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Tattoo
(Tattoo #1)
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Bailey Morgan isn't the type of girl who shows a lot of skin, but somehow, she ends up in a dressing room at the mall with her friend Delia applying a temporary tattoo to her lower back. Never one to suffer fashion doubt, trendsetter Delia knows exactly where she wants her own tattoo: on her stomach, right where her shirt ends—can you say "midriff"? Annabelle, the quiet on
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Paperback, 260 pages
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January 9th 2007
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
(first published January 1st 2007)
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Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the first book of the young adult fantasy series by the same name. In the story Bailey Morgan and her friends are out shopping for the upcoming school dance when Bailey picks up a pack of temporary tattoos. The girls look at the package and find the tattoos should last until their dance so they decide to give them a try.
As soon as Bailey and her friends apply their tattoos Bailey begins hearing voices and has a weird experience like she was somewhere else. What ...more
As soon as Bailey and her friends apply their tattoos Bailey begins hearing voices and has a weird experience like she was somewhere else. What ...more
Wow.
If I hadn't already read (and liked) the second book, Fate, there is no way I would have picked it up after reading this. Tattoo wasn't awful, but the plot wasn't good enough this time to make me overlook the glaringly juvenile tone of the book.
It was also too short to flesh out any of the characters, so what you're left with is four stereotypes. The Tough Girl, the Intellectual Girl, the Beautiful Girl, and the Ordinary Girl...who naturally can't really be ordinary, because she's secretly ...more
If I hadn't already read (and liked) the second book, Fate, there is no way I would have picked it up after reading this. Tattoo wasn't awful, but the plot wasn't good enough this time to make me overlook the glaringly juvenile tone of the book.
It was also too short to flesh out any of the characters, so what you're left with is four stereotypes. The Tough Girl, the Intellectual Girl, the Beautiful Girl, and the Ordinary Girl...who naturally can't really be ordinary, because she's secretly ...more
Barnes's (Golden) book about four friends who get special powers from their temporary tattoos has some fun moments, despite the far-out premise. Even 15-year-old narrator Bailey acknowledges the surreal situation when she considers explaining what's going on to her mother: "An evil fairy princess who doubles as one of the three Fates is sucking out the souls of innocent people, and my friends and I have been imbued with the powers to stop her, but we only have the powers for like another twelve
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When you read this book, you’ll either love it or hate it, but you’ll probably love it more if you were a teenager or on the younger end.
The tone, writing, and voice of this book was very juvenile. I know that since it’s being told from the pov of the main protagonist I should allow for some leeway, and I did but there comes a point when you step past that boundary. It quickly became obnoxious and grating. Not to mention when Bailey came to some of her puzzle solving conclusions it’s like “Hell ...more
The tone, writing, and voice of this book was very juvenile. I know that since it’s being told from the pov of the main protagonist I should allow for some leeway, and I did but there comes a point when you step past that boundary. It quickly became obnoxious and grating. Not to mention when Bailey came to some of her puzzle solving conclusions it’s like “Hell ...more
Tattoo is the first of a two-part story. It introduces four friends, Bailey (the main character), Delia, Annabelle, and Zo. Bailey narrates the story, for the most part, and we read the majority of the plot through her voice. Delia is a “fashion goddess,” flirty and a cheerleader. Annabelle is the quiet one of the group, practical and smart. Zo is a tomboy and Bailey’s “other half.”
One day at the mall, Bailey buys a set of 4 temporary tattoos (there’s more to the story than that, but this is the ...more
One day at the mall, Bailey buys a set of 4 temporary tattoos (there’s more to the story than that, but this is the ...more
My Thoughts: This book was a fun quick read. We start off by getting to know all the girls. I will admit I had a hard time following at first. Mainly because the girls seemed so much alike I had trouble keeping them straight. We don't get too much detail surrounding each girl so I had to remember who was who. Once the story unfolded though, it came together. The girls became individuals. They go and end up buying tattoos that are supposed to be "temporary" right before a big dance they are looki
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I'm just laughing at me and the books I put on my list when I was in high school. *sigh* I also DNF this book. The writing sucked so much I wanted to poke my eyeballs out. Also the characters were all so cliche. I gave up on this book probably 50 pages in. Don't read it. I gave it 1 star on Goodreads.
