I think my 12 year old daughter would love this book. Except for the part about Grubbs Grady chopping up those dead rats he finds in the dump. Yeah. THAT seemed sadistic, even if the rats were already dead.
I got over it though, and I think most readers would. Even those who didn’t know until [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Lord Loss
Posted in Reviews on June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nick and Norah’s (fucking) Playlist
Posted in Reviews on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Six years ago I cleaned up my language act. After a long spell during which I swore enthusiastically, I heard my 15 year old daughter saying “shit” as casually as I was saying “shit”. Horrified–I told Evan I didn’t want to hear “that language” in the house. (Or outside! Or ANYWHERE!!).
She stared at me. [...]
Good Girls
Posted in Reviews on June 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Good Girls? No such thing. No such thing as Bad Girls either.
Just girls who are doing their best to get by in a world where anything you do–like giving your boyfriend a blow job–can and will be caught on film (er, cellphone) and sent to everyone in your school. Oh yeah. AND TO YOUR PARENTS. [...]
Seventeenth Summer, by Maureen Daly
Posted in Reviews on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to like this book. I really did. It was the first title on the reading list of a YA literature class I was SURE I would enjoy. I was doing my reading early for a change–so I wasn’t turning pages with one frantic eye on the clock. As soon as I saw the [...]
