And I’m back…And I forgot to separate chapters 6 and 7 when I cut and pasted them for my reading leisure. And I am a lazy bum that is too tired to try and separate the comments into their respective chapters. So this is for both chapters. Sorry you deserve the separate reviews.
1. Gah, I love the whole soundtrack idea. Makes me thing of back in eighth grade when we had to make a soundtrack of our lives. Ok that’s random, but still, neat idea.
2. Ack! He didn’t kiss her, well on t the lips anyway. Well he certainly is a tease, but a sweet one. And he had a good reason for it.
3. Woah there! Way to add some totally unexpected drama in there with Kale’s’ bro dying and everything. Did not see that coming, but nicely written.
4. Evil car accidents. Sadness…The whole raining thing was soo sweet. Reminded me of when my dad says that every time it rains God is crying. –tear—
5. You learn a lot about Lydia and Kale through all the talk about their brothers dying. Really well done.
6. Poor Grafton will just have to wait, sucks for him, but Kale needs her. Seems like Grafton is a little too perfect to be real.
7. Aww, Kale talking in his sleep and the whole necklace thing, majorly cute and sweet and perfect. And they bonded and she got to settle stuff with her mental sadness.
8. I know I shouldn’t be so happy, when you spent the whole chapter talking about people dying, but there is no Tabitha! Yay!
9. Very deep and semi-depressing chapter. I think my favorite line was the whole thing about this being a “bump in the road” reminds me of one of my poems (“getting there”)
10. Aww I think Kale wants more than to be Lydia’s best friend.
11. Ack, Kale’s funeral/hero speech had me balling, like my keyboard is officially wet. And salty.
12. Aww! He likes her, Kale likes her. Perfect!

I have so totally had this saved on my computer and ready to read, but I have been uber busy and slow and just didn’t get around to it. The horror. My deepest and sincerest apologies. Here I am and along with my list reviews I will make up for it by finishing the story off. Thanks for the super sweet review by the way, meant a lot. Thought I would mention it before I forget. Anyway, on to the review.
1. Wow I am so just like Lydia it is kind of scary. Especially with the whole reading thing, i.e. the first two paragraphs.
2. Aww...Kale has a girlfriend, so not cool. I want him to wind up with Lydia, even though Grafton is super and hot and all. They just mesh better, if that makes any sense at all. Unless this Tabitha doesn’t exist! –crosses fingers-
3. Haha, flubbing, that’s a new one. I will have to look for it on the SATs.
4. Funny how Grafton is starting to get on her nerves with the whole sweetheart thing, but she thinks he’s perfect still. You write all her thoughts well.
5. The herbalessance bit was totally hilarious. My mom was giving me crazy looks when I broke out laughing.
6. Haha he finally kissed her!
Off to read the next chapter.

oh great ending. sorry it took me so long but I had computer problems and I had just been thinking about this story so yeah. wondrful. You know, real life is nothing like in the movies. damn it all. lol. you're a fantastic writer.
~Mel

I read the beginning and I LOVE IT! YOu have magic fingers Fayezer, if you catch my drift. But I am being interrupted by my psycho mother, screaming about vaccum cleaners and me using one or something of the sort.
Oh, and I nrealy pissed my pants reading your bio. Ah, the joys of art and bookstores. The blow job thing is about that time with Goeby, correct?
Basoomas and Tooshy,
Sha-Bam-Sha-Bam

Aww! This was a really sweet story and I loved every second of it! All the characters were awesome , and it wasn't too fast to be confusing or too slow to be boring! I loved it!
-Meekah

really good story. i enjoyed it. i think you have a very unique perspective on a lot of things... that made me think about a lot of things and how things really are, relating to movies. anyway, i loved the story. you should definitely keep writing.
and i'm really sorry about your dog... i'd be so sad if my dog died... and he's a bad dog... well not that bad, he could be worse... ;) I guess i'd be even sadder if i had a good dog like you.

you know, i dont know why i even started reading this story. maybe its just because your pen name was 'mixtape to sleep to', and that seemed intriguing enough to check your story out.
having finished the story, i didnt review it. in fact, its been 2 days since i read it; i just didnt even know what to say exactly. you hit upon an idea i wrote about in a story called 'Just Like a Movie'... except you hit on the key so much better than i did.
we all write about what we know, so in almost every occasion, our characters tend to be sloppy impersonations of ourselves. and there were times in the story where i felt as though Lydia had disappeared and all that was left was you, writing about how you felt of life, love, and all that comes in between.
i'm rambling now, but thats okay (to me at least), and i just wanted to say, what i tried to say in the last 3 paragraps of this review was that i really, really enjoyed your story. it was a marvelous tale, one which contained in it perhaps the truest message available to the children of our wasted generation - movies are great for watching and not so great for living. we all have enough drama, one way or another...
michael

I just love this story so much! Kale reminds me of my good friend so much! I could only hope that he would ever want to be with me *sigh* You're writing is great, i love your style. I've read some of your other stuff too and it's great. Keep writing
luv ~brumby~ xx
P.S. Do you think that you could read me story? *hint hint* just if you ever get the chance )

theres more 2 this story rite? cause i'm sittin here...wonderin so much cause i've never had my 1st kiss i'm still waitin 4 it. this story is like me...how i want my 1st kiss expect there's no eath and best friend...lol, u kno wat i mean. i'm sorry about ur dog. i mean dogs are men/women's best friend so i'm sure u dog loved u dearly...
dont' get 2 mournful cause u'll have 2 accept the fact that ur dog died and there's no chance of gettin back the same personality he did, but u can get back the same type of dog and such... all i'm sayin is that don't mope around so much, u'll never kno wen u miss something that has already changed ur life...
_ byeness!

That was a really cool, makes-you-think, one-true-love, real-life, totally fantastic love story. I really liked it, and I loved Kale. He's a great character. ~Gryphon

Wow. That's, like, totally (BINGO!) targeting probably every teenage girl's feelings about love and being kissed. I know you've got me right on. I like it. ~Gryphon

Whoa - You are such an excellent writer! This story was amazing, b/c of its simplicity...no lurid sex scenes, outrageous plots, etc. I hope you become a writer :) and keep up the great work!

I LOVE IT! LoL. The whole story is awesome, you did very well with the characters especially. Lydia was great, I like how she keeps loving her movie ends until the end (she doesn't change). I love Kale, he's awesome too... Grafton, well... I wanted Lydia to fall in love with Kale from the beginning, so I didn't really like Grafton. Those were the only really prominent characters that stuck in my mind. I think if you developed Tony a bit more, and Lydia's brother too, it would have more emotion, and their deaths would pull at the ready a bit more.
The settings are great, I really liked the ending, how you described the underwater scene (seaweed and all!).
And of course, the sappy lovey ending was, well, movie-like and very perfect for the whole story.
Keep writing more stories! You're an awesome writer.
~~RLB

aw. i enjoyed reading this story itas really good. and thats all i have to say. bye!
oh ya, i hope that u feel better soon (must suck losing ur dog)

i cant believe its over so quickly. i loved this chapter. it was brilliantly written (im not exaggerating) and very philosophical in a credible way. i like the kissing scene. it's so real...
im not sure about the whole prequel thing. i kind of like the story on its own, the way it is now. but that's just me.
real life is better than the movies. it's so much more vivid and can be so much more perfect than any scene in a film, and at the same time, the tragedies are of course unparalleled by anything that can happen in a movie. i like that she realizes that... i like that there aren't any loose ends. it was a great story.