Chicklita Reads

Hi and Goodbye!

2009-07-20T08:45:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

Sorry I've been so MIA lately-I needed some time to think. I do not know what to do. On one hand, I LOVED reviewing books for you, but on the other? It's a lot of work, and I haven't been so...well, here. So what should I do? Continue blogging or stop for good? I need your advice, because you've all been doing this way long then I have. Email me at alwayzdanz@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.

Thanks guys,

xoxo

chicklita

(aka megan)

My Mailbox and Updates!

2009-05-31T14:12:00.000-07:00

Hey readers! I know I haven't been around lately (school stinks) and from now on, I promise that I'll try to post something every other day. Starting...today.

1)My joint contest with Bookworm Readers ends tomorrow, MONDAY, JUNE 1, so be sure to enter super soon if you already haven't!

2) I got another book in the mail! Thanks Julie Kraut and Delacorte Press! Thanks to them, I recieved Slept Away, that just came out on May 26th. I've just started to read it, and already LOVE it! So be sure to look out for my review coming soon, and for Slept Away in your local bookstore.

Thanks for reading,

chicklita

Contest Update!

2009-05-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone.

A new book has been added to the giveaway--How To Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier! If you haven't already, check out the contest that Bookworm Readers and I are holding. There's also a copy of Celebrity Skin by Liane Bonin and an ARC of Hot Mess by Julie Kraut and Shallon Lester up for grabs, and one person could win all three!

Please remember to either enter at my blog here or at Bookworm's here, just NOT BOTH!!!!

And for this one, we're going to have to say no to international readers. Sorry--shipping these days is so expensive, especially overseas!

The end of the contest has been extended to Monday, June 1, so enter, enter, enter!

Thanks!

CONTEST!!!

2009-05-13T07:24:00.001-07:00

So Bookworm Readers and I have teamed up to host a Girl Power Giveaway. Here's what Bookworm Readers say:

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Follow and Win!

Hi guys. It's just me, spreading the book-blogger love. Keep on reading, because there's a 3-book contest

involved. (:

So, one of my BFFs recently started her own book blog named Chicklita Reads. She has some great reviews and wants to begin receiving review copies and interviewing authors.

Anyway, she's been feeling frustrated lately about her lack of readers, and it would really brighten her day if you stopped by and checked it out or commented on some of her

reviews (which mostly focus on the lighter side of teen lit).

So I'm having a little contest to help promote a friend's blog. Plus you could

WIN, which is always fun, too. (: Consider this the Girl-Power Giveaway! Here's what you could win:

- An ARC of Hot Mess: Summer in the City by Julie Kraut and Shallon Lester

- A copy of Celebrity Skin by Liane Bonin

- A copy of How to Ditch Your

Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

Here's how to enter:

Simply comment below with your email address so we can contact you if you win!

Extra entries:

+5 for following Chicklita Reads

+2 for posting a link to Chicklita on your blog

+2 for posting a link to this contest

+1 for posting a comment on any of the Chicklita reviews

....That's up to ten extra entries! Good luck! The winner for the three books will be announced on (edit) Monday, June 1.

Thank you for entering!

Thank you!

2009-05-13T07:23:00.000-07:00

Thank you all so much for commenting, following, and reading my blog. It really means alot to me. I think I'll start reviewing and posting again. Thanks for your encouragement!

Chicklita

HELLO!

2009-05-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

So sorry I've been so MIA lately. (school's been soo busy)

I'll try to start updating really soon. Promise! AUTHORS-your book reviews will be coming shortly.

But I'm sure that summer will be my big blogging few months.

So stay tuned.

Anyways,

I don't think many people actually care, since about 3? people read this blog. So if you are reading this-right now, please comment-just so I know if blogging is actually worthwhile. It's hard for me to be motivated to post when I know that like only 1 person reads it.

So if not many people read, then I'm gonna stop forever.

Please comment,

Keep reading,

Chicklita.

YAY YAY YAY!! MY FIRST BOOKS EVER SENT!!

2009-04-11T17:43:00.001-07:00

AHHH!

I am super excited because yesterday I got not 1, not 2, but...(drumroll please..) 3 BOOKS FROM AUTHORS!! I emailed a bunch of authors a few weeks ago, and only two responded. (boo)

So, I got a arc of Coffehouse Angel, by Suzanne Selfors,

and The Trials of Kate Hope and Leonardo's Hand both by Wick Downing.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot tell you how happy I am.

So be prepared for more reviews plus a contest coming soon..

Follow, share, comment on yours,

Chicklita

How to Ditch Your Fairy

2009-03-26T14:33:00.000-07:00

How To Ditch Your Fairy. Like everyone has one, right? hehe

Title: How To Ditch Your Fairy

Author: Justine Larabalestier

Pages: 304

Genre: Cont. Fiction/Fantasy

Reccommended to: Teen Girls, 12-16, especially fans of Uglies

Rating: A-

Poor Charlie, bearer of a parking fairy. Enter New Avalon, a futuristic new world where everyone has a fairy, whether it is a parking fairy, a clothes fairy, or even a all the boys you like fairy, like her friend Fiorenze has. Charlie conquers up a plan to get rid of her fairy, by befriending Fiorenze.

