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Pretty Little Liars: Crushed Review
Shepard brings some verve back into the series by having the Liars bring the fight to A and get more entangled in A’s web.
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Top 5 Disney Fairies Books
My very very biased raking less based on story plots and more on who was my favorite fairy and hw pretty the illustrations were.
1. Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon by Lisa Papademetriou
First off Rani because Rani was my favorite. The girl cut off her wings to save Neverland. She is amazing, also I loved her long hair. She pretty and goodhearted and I loved her. This story explores the dificulties she has as the only wingless fairy, feeling excluded and unable to join as she used to. And it continues her fascination with mermaids, showing off the self absorbed natures and exploring another part of Neverland.
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Summer Nonfiction
Popular by Maya Van Wagenen
I read this memoir a long time ago for a project in middle school so it was nice to revisit it again. This memoir details Maya’s journey to finding popularity by utilizing a How to be Popular Guide from the 50s by then teen model Betty Cornell (who writes the forward to this book!).
What’s interesting is that even though the popularity guide was from a whole different generation, it is quite applicable today with easy to do tips like perfecting posture, having confidence and going out of your comfort zone to talk to people.
And as thousands of YA books and tv shows have reminded us, though it’s always nice to hear again, popularity is in the eye of the beholder. Even the people who are popular think themselves as losers or find others to be intimidating as Maya learned when she talked to the goths, the artsy geeks, the gangbangers and the jocks. By breaching this invisible but undeniable clique boundaries, Maya was able to gain popularity in a way she never imagined.
Relatable and introspective, Maya brings readers into her life and personal moments as she moves forward with her experiment and shares some lifelong messages.
Binge by Tyler Oakley
I admit I borrowed this on whim because I liked the candy cover but it is quite fun. Though I never seen his youtube videos, it didn’t stop me from enjoying this entertaining memoir. Oakley seems to be very heartfelt and genuine as he discusses big issues like abuse and family estrangement as he came out when he was a teenager to experiencing #CancelTylerOakley when he spoke out about a 1D member’s iffy support to an anti LGBTer.
But it’s not all serious as he also discusses entertaining ancetedotes like 10 things he’d do if he were Beyonce for a day to Tinder fails to getting high at a teen dance when he was a camp counselor. Very fun light read.
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Lisi Harrison Interview
Lisi Harrison is the NYT Bestseller author of The Clique, Alphas, Girl Stuff among many other series. She kindly accepted my request for an interview and gives insight to her making of The Clique series, the ending to The Pretenders, friendship, co-writing and lots more. 1. To start off simple, when did you first begin writing? What were some of your big inspirations?
I always wanted to write, I think I always had those voices in my head my whole life. When I first read Harriet the Spy when I was younger, I loved the idea of observing people. And that lit me up. I loved the idea of sort of watching people in their natural habitat, observing them, human behavior was fascinating. I wanted to write, I decided I wanted to be a spy just like Harriet.
2. Did your work as a Senior Director of Programming at MTV influence or help you as you transferred to writing?
We had five half hour programming blocks and back then, there were five minute chunks of commercial three times in a half an hour episode. We had to hold people’s attention so they didn’t change the channel. I got very used to writing cliffhangers, very aware that anybody can put the book down at any time or change the channel at any time. I was very conscience that I had to make whatever I had to say entertaining as possible so that definately influenced my writing.
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Pretty Little Liars: Burned Review
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Pretty Little Liars: Stunning Review
Spoilers ahead but you should know that already as the series’ house of lies build on each other.
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Interview with Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
Suzanne Williams and Joan Holub has worked on several series together including Goddess Girls, Grimmtastic Girls, Thunder Girls, and Heroes in Training among others. I have actually been in touch with Suzanne Williams, a prolific children’s writer with hits such as Library Lil, Ten Naughty Monkeys, the Fairy Blossoms series for several years now. So it was great to get to a short interview her and her co-writer, Joan Holub (Might Dads/Moms, Little Red Writing) to discuss their careers, Greek mythology and upcoming news.
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Pretty Little Liars: Ruthless Review
Things get Shakespearean in this novel and is all toil toil, boil and trouble for Rosewoods prettiest liars whose guilt is eating them alive. And believe me, they have plenty to feel guilty for.
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Pretty Little Liars: Twisted Review
The Liars are back and so is A because Ali may be gone but the girls haven’t learned their lesson about keeping secrets.
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Summer Romances
Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the flux of Pride and Prejudice adaptations and wonder if there can be any new spin to the Jane Austen classic. Well Sonali not only brings a new spin but elevates the classic by further exploring the themes of classism that was in the original.
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