Girls on Film

The sequel to the A-list was not a disappointment. This is turning out to be quite a good series, but at ten dollars a pop I need to get me a library membership or these will be few and far between. I'd rather own the books, but at the same time, I'd also rather afford food.

Summary: Anna is now an official resident of the 90210 and has enrolled in school. But things are anything but normal. She has to make a film about the Great Gatsby (go figure, since these books explore the same ideas) with Sam! But is Sam in love with her? And as if that weren't enough to worry about, her sister is out of rehab (early, I might add) and in California. Can Anna keep her sister sober, survive high school, and not leave a trail of broken hearts behind her?

Other: I can't decide whether the Gatsby references were cool, or over the top. Read it and let me know what you think?

Favorite Parts:
1. Ben and Anna have a huge confrontation in front of everyone Anna knows and it's caught on FILM.
2. Sam watches the film of number one and instead of checking out Ben, she can't take her eyes off Anna.
3. Anna is at a prestigious party for her new internship, but how is she going to keep it when both the person she's been assigned to escort AND her sister are too drunk for words?
4. The very end, but I'll never tell what that is!

The A-List

Well, I picked this up randomly over Thanksgiving, because I never bring enough to read. I think it is a subconscious thing so that I always have an excuse to go the book store. My cousin told me this was great and of the books I've read in this genre I definitely felt it was the best told story. I related to it, there were real issues. In short... it was great.

Summary: Anna is a prim and proper, prep school girl from New York City. But tired of her good-girl life, she makes a move to California. It takes her two days to get involved with the movie star scene and all their drama. Can this new Anna handle it?

Other: This is probably one of the best-written books I've read so far with this target audience.

Favorite moments:
1. Anna meets Ben on the plane from New York when he helps her avoid the creepy man sitting next to her. At the wedding later he shows up (as fate would have it) and ends up embarrassing them.
2. When you find out that every character ever has their eyes on Ben.
3. Anna gets food poisoning and throws up on everyone. They deserved it and it felt good.
4. Anna finds her Dad smoking weed.
--I'm going to stop there, because I realized I could go on forever, and I don't want to give away too much of the good stuff!