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Summary: Another Interesting Problem
Review: Not Cooney at her best but it was a fast and fairly entertaining read. Sophie's family has disintegrated around her. Her self-centered sister is at college and her father is divorcing his family to marry her roommate. Sophie's mother, Edith, is too busy being "one with nature and the cosmos" to defend her rights (or those of her daughters) in the divorce proceedings. As her world falls apart, Sophie has to find her own center and hold on for dear life. She has to become a family of one.
Her goofy mother, selfish father and self absorbed sister made me wonder if Sophie was adopted. Cooney has written a book that does mirror the confusion and pain that kids feel when parents separate. Even though Sophie and her sister are young adults, they still need their parents. I just wish Cooney had let the bulldozer finish the job.
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Summary: Waited & waited for the payoff...which never came!
Review: This book is a REAL disappointment, especially since it was written by Cooney who's usually so great at spinning out quirky, memorable, compelling characters & situations. This book - even with its framework of "real-life soap opera" & presence of teen angst, sibling rivalry & mental illness, stayed one-dimensional for me. I kept waiting for the characters to be fleshed out...they stayed static. The romance between Sophie & Ted never came alive; the mom's craziness was used, almost cruelly, as a point of humor. Some of the writing is light & funny & I hung in there till the end, but this book will fall off the radar screen of my memory quite soon. Her other books have stayed with me.
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Summary: wow
Review: this was an amazing book. everyone should read this sometime.weather you read for ten minutes every night or if u finish a book a day.this is a wonderful story.
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Summary: Caroline B Cooney at her best
Review: Tune in anytime by Caroline B. Cooney is my favorite book ; there are many reasons why I love this book.. for one thing it has many examples of internal and external conflict. For example the internal conflict is with Sophie, and her father (Daniel Olivetti) has just filed for divorce , and has fallen in love with his nineteen-year-old daughter's twenty-one year old roommate Persia. You can see the conflict in this story. The external conflict in this story is between Sophie and her father , and between Sophie and Persia. If you are a Caroline B. Cooney fan you will most likely love this book as much as I did. Between Marley (Sophie's sister)falling in love with a doctor, and her parents divorce, you can see this book's all action.. Caroline B. Cooney is a great author and has done a great job on this book. I hope to read more of her books . Well I'd like for you to read this book.. you don't have to but I would highly recommended it.
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Summary: ZLI says "Get it while you have the chance"
Review: Tune In Anytime was about a 16 year old girl, Sophie who is going through a really hard time in her life. Her dad is getting remarried to her sisters college roommate, Persia. Sophie's mother could care less about the situation. But Sophie and her sister conpletely agrees with her but the two have different thoughts of how to deal with the situation. Basically Tune in anytime is about a family who is seperating, and about the girl who just wants to fix it all her way.
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Summary: book report for miss.o
Review: Tune In Anytime was about a 16 year old girl, Sophie who is going through a really hard time in her life. Her dad is getting remarried to her sisters college roommate, Persia. Sophie's mother could care less about the situation. But Sophie and her sister conpletely agrees with her but the two have different thoughts of how to deal with the situation. Basically Tune in anytime is about a family who is seperating, and about the girl who just wants to fix it all her way.
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Summary: It was okay, I didn't like it that much because...
Review: Tune In Anytime was an okay book. Personally, I didn't like it becuase it was very boring.All this girl talked about was her life, and how horrible it was. I do though think Mrs. Caroline B. Cooney is a talented writer, but I found this book not as enjoyable as some of her other titles. I didn't find the way the girl decribed her life as being horrible, it doesn't appeal as a book that would lift my or any teens spirits if they are going through what she did. I gave it three stars for her effort af trying to understand what it is like for us teens, but it wasn't the same. So please think about what I am writing before you spend $ on this title. You may like some other titles though from Mrs. Cooney, like, Flight #116 is Down! or Emergency!
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Summary: What The...??
Review: Was I unwell when I read it or was CBC unwell when she wrote it??That's the question..Normally a great writer,Caroline Cooney has written a strange book.All characters and their speech seemed to make no sense,were unnatural.The characters, they would come out with odd comments that sounded,as I said,unnatural and very odd.It was a very strange,weird book and I almost felt like yelling What A Stupid Book and throwing it across the room.Very peculiar it was. The story is of a teen girl whose family is in chaos,and she feels like she is in a soap opera.It seemed awful-ly written.
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Summary: A Soap Opera Book
Review: We all enjoy watching soap operas on television, but have you ever imagined READING a soap opera? Well, if you haven't and you like soap operas, then you will LOVE Tune in Anytime. It is a soap opera in words. The story takes place in modern times with a mixed up family. Sophie Olivette is sixteen years old and lives in a mansion with her mother, Edith; father, Daniel; and soon-to-be step-mother, Persia. Her sister, Marley, is off in college. Persia was going to college with Marley, but when Marley brought Persia home, love was in the air between her and Daniel. Edith, meanwhile, is out in the boon docks trying to find her "inner-self". She doesn't care what happens to her. All she cares about is her solstice party for her rock garden that will help her be more at ease with her inner-self. She wants peace and is letting Daniel run their marriage and divorce. Sophie is amidst all of this suspense, romance, evil schemes, innocent victims and at the same time, has some true love waiting for her. She has to be calm for her sister, angry with her father, forceful with her mother, ignorant with Persia, and kind to her friends. I strongly suggest this book for teenagers. Even if soap operas aren't your type, you will still probably enjoy this book which has a little bit of everything. Enjoy!
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