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I started reading this book today and was able to finish it too (since I'm making up for the time that I've been too busy on school and my desktop crashing plus the fact that my to-read books are piled mountain-high, but of course there is an exaggeration to that, just 270 books and counting.)
So, I think I stumbled on this book on my first weeks of the second semester (in my school) and thought that this might be a cool story with somehow the likes of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely and somehow I w ...more
So, I think I stumbled on this book on my first weeks of the second semester (in my school) and thought that this might be a cool story with somehow the likes of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely and somehow I w ...more
I picked this up after an increasingly common, depressing yet good YA novel that populate the genre. I needed something that was light and not a complete waste of space - I picked exceedingly well. Not only that but it is also my first official faerie book and I really liked it!
The concept is fun, plonk a temporary tattoo on your skin and develop a telekinetic power. The pace is speedy without sacrificing character development, meaningful without resorting to trite high school nonsense and hilar ...more
The concept is fun, plonk a temporary tattoo on your skin and develop a telekinetic power. The pace is speedy without sacrificing character development, meaningful without resorting to trite high school nonsense and hilar ...more
Four girls. Four temporary tattoos. Four magic temporary tattoos. And a powerful evil being out to ruin the school dance.
Tattoo, for me, read like a less emotional Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sprinkled with fairy dust. Four friends - the fashion forward one, the brilliant one, the tomboy, and the oh-so-average narrator - decide on a whim to wear the pretty green swirly temporary tattoos given to them by a crazy lady in the mall to their school's dance. But these tattoos give them powers. ...more
Tattoo, for me, read like a less emotional Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sprinkled with fairy dust. Four friends - the fashion forward one, the brilliant one, the tomboy, and the oh-so-average narrator - decide on a whim to wear the pretty green swirly temporary tattoos given to them by a crazy lady in the mall to their school's dance. But these tattoos give them powers. ...more
Dec 20, 2011
Kirsti
rated it
it was ok
Recommends it for:
Tweens
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Bailey, Zo, Annabelle and Delia are the best of friends, despite their obvious personality differences. They spend their days doing what most fifteen year old girls do, talking about school, boys and shopping. Until one day, while shopping at the mall (for the perfect nail polish color, I might add) They stop and a strange cart and buy items of protection, and Bailey buys a set of tattoos that give the girls powers. She of course, is descended from fairies, and somehow gets prophecies sent to he
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Feels like the "travelling pants" as fairy-induced world-savers ... Hmm. I've almost reached the middle. The four girls are very different from each other, That might be nice - but maybe they are too obviously stereotypical: The sensible genius (professor's daughter), the cute and misbehaving tomboy (motherless), the big-breasted and confident girly-girl (mall-addict and fashion-expert) and the normal girl-next-door (narrator, unsure, secretly in love, fiercely loved by her friends). The plot is
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Okay, so the setup is completely unbelievable. And the plot is driven more by sensibility than sense. I still enjoyed the book because the four friends at its heart are so charming.
Bailey, as viewpoint character, is kind of transparent. i.e. she's the most bland—a compromise or middle-of-the-road personality. This is a good thing, though, because the friends need that central bridge to tie them together. The others all complement each other through their differences. The main thing the author ha ...more
Bailey, as viewpoint character, is kind of transparent. i.e. she's the most bland—a compromise or middle-of-the-road personality. This is a good thing, though, because the friends need that central bridge to tie them together. The others all complement each other through their differences. The main thing the author ha ...more
Tattoo is the story of a group of friends that find themselves with temporary tattoos that change their lives. The friends find themselves with some pretty interesting changes, setting people on fire, reading minds, seeing into the future and the ability to turn trash into fashion!
