Best Kids Books

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1. A Reviewer
   Posted September 3, 2006 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

   The gossip keeps on entertaining

   Book two in the gossip girl series finds Blair Waldorf getting ready to lose her virginity to her boyfriend Nate. This is the second time the couple has planned a romantic evening for such a momentous occasion, and soon becomes the second time that they are interrupted. To Blair’s shock and horror, they are interrupted by her mother who informs them that she is getting remarried to a man Blair loathes and the wedding will be in 3 weeks - on Blair’s birthday!! For Blair this is the icing on an already rotten cake as she is suspicious of Nate’s loyalty and worried about college applications.

   Serena is also back in this episode and still suffering socially because Blair has shut her out. Her friendship with Dan is growing, but it doesn’t seem to be going where Dan would like it to go. Serena is also extremely concerned about getting into college and knows that she will have to win the school film festival to have a shot at her college applications being taken seriously by reputable schools.

   Once again, these snotty, self-absorbed, rich kids are back with their trips to Barney’s, Manolo Blahniks, and everything trendy. But that’s what makes these books such a guilty pleasure. The reader is SUPPOSED to hate them. At the same time, it is a look into the world of the perfect and reminds us that no one is perfect, no matter where they get their milk pedicures and facials. Not great literature, but a quick and enjoyable read.

2. A Reviewer
   Posted December 15, 2006 at 4:36 pm | Permalink

   You know you love me.

   I think that this book is really good i thought the way that the charaters interact with eachother are really descriptive. And the book is very well written also. I recommend this book to teenagers because it has alot of drama in it and it has to do with some of the situtaions that teens are put under today such as friends, prepressure and family. So there is this girl named Blair and her boyfriend is Nate and she caught Nate cheating on her with her best friend at that time her best friends name was Serena. Once she found out that her boyfriend cheated on her with her bestfriend she is not friends with Serena and she really doesnt like her and never wants to talk to her ever again. Blair goes up to have an interview for her college and her moms fiance takes her to Yale for her interview and on the way up there she realzes he is actually cute and developes a crush on him. So for months now Blair and Serena have not talked so on Blairs moms wedding day they both bump into eachother in the bathroom and they make peace. They planned a new years party and Nate showed up and he had a girlfriend her name was Jenny and at that party she walks in on her boyfriend Nate and Blair kissing.

3. A Reviewer
   Posted March 24, 2007 at 10:05 am | Permalink

   GREAT

   I love this book. It is written soo well and so funny. i couldnt stop reading it.

4. A Reviewer
   Posted July 5, 2007 at 6:00 am | Permalink

   Great 2nd novel!

   Cecily von Ziegesar impresses her audience again with the second installment in the Gossip Girl series. In this one, Blairs mother announces that she is going to get married to Cyrus Rose, a stubby, annoying rich man, and only after a 2-month relationship. Blair has to deal with a new family, which includes Cyrus’ son, Aaron, who is a vegan, hippie, who smokes herbal cigarettes. She is still mad at Serena, who slept with Blairs boyfriend, Nate, who is “in love” with a freshman named Jenny “Jennifer” Humphrey. Blair and Serena both screw up their interviews for college. Dan Humphrey also gets on Serena’s nerves and later falls in love with Vanessa Abrams. In the end Blair and Serena become friends again, when Serena comforts Blair after everything she’s done to her. Cecily wrote another great book for this series, which is addicting. This book was really fun to read, and a great summer read!

5. A Reviewer
   Posted July 17, 2007 at 11:24 am | Permalink

   B, N S, D & J are back and up to no good!

   In the second installment of the Gossip Girl series our favorite spoiled brats are back and at it again, and this time they are trying to get into college. As if the stress of college applications and interviews wasn’t enough for Blair, she now also has to deal with the wedding of the year…her mother’s (complete with cute but annoying step-brother and all) and the gnawing feeling something between her and Nate just isn’t right. Poor Blair.
   
   Serena on the other hand is just as happy go lucky as ever, however, her newfound relationship with Dan appears to be on the rocks already…ah well; there are more fish in the sea!
   
   Lastly there seems to be a new girl catching Nate’s eye and you will never guess who it is! You’ll have to read to find out.

   While I found the first Gossip Girl book to be mildly entertaining, `YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME’ hooked me! I will definitely spend my summer trying to play catch up before the Gossip Girl series airs on the CW this fall! Fun read for teen’s and adult’s (who like a little scandal) alike!