So many scathing reviews of September Girls...I actually loved it. The magical realism of the story charmed me. I really felt ALL of summer throughout this book. The sun, the anticipation, the subsequent boredom, and then the dread that rolls around in August when you realize it’s almost over. I...
I like the mystery books I read to make me think. This one... well, sort of did the thinking for me. I predicted events before they happened and then waited as they explained out what I already knew. The book was still all right though.It's very "poppy." Full of trendy hotspots, descriptions of v...
Ms. Tinker grabbed my arm as I was walking out of class. “I want to talk to you.” “It’s Vickie,” I corrected her. My name wasn’t Vickie, either, but it was what she usually called me, and I had gotten used to it. “Vendela, Vickie, Velma, Valentina—it’s all the same to me,” Ms. Tinker said. I thin...