I almost forgot, Bailey also starts hearing voices proclaiming the coming of a great evil force. They girls must save the world from being destroyed with their new found powers.
I liked this book a lot. The girls were w ...more
I almost forgot, Bailey also starts hearing voices proclaiming the coming of a great evil force. They girls must save the world from being destroyed with their new found powers.
I liked this book a lot. The girls were w ...more
Jan 20, 2009
Holly
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
fans of Fairy Tale
Shelves:
fairies,
greek-mythology
You know a story is good when they can make a completely out-there topic seem believable. Tattoo did just that.
While out shopping with her friends, Bailey happens upon four temporary tattoos that end up having strange powers. While it sounds completely strange in a summary, I swear it becomes completely realistic. Everything is well thought out and there really isnt anything that can be improved upon. The writing is comical and most definitely in a teen's voice. Most everything thay was said was ...more
While out shopping with her friends, Bailey happens upon four temporary tattoos that end up having strange powers. While it sounds completely strange in a summary, I swear it becomes completely realistic. Everything is well thought out and there really isnt anything that can be improved upon. The writing is comical and most definitely in a teen's voice. Most everything thay was said was ...more
This was too too slow for me. Most of the time, if a book is interesting and I want to find out what is next I will take and read it everywhere. Not this book. I only read it at my lunch time which veries from 30 to a hour.
It is about 4 girls who save the world from becoming unbalanced between good and evil. They get their powers from temporary tattoos, one has vision of the future, another can read minds, another can change objects into something else and the main one is apparently has a blood ...more
It is about 4 girls who save the world from becoming unbalanced between good and evil. They get their powers from temporary tattoos, one has vision of the future, another can read minds, another can change objects into something else and the main one is apparently has a blood ...more
Three teen friends spend an average day at the mall shopping and find this tiny shop with interesting fake tattoos. But what might have been a typical teen scenario turns into an unwitting quest to right an ancient wrong. BY applying the tattoos, the three friends inherit different powers that send them into another world. It's a cute blend of girl friendship and girl power. I think with a focus on the supernatural that is prevalent in so many books today, my teen readers will like this book. So
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Tattoo was a unique story. Very unique. I liked how the characters interacted with each other (they were all close friends and knew each other well). And also, the "powers" they got from the temporary tattoos were interesting.
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While this book wasn't as fantastic as others that Jennifer has written, it was still a great book! I loved the mythology woven into it!
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I am not going to lie; this book was just plain bad.
Baily Morgan and her three friends are shopping for a high school dance when Baily picks up a pack of temporary tattoos. They decide to put them on and be a bit rebellious for the dance but as soon as they apply the tattoos Baily begins hearing voices. Soon the girls discover that the tattoos have given each of them a different power. They are thrust into a life and death battle with a mysterious woman who is willing to kill.
This book reads a ...more
Baily Morgan and her three friends are shopping for a high school dance when Baily picks up a pack of temporary tattoos. They decide to put them on and be a bit rebellious for the dance but as soon as they apply the tattoos Baily begins hearing voices. Soon the girls discover that the tattoos have given each of them a different power. They are thrust into a life and death battle with a mysterious woman who is willing to kill.