WOW. I love this book. When reading it, I was like, wow, this book is like Uglies, but more chicklity. And I loved Uglies. So, I looked at the back cover, and guess what? Justine is married to Scott Westerfield, the author of the Uglies series. Figures. Back to the book.

I now want a fairy. Please? Except not a parking fairy. :-) Again, not much to say about this book, but I JUST LOVED IT. YOU NEED TO BUY IT NOW, 'Kay?

yours,

chicklita

Reality Chick!

2009-03-26T14:26:00.000-07:00

Another book that Bookworm Readers gave me...thank you!

Title: Reality Chick

Author: Lauren Barnholdt

Pages: 270

Simon Pulse, 2006

Genre: Cont. Fiction

Recommeded to: Teen girls 12-14

Rating: B+

Ally is your normal teen girl: off to college, making new friends...except she's only In the House, a reality show where everything these 5 freshman say and do are documented and shown to America. OOH...juicy! As she meets cute boys, potential friends, and says goodbye to some old, we see it all, through the eyes of Ally.

There's not much that I can say about this book. It was fun to read, but not something I'd buy. If you see it at your library, it's worth reading, but don't spend $8.99 on it! Kay?

Yours,

Chicklita

I'm Waaaittting!

2009-03-26T14:24:00.001-07:00

Waiting for what??

For:

a) someone to comment on my blog, yet alone read it.

b) to read Prada and Prejudice

c) for an author to send me a book, yet alone contact me. (if you're an author/publisher, please contact me today. you will have special star status forever on my blog.)

d)to read a new book.

hahah

more reviews to come, plus a fun contest only from:

yours,

Chicklita

Paparazzi Princess: Secrets of My Hollywood Life

2009-03-26T14:14:00.000-07:00

Yay Yay Yay Yay Yay!! Secrets of My Hollywood Life, by Jen Calonita, is MY FAVORITE SERIES EVER!!! I lloooove these books...so when I found out there was a new one coming out, my friend, Bookworm Readers, loaned me it! THANK YOU!!

Title: Paparazzi Princess: Secrets of My Hollywood Life

Author: Jen Calonita

Pages: 294

Little, Brown and Company, 2009

Recommended to: Teen Girls, 12-16

Genre: Cont. Fiction/Hollywood

Rating: A+++++

STOP!! If you haven't read the first book (Secrets of My Hollywood Life), stop here!! DO NOT READ THIS! Spoilers inside.

Ohhkay. So, Paparazzi Princess is all about how Kaitlin Burke's hit show, FA, is coming to an end, and her making decisions on what she wants to do with her career. Broadway, singing, movies...oooohh hard decision! (I would take any :-)) Anyways, she struggles to decide, and is taken under the wing of two of Hollywood's biggest party girls, Ava and Lauren. As she gets some negative media, she realizes that she might just be ruining her career...

Of course, the first book was the best, but this one is pretty darn fine too! Kaitlin Burke is my favorite book heroine ever, and Austin, (her BF) is super adorable. Even though my life is nothing like Kaitlin's, I feel like I can relate to her, struggling with being a teenager, let alone having the whole world watch her grow up and make mistakes. Although some of us may want to be in the limelight, this book gives you an insider's take on Hollywood. So real, that you may want to consider your dreams.

YOU NEED TO BUY THIS BOOK!!! NOW. TODAY. stop reading this and go to the bookstore now!

Forever yours,

Chicklita

MY FIRST REVIEW!!!

2009-03-26T13:58:00.000-07:00

Wow! I'm so excited to be posting my first review. And the lucky book is....Three Willows, by Ann Brashares!

Title: Three Willows

Author: Ann Brashares

Pages: 318

Delacorte Press, 2009

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Recommended to: Teen girls 12-16, especially for fans of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants!

Rating: A-

It's a whole new sisterhood! That's the gimmick behind 3 Willows, the newest book from Ann Brashares, the ah-mazing author behind the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Polly, Jo, and Ama have just graduated from middle school, and are going off to high school next year. Over the summer, they each have different adventures, cute new boys, and a new respect for themselves. Whoops! (I forgot to add that they go to the same HS as the Sisterhood, and kinda sorta know them.)

So...that pretty much sums it up! When I first saw this book, I was like...OMG!! A new sisterhood book! But then I realized that it wasn't going to be as good as the first series. Boy, was I wrong! 3 Willows is way better than the Sisterhood. I first read through this book supa fast, and thought it was sorta iffy, but then read it again and adored it!

I loved how Polly, Jo, and Ama are younger than the Sisterhood when we first meet them, so it was easier for me (the same age as them) to relate. They've been friends ever since they were babies, (like me and my 3 friends) and are realizing that they are so different now.

All in all, this book is great! Ann, please keep writing..we love your books! This is definitely a must buy.

Yours, Chicklita

Welcome to Chicklit!

2009-03-16T19:43:00.001-07:00

Heyy...it's my first time blogging, so bear with me! I'm 13, in 8th grade, and a self proclaimed bookworm. Ha! Love, love, LOVE to read. I have a couple of friends (mrsmagooreads and bookwormreaders) who blog, and convinced me to start. So....here it goes!

HOW I THINK IT GOES:

1) I get books (from publishers, authors, bookstores, you)

2) I read them (well,duh!)

3) Post reviews for you

4) You read them!Contests, specials, interviews, definitely.

Stay tuned for Chick Lit reviews and more, only from yours,

chicklita