Book Review Friday

Oh my heck! is it friday again already? where did my week go? on the upside, i did blog 4 times this week! WHOO HOO!

The book that i have chosen to review this week is actually not what i had originally planned. i just finished reading Secrets of My Suburban Life by Lauren Baratz Logsted. and it was great!

Synopsis:

Everything changed for Lauren ("Ren") after Harry Potter killed her mom. No,it's not what you think--Harry Potter didn't come to life and stab her oranything. A stack of those thick books crushed her. Now Ren is stuck out inthe suburbs of Connecticut, dragged out there because her father is too grief stricken to continue living in New York.
Ren tries to fit in at her new school, but the most popular girl, Farrin,keeps icing her out. Then Ren discovers that Farrin has a secret: She's been communicating online with an older man, and they are actually planning to meet! Ren can't let Farrin go through with it--she's witnessed enough tragicevents as it is. So she comes up with the perfect plan to stop the perv. But then she finds out who he is...

This book was fabulous! it is about teenagers and written for teenagers, but it really drew me in. I LOVED Lauren's writing style. The way she writes the story is soley from Ren's perspective. It helps to know the character better and to feel what she feels. She was very detailed in describing the story and the characters. You can practically feel Ren's pain over losing her mother and starting a new life and it is heartbreaking. I never cried though (I am an easy crier in books) The story line was very entertaining and creative with a very good message. The book is all about how dangerous internet chat rooms are and Lauren does a great job of putting it into fiction. I will definetely be reading more books by this author and if you don't mind a few (or a lot)of swear words, then i HIGHLY recommend this book! I read it in 2 days. It is about 300 (give or take) pages long, but I just could NOT put it down. and for that reason I give it a 9 out of 10.

i think i am going to move Book Review Friday to Mondays because i have lots of friday shoots coming up on fridays and if not it won't get done. so look for the next Book Review a week from Monday!

The book I am going to be reviewing next week is Miracles for Michael by Joann Arnold, for any of those who want to read it. It refers to the LDS church and is written by an LDS author but it is a fabulous book and isnt completely based on the LDS church.