Better Than Yesterday reviewed by Kaitlin Kimbrell

better than yesterday

by Robyn Schneider

"Sometimes, when we are not looking for a solution, but rather a different way of viewing the problem, it is permissible, even appropriate, to break the rules." Skylar, Marissa, Blake, and Charley became best friends’ freshman year and had together created a group called the Hell Risers, but much has happened since then. Skylar became known as the dirty girl, Marissa was more of just a nerdy girl, Charley had to please his parents with everything he did, and Blake left Hilliard. Now, however, Blake is back and wants to put the old gang of Hell Risers back together again. Since Blake has been gone though he has changed too much and they are scared that something might happen to him, plus they need to keep a secret from him so he won't hate Skylar. Will they stay best friends? Will they fight for what they believe? Will they just forget about each other and never look back? What will happen? To find out read the book.

This book was good! I enjoyed it and it was a quick read because of how interesting it was. There was such a mix of feelings and everything that happened will make you love each character. I honestly loved this book and am thinking about looking into this author for more books. Love and scandal all in one, what could be better? This book really kept me intrigued the whole time and I am glad I chose it to read.

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You.
by: Ally Carter

For Cameron Morgan becoming a spy was without a doubt going to be her life. She really had no choice in the matter anyway. With her mother as headmistress of the top all girl spy academy, Gallagher Girl, and her father having died while working for the top agency, she really did not want to have a different live. Cameron, known as Cammie or The Chameleon, was very good at being a spy. Cammie was very skilled at not being seen, hints the nickname Chameleon, until one day when she meets Josh. Josh makes her happy and makes her think about what life would be like if she was not a spy. Cameron knows that she should not be talking to him, but some how he always seems to see her when the girls are in town. She cannot just go back to being invisible to him, or can she? Will Cammie the Chameleon go back to hiding and spying or will she choose a life with Josh?  

To me this book, I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You, is very intriguing. It kept me guessing until the very end and I was even still wondering after the book was over about what was going to happen next. I was glad when I found out that the second book, Cross My Heart And Hope to Spy, came out because I liked the first one so much. There are four books to this series now and I have read them all, if that tells you anything about how much I was intrigued by this book. I have recommended this to some of my friends and I would recommend it to every girl I come in contact with because i believe that this book, even though it is about spies, shows what many girls go through with boys, friends, and parents.

Very LeFreak -- a review by Hope Austin

Very Lefreak

by Rachel Cohn

****

Meet Very Lefreak (real name Veronica). She's Columbia University's premier party girl and shows no signs of slowing down. She's young, beautiful, and could probably have any guy she wants. Who wouldn't want to be her? Of course, she's also failing all of her classes, just got fired from her job, facing academic probation, and is dealing with the fallout of a one night stand gone wrong. Very's straight-laced friend Lavinia (real name Jennifer) is fed up with her shenanigans and wishes Very would get her act together (Very wants this too, but isn't sure of how to go about it). But Lavinia has an answer: rehab. Very scoffs at the very idea of rehab. What could she possibly be addicted to? Her laptop, on which she makes playlist upon playlist while simultaneously maxing out her credit card with all of her online purchases? As if. What about her iPhone, from which she'll text anyone about anything just because? Yeah right. And don't even talk about her sound system. Very needs music to live. But to appease her friend, she goes to ESCAPE, a rehab center for people who are addicted to electronics.

There, she lives pretty much like an Amish person, working from sun-up to sundown on various tasks without the help of an electronic device. Very contemplates her life, and starts to come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, she needs to shape up.

Although the book does deal some serious topics (addiction, for one) it manages to keep a humorous tone throughout the novel. There’s romance in it, but it manages be un-cliché in a very surprising way. What I liked best about this novel was that it didn’t focus on any one part of Very’s life. The reader gets to witness Very go through some amazing character development, and that’s always a treat.