Crazy for Young Adult Books discussion

Join Trisha and I!

this cover is so amazing! I can't wait for this one!

YEP! YEP! YEP! I'm in! YIPPEE!!

I'm gonna join you guys

And this one, too, Nicole? YAY!! :O)

Trisha wrote: "this cover is so amazing! I can't wait for this one!"

right?! I love it!

Yay, guys!! Looks like there are going to be quite a few with us four!!

THE FAB FOUR! lol

Maybe we'll become the fantastic five or the sexy six! Lol

hahaha Vicki I love it lol

LOL!! How I've missed your sense of humor!!

Ha ha!

I'm definitely joining this one *_*

Awesome, Clementine!

Great!!

Are you guys about to start this one? If so, I may catch up you a little late next week.

I haven't!!! Gone all week at camp so I'm playing catch up!
I'll reset my goals and let you know when I'm starting!! hopefully we can read together!

I plan to start this one Tuesday!!

I'm not sure I still have this one. I'll check when I get home.

Happy reading, guys! I ended up reading it at the beginning of the month. It wasn't for me, but I hope you will enjoy it. ^_^

Clementine wrote: "Happy reading, guys! I ended up reading it at the beginning of the month. It wasn't for me, but I hope you will enjoy it. ^_^"

oh no!! I'm so sorry it wasn't for you Clementine!

yikes, 1 star?? eesh....

In fact, Trisha, I rated that book 0 star, lol. I even created a new shelf just for it. I don't excuse inaccurate portrayal of mental illness, especially the way it was handled in this book. For anyone unfamilliar with schizophrenia, this seems to be worth a raving review though, so yeah... I guess your enjoying of this book will come down to your level of familiarity with mental illness and mental institutions. Oh, and brain trauma. Lol

Yikes. Your review really makes me nervous to read this one.

I kind of want to pass if it's a bad portrayal of mental illness - which I think is awful and hurtful to a whole community that has enough prejudice and incorrect labeling and stigma to it.

.....what do you guys think Jacquelyn and Vicki? I kind of want to pass on this one.

I have SO many books to read that I don't mind skipping it. I know Jacque especially loves reading this genre, books about mental illness. If you want to bow out I'm okay doing that. If I (we) decide to give it a shot later, we can always do that.

I don't have the book either. I didn't find Clementine's review.

Okay, Trisha, I found it and I agree that we should dump it.

I am impressed with your knowledge, Clementine. The reason I am going to dump it is that your anger is so evident, and the points that you make in your review are so valid (not that I know anything, but obviously you do), and your PASSION for how inaccurately schizophrenia is portrayed leaves me with no choice but to say F-it, too!

Thanks for the 12 points, Clementine. Maybe YOU should write a book! :o)

Vicki wrote: "Okay, Trisha, I found it and I agree that we should dump it.

I am impressed with your knowledge, Clementine. The reason I am going to dump it is that your anger is so evident, and the points that..."

Thanks for reading and liking my review despite the heavy rain of f-bombs, guys! (I'm actually embarrassed about that now, LOL).

You're very welcome for the 12 points, Vicki. Anytime, hahaha. There's indeed nothing that makes me more passionate than psychology and all its related fields. :P

That's okay about the F-bombs. It helped me see how truly upset you are about its (book's) inaccuracies.

Yeah, I actually just returned it. It stinks that it is an inaccurate portrayal. :(