This book reads a ...more
Jun 04, 2021
Emma
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As I continue my mission to read every backlog work of JLB, I can confidently say that even though this was released in 2007 (and reads like it), I genuinely enjoyed this. It's a lot of fun, and the plot and mystery elements are actually incredibly interesting. I wish it was longer so it could be more fleshed out, but I'm impressed with what I got. Also like I said, this does really ring true for the year it was released, but I'm just glad it didn't include anything about mating like Raised by W
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Tattoo by Jennifer Lynn Barnes features four friends on an adventure together. Delia, Annabelle and Zo are friends with the main character, Bailey. Bailey has a crush on Kane Lawson, which is portrayed honestly and in an awkwardly cute way. We've all had similar crush experiences;). The four friends are shopping at the mall and purchase fun accessories to match their personalities. Bailey chooses temporary tattoos because she can't decide on anything else. The tattoo set contains four temporary
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Definitely a light, easy, entertaining read for a lazy afternoon. The story was more than a little rushed, and this was probably split into two books because this much background stuff couldn't be tacked onto the sequel (Fate), but, to me, with a cast of FOUR main characters, this book had a different criteria to make it to three stars. I cared about all of them. And they were together, as a team, as a group, and that was wonderful. Yes, the characters were high school stereotypes, but I enjoyed
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There was one point where I was saddened by the gullibility factor, (view spoiler).
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But otherwise, this book was a fun read. I liked the friendship between the girls, and I liked the mythology mix-in. ...Not sure if I'd offer it to my little middle ...more
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But otherwise, this book was a fun read. I liked the friendship between the girls, and I liked the mythology mix-in. ...Not sure if I'd offer it to my little middle ...more
Tattoo is the story of four girls who go shopping at the mall and end up buying temporary tattoos that give each of them unique powers that match their personalities. The girls soon realize that they were given the powers for a reason; evil is coming and they must do whatever they can with their powers to stop it.
I enjoyed this early work of Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The characters in this fun and entertaining story seemed like real high school students who stumbled into something magical. I plan to ...more
I enjoyed this early work of Jennifer Lynn Barnes. The characters in this fun and entertaining story seemed like real high school students who stumbled into something magical. I plan to ...more
“We just hadn't figured on Fighting life," (47). The main characters Bailey, Delia, Annabelle, and Zo are in for an unexpected journey when they apply four temporary tattoos that they find at the mall in a strange shop. They all thought they were just applying ordinary tattoos for fun, yet something special came along with them. Each tattoo gave each girl a different power. The powers they recieve are to help them in an approaching battle against supernatural alien-like creatures. It is up to Ba
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From mystical prophecy to cutting edge chokers, Tattoo is a great book for those who love magic and fairies; things like that... I thought the beginning was a great start, however it leaves you confused and puzzled, which is good if you like something that will make you want to read more, but not in taste of those who want the facts completely in hand. I loved the adventurous vibe each page, and there weren't too many clichés... I felt like some of the dialogue, though may have been needed for s
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Nov 27, 2017
Erin
marked it as unfinished
Barnes's tale (published when she was still a teen herself or in her v. early 20s, iirc), still has an authentically teen feel--although, is hanging out at the mall still a thing?
It's a light, fun urban fantasy romance with good female friendships and yet...I was super not in the mood and I can't tell if it's me or the book. ...more
It's a light, fun urban fantasy romance with good female friendships and yet...I was super not in the mood and I can't tell if it's me or the book. ...more
i an very surprised but i really enjoyed this book!
i got it in a job lot of horror books (obviously not horror) on ebay and was quite sceptical - the cover didnt do anything for me and the blurb made it sound like a coming of age kinda book.
however, it wasnt. if you love a bit of mythology thrown in with a strong female lead (in this case 4!) i definitely recommend it
i got it in a job lot of horror books (obviously not horror) on ebay and was quite sceptical - the cover didnt do anything for me and the blurb made it sound like a coming of age kinda book.
however, it wasnt. if you love a bit of mythology thrown in with a strong female lead (in this case 4!) i definitely recommend it
Im not really into reading but I really do love this book. Ive been reading it for quite some time now and Id say, its easier for teenagers to connect with cause its more for entertainment and does connect with life. Its about a group of friends who have a strong bond and one day they all decided to get tattoos little did they know it would change their life either permanently or temporarily.
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes (who mostly goes by Jen) was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been, in turn, a competitive cheerleader, a volleyball player, a dancer, a debutante, a primate cognition researcher, a teen model, a comic book geek, and a lemur aficionado. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, finished her first full book (which she now refers to as a "practice book" and which none
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