Speak1175 reviews
Laurie Halse Anderson

Puffin, 2001

This has meaning. Pain.

+ Speak
+ Great Book!!

My mom found this book on a plane. Someone left it there perhaps accidently as they were gathering up their suitcases, or as I prefer to believe, because they finished reading it and wanted others to read about it. That's why I love books so much they are meant to be read, shared, enjoyed. My mom ...
  
  











  



  
The Secret Life of Bees1382 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003

Bees AIN'T a Bust!

+ Goes down easy, but it ain't exactly fluff
+ Bee's
+ Wonderful Story!
  
  











  



  
White Oleander (Oprah's Book Club)1012 reviews
Janet Fitch

Back Bay Books, 2000

So beautifully written...

+ Fantastic!
+ One of the best books I've ever read!
+ Chilling
+ No words to describe this book!
  
  











  



  
A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction)618 reviews
Anthony Burgess

W. W. Norton & Company, 1986

A Clockwork Orange

+ Good but have to work to get into
+ Even better than the movie
+ Dark but Philosophical
  
  











  



  
Echo62 reviews
Francesca Lia Block

HarperCollins, 2002

Not for Youngins

+ Excellent
+ beautiful
+ Very interesting.
  
  











  



  
Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books140 reviews
Francesca Lia Block

HarperCollins, 1998

Magical writing that brings to life characters in search of love and personal identity. Very highly recommend to all readers

+ Amazing
+ The one Weetzie to have if you're having only one!
+ LOVE!
  
  











  



  
The Glass House People13 reviews
Kathryn Reiss

Harcourt Paperbacks, 1996

The Glass House People

+ I expected much more
+ Very Good i loved it!!!!!!
+ Not my favorite of her books, but...
+ The Glass House People
  
  











  



  
Detour : My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D23 reviews
Lizzie Simon

Washington Square Press, 2003

Helpful on a human level

+ Can Lizzie read our minds?
+ Love Lizzie!
+ LIZZIE ROCKS!!!!
+ Great Insight
  
  











  



  
She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall425 reviews
Misty Bernall

Pocket, 2000

It's not really about Cassie's words. It's about Cassie

+ Powerful testimony
+ Important book..

content: Cassie Bernall, 17, was being shot at the Littleton tragedy. Her mother describes the day her daughter was murdered, their last chat, the nail-biting wait for a lifesign from her. She also describes Cassies development as a teenager, her getting in touch with satanic thoughts and how this ...
  
  











  



  
The Moth Diaries8 reviews
Rachel Klein

Bantam, 2003

Engrossing Buffy precursor/Carmilla in the 60s

+ Disturbing thought
+ Beauty giving purpose and meaning to lives
+ Compelling story blurs line between fiction and truth
+ Full of creepy goodness!
  
  











  



  
The Exorcist204 reviews
William Peter Blatty

HarperTorch, 2000

A must read for lovers of Psychological Terror

+ "The Exorcist" Book
+ Regan is the archetype
+ A horror story, but only incidentally
+ Not Free SF Reader
  
  











  



  
Breathe: A Novel2 reviews
Anne-Sophie Brasme

St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

terrific insightful tale

+ Wonderfully Written Yet Lacking Somehow

Nineteen year old Charlene Boher has been in prison for two years now for murder. Everyone seems to need to know whether she feels any remorse for killing, but Charlene feels nothing inside except the loneliness that has eaten at her for most of her life. With so much time, she decides to write ...
  
  











  



  
My Sister's Keeper: A Novel1007 reviews
Jodi Picoult

Washington Square Press, 2005

WOW!

+ Great first Picoult Read
+ I like the story...
+ TOUGH DECISIONS
+ One of my favorites
  
  











  



  
Better Than Running at Night15 reviews
Hillary Frank

Graphia, 2002

wow

+ Better Than Running At Night
+ Better Than Running At Night

it was really good especially since i'll be starting college soon. i loved the quirky titles and Ellie's offbeat character. Keep up the good work!
  
  











  



  
Go Ask Alice1250 reviews
Anonymous

Simon Pulse, 1998

Go Ask Alice

+ we get it already...
+ Thumbs up.

I loved this book. The emotion that the protagonist conveys throughout the book is clearly relatable from generation to generation. I recommend this book for every teenager out there.
  
  











  



  
Sunshine307 reviews
Robin McKinley

Berkley Hardcover, 2003

To love this book is to love being enveloped in a story

+ very dark
+ A Book with a Bite

This book is Robin McKinley's emotional masterpiece. What other reviewers seem to fail to acknowledge is that in reading this book, if you have ever been able to identify the times in your life you pulled the covers over you head after the alarm went off and those feelings associated with being ...
  
  











  



  
Summer of My German Soldier200 reviews
Bette Greene

Puffin, 1999

An adult's review of an excellent book

+ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
+ One of the best books I have ever read!
+ Still love it at 26 years old...
  
  











  



  
Jane Eyre (Signet Classics)595 reviews
Charlotte Brontė

Signet Classics, 1997

Best Book in the World!

+ Touching
+ Please Skip Erica Jong's Intro!
+ None Like It
+ A triumphant classic
  
  











  



  
A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)294 reviews
Libba Bray

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005

Funny and Smart

+ Unable to Put Book Down
+ A Great and Terrible Beauty
+ I would give this book 10 stars if possible!
+ Can't wait to get the next book...
  
  











  



  
The Lovely Bones2530 reviews
Alice Sebold

Back Bay Books, 2004

Beautiful, Poignant, Sad

+ Definitely different...
+ Weepy Good

I just finished The Lovely Bones, and then I cried for an hour. Now my face is poofy. The book is, of course, sad. However, it also has a beautiful image of heaven and a wonderful story of a family that ends up healed and whole after the death of their daughter. I was comforted by the way ...