Friday, May 28, 2010 By Taline Rumaya - Taline Rumaya Advertising Take Me With You (May 28, 2010) -- The last few days of senior year are packed full of yearbook signatures, exchanged cell phone numbers, and promises to keep in touch. Students go to great lengths to make sure their friends remember them even after going to different colleges. Nikki Roddy’s Take Me With You provides graduating high-school girls with a different, quick and easy way of saying goodbye to their friends. It’s a small, fill-in-the-blank book that covers everything from inside jokes to what classes to choose. Like a more-useful version of Mad-Libs, the book has basic information already printed with blanks left for the user to fill in. There are places to write in all your insiders, blank pages to tape pictures, lines to put down phone numbers, and bullet lists to fill in. There are even pages with quotations by famous comedians, television personalities, and writers. When all the blanks have been filled, the book can be given as a gift to a friend who will be going off to college. The book is more than just a glorified yearbook signature, though. Along with places to put memorabilia from high school, it has chapters full of advice and encouragement regarding life in college. It gives girls the pros and cons of sorority life, tips on how to deal with roommates, and advice on how to choose their classes. It is a good gift to give a friend to remind her of all her high school moments and help her get through college, but it does lack creativity on the gift giver’s part. While the book provides space to write notes and add personality, most of the talking is done by the book itself. It tells the user exactly what to write and where to write it. It’s a very cute book, but I personally prefer signing yearbooks or writing letters. It gives the opportunity to write more heartfelt, individualized farewells to graduating friends. A book telling a friend how much they will be missed somehow lacks the sentiment of a handwritten goodbye. I would recommend this book, but perhaps only to give as a side present or to a slightly distant friend. Take Me With You Nikki Roddy Zest Books $14.95 Available in bookstores and on zestbooks.net

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