The Novel Addict: Jen Calonita

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Reality Check By Jen Calonita

Title: Reality Check

Author: Jen Calonita

Pages: 288

Published: June 14, 2010

Publisher: Poppy

Plot:

Sixteen-year-olds Charlie, Keiran, Brooke, and Hallie have just been signed up for their own reality television show. They can't even believe it. "You'll be The Hills meets The Secret Life of the American Teenager," the Armani-suited executive tells them, "and the hottest thing on our network." How could they say no?

But soon enough, cameras following them everywhere and interfering producers surreptitiously scripting their lives start to affect the four best friends' relationship. Brooke seems to want all the screen time. Keiran is abruptly written out of the show-and consequently the group's friendship-when she doesn't rate well. As soon as Charlie realizes what's going on, she figures out the perfect way to give the studio and her home audience a much-needed reality check.

Because friends don't let friends do reality shows.

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I thought this book was AMAZING!!! It kept me wanting more and more, and even more.

I would give this book a total 5 stars.

Other Content

Romance: Charlie likes a boy, but it's mild. :D

Question Of The Day: If you were given the chance to have your own T.V. show with your best friends, would you take it, or decline?

Secrects Of My Hollywood Life By Jen Calonita

Title: Secrets Of My Hollywood Life

Author: Jen Calonita

Pages: 256

Published: May 1, 2007

Publisher: Little Brown Young Readers

Plot:

Every girl in America wants to be Kaitlin Burke -- except Kaitlin Burke. She longs for a life far away from the glitterati and the paparazzi and those nosy tabloid newsmen. Giving up full-time glamor, she goes undercover at an ordinary American high school. The lessons that she learns in the world beyond the red carpet bring her wisdom worth more than any Emmy.

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I thought this book was OK. It caught me in the beginning, but not in the end. I read this book from my iPod touch. I actually bought the next book, but not read it yet. I hope it brings more to her.

I love the fact that Jen made Kaitlin a regular teen. And I LOVED the fact that she had Kaitlin have Star Wars sheets. That made me laugh.

I give this book 4 stars.

Other Content

Romance: Of course, Kaitlin falls in love with one of the boys, but it's mild.

Quotes

" Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

" I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, you sure as h*ll don't deserve me at my best." - Marliyn Monroe

" Music isn't what I do, it's who I am." - Unknown

" It would be nice is something made sense for a change." - Lewis Carrol

"When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair." - Taylor Swift

"To me, “FEARLESS” is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you’ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again… even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breathe without them. I think it’s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’s FEARLESS to stop believing them. It’s FEARLESS to say “you’re NOT sorry”, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright…That’s FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That’s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS."- Taylor Swift

"Wake up and smell the break up, fix my heart put on my makeup...another mess I didn't plan. And I'll bet you thought you beat me, wish you could only see, I've got an I <3 ? written on the back of my hand." - Taylor Swift

"Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones left unsaid are the ones you use to intentionally hurt someone." - Taylor Swift