If you aren't in the right frame of mind, looking at this book would probably confuse you. On the surface, the book is a collection of scrambled sentence fragments, questions, doodles and cuttings. Readers who persevere will be rewarded with a rich text designed to make one think about what writing is, why we do it, and how to help ourselves become better writers. What better means, of course, is totally subjective, but it can usually be linked to MORE, including doodles.
Lynda is known for her comic strips/books, but here amidst colorful and creative art, she doesn't try to teach drawing. Frankly, she isn't teaching WRITING either, but her biographical sketches and clever writing exercises help readers understand the processes (and circumstances) that lead to creative expression. I personally wish I had more time to write and doodle in my old journals, and this book reminded me of the pleasure I got from those free-form story-writing exercises. I look forward to using this book in our library's new teen writing group, and I hope everyone gets a chance to crack this open and take a look. Yay.
Here is a
recent interview with the author if you would like to know more about her.
Theresa really blew it. She toyed with a man's heart, and he went and did himself in. Theresa decides its all her fault and behaves self destructively. 
I didn't like this book, but it certainly has me feeling rather passionate. IF you're going to need to read it anyway, I suggest you not read this review.
Good sequel, snappy dialogue, not an award winner, NAY.
Saving Juliet is the story of Mimi Wallingford, who is tired of being pushed around by her mother, sick of acting (literally) and heartbroken over the behavior of Troy Summer, her boy-band counterpart in the play she's performing: Romeo and Juliet. Due to a bizarre set of magical circumstances, Mimi and Troy are thrust into a real-life blood feud between Capulets and Montegues, and Mimi must make sure they both survive to escape. I give this one a MAYBE, because its spunky and imagines a new, better ending for the play (it's certainly not one of my favorites, so i'm all for a rewrite). I actually think it might be a good companion to reading the play because there's a little literary analysis thrown into the fantasy, and quotes from many of Shakespeare's works.
If you aren't in the right frame of mind, looking at this book would probably confuse you. On the surface, the book is a collection of scrambled sentence fragments, questions, doodles and cuttings. Readers who persevere will be rewarded with a rich text designed to make one think about what writing is, why we do it, and how to help ourselves become better writers. What better means, of course, is totally subjective, but it can usually be linked to MORE, including doodles.