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Showing posts with label Lisi Harrison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisi Harrison. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Book Review: License to Spill by Lisi Harrison

When can I get the next book?! 

The ending in this one wasn't as abrupt as the first book, but still left a HUGE cliffhanger as far as how the last bit with Jagger is going to play out. And I have to say, I'm really proud of Sheridan, she wasn't my favorite in the first book, and even though her obsession with being on film is still a little annoying, I like her a whole lot more after this book. 

I love epistolary books and this one is another one to add to the list, especially when it's in a diary or journal format. I feel like you get to know the character(s) on a more intimate level than if they're narrating the story. Maybe because the whole idea of a journal or diary is that it's supposed to be private and the writer doesn't censor their thoughts. 

I'm excited to read the next book and find out how they become nominated as the Phoenix Five. 

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From the GoodReads website, "Three girls, two guys, five secret journals.

The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries...

When our parents were growing up they were encouraged to make mistakes. That's how they learned. But us? Our mistakes go viral. There is no delete button on the Internet. What kind of future do we have if we can't escape our embarrassing pasts? I must come off as quite the hypocrite; complaining about our overexposed lives in a book of secret journals I have leaked. But these pages hold proof of how this pressure affects the "best" of us... so until the heat's turned down, keep reading."

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Book Review: Pretenders - Lisi Harrison

Bring on the next in the series!! I want to know what happens next!

This was a great book! I love Epistolary books. I loved how this book showed each character as themselves and as the person they were trying to portray to their peers that they were (not sure if that made any sense, but I wasn't sure how else to write it). There are so many facets of teenage life represented, and some of it I can relate to as I remember having a crush on someone that didn't know I existed. :)

It's a fun story, that doesn't have an ending yet, and I'm glad for that. Anxiously awaiting the sequel! One of those books where you get to the last page and you're like, "What?! NO!!"

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From the GoodReads Website: "Three girls, two guys, five secret journals.

The five most popular students at Noble High have secrets to hide; secrets they wrote down in their journals. Now one of their own exposes the private entries...

I am leaking these because I'm tired and I know you are too. The success bar is too high and pretending has become the only way to reach it. Instagrams are filtered, Facebook profiles are embellished, photos are shopped, reality TV is scripted, body parts get upgraded like software, and even professional athletes are cheating. The things we believe in aren't real.


We are pretenders."