Sarah Dessen Novels

I admit, I've never thought of reading any Sarah Dessen's books before just because I think her target audience are more of 12 to 18 years old teenagers.

The first book that I have read from her is That Summer.

I found this book in a book sale for just 75pesos and read the book for 3 hours only. From what I remember, this books tells about this teenage girl who undergoes big changes in her life physically and emotionally.

here's a little review of the book i got from Sarah Dessen's website [http://www.sarahdessen.com]

In Sarah's Words

That Summer was the first novel I sold and for that reason it will always be special. It was actually the third one I wrote, after a terrible book I did in college and one that was marginally better the year after. I never intended That Summer to be a YA book while I was writing it: to me, it was just a novel with a teenage narrator. But when I got an agent, she suggested it would be a good book for teenagers. When I look back over That Summer now, I always think that I was writing a bit more freely then, because it was before I knew to worry about reviews or publishers or what everyone else thought. Sumner Lee, Ashley’s long-lost boyfriend, has remained one of my very favorite characters of all time. Plus when I was planning my own wedding, I found that I could relate, in a way I never had before, to Ashley’s Bad Bride Behavior (although I didn’t always want to admit it). That Summer to me, though, is mostly about Haven finding a way to feel comfortable in her skin. It’s a theme that comes up in a lot of the other books as well, especially Keeping the Moon: this idea that confidence can carry you further than you ever could have believed. Also notable about That Summer is that it contains my husband’s all time favorite scene, where Sumner is filming the cheese commercial. It doesn’t matter what else I write, to my husband that’s the best. Hands down.

Book Haul

just bought this at booksale.:) both are P145.00! what a steal babes!

i'll read the booster first.:)

here's the summary of the two books:

The Truth About Forever

Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. She's stuck with a dull-as-dishwater job at the library. And she'll spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her father's recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother's open house events, and she meets the chaotic Wish Catering crew. Before long, Macy joins the Wish team. She loves everything about the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wes—artistic, insightful, and understanding Wes—who gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it.



The Booster

Jillian Siegel is living the quintessential Manhattan life: great clothes, fabulous boyfriend, a job at the hottest ad agency in town. But what nobody knows is that this twenty-nine-year-old has a dark little secret -- one that involves stuffing her oversize Gucci handbag with high-priced designer clothes and leaving the store without paying. Penned by one of advertising's most influential and provocative writers, this highly anticipated debut is packed with vibrant characters, bristling dialogue, and the rich detail of the author's real-life research into the clandestine world of shoplifting rings. The Booster is a uniquely stylish, deftly woven story about discovering one's true self in the most unexpected of places.

My Sketch of Rebecca Bloomwood

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My Sketch of Rebecca Bloomwood.

this is how much I am addicted to the Shopaholic Series.
:)

Sophie Kinsella Bookwhore!

I am a Sophie Kinsella bookwhore! Read all her books except Undomestic Goddess, is it as good as the shopaholic series?

Book update: How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean

I've read this book in just one seating. So, let me just give a quick review about this book.

First, if your a chick lit reader just like me, 100% you'll like it. I love books that have light stories and funny scenarios. Anyways, let me start on with my review.


Megan is magna cum laude graduate from Yale and works as a journalist for Scoop magazine (far from what she was hoping to work for as a writer) when she was offered by her boss to teach the Baker twin. The Baker twins are the grand daughters of Angel Cosmetics CEO. Their trust funds are being held if they won't be able to pass the SATS. Megan's job was to teach/tutor them until the SATS exam day for the exchange of clearing out all her bank debts and a fabulous salary, without an apartment to live, no clothes, no savings, and a job who wouldn't resist the offer? But the twins won't make her life easy as pie.

Manhattan, Palm Beach, designer clothes,shoes, make-up, fabulous parties, Sumptous food, extravaganze... who wouldn't want to read and fantasize that kind of life.

A Chick lit must read!

^_^ ela

Book: How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls

I am about to read this book... :)

Here is the book's description

Recent Yale graduate Megan Smith comes to Manhattan with big plans for a career in journalism and even bigger student loan debt: $75,000. When she flails at her trashy tabloid job, she's given an escape hatch: tutor seventeen-year-old identical twins Rose and Sage Baker--yes, the infamous Baker heiresses of Palm Beach, Florida, best known for their massive fortunes and their penchant for drunkenly flashing the paparazzi -- and get their SAT scores up enough to get into Duke. Impossible job -- yes. But if she succeeds, her student debts are history. Unfortunately for Megan, the Baker twins aren't about to curtail their busy social schedules for basic algebra. And they certainly aren't thrilled to have to sit down for a study session with dowdy Megan. Megan quickly discovers that if she's going to get her money, she'll have to learn her Pucci from her Prada. And if she can look the part, maybe, just maybe, she can teach the girls something along the way.

Have you read this one? tell me what you think of it?

I think I'm going to enjoy this one. I'll give my review to this after I finish it.:)

Ecstatic as I am!

This is my first blog. and i want to keep this as positive as possible.

I've been around the computer for like 24/7. I've discovered new hobbies. ??

Yes. (like huh?) Recently, I've been into make-up and books. It's been really weird because I felt that I am different now than before I'm still in College. If you know me you'll probably will say. "huh, si elaine mahilig sa make-up? si elaine mahilig sa books?" LOL!

It's not like I don't wear make-up at all. I do wear eyeshadows and lip tint. but you won't see me wearing mascara, eyeliner and foundation on my face. I keep it all simple. real plain. I will share my make-up awakening (LOL) on another post.

Books. ah, books. yes. I read books all the time.(mainly textbooks, schoolbooks) but I never read a single novel or fiction books just because i prefer to watch movies more. I would say, my friend Jeska, got me hook on reading.

When we were chatting about how good the movie "A Walk to Remember" and she told me that I should read the book.

I agreed and fell even more in love with the story. Since then I've been hooked to reading. I wished that I have discover this things before. because I am loving it!

xoxo,
elaine