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The Best First Line I Ever Read!

Advantages: Fun, Fast paced, Unique with some serious messages.
Disadvantages: Just too short... I wanted more!

...I knew it was time to move on when a tramp peed on my uggs... As if being a ghost wasn't bad enough, 15 year-old Lucy Shaw is trapped haunting the mens toilets on Carnaby Street. After 6 months of being completely invisible and seeing things no girl sh ...

Rhiana 10.04.2010 · Read full review
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Review of My So-Called Afterlife - Tamsyn Murray

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AFTERLIFE . . . IN A MALE TOILET??? YUCK...

Advantages: interesting, great characters, funny at times
Disadvantages: none

Of late, I have been doing quite a few young adult book reviews. I'm sorry about that - i know I'm 32 and meant to be above all that, but I always like to return to the type of books I liked when I was younger... especially because they seem to be better ...

Pmshack99 29.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of My So-Called Afterlife - Tamsyn Murray

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Most Haunted: Teen Edition!

Advantages: Definitely wins 'Best First Line of the Year Award'!
Disadvantages: Should have been longer!

...was a fantastic debut that had me smiling everytime I thought about it. It made me laugh out loud, fall off the bed, and had me hooked from the very first sentence, "I knew it was time to move on when a tramp peed on my Uggs.." Seriously! This l ...

iheartbooks80 18.09.2010 · Read full review
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Review of My So-Called Afterlife - Tamsyn Murray

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My guide to a very boring story

Advantages: Easy to read
Disadvantages: Weak storyline, weak characters

Plot -Megan first met the McGowan brothers when she was nine years old, and from what she remembers, they were evil, evil little boys. Seven years later, her parents are moving away to Korea for the year, and so as not to have to leave the co ...

Angellia 09.01.2012 · Read full review

Review of Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys - Kate Brian

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A beautiful book-Marcelo in the Real World

Advantages: Understanding; Strong Characterzation; Strong Narration
Disadvantages: Too Short

"“Maybe I don't feel what others feel. I have no way of knowing. But I do feel. It's just that what I feel does not elicit tears. What I feel when others cry is more like a dry, empty aloneness, like I'm the only person left in the world.” ~Franci ...

lilimcghee 06.11.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Marcelo in the Real World - Francisco X. Stork

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