holy f*ck - i h8 this book! *shakes walker and geriatric meds at sky*this book is like when you find someone's diary at work (not a co-worker's diary - that would make you a jerk) and you idly flip through it until you remember that most people are fucking boring and their innermost secrets are totally dull and most likely misspelled.people like virginia woolf or anais nin can have their diaries published because they are either very intelligent and insightful or super sexy. these girls are just...

Find all of my reviews at: http://52bookminimum.blogspot.com/ 3.5 StarsWhen I first started TTYL I figured what the powers-that-be thought of as “offensive” material was the fact that the entire thing was written in text format . . . . Any “adult content” - and trust me when I say I’m using that term for lack of anything better because really the “controversial” subject matter was regarding a teacher who might have been a . . . . And realizing that wanting to be popular might not end

I picked up this book for a couple of different reasons. The first being that the idea of it being written entirely in IM form was somewhat interesting you me, secondly, it is a challenged/banned book and was a challenge selection for me. With that being said, lets get on to the book.I thought this book was pointless, drawn out, and completely and utterly useless. The main characters were nothing special; one was boy crazy, one was religion obsessed, and the other was just well crabby. Obviously...

SnowAngel: Heymadmaddie: heyzoegirl: I am here to you nomadmaddie: Yea, we no *sed in annoyed voicemadmaddie: LOL! i am just kidding grl!SnowAngel: Hey, this year was one wild ride huh?zoegirl: yea, with maddie partying so much and taking off her shirt and all.....madmaddie: yea, and zoey ALMOST going all the way with the way with Mr. H yummmmmmmadmaddie: luckly, i was there to save you! Just think, and in a hot tub to....SnowAngel: Enough Enough! Gosh grls!SnowAngel: You guys act like the whole...

Teenagers, usually pictured as selfish, savage party animals, binge drinking and experiencing pregnancies by the time we are sixteen, seem to be a popular topic in the media. The way Lauren Myracle portrays girls of the age of 15-16 is ludicrous and unrealistic. Angela Silver, Zoe Barrett, and Maddie Kinnick are three under aged girls in the 10th grade. Experiencing a high level of drama, the main characters are subjected to a variety of commotion that most modern teens would not reach until rea...

Terrible book....I would never recommend this to my students. Young adult literature is usually to have some redeeming quality. It is partially to instruct teens on how to deal with issues they face. However, this book teaches no lesson other than do what you want to do, despite others' warnings. The teens in these books make bad choices, and there are no consequences to their actions. The IM style, while trendy, is not condusive to engaged reading. The reader is not immersed in the life of any

Is it really any wonder wny teens today are so incapable of dealing with real-life? The publication of a book filled with chatspeak and moronic tween ramblings is further proof of the dumbing-down of America. Why would an author want to publish such a thing? Oh wait... for the money. There's always profit to be made from suckers, right?This (and the rest of the series) is the literary equivalent to McDonalds. It has no nutritional content, is clogging (MCD's - arteries, this book - your brain),

Horrible. After reading this I wanted to just throw the book across the room. I picked this book up because I thought the idea of writing a book entirely in im was interesting. I read this when I was 15. I could not find a plot then and I cannot find a plot now. A few events happen that are discussed over im (the creepy teacher, and their friend not talking to them for example) but there was no real plot and these little events did not add anything to the story. I guess the climax of the book wo...

Ug, I can't believe this book got published! I picked it up because when I saw it was on the banned book list I was curious. I've seen so many of my 6th grade students read it, but I really wish I could discourage them. This book was on the banned list due to content not appropriate for young adults. I think the content may be fine for high school students, but it is definitely not something 6th graders need to be reading. The book is dedicated to The Beers Bros. That should say something right

Saw some pages of this book on fb that someone posted. This book isn’t appropriate for any age. Sad that this is geared towards children. Content: horrible language, use of many different words for sex and sexual talk between friends.

A story entirely in IMs sounds gimmicky, and maybe it is. Okay, yes it is. I can't deny some of my enjoyment of this was the entertaining drama. But hidden behind the drama is an entertaining coming-of-age story.The strength of the characters elevates this book to a better space. Over the course of the series, these characters develop and get far more interesting. Zoe is a good girl with hidden depths. Maddie is a bad girl with hidden depths. And Angela is a ditzy girl with hidden depths. These

I really wanted to like this book because it was adapting IMing to the novel format, great idea -- poorly implemented. If the story is told purely by IMs then it has to be dialogue driven, instead this is an event driven plot. There is no character development in the dialogue, so we never witness the girls change we only hear about it second hand. I gave it plus one star for sticking to pure IMs, but this is really a one star book.

lol,its cute and totally inapropriate

This was an assigned reading for my Writing for Young Adult uni course this semester.This is not going to be a long review, because honestly, there's not much to talk about.The story of three friends, Maddie, Zoe, and Angela, is told completely in the form of sms messaging. They all have their own personalities; Maddie is the rebel, Zoe the goodie-goodie who goes to church, and Angela is obsessed with boys. Maybe this is meant to represent the typical teenager. But what is showed is that they ar...

So, a couple of days ago, I picked up this book because the author's coming to my local bookstore in a couple weekends.And I wish I hadn't.I'm fifteen, in tenth grade, so I think I'm supposedly the target audience for this book, because that's how old the characters were. Well, I absolutely hated it. Honestly, "true to life"? This is nothing like the current lives of a couple of teenagers. Besides anything related to that creepy stalkerish teacher, there was no talk of grades/homework or activit...

“Damn you. WHY do you plant these things in my head? Overall Thoughts This was a super fun, easy and cute series. Nothing intense of course, there's not much to actually review. But if you're looking for something light and funny, this series is great. The girls are hilarious and I found myself getting actually invested in their story lines and wondering what was going to happen in their lives next. - Until Next Time, Emerald BookWorm