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Summary: Be prepared for a little schock talk
Review: After the first few pages of TTYL I put the book down and rang up my 20 something school teacher daughter to corroborate or correct Myracle's use of current teenage girl talk. "Yes, Dad," she assured me, "thirteen year old girls know about and talk about that kind of stuff." Shocked but somewhat relieved by this confirmation from someone I respect who is much closer to the teenage scene than I am, I read on. What a delightful read it was! Maddie, Snow Angel and Zoe couldn't be closer if they lived together. They share pain, pleasure, and intimate thoughts and come up with ways to help each other through difficulties. Don't get hung up on the sex talk. Sex is NOT the theme of the book. Friendship is.
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Summary: NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
Review: As a librarian, I try to read reviews before ordering books to place in our high school. I was intrigued with the description of this book's format (Instant Messaging between friends). All reviews praised the book's uniqueness and its insight on the lives of three high school girls, however, this is not a book I will be putting on the shelf. The profanity throughout the book was unnecessary. I would have a difficult time justifying it to an irate parent who might complain about the explicit language. In addition to the language, the plot of the book was slow. The conflicts of each character did not fully surface until the last 40 pages of the book. I will be donating this book to our public library. It has SOME merit but it is not a battle I choose to fight with the school board if this book were ever challenged.
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Summary: Great Book!!!
Review: Did the Winsome Threesome just start breaking away from each other?! TTYL's winsome threesome are best friends entering the ups and downs of high school together. This realistic fiction takes place in modern times in the form of IMing (Instant Messaging). "SnowAngel" aka Angela is a boy crazy, hyper, hippie girl. "mad maddie" aka Maddie is the tough `get off my case' girl of the group. "zoegirl" aka Zoe is the `perfect' girl who brings peace within the group. Each girl has her problems within the story. Angela won't make up her mind on a boy and when they dump her, she breaks down. Maddie goes through a serious embarrassment when she befriends a `popular girl' Jane. Zoe won't realize a huge problem until it's too late. This hilarious book will have you laughing out with, I must warn, some disgust. But hey you know it's like disgusting jokes.
Personally I thought this book was the best. It was a definite page-turner for sure because it was just like live for some high scholars. I mean don't some of us have crushes where they crush us. Or do things embarrassing that everyone in the school knows. Teenagers especially would like this book with all it's humor on live. And technically this story is about teens. Because when Lauren Myracle wrote this book she based it on some of her friends emotions when they were in high school. One surprise (and Zoe's problem here) was that Zoe never realized a teacher was hitting on her. She never thought that he would do that until he `asked' her out. But Angela and Maddie come to the rescue for Zoe. I think that everyone who is a teen, thirteen and up, will love this book. So get out a read it.
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Summary: For teens?
Review: I bought this book for my 15 year old niece. Her birthday isn't for a couple of weeks so I read it. I am a teacher and enjoy reading new books to see what's going on. Mind you, I am from the Judy Blume era, Deenie, Tiger Eyes, etc. We thought they were edgy. This book, was horrible. I read the first 10 pages and was horrified that I could have given this to my niece. The language and subject matter was beyond belief. I don't like the curse words, but I could deal with them. The sexual content, though...unbelievable.
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Summary: Hilarious, cute, and fun!
Review: I LOVED ttyl!
I have to admit, I was initially wary of the instant-messenger format, but it only took me to the end of the first page to get into it. I also am a huge fan of Myracle's first book, KISSING KATE, and I'm happy to report that this one is even better. By the end of the book, if you don't love every one of the three friends whose correspondence makes up the book (even with their flaws), you should ask someone else to check to make sure you have a pulse. It's so rare and delightful to find YA novels that employ such an authentic voice for their characters, and the instant-messenger format serves to reinforce the sense that you really are getting an accurate transcript of high school banter. It's surprising (and laughable) to see that this book has been criticized by someone for inappropriate content--the treatment of sexual topics is very, very mild compared to a lot of similar books out there.
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Summary: i guess it is good....
Review: i would give this book a 2/5 because it is very boring at some parts... but it is okay, i guess. my friend loved it and told me to read it, and i did. i wasn't... like... dying for a sequal or something, but it is good. i thought it was really cool how all the pages are instant massages, especially since i like to im. anyway, it swears in it a lot so if you are a younger person, i suggest you dont read it. it is an OKAY book if you want to read it.
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Summary: The Downfall of Society
Review: In the future, robot archaeologists will be sifting through the rubble of a long dead human civilization, patiently searching for the ultimate cause of mankind's extinction. After sifting through the remains of our fallen society, searching through libraries and the streets of ghost towns and the insides of long-dead computers, they will eventually find the horrific shout that set off the avalanche that would destroy us.They will find TTYL. It will be the first time a robot weeps.
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Summary: LOL , with a dose of serious empowerment
Review: In TTYL, Myracle puts a cyper-spin on the classic epistolary novel. Who knew such a compelling (and ultimately touching) story could be told entirely through IM messages? And while Myracle is often laugh-out-loud funny (LOL), ultimately the book encourages some very serious virtues: loyalty, self-confidence, and integrity.
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Summary: Sex and The City For Kids (without good writing)
Review: Just picked up this winner in the Young Adults section of Border's for my about to turn thirteen year old daughter. As defined in the book description the target audience is 13-17. At least the creators of Sex and The City target their show to adults and don't enter it in this category. However the subject matter and crude descriptiveness in this book could have found it's way onto that show. If you don't believe me, pick it up at the store and see if you would be willing to read pages 10-11 aloud to a group of junior high girls'.(although doing so would probably subject you to arrest) It's bad enough the pressures on young girls' to be sexualized everywhere they look, but it would be nice if we could turn them loose in the literature for kid's; especially when the book jacket tells us of the author's credentials in writing for young people. Perhaps Larry Flynt might have a place for Ms. Myracle in his Letter's to the editor section.
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Summary: ttyl(Talk to You Later)
Review: Lauren Myracle strikes again, with another fantastic novel! This book I have to say is one of my favorite books. This book hooks you 'till the last page. I read it in 3 days but I'm a slow reader so that's pretty fast for me. You'll never want to put this book down. All teenage girls can really relate to this book. TTYL is all about 3 highschool girls that are trying to make it through their first year. The 3 of them have been best friends since 7th grade. They have a really good, strong, bond with each other. This book not only talks about boys but it talks about stuff that can teach you a lot. I don't wan't to give the whole book away but one of the girls go to a party and gets drunk. You are gonna die because theres not a sequel. Oh ya, and the whole entire book is done in IM's so that makes it really fun. It;s really fun to put yourself in one of the girls position. You can totally relate to all of these girls in different ways. I totally recomend that you not only get it from your library but that you buy it. It's totally worth it. There is so much more that goes on in this book that i want to tell you but my guess is that you want to find it out for yourself. I hope that my review helped you.
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