A book based on High School - reminded me of real life... funny and sad...

Received this book from StitchingMom as part of a trade. Thanks for sending it out so quickly. I hope you enjoy the book that I sent you!! Thanks again!!

I loved this book about Jessica Darling and her coming of age high school stories. I wasn't part of the UC "upper crust" in high school but it reminded me of true life and how segregated a high school can be. I can't wait to read the second book in the series!!

Released on Thursday, July 10, 2003 at To Fellow BookCrosser in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA.

Released to kristamd as part of a trade ... sorry it took me so long to get this out to you!! :) I hope you enjoy it!!

I received this book in the mail as part of a trade from busybusybee. Thank you! I look forward to reading it since I've heard good buzz from other readers.

I'm taking an idea of tania-in-nc's and keeping a record of daily quotations as I read this book. I choose a quotation from the page where I stop reading each day, looking for insight, humor, strong imagery, or just a catchy turn of phrase.

April 14, 2004
"This is my new hobby. I watch my life depart minute by minute. I anticipate the end of everything and anything - a conversation, a class, track practice, darkness - only to be left with more clock-watching to take its place. I'm continually waiting for something better that never comes. Maybe it would help if I knew what I wanted."
page 48

April 15, 2004
“We got there around midnight. The fiesta was clearly in its early stages, as there was an even one-to-one ration of people to beer cans scattered on the sand. Plus, the sexes had yet to mingle. Giggly girls clung in clumps, clutching plastic cups and beer cans kindly provided by members of the opposite sex who wanted to get in their pants. Packs of guys pounded each other in the arm, pointing out the girls whose pants they wanted to get into. We may be in high school, but until everyone is wasted these shindigs are as boy-girl segregated as a kindergarten birthday party. When the sexes interface, that’s when you know things are getting really messy.”
page 154

Funnier and wiser than the standard "chicklit" for teens. Ultra-smart, driven, and hyper-observant, NJ high school student Jessica Darling has erected walls to keep the world out, and her feelings trapped inside. The hilarity of McCafferty's writing contrasts with the pain Jessica feels at being separated from Hope, the only person who truly understands her. McCafferty nails the banality of high school existence, the self absorption of teenagers, and the unexpected moments of joy that make the whole adolescent experience worthwhile.

This book is off to meet a new reader soon. Thanks for the chance to read it.

Received in the mail from a fellow bookcrosser... going to be a few weeks before I have time to read this as the semester is about to end and I am crazed with work, but will read it as soon as I get home and then send it on.

Released on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at US Post Office in Katonah, New York USA.

Mailed to another bookcrosser