The Winnie Years is kind of a guilty pleasure series for me. I don't usually admit to reading it mainly because it's a part of the chick-lit category on Goodreads. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate chick-lit. I don't. I just don't associate my bookshelf with that category and therefore am not proud of it.
Forget about my picky genre, the Winnie years was a series of books I started when I was younger and finished in my mid-tweens. I kind of cheated, though; I read Twelve first.
Here is the correct chronology:
Ten (although it was written after the rest)
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Thirteen Plus One
I read Twelve and liked it a lot. The book was not typically written but did have the same key elements as Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. This book helped me a lot during my 'Winnie Years'.
Then I read Eleven. I was kind of disappointed. The previously hilarious Winnifred Perry was replaced by a young, awkward, slightly rude Winnifred. I didn't really like her in this book. Maybe it was just her age, maybe not. She kind of ruined the book for me.
After being slightly disappointed with Eleven, I was really pumped up for Thirteen. I did like Twelve better, though, because it addressed more of my issues and Thirteen was a little too cliche for my taste. But it got the job done.
In Thirteen Plus One Winnie is a much more mature young lady with a boyfriend. She deals with real relationship issues and is much more respectful. However, I didn't care for the lingo Myracle wrote in, i.e. awesometabulous.
The books are really good if you are young enough to enjoy them. I still read them from time to time if I ever have an issue that Ms. Myracle needs to solve!
Buy 'em here on Amazon:
Start out with Ten!
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