March 22, 2011

Everything But the Truth by Kate Kingsley





This book is a fun and flirty novel that takes you through the lives of teenagers who live at a boarding school in London.  Between the boys not knowing how to express their feelings and the girls sending the wrong messages, there is never a dull moment in this book!

- Reviewed from a library copy by Ava, posted by Miss Hedin

March 17, 2011

Another Personality



What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen




Summary: Mclean is still reeling from the effect of her parents’ tough divorce. She has decided to live with her father, who helps redo restaurants to get them to prosper again, and they move from place to place. Mclean likes to move from place to place and change her personality when she does so. She never stays in touch with people she meets and always comes up with a new name for herself. Then Maclean and her father move to Lakeview and something changes, and she finally begins to put down some roots. She is struggling with the divorce and her fighting with her mother over custody, Mclean is having a difficult time but mostly struggles with herself about who she really is.

Thoughts: I think that this book took a long time to get into; t was a slow start up and I really couldn’t get sucked in till about half way through. Then once I was hooked it was a great book, I loved the way the character realizes who she is and how she needs to accept herself. It's not my favorite Dessen book, but I think it was a good read over all.