Top Five Things That Are Ruining Chloe's Day
5) Working the 6:30 a.m. shift at GoodFoods Market
4) Crashing a cart into a customer's car right in front of her snarky coworker Sammi
3) Trying to rock the "drowned rat" look after being caught in a snowstorm
2) Making zero progress with her crush, Tyson (see #3)
1) Being accused—along with her fellow teenage employees— of stealing upwards of $10,000
Chloe would rather be anywhere than locked in work jail (aka the break room) with five of her coworkers . . . even if one of them is Tyson. But if they can band together to clear their names, what looks like a total disaster might just make Chloe's list of Top Ten Best Moments.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
It's like The Breakfast Club in a grocery store on Christmas Eve, with a whole lot of diverse characters! SUCH A GREAT BOOK!
By Hazel (Stay Bookish)
TOP TEN CLUES YOU'LL ADORE TOP TEN CLUES YOU'RE CLUELESS1) YOU ADORED LIZ CZUKAS’ DEBUT NOVEL, ASK AGAIN LATERI’ve been a fan of Liz’s since I read Ask Again Later, one of the most adorable YA books ever. I was absolutely thrilled when I heard about her sophomore novel and even more so when I read it and found it to be an utter delight! So if you’ve read AAL too (if not, go do that now!!!) and liked it, you’ll enjoy this one without a doubt because Liz pretty much has perfected capturing fun and charming when it comes to her books.2) YOU LOVE LISTSI just completely love books with lists. I love lists, listing and listers- period. I even made a list of books with characters who write lists before. Now that I’ve read this one, I can totally say that Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless is my favourite book with lists. The lists in this book are just a) hilarious b) clever c) such a great addition to the story!3) YOU WANT SOME CHRISTMAS SPIRITTop Ten Clues takes place the day before Christmas and definitely has the spirit of the holidays! Chloe and her fellow teenage employees are working the Christmas Eve shift at Goodfoods, a local grocery store, and while the story doesn’t revolve around Christmas per se, the background of it offers enough holiday cheer to the reader. Christmas tunes on the grocery radio, snow outside and the holiday rush- Top Ten Clues will surely put you in a Christmas mood.4) YOU LIKE A GOOD PROBLEM/MYSTERY TO SOLVEChloe wanted to get to know her coworkers and possibly make a move on her crush, Tyson, but a lockdown was not what she had imagined. Accused of stealing the money in the grocery’s charity box, the group gets locked in the break room. It’s up to them to determine who did the crime to prove they’re not guilty. Not that I was completely engrossed with this plot but I still really liked how this circumstance brought the characters together.5) YOU LIKE THE BREAKFAST CLUBWhy yes, I’m comparing this book to one of the best movies of all time. If you’ve watched it, you’ll see that Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless’s cast of characters is very much reminiscent of The Breakfast Club’s. See #6.6) YOU LIKE YOUR CHARACTERS DISTINCTIVE AND WITH DEPTHI really like books that are character driven and this one was just that! The rest of the Goodfoods gang, Zaina, Sammi, Gabe, Micah and Tyson felt just as tangible and relatable as the main character, Chloe. Every one of them contributed to the book and my overall love for it. Liz knows how to express her teenage characters in such a way that it tugs your heartstrings, whether you’re a young adult yourself or already an adult. More than that, Liz knows how to break stereotypes and make her characters remarkable- you can’t help but grow attached to them.7) YOU LIKE TO SEE DIVERSITY IN BOOKSOur main character is a timid diabetic redhead. Tyson, her love interest, is a hardworking, kind black boy. Zaina is a beautiful, soft-spoken Muslim lebanese. Micah is a sweet, homeschooled, too-smart-for-you science nerd. Sammi is Ms. Tough Chick, oozing of snark and attitude. Gabe is the flirty, rich, athletic golden boy. YEAY for people of color and a great mix of diverse characters!8) YOU LIKE YA CONTEMPORARYIt’s hard for me to say that someone who reads very few contemporary books will surely appreciate this- it might just be too fluffy- but I’m quite firm on my belief that anyone who like/loves the genre will certainly like Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless.9) YOU ENJOY CUTE ANGST-FREE ROMANCESLike I said, the book is character-driven rather and the focus really isn’t on the romance. Nonetheless, the romance is there and it’s simple and cute in the sweetest way. If you’ve ever crushed hard on someone, I think you’ll find Chloe’s crush on Tyson easy to relate to.10) YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A QUICK LIGHT HEARTED BOOK TO READ FOR THE HOLIDAYSIn that case, pick up this book NOW! You won’t regret it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Top Ten Things You Should Know About This Book
By Anatea @ Anatea's Bookshelf
