review: books... "Very LeFreak" by Rachel Cohn

rating: 2 out of 5

bottom line: a disappointment.

synop: Very is a techie in college that suffers from too-much-good-time syndrome: she excessively parties, buys stuff online with her maxxed out cards, gets drunk every night, and is promiscuous. In addition to that, Very is addicted to her iPhone, her playlists, her precious laptop, and El Virus, a guy she met online, that haunts her every thought and dream.

With her scholarship on the line, her friends decide to intervene: they take away her laptop, iPod, and send her off to tech camp. 28 days of electronics-free hell. No iPod, no iPhone, no IMing, no cell-phones, laptops, nothing.

Does Very have the strength to resist? or will she relapse?

Review: the synop sounds good. they all do. otherwise i wouldn't read them, now would i?

but i gotta say that this was a flopper.

the idea was really nice, and the beginning of the book was okay--i kept hoping that she would fall in love with Brian (her best bud that's also a [cute] techie). i mean he has feelings for her, she knows he does, but El Virus haunts her thoughts.

but the thing i'm not happy about is the ending of the book.

**SPOILER ALERT!!**

she ends up w. her roomate of all people. [we all knew that she was bi, but come on?! everyone loves a good best-friends fall in love book!]

the ending just left too much hanging: all the problems she had to deal with--her credit cards, school, ect. it was all ignored.

i mean, sure, you don't have to explicitly say it out loud and just imply it, but this implication-filled ending was unsatisfying.

NCP: Library.

There are 2 floors to the library.

the 1st floor of the library is on the second floor of the school. THE ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS THROUGH THE 2ND FLOOR!!!! the third floor doors have alarms on them!!! (which many find out the hard way...it goes off, the librarian (usu. Mr. Pena) takes his time coming up to turn it off...)

the first floor has fewer computers then the second.

usu. during passing periods, early during lunch, right after/before school, the computers are taken.

the 2nd floor of the library closes @ 4:30pm.

the library closes @ 5:00pm.

maybe cause we're nerds, but hanging out @ the library is actually cool @ ncp. @ my old school, i betcha less then half the student body has ever been inside the library.

PRINTING....

in every room of the school there are black/white printers.

in the library there is one color printer. located on the 1st floor (of the library) by the librarians' desk to the left by the doors.

black/white prints are 10 cents per page.

color prints are 20 cents per page.

@ the beginning of each semester students are given $30 in print audit. money carries over semester to semester, not year over year.

WHICH PRINTER your stuff prints out of.....is a mystery. you need to get the hang of it. usu. only one printer prints (so the other is off), so if you see a printer printing, that's the one in commission right now. look for your stuff. everyone on the floor uses it, so your stuff may have to print a bit later, or was printed already.

IF IT HAS NO PAPER.... load it up. there's paper in a tray right by it. pull out the tray, load it up. in here, students have to do it: the librarians don't bother. they trust us.

IF IT HAS NO INK... then you can tell the librarians, and they can refund you your money, and change the ink.

CAMCORDERS. the library has an extensive collection of touch screen camcorders.... i herd gossip that next year they'll get thinner new ones... they are only lent for one day. YOU HAVE TO THEM BEFORE ADVISORY (or it's a $5 fine!)....many of them are missing components... the instructional booklet, DVD, fire wire, USB... the librarian will tell you what's missing. but if you plan to make a movie, you HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRE WIRE!!! let the librarian know. he/she'll get you another one if needed.

library material is only lent to NCP students... so if you have a Lane Tech friend over, they can't borrow stuff.

MARKERS...CRAYONS....SCISSORS....COLORING...PENCILS...TAPE...YES! the library does have them! and they can lend you it. if you leave your ID in exchange. (or something valueable) go to the desk and ask for them.

HOLE PUNCHERS...STAPLERS... YES! the library has quite a few on the librarian's desk by the doors. just use them.

SCANNERS....COPIERS....YES! the library has those too--the library only has 2 i believe. one on each floor. the 1st floor one is the first computer you see dead on when you come in. to its left is a scanner. 2nd floor one is the computer farthest left by the banister/windows. first one closest to the encyclopedias. COPIERS...they are for teacher AND STUDENT use!!! (10 cents for students....in cash....i believe. i'm not sure how they work...)

NEWSPAPERS....MAGAZINES.... the library has a lot of magazine subscriptions...found by the doors. newspaper is found on the rack by the doors also.