The Girl I Was

By: Jeneva Rose

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Alexis Spencer thinks she has it all figured out. Even when life gets her down, she’s never too far away from another inspirational quote to rationalize her failures and ignore all her problems. Her boyfriend breaks it off, she loses her job, her closest friends are a distant memory, and her college debt is still as high as the day she left. In typical fashion, she blames the world for her problems, including her 18-year-old self who should have just tried harder and put their life on a better track.

After feeling sorry for herself, she goes on a bender to forget her problems and ends up blacking out. But this time she doesn't wake up at home; she isn't even in the right city; in fact, she isn't even in the right year. She’s back in her college town in the year 2002, and she thinks she's been given a second chance to do things over - that is, until she comes face-to-face with her unruly 18-year-old self, who goes by the name of Lexi because it's sexier.

Right from the get-go, she has to get acclimated to life in the early 2000s again, which has its ups (no Kardashians) and downs (no cell phone). Once she meets Lexi though, the hard part truly begins. First, Alexis must convince her that she is, in fact, from the future. Then she has to convince Lexi to let her live in the dorm with her. Finally, they must learn to get along and come to terms with the fact that, alone, they will never make things right, but together, they could change their life for the better.

©2021 Jeneva Rose (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Another good book

To me kinda started off a lil slow wasn't sure if I would like it but surprised me parts were kinda slow but in all a great book so far her books have caught my attention and haven't been disappointed to be able to go back and change and figure out what u really want and are well good loved it

So fun!

Loved this book, such a fun and heartwarming take on self forgiveness and second chances.

She’s turning into my favorite author

Another book that doesn’t disappoint. It’s especially interesting if you actually lived during the early 2000s brings me back 😊

Story was OK… Narrator was NOT!

For a while, I regretted this purchase. I think it’s probably a better book if you read it yourself as opposed to listening because the narrator was TERRIBLE. The voices she gave the characters were juvenile and sounded like spoiled high schoolers. I thought it was a YA book. It was very distracting and ruined most of the book for me. However, you do get to the last 3ish hours and begin to feel for/develop a connection to the character(s). I just wished I read it myself to give it a better rating.

Awesome book

If you are dealing with grief in any form this book will help with healing.

Enjoyable and Light

I give this book 5 stars not because it is deep and life changing, but because I really enjoyed the journey! I downloaded it for a beach vacation and it was the perfect fit. I would put the story in the category of 2000s RomCom (even though it is not a romance story).

I wish I could go back in time and meet my younger self as well. I’m sure with time I would be much kinder to her and she would learn to admire me.

Love!

Started listening to this book, cause I love Jeneva Rose, and was happily surprised by the accuracy of the description of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (where I had attended undergrad).
Please read this book and I hope you enjoy it just as much as I did!

Funny and heart felt

This is probably best for a woman in their early 40s. I could not stop laughing about the lower back tattoo reference and pop culture of the early 2000’s. I wasn’t expecting this to pull on my heart strings but it did. Go give your mom a hug and listen to this!

Heartwarming

I loved this book on so many levels. The mom part touched me the most. I wasn’t sure where the story was going but the ending was great.

Unexpected and refreshing.

I enjoyed this book. It had an unexpected story line, but it was refreshingly funny and thought provoking.