Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason
Since I am a sucker for diaries, altered books and collage, I came across book this at Borders, and had to buy it. Although it is basically eye candy with a story as an afterthought, the authors, who are sisters, have taken scrap-booking to a new level. In the same genre as the Griffin and Sabine series (which I also have copies of) they have cleverly designed a book that looks and reads like an honest to goodness journal that a young, artistic mother might have actually kept. It is a quick read, and the story is a mystery with subtle clues in the artwork.
This book has taken on a life of its own thanks to a clever marketing scheme. The book is fiction, but because of a My Space page and website (phony) all attributed to her daughter, the Internet is duped into believing she was a real person. People are so gullible. Think about it for a minute. Two women find a journal in an old desk in the United States, have it published without the family's knowledge or consent, and all the daughter does is complain about on myspace.com? Can we say "Major Law Suit"?
If you see it in a bookstore, it is definitely worth leafing through for the visuals. If you have an extra hour, you can read the whole book and still have time left over for a coffee. If you're like me, you'll buy it, look at it once, and put it on the bookshelf with the hundreds of other books you never have time for.
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