After reading Its My Life, I decided that it was my favorite book. I have chosen to rate it with four stars. I did not put five because this book is a Christian book and it limits it audience. The author, Melody Carlson, creates a very tense mood and makes the reader more eager to read on. With great details and expressions, this book makes it feel as if Caitlin, the main character, was your best friend. Caitlin is the antagonist of this story. Her character is created in the first book, Becoming Me. t I think that the plot in this story is very appealing because it does not drag on. It has many problems, but not to many to where the book is confusing. One example of a conflict in is when Caitlin's friend Beanie gets pregnant with a boy from her church. Before the weekend, Beanie was babysitting a little boy. One day she pushed him around the block in his stroller. Right then, a car came around the curve over the speed limit and did not see Beanie and the baby in the road. Beanies first reaction was to push the stroller out of the road and run. After she pushed it, the car hit her. Beanie went to the hospital and found out that her baby died. All Beanie could think about was crying. Now with out her baby, she thinks her life is ruined. Caitlin helps Beanie solve her problems and many other ones along the road. To me, the author made an amazing book that many people can read, enjoy, and connect to in many ways.
I will begin saying that I've never really been into modern day fiction. I've just always found it really cheesy and like the script to a bad chick flick. However, the Diary of a Teenage Girl Caitlin series is not like that! It easily could be one of my favorite series and I would probably read them again if I had not Ebayed them (so that I could get other books...). I chose to review this book because it was my favorite of the series. I won't spoil anything, but Melody Carlson really held my interest. I finished the book in two days! (it isn't that long, but that's pretty good for me) If I remember correctly, the book picked up just right before a new school year for Caitlin (OK, actually I 'looked inside the book!' on Amazon). Which means school drama and things of that nature- but not lame stuff. Very realistic situations... OK, it has been a little while since I read it, so I can't remember too many details. Anyway, I felt like I was reading a real diary; it was written just like how a girl my age would write. The font that the book was typed in takes a little while to get used to though. Not as if it's a big deal; it doesn't take away from the story or anything.With everything being said, I would definitely recommend this book as well as the other Caitlin books to any teenage girl. They are fun reads in addition to being a good example of how to live a life for Christ.
What do You think about It's My Life (2002)?
Title: Its My Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin)Author: Melody CarlsonThis is the second book in the series Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin. Description (Goodreads): Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God.Language: just some minor words such has cr-dObjectionable content: teen pregnancy, eating disorderPros: This book has such good morals. I loved how the author showed us how Caitlin struggled with her relationship with God, like we all do. She also showed how Caitlin restored her relationship.Cons: None!5 stars < 4 stars < 3 stars < 2 stars <1 star
—Ashley
If you don't read this series, then you're really missing out on some awesome books. Sorry, but I have to say for a series by Melody Carlson, considering that not a lot happens in most of her books, it reeeeeeaaaaally rocks. Unfortunately my library doesn't have the third book, but I so wanna read it!It's written in such a realistic way, something you really would expect in a teenager's diary. I think Melody Carlson sort of exagerated the way teen girls would write - I mean, being one myself, I do NOT say "like" and "totally" as much as Caitlyn does! That's sort of a stereotype, but then again, a lot of girls talk that way. It's better than if she sounded like Anne Frank or something.The way Caitlin can remember long, word-for-word conversations is pretty unrealistic, because I keep a diary myself and have a VERY hard time remembering who said what. Those details are great for a novel, but sort of took away the feeling of a diary. Though clearly it would be boring without those details. Meldoy Carlson did continue to create an illusion, as it were, that Caitlin is remembering these things as she writes them.Well, this review is contradicting itself left and right I guess. But the minor criticism I had for it is NOTHING compared to how much I loved it! READ THIS BOOK! IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!!!
—Sandy
In the story "It's My Life," the main character Caityln is a very religious girl and is respectful. Her best friend is Beanie, however, she recently got pregnant with her boyfriend and Caitlyn is very against it because she is still a young and not married. So, Caitlyn has started to bond and become closer with another girl named Andrea in her church group. They recently have been hanging out and she has taken the place of Beanie. Unfortunately, one day Beanie got hit by a car by jumping in fro
—Carly Poro
