Absolutely Normal Chaos (vampire Kisses)

from fingerpost

Mary Lou Finney is assigned to keep a journal during the summer vacation, and boy does she. We follow multiple story lines in her life. Her best friend Beth Ann, who is boy-crazy and a bit immature, goes back and forth between two boys, and longs to be a part of the in-clique. Mary Lou herself ex...

from aimless22

Another I noted after reading an exerpt in 33 Things Every Girl Show Know, but this one I enjoyed immensely. An easy read due to the young adult audience. It brought me back to my youth and the thrills of the first kiss, the first hand-holding, the first love. The family goings on also entertaine...

from anneofia

Mary Lou Finney has an assignment to keep a journal over the summer and she thinks it's boring! But her summer turns out to be a turning point in her life and is anything BUT boring! In the end, we are never told whether or not the teacher reads, the journal, but we readers get to read it, and it...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Not a prequel, not a sequel, just set in the same world as Walk Two Moons. Both totally stand alone. I think I liked this one better because it wasn't quite so implausibly melodramatic. Still has the same theme of empathy, of the value of getting to know someone before judging them.

from PrincezzRyn

This book is a journal-type book about a girl (Mary-Lou) trying to find herself and learn to mature (finding a boyfriend, watching her best friend get one, and much more). Fast paced and really gets you feeling for Mary-Lou.