I kind of feel sorry for this book. The overall story is good, and I enjoyed it, but it has too many topical pop references for it to amount to anythiI kind of feel sorry for this book. The overall story is good, and I enjoyed it, but it has too many topical pop references for it to amount to anything. No Doubt? OutKast? Orlando Bloom? This book is completely dated, and not in a nostalgic way, but in a, what are you talking about, Mom? way. I'd weed this book; read it before it's too late....more
I read this book in one long sitting. It is wonderful. A librarian mentor of mine asked me what it is about and I gave a very short response; it is diI read this book in one long sitting. It is wonderful. A librarian mentor of mine asked me what it is about and I gave a very short response; it is difficult to explain because the story unfolds like a mystery you don't want to give away. I liked that the reader is just about at the same level of knowledge as the main character Taylor about her life and her family history. I also liked that I was a few steps ahead of her in piecing it together. I wish I could read this book for the first time again. ...more
I am kind of surprised I finished this book. It is awfully whiny and there really isn't plot. I don't recommend it. I am kind of surprised I finished this book. It is awfully whiny and there really isn't plot. I don't recommend it. ...more
**spoiler alert** I really liked this book, but around the end there were parts where I wanted more. Jenna never told her parents about the hellish pu**spoiler alert** I really liked this book, but around the end there were parts where I wanted more. Jenna never told her parents about the hellish purgatory she hints at experiencing while her mind was kept on a computer. There should have been more to that - especially when it came to destroying her back-up and her friends. From the beginning of the novel, I knew that there was something wrong with her; I thought maybe she was cryogenicly frozen or was a clone. I was impatient to get to the part where she figured it out, but I didn't think it was slow at all. It's too bad that the epilogue takes away possibilities for a sequel. I particularly liked Jenna's description of her love for physical books. And in the future!...more
A wonderful book on all aspects of women in business. Mireille Guiliano acknowledges and addresses differences between men and women in work without aA wonderful book on all aspects of women in business. Mireille Guiliano acknowledges and addresses differences between men and women in work without any kind of political agenda - which I loved. I wanted to recommend this book to all the people I took a library management class with last semester - men and women. ...more
There were funny parts of the book, but I was surprised again and again at how nasty it was - in a juvenile, unsubtle, and not-very-funny way. The chaThere were funny parts of the book, but I was surprised again and again at how nasty it was - in a juvenile, unsubtle, and not-very-funny way. The characters were all one-dimensional, and the premise that the book begins with - that the main character gets the idea for the play when angry at her father after she walks in on him cheating on her mother - is abandoned as soon as she meets a cute boy. I believe the author is an 8th grade teacher, and while 8th graders may talk like the characters in the book do, I don't think that 12th graders act like the characters in the book do. Wizner's last book won an ALA title; I haven't read it, but I hope it's better than Castration Celebration... I would be embarrassed if my husband or father or teacher wrote this book!...more
A good book, full of wonderful characters. It ended a bit quickly and there were two questions I had when it was finished: Why did Atomiko decide to cA good book, full of wonderful characters. It ended a bit quickly and there were two questions I had when it was finished: Why did Atomiko decide to come down to Tres Camarones? and Did it work? There were also a couple of topical jabs made which took my focus away from the story and to the author, and that is not usually a good thing in a novel. ...more
I don't think that "Sacred Hearts" is a very good name for this book, because I can never remember it. And it's not very impressive to be telling someI don't think that "Sacred Hearts" is a very good name for this book, because I can never remember it. And it's not very impressive to be telling someone how much you liked a book you recently read when you can't remember the title. But I did really like it. The book is as much about the politics of convent life as it is about the individual nuns who occupy the story, and the plot of the story went farther than I predicted, which is always wonderful. ...more
I heard someone at the library refer to this book as Alexie's best, but though it's only the second book of his that I have read, I did not like it asI heard someone at the library refer to this book as Alexie's best, but though it's only the second book of his that I have read, I did not like it as I liked The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The book read like it was rushed when written and the characters weren't very developed. Maybe it should have been a draft of a much more fleshed out story. Also, and I'm not sure how much say an author has about this aspect, but I found the discussion questions at the end condescending at best. A question like, "How could Zits have made his foster care situations better for himself?" quite frankly disgusted me. ...more
When I started this book I didn't think that I would like it that much, because the writing through the first chapter or two was very dry. Because it When I started this book I didn't think that I would like it that much, because the writing through the first chapter or two was very dry. Because it gets better through the book, I can't help but wonder if Lobdell forgot what it felt like his first few years as an evangelical but tried to force those emotions through anyway. It didn't really work. But as he writes about his near conversion to Catholicism and his disillusionment with the Church, the book is much more powerful. I liked how Lobdell, though he is now an atheist, doesn't put himself in the category with those who practice atheism like a religion. I think this book would be a comfort for anyone who has ever lost his faith....more
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