TTYL has always been one of my absolute favorite summer books. It would be entirely masochistic so I think I'll have to pass. Unfortunately, Maddie's character was so cringeworthy that I can't imagine reading the sequels if she is in them. I don't know if this was intentional for the author to make her the hated character in the book but she was. I felt like skipping her IM conversations but knew that then I'd miss out on the other two characters so I didn't skip. That is because I feel nothing but disgust for the character of Maddie. If you hadn't noticed, there is one third of the trio missing from my well liked characters list. IMing doesn't provide a very good avenue for character development, but I think the characters were well written and developed as far as could be through IMing. I also liked the characters of Angela and Zoe. I like that a lot of books anymore are going with the barely there plot. While there wasn't a whole lot of plot, I still enjoyed it. It was all very understated and not an in-your-face, over-the-top type of chatspeak. So, I really enjoyed the format of TTYL, and the chatspeak didn't bother me either. Even if it is just ever so often sprinkled throughout the prose, I enjoy it). I enjoy books that use instant messaging and emails to tell the story (ever since reading Meg Cabot's Boy series that uses this method, I've looked for books that include things like this. Lauren Myracle did an excellent job on this book and I will pick up the other books in the series soon. I finished the book a few hours later and thought about it and I like all three characters a lot. Review: When I got this book I thought that a book in instant messenger sounded interesting.

Will the winsome threesome make it through the year? Then a jerky boy sends peppy Angela into the dumps,tough Maddie makes a mistake that has the whole school talking,and good girl Zoe gets in over her head with a flirty teacher.

But as the weeks pass and the instant messages accumulate, it's clear that tenth grade will be a roller coaster ride of boy temptation, math torture, donut emergencies, and Queen Bee encounters. On the first day of tenth grade, best friends Maddie (madmaddie) Angela (SnowAngel), and Zoe (zoegirl) vow not to let school stupidness get them down. Summary from back of book: Told entirely in instant messages, this smart, funny novel is about humor, hangovers, and heartaches of high school, and the friendships that get you through it all. Title: TTYL Author: Lauren Myracle Publisher: Amulet Number Of Pages: 229

Ttyl by lauren myracle