Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

 

    I was so excited for Girl Online by Zoe Sugg aka Zoella to come out on November 25 that I bought it the day it was released so why did I wait till now to read it? I'm not sure the answer but I can say it was worth the wait. I stayed away from spoilers that were online from people tweeting Zoe or commenting on her YouTube page luckily. To me, Zoe is such a creative genius. She's basically doing it all with her YouTube channel, a blog, her own line, and a book. One of my favorite things I like about her is that she chose to write a fiction book instead of a beauty guide type. I'd rather read fiction over a beauty book. I'm not here though to talk about how much I enjoy all of Zoe's creations I am here to talk about Girl Online.



 

    The inside cover reads:

    "Penny has  secret.
   
    Under the alias Girl One, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her quirky family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse at school, her parents accept an opportunity to whisk the family away for Christmas at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. There, Penny meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly she is falling in love-and capturing every moment she spends with "Brooklyn Boy" on her blog.

    But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny's cover- and her closest friendship-forever."   

    I loved the book so much! I really liked the character Penny. She was vulnerable but not weak. There were times when she was supposed to be perceived as weak but I thought she was strong because she was being so vulnerable, if that makes sense. The inside cover of the book talks about a fling with Brooklyn Boy aka Noah. I wish I could have a fling with Noah because he sounded so dreamy and the description of him was so detailed, love it. There were parts of the book where I was mentally yelling "shady" but after the plot twist I knew why. Don't worry I am not giving it away but I was surprised by the plot twist which is always good. It was very creative.

    Last thing I want to add is how descriptive she was of NYC. Since she is from England you would think she wouldn't understand NYC but I thought she described it beautifully. I've been there tons of times and I'm assuming Zoe has been there too to be able to write certain details like she did. Great job Zoella, now please, write another? Thanks!

Thanks for being here,

Curious Reader xo

 

Austenland by Shannon Hale

    I have been very bad. I have been caught up in reading and such that I have forgotten to blog about them. Since I've read a couple books I'm going to start blogging about them with my favorite one first which is Austenland by Shannon Hale. There is a movie and a book which came out years ago so you might have seen or read Austenland already. I saw a preview for the movie and thought it looked so good so I looked it up and saw there was a book so I decided to read it first before I watch the movie. I have to be honest and say I haven't read many Jane Austen books, I know I know, that needs to change.

    I loved the book so much. I'm glad how the character Jane was not like a crazy single woman who fell in love with every guy she meets. Ok she might have a little bit of the falling for every guy she meets but she is also an independent woman who isn't looking for a guy to complete her. The author could have wrote the character Jane as a woman who throws herself at everyone and can't do anything for herself. I'm just glad she wasn't written like such.

    The ending of course was my favorite part. I had thought the book was going a different direction and I was surprised by the ending. I want to go into more detail and explain every little thing I loved about it but if you haven't read it or seen it I don't want to ruin it for you.



    This is the overview for the book:

    "Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined.

   

    Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen--or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It's all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?"

Thanks for being here,

Curious Reader xo

 

 

 

Have you seen the movie? I haven't yet so I was wondering if it's a good movie.