Let’s BookTalk: Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

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“It’s as if there are six strings inside him, tuned to the same pitches, and when the guitar is strummed it cause his sting to ring out, too” (p. 22).

Tripp is a loner type, who loves to play the guitar. He is an odd character and very often speaks his mind. Lyla is the first chair cellist in the school’s orchestra. She is Lyla Marks, who has perfect grades, perfect friends and everyone adores her; however, Lyla is keeping a deep secret that she feels she cannot share with anyone.

The story mainly takes place at Rockland school. The characters Tripp and Lyla are both going through communication issues with their parent. Both are feeling pressured by their parents to be involved in activities they do not want to do.

Is there ever a time when you “thrum?”

Written by Amanda Baca

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Let’s Booktalk: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Your fate is not your own. Your path is chosen for you. If you diverge, you will be destroyed.

Beatrice Prior is facing the biggest test of her life. What faction does she belong to? She was raised as part of the Abnegation faction, but only her aptitude test will tell her where she belongs. But, what will she do when they are returned inconclusive?

Beatrice possesses qualities from all five factions. She can be selfless, as Abnegation; trustworthy, as Candor; intelligent, as Euridite; compassionate, as Amity; or brave, as Dauntless. To protect herself she must choose her faction, but her choice will only lead her to discover she is divergent.

 

Let's Booktalk-- The Espressologist by Kristina Springer

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Jane Turner is Jane Austen, if she was a teenage barista working to save up for college. Although, Austen may turn in her grave knowing such romance was occurring over a cup of hot or cold java instead of a cup of tea, this doesn’t hamper Jane Turner in the slightest. As an “espressologist” she can match anyone through their drink order, except herself. “I can’t just make our drinks match”, (108) she proclaims when discussing her own love life.

So, we have a matchmaker using coffee orders to determine compatibility, a best friend who finds love in all the wrong places, the main character’s love interest who is not the perfect match for her, and the perfect match that is dating the best friend. Can love for Jane Turner, have the same happy ending as one of Jane Austen’s novels? Or, will it end in spilt coffee and a shattered mug for a heart? Whatever happens just remember to tip the barista when you are through.