Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries

Pros: Hilarious; easy to read

Cons: Mia is dense.

The Bottom Line: Far better than the shoddy movie; I highly recommend this series for chicks ages 8 and up!

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Pros: everything about this book was good

Cons: none

Review: This book was amazingly well written, included lots of detail, was and very humorous. It was like reading a normal teenage girl's journal, Mia shared many aspects of her life particularly including Albert Einstein Junior High, Lana Weinberger and Josh ...

Pros: There are some funny lines

Cons: Cute but ultimately irritating narrative voice, weak character development, Mia NOT a good role model

The Bottom Line: Very little charm or magic here. If this is what fairy-tales have come to in the (post)modern age, it's time to despair for the genre.

Review: Okay, so it's like this, you know? I was at this used book and clothing sale at a totally swanky prep school -- you know, the kind of private school where the girls wear designer clothes and and carry these sleek little cell phones so they can call their ...