false <![CDATA[Flash Burnout]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256106407m/6321533.jpg 6321533 1 <DIV>Fifteen-year-old Blake has a girlfriend and a friend who’s a girl. One of them loves him; the other one needs him. When he snapped a picture of a street person for his photography homework, Blake never dreamed that the woman in the photo was his friend Marissa’s long-lost meth addicted mom. Blake’s participation in the ensuing drama opens up a world of trouble, both for him and for Marissa. He spends the next few months trying to reconcile the conflicting roles of Boyfriend and Friend. His experiences range from the comic (surviving his dad’s birth control talk) to the tragic (a harrowing after-hours visit to the morgue).  In a tangle of life and death, love and loyalty, Blake will emerge with a more sharply defined snapshot of himself.</DIV> 6506948 19 10 2009 Flash Burnout total:32|5:16|4:6|3:8|2:2|1:0| 32 132 132 23 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:38:32 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:38:32 -0800 2009 Thankfully, things pick up in the middle. While I still did not love it (or hate it), I began to like it. I grew to care about Blake and his messy life.
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What I loved about this book was the depth of characterization. I know Lisa, and sometimes that makes it very hard to get lost in a book...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 01 11:55:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:56:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jul 05 20:45:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:48:59 -0700 2009
Blake is trying to understand relationships. He has a girlfriend and he is also the friend of a girl. Both relationships are important to him, but he realizes balancing them requires artful skill much like in his h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:55:05 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:00:24 -0700 2009
Let's start w...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 08:38:55 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:25:50 -0800 2009 My husband dabbled in photography when we were first together and Blake reminded me a lot of him, so I was hooked from the get-go. Not only to Blake but his eclectic, loving family. His dynamic mom, his hilarious smart/jock brother, his mad-scientist sort of dad---th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 12 20:17:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:19:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:12:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:04:10 -0800 2009 Parents aren't absent, which is also nice.
One of the most memorable scenes o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 16:01:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:36:58 -0700 2009
The novel begins with a photography assignment f...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:10:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:12:50 -0800 2009
Funny, funny, funny while dealing with sensitive topics like parent interactions, sibling relationships, drug abuse, death, and relationships.

I LOVED reading this book. I couldn't put it down for long, as I really nee...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 21:41:45 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 09:12:16 -0700 2009
madigan channeled a boy teen with a sense
of humor and heart--capable of mistakes like
all of us is nothing short of amazing.

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First of all, I ♥ Blake. He is kind, he is funny, and he wants to be a good friend AND a good boyfriend. His heart is definitely in the right place, and because of that, we follow him through the pages, and we really feel for the guy.

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