Thirty to Sixty Days, Alikay Wood
Thirty to Sixty Days, Alikay Wood
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Thirty to Sixty Days

Author: Alikay Wood

Narrator: Sarah Welborn

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2024


Synopsis

Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, she's willing to skate through high school until she can graduate and escape it all: the monotony of this town, the guilt of everything that happened with her dad, and the debt that her mom's dealing with that she feels responsible for.

But then Hattie finds out she's dying. Apparently, she was exposed to a parasite because of a mistake her mom's company made. And she's not the only one. Two other kids have been exposed to the parasite: Carmen, who seems to be totally perfect; and Albie, a quiet kid who survived childhood cancer.

Hattie, Albie, and Carmen are told they have thirty to sixty days to live. Instead of just sitting around a hospital and waiting to die, the three kids form an unlikely alliance to live the last days of their lives out to the fullest. And if Hattie just happens to find a way to raise some money for her mom through filming all their misadventures—well, she's not going to not do that then.

Thirty to Sixty Days examines the ways that three teens grapple with the thread of imminent death—and how each ultimately discovers what life ought to be.

About Alikay Wood

Alikay Wood was once described by a wedding DJ as "five feet of fury." When she's not shredding up dance floors, she's writing books about friendship and "unlikeable" girls. She lives in California and is probably currently avoiding writing by rollerblading, crushing trivia competitions, or camping. Thirty to Sixty Days is her first book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on June 18, 2023

4.5* This is such a charming gem of a book! If you are looking for something to make you laugh and lift your heart, this is the one for you! Now look, it does require a bit of suspension of disbelief, but I promise, it is worth it. And here is why I say it did require some suspension of disbelief: wh......more

Goodreads review by Danielle Nichole on May 15, 2024

Libby: I'm apparently the tenth or eleventh person to review this that wasn't an arc /advanced copy reader. Weird. Did not realize this was so new of a book when I checked out the audiobook from the library! Unfortunately, this book just wasn't a good fit overall. The MC is a compulsive liar that's......more

Goodreads review by Erin on April 28, 2023

3.5 Stars, rounded up You know what this book is? Really fun. Sure, it's not quite believable. There's a lot of disbelief to be suspended. But it's a romp of a story full of wild twists and turns that just begs you to forget logic and sink into it. Popstars and poets, illegal TTRPG gambling rings, a......more

Goodreads review by ally on January 20, 2023

I didn’t have super high expectations for this book, solely because I don’t read a lot of YA anymore, but I was blown away. There’s something about the writing style that immediately draws you in and wraps you around it’s finger. It’s just such a cute, funny story and was a very refreshing read. I f......more

Goodreads review by Kyra on December 23, 2023

This book was a pretty quick read. It was my library’s Teen Book Club book for November and I finally got around to reading it. Again it was a fast read, but I found it difficult to really like the characters. Maybe I’m being too critical, but I didn’t really like Hattie much. It was difficult to wi......more