Summary:
After twelve years of exceptional grades, Waldork-Astoria teas, and “working well with others,” Anna Percy has had it with her to perfect academic record and her perfectly boring prep school life. So she jets off to LA, where in the course of twenty-four hours she’ll hit an Oscar winner’s wedding, lounge at an after-hours back-lot party, and meet a guy she just might love. Life couldn’t be going better Anna. That is, until Cammie, Sam, and Dee enter the scene. They are the A-List, and no one steals their spotlight.Anna’s Thoughts
The A-List is what one would call a guilty pleasure. I first read it sometime shortly after high school, and remembered liking it a lot – why I didn’t pick up the second book at the time, I have no excuse for except that maybe it was because I wasn’t TOO much into reading then. (Got in trouble a lot my first year for reading in class, so.. I stopped reading…) However, I re-read it last week and I cannot wait to get the second, third, fourth, and 5-10th book/s. In fact, I can’t wait so much I spent two of my Mooch points mooching the 2nd & 3rd books (sadly, there is no sign of the 4th book!).
If you manage to get into The A-List, at 256 pages, it turns into a very fast fun read. The plot is somewhat unique, and the characters are somewhat cliche. You have Anna who is the typical good girl, tired of her good girl life, so she sets off for LA, which I’m guessing she expects won’t be so.. good girlish. And then you have Cammie who is the typical get-in-my-way-and-i’ll-eat you bad girl, Sam and Dee who are the slightly ditsy following of Cammie, who are also ‘bad girls’ BUT with a conscious. Then of course, you can’t have a bad-ass chick book without something to fight over, which is where Ben comes in: The very typical good guy, who might be a bad boy, but he’s just really the misunderstood boy.
There isn’t really much you can say about The A-List without giving too much away, but if you liked The O.C, Gossip Girl or just Catty girl fights, then chances are you’ll love this book. And even if you didn’t like those shows (I certainly didn’t), then you might just like it anyway!
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Sounds good! I don’t think I’ve seen this series before, but will add it to my “look-for-this” list for certain. Sometimes guilty pleasure books are great for a break between the heavy stuff.
Great review!
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The book sounds interesting and I was about to add it to my TBR list, but then I was seriously discouraged by the horrendous cover. I find the design horribly simple and the girl on the cover looks so normal, whereas I like the girls on the covers skinny and pretty. :) This sounds very shallow, I know, but the cover is always a factor and sadly these covers discourage me from reading the books. :( I’ve read How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by “Zoey Dean” a year or two ago and wasn’t overly impressed so not sure if I should give “her” another try. :)
ps: I love your site though! The wonderful design and the great content encouraged me to become a follower. :)
pps: I see that you’ll be reading Her Fearful Symmetry – I’ve already read it and it’s really good, hope you’ll enjoy it too! :)
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Although having an attractive book cover is nice, it’s hardly something I worry about when picking up a book :/ BUT I’m glad you enjoy the site and decided to follow, and I cannot WAIT to get my copy of HFS. It looks like it’s going to be a wonderful read!
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