Life As We Knew It

This book is about a 16 year old girl named Miranda. Her whole life is at least semi-normal...until the moon is knocked out of orbit by an asteroid. Then her life goes to pieces. The moon affects earth strongly, so when it changes, so does earth. Tides are flooding cities and volcanoes are erupting, covering the skies with ash and blocking out the sun. In some ways, the ash-filled sky is a relief because it also blocks out the moon, which is closer and looks disturbing in the sky, day and night. People rush to the grocery stores and fill carts and carts with food, panic is spread everywhere. Fresh water becomes something that you can't take for granted. Soon living becomes a challenge.

Written through Miranda's diary entries, this thrilling novel depicts how Miranda and her family struggle through this crisis where there may never be a happily ever after. This book is written very well and descibes everything perfectly! I would ABSOLUTELY rate this a 9.999999999 etc. out of 10!!! It should be in the top books on your to read list!

I Know What You Did Last Summer

In this book, there are four main characters, Julie, Ray, Barry, and Helen. They did something last summer that they are not proud of, and in a desperate try to keep their horrid secret hidden, they make a pact that said they could never tell anyone of what had happened that night.

About a year later Julie receives two letters. One is an acceptance to Smith College! She is very happy because she wants to be able to leave where she lives, in order to forget about the tragic event that occurred, not far from her home. In all of the excitement, her mother had forgotten to give Julie her second letter. So she gives it to Julie right before she leaves to school. As Julie examines the envelope she realizes that there is no return address. How strange... Then she opens the letter and in bold print is the sentence:

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.

Could someone really know? How had their secret not stayed hidden? What will happen to them if someone does know?

I absolutely adored this book! It was so full of suspense and mystery! It is a very well put together story. It is really cool how she wrote the book too, because you see the story through... I am pretty sure- everyone's point of view! I would give it about a 9.8 on a scale from one to ten!