I found Blair to be thrilling, quite honestly. That theme felt evident to me in these books. And really, there's next to no parental love there's just a gaping loneliness that's seemingly inescapable. And the stress and expectations are preposterous, with college and social etiquette and whatnot, and any one toe out of line can have you packing for boarding school in an instant. What you wear defines you, you get cool points for professionally modeling or acting, and your address is a label. They rent limos and get drunk or high in them on their way to Manhattan clubs where they then hook up with all their friends and their friends' friends. And yes, that's what the "popular" kids do. Granted, I'm much more like the Jenny Humphrey type who witnesses the drama from the outside, but I still hear about it. What you wear defines you, There's one thing that you must accept before you read these books: lives like those written about in Gossip Girl exist. There's one thing that you must accept before you read these books: lives like those written about in Gossip Girl exist. After these, making the transition to reading real books will be easy!
Read this series, and you can even branch out into other series like The A-List, and, if you're feeling brave, progress into Twilight.
And you're guaranteed to stay hooked you never know who these crazy kids are going to sleep with next! (they'll only sleep with people who happen to be rich and caucasian, like them, but that's a given) What to do?įear not, dear readers: Gossip Girl has arrived! The books are chock-full of brand names and hot nightclubs, with no annoying life lessons or morals to get in the way of your story about attractive rich brats and the attractive rich brats they interact with in their daily lives. You want a book that doesn't have a plot (too confusing) but J.D. What to do? Fear not, dear readers: Gossip Girl h The following is a public service announcement sponsored by The Committee For Teens Who Read Real Books:Īttention teenage girls! Looking for a book to read for your English class, but don't know where to start? I know what you're thinking: you want to read about fashion and celebrities, but Seventeen doesn't count as a book (like, how unfair is that?!). The following is a public service announcement sponsored by The Committee For Teens Who Read Real Books: Attention teenage girls! Looking for a book to read for your English class, but don't know where to start? I know what you're thinking: you want to read about fashion and celebrities, but Seventeen doesn't count as a book (like, how unfair is that?!).