Guys, this book is 304 pages of cuteness! And below are all the things you should know about Top Ten Clues You're Clueless.TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS BOOK1. Christmas Time. When I first picked up this book I had no idea it took place on Christmas Eve, and this thing alone made it awesome since I was reading it just a few days ago and it's Christmas time now.2. Lists, lists and some more lists. Well, this book is full of them. If you're like me, and you make lists for anything and everything, I'm sure you'll love this book. Some are to-do lists and then some are totally random."TOP TEN WORST MOM PHRASES10. "Young lady..."9. Anything including your middle name8. "I thought you were dead! Or worse!"7. "I worry about you!"6. "You know, when I was your age..."5. "You're not going out like that, are you?"4. "Look me in the eyes and tell me that again."3. "If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?"2. "I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed."1. "Do what you think is right. I'm sure you'll make the right choice."3. Mystery. A lot of things in Top Ten Clues You're Clueless happen because somebody stole Charity money and the boss of the store in which Chloe works suspects someone of the young ones stole it. Because of that, she a her coworkers have to spend the rest of the Christmas Eve locked up in the store until the police come, but Chloe sets it upon herself to find out who the real thief is.4. Chloe. She is such a great character. I fell in love with her immediately. I loved that she was dorky, that she likes making lists so much and that she was always willing to help. She was determined and when everyone gave up on finding the real thief, she kept them going."I'm not sure the rest of the world has gotten the memo, because I still feel like a pretty big dork compared to a lot of people at my new school. And being insecure makes me want to write more lists, which makes me feel more nerdier, which makes me write more lists... You can see my problem."5. Characters. There was so many great characters in this book, if not all of them. Everyone was so different, but also special. Being able to see Liz Czukas create them, and then watch them grow and getting to know them is one of the best things you can take from this novel.6. Friendships. At the beginning of the book none of the characters were good friends, more like acquaintances, fellow co-workers. But seeing them open up to each other, seeing how they slowly were becoming friends with people they usually don't hang out with, is great. This is also one of my favorite parts of this book.7. Almost no romance. Yep, there is pretty much no romance here, at least not like in other YA books. Of course, from the blurb we know that Chloe is crushing on Tyson, but that's pretty much what is happening in the whole book. No flirting, no stolen glances, kisses or any of the usual stuff almost through the whole book.8. Dialogue. I enjoyed the first part of the book a little bit more than the second part. There was really too much dialogue in the second part and at some points I felt like the constant dialogue is starting to bore me, but on the other thing, I believe this is the reason why all the characters were so good developed.9. Realness. This book is so easy to relate to, and why I say book is because I think that pretty much everyone can find at least a few things they can relate to. Be it characters, or working at a grocery store, everything made this book seam so real. It's even happening only in 1 day. Yes, the whole book is taking place at the same day.10. Cute and fluffy overload. It doesn't matter that this book is dealing with some serious problems like illness and crime, from the beginning until the end, this book was cute and fluffy.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Where did the author get her diabetes information? So wrong, it ruined a great story. :(
By Lucia Von Letkemann
Okay, I actually really liked the story AND the characters. This book is like The Breakfast Club, set in a grocery store, and with a mystery twist. The characters are great & realistic and I completely got sucked into the plot. I really, really liked this book. Except. *sigh* The main character is T1 diabetic. I got all excited for about half a page, since, as a diabetic myself, it's nice to have a character I can really relate with. But, a few short paragraphs later, she describes herself as a "brittle" diabetic, which is a completely absurd, outdated term I last read in a Babysitters' Club book in 1987. That was the high point of diabetes info. From there, she goes on to describe a diabetic's great need for lots of protein (what?), makes it roughly twelve hours without needing to test her blood sugar more than once, and that once comes while she's almost unconscious from a serious low blood sugar. That serious low blood sugar is completely treated with 2 sugar packets (that's about 8g carbs each, or 1/2 the basic treatment you need for a moderate low blood sugar) and a weird amount of deli turkey. Deli turkey. Also, despite her almost passing out, she never turns off her pump, leaving a full dose of insulin to continue to drop her blood sugar. She even talks about how she wants a cookie like the others, but is afraid of getting too high since those two (whole) packets of sugar are probably already starting a spike. (BTW, diabetics can eat cookies. Honest.) Now, protein is important (for everyone), as it can help buffer insulin spikes and blood sugar drops, but it is NOT a treatment for extreme low blood sugar. It actually can slow the absorption of much-needed sugars, making things worse.---Alright, at this point in my review, non-diabetics are like, "Whoa, lady, you're awfully nitpicky for a fun YA romcom novel," and the T1D's out there are seething with righteous, insulin-based rage.---As I said, it was a nice surprise to find a main character who's diabetic, but almost every reference to diabetes was so absurd and incorrect, it just disappointed me, and made me mad. I was distracted throughout what was otherwise a great story. I would have rather she just dropped the diabetic aspect- it was unnecessary and pure misinformation.
