false <![CDATA[Before I Die]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190565720m/1935234.jpg 1314332 23 Tessa has just months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It’s her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is Sex. Released from the constraints of ‘normal’ life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa’s feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, and her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallised in the precious weeks before Tessa’s time finally runs out. 3128767 book 5 7 2007 Before I Die total:1565|5:505|4:568|3:353|2:114|1:25| 1565 6109 2806 522 3 8 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 20:25:19 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 14:54:02 -0700 2007
In the beginning, I felt like this book would be a repetition of "Skinny," a massive di...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Aug 16 19:47:10 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 19:47:55 -0700 2008
Like most teenagers, Tessa is at odds with her parents and angsty ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 05:05:24 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 11:02:14 -0700 2008
The book is beautifully written, and brings about a number of ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Dec 11 08:14:35 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 08:54:06 -0800 2007
The book is about a British teenager named Tessa, who is sixteen or seventeen, and dying of cancer. There is no help for her. She only has a matter of months.

Though she has come t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 14:12:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 06:34:57 -0700 2008
This is the story of 16 year old Tessa who is dying of terminal cancer. In her last months she makes a list of 10 things she wants to do ...more...]]> 5 4 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 16:09:35 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 09:02:04 -0700 2007 Before I Die gives a realistic portrait of what she wants to accomplish in the little time left to he...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 20:58:43 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 20:56:25 -0700 2007 The review that inspired me to pick this one up, said that the only thing wrong with this book was that the pub...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Dec 05 02:19:22 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 02:22:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 10:22:36 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 10:29:43 -0700 2008
This one is an awful idea; the wishes of a dying teen. I want to take Downham gently by the hand and show her the maggnificent Nothing Sacred, a dazzling comedy about a girl who pretends to be dying of ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 14 15:00:07 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 17:27:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 21:58:29 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 21:35:53 -0700 2008 3 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 21:42:32 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 22:42:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 19:55:28 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 19:55:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 18:21:57 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 18:23:09 -0700 2007
The book tells the story of the final months of ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 06 20:12:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 08 19:25:59 -0800 2009
Once I got to about chapter 36, I started crying.

Tessa is a strong girl, she really is. She has leukemia, but she doesn't let that get to her. Most teenagers with cancer, or anyone with cancer, tend to be strong or tend to be really emotional. Tessa... she makes a list of thi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 15 03:52:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:02:20 -0800 2009 P.S. Be careful wehre you read thi...more...]]> 5 1 true false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 21 15:17:45 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 15:25:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Mar 30 21:45:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:45:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 03:29:15 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 03:29:52 -0700 2009 1
But Tess is only sixteen, and there are certain things she wants to experience before she dies. A list of the top ten is formed: Sex. Drugs...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 22:26:13 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 22:27:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1935234