.
  
  Field Notes on Love is a really cute, fun travel romance. It's perfect for anyone who loves travel and trains (if you find trains romantic, this is definitely the book for you).