Alex VinogradovVinogradovitibarenSangiang, Rancaekek, Bandung, West Java, EndonezyaitibarenSangiang, Rancaekek, Bandung, West Java, Endonezya

The author outclass this story the hilarity, and descriptive words of the teenager named Holden. The authors narrative, and funny used of words I laughed the whole time I was reading this book. Holden, was a teenager age of 16 years who's trying to find out life on his own way. A typical teenager with full of devilish idea, and wanting to be different......just be contented his life by catching on the rye. Holden's fantasy; He tells her (Phoebe) his fantasy of being “the catcher in the rye,” a person who catches little children as they are about to fall off of a cliff. Phoebe tells him that he has misremembered the poem that he took the image from: Robert Burns’s poem says “if a body meet a body, coming through the rye,” not “catch a body.”

Since I was a child, I've struggled with timeliness. Came across this book while searching the library website and thought I'd take a look. So far, the book is doing a great job explaining why punctuality is so important in our culture - if only to relieve oneself of the guilt associated with being late. It categorizes reasons why people struggle with being on time. For me, one reason I identified with is a difficulty being motivated. Lots of humor, plus suggestions on how to be more punctual. I do feel motivated to change my ways.

Hard to review this one. Negatives: It was a bit schmaltzy and predictable, it dragged on a bit longer than it needed to, and it made me cry. Positives: It is about a dog--a "bad" dog, no less, so at least it didn't read like a Chicken Soup for the Soul book, and it made me cry.

I was a big fan of this series growing up, but this one just left a bad taste in my mouth. I'll admit I was sucked in, but it was always begrudgingly. The characters all took a turn for the awful in this book, but it somewhat redeemed itself with the ending.