Gamer Girl, Mari Mancusi

Gamer Girl, Mari Mancusi, Book - Barnes & Noble: "After Maddy's parents divorce, she's stuck starting over at a new high school. Friendless and nicknamed Freak Girl, Manga-loving artist Maddy finds refuge in the interactive online game Fields of Fantasy. In that virtual world, she reinvents herself as Allora, a gorgeous elfin alter ego, and meets a true friend in Sir Leo. Maddy can't hide behind Allora forever, especially as a real-life crush begins edging in on her budding virtual romance. But would anyone pick the real Maddy, gamer girl and Manga freak, over the fantasy?

This fresh, geeky/cool novel includes online chats and exciting gaming, and features Maddy's Manga-style artwork."

I absolutely loved this book. Not just because it had so many references to things I like, like manga and MMORGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games), especially I play those games! I know what its like to like those things, especially when not many people know what their about and how not many people appreciate them as I do. I highly recommend this book.

Sk8er Boy by Mari Mancusi

Sk8er Boy by Mari Mancusi

Fifteen year old Dawn Miller cannot believe that perfect grades, shopping with her girlfriends and joining every extracurricular activity recommended by her parents is all there is to life. She is bored and tired and figures Harvard, her parents' goal for her, is still a few years away. How will she survive going through this torture? And skipping Yearbook every now and then is hard enough.

But when she makes a new friend Starr, who introduces her to world of skaters and punks. This is an exciting and not to mention rebellious act on Dawn's part, but breaking away from her parents is farthest from her mind when she meets intelligent and nice skater Sean McNally. She knows her boring and overprotective parents would denounce this heart throb as a punk from the wrong side of town, but then again they would shoo away any boy wanting to date her before she graduates from Harvard. How will she make her parents realize Sean is not all he seems, and not to judge a boy by his cover?

I really liked this book actually. It is really good despite its sort of cheesy plot. It was a bit girly because Dawn is a total 'Barbie' but later she becomes more carefree and less girly.