Groundhog Day?

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

If you had to relive the worst day of your life over and over again, what would you change, if anything? Do you think it would matter?

I came across this one when I was choosing the books I would use for the Blind Date Books display I made for my school library. I was trying to choose books that were a few years old to bring back interest into some great books. This was one of them. When I was writing the vague blurbs for the books, I was really drawn to this one. Imagine my surprise to see that I had it in my classroom library, compliments of my daughter, who read this a few years ago.

Samantha Kingston is a senior who seemingly has everything. She is popular, has a boyfriend, and a group of best friends who do everything together. Then something happens, and this day, February 12th, becomes the last day of Sam's life.

It starts out fairly normal for her. It's cupid day at school, so every period, roses are being delivered. She's invited to a party. She's supposed to lose her virginity tonight. Pretty standard fare for the pretty people in high school. Then, as they are leaving the party, Sam and her friends are in a car accident.

Thus begins Sam reliving the last day of her life, over and over again. At first, she just thinks it's deja vu, but finds that it's not. Then she tries changing everything that she and her friends do, in the hope that things turn out differently. They don't. For seven days, she wakes up on February 12th. For seven days, she tries to do things that she will never have the chance to do again.

This was a good book, and I look forward to seeing what Hollywood does with it next month.