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3rd out of 12 books
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Girls on Film (A-List #2)
by
Zoey Dean
Girls on Film is the wickedly funny and risqué sequel to the bestselling A-List that takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati. Seventeen year-old Anna ("pronounced Aaaanah") Percy has moved from posh Manhattan to the evcen more posh Beverly Hills, California, where she's living with her estranged dad for the rest of the school year...more
Paperback, 250 pages
Published
April 7th 2004
by Little, Brown Young Readers
(first published November 14th 2003)
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Anna Percy is having many troubles in her life. Love life, Sister trouble, and friendship troubles. Anna is still not over Ben and is having a difficult time getting over him. Even though she broke up with him she is mad because he would always ditch her and not show her that he has respect. She and her friends believed that he was going out with her for some sort of advantage(easy to get stuff.) Even though her friends turned on her they were right it was for advantage and not really liking he...more
I was looking for something that would lift the "reading binge" that I've been feeling over the past few months. I've been reading a lot of really bad books lately and it's beginning to get me down.
But, I found "Girls on Film" by Zoey Dean to actually be very good! It is a light read- one that you will remember the characters after being introduced once. There are issues with sex, addiction, alcohol and the ever so relatable issue of LOVE. L-O-V-E. When is it true and when is it just lust?
Then...more
But, I found "Girls on Film" by Zoey Dean to actually be very good! It is a light read- one that you will remember the characters after being introduced once. There are issues with sex, addiction, alcohol and the ever so relatable issue of LOVE. L-O-V-E. When is it true and when is it just lust?
Then...more
I read this because I had a teen-ager living in the house at the time so here is my review for parents.
Sex, "so much emphasis on superficial things and cliche judgments," the epidemic of poor little rich kids, sexual aggression in school-age girls, rehab, underage drinking, intense nastiness toward others, the television program "Friends," total opposition to the present female in father's life, preoccupation with sex, complete lack of respect for one's self and parents, pills, drugs
Issues Touch...more
Sex, "so much emphasis on superficial things and cliche judgments," the epidemic of poor little rich kids, sexual aggression in school-age girls, rehab, underage drinking, intense nastiness toward others, the television program "Friends," total opposition to the present female in father's life, preoccupation with sex, complete lack of respect for one's self and parents, pills, drugs
Issues Touch...more
Let’s just say I’ve always wished to live in California rather than on the East Coast. Zoey Dean’s The A-List and Girls on Film make me want to even more. At first, I didn’t think Girls on Film was quite as good as the first A-List novel, but when reading it for a second time, I realized how wrong I was. If anything, it was probably better than the first. Girls on Film focused more on Anna than Cammie, Dee, and Sam (though of course the trio was added for a little bit of spice). Also, I thought...more
Mar 21, 2010
Jazmine
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
A-list, realistic fiction, Clique fans, Pretty Little Liars fans, Gossips Girl fans
Recommended to Jazmine by:
BFF
At Beverly Hills High, Anna Percy finds herself in the midst of girls all crazy over the guy whose name she doesn’t want to even hear, Ben. Sam and Anna partner up to make a short film related to the main ideas and themes of the novels they are reading class, so it must show interaction between new money and old, different relationships, etc. Sam will direct and Anna will write the screenplay. The movie is to film at the spa, Veronique’s. Anna finds herself in a relationship with Adam, a really...more
1) What did you like about the book/ what could have been better?
Likes:
change in scenery, in the first book Anna does change states but the first state's scene wasn't exactly established.
Addition of a well developed character, adding in anna's sister was a very interesting choice
Dislikes:
The new subplot added, it was cliche and overdone. Not to mention the subplot in question shouldn't be considered an actual issue.
How a relationship was dealt with: I don't like this boy he's a player, but I don...more
Likes:
change in scenery, in the first book Anna does change states but the first state's scene wasn't exactly established.
Addition of a well developed character, adding in anna's sister was a very interesting choice
Dislikes:
The new subplot added, it was cliche and overdone. Not to mention the subplot in question shouldn't be considered an actual issue.
How a relationship was dealt with: I don't like this boy he's a player, but I don...more
I didn't really enjoy this book; it was a little boring actually. The main character, Anna seemed like she was a little too perfect. She never really messed up or anything. It wasn't a very memorable book; overall I would give it a two. There were very few interesting parts, and the others were actually quite boring.
It's like oatmeal, not the good apple cinnamon kind either. The plain, bland kind.
It was alright. Not amazing, not great, not bad or horrible but just alright. The plot, the characters, the writing, they were all decent but nothing memorable.
I picked this up for $1.75 so I can't complain. Though if I had spent more than that I'd be feeling ripped off. I bought it because I remembered reading the first book in the series. I didn't try to recall what the first book was about and if I had I would'v...more
It was alright. Not amazing, not great, not bad or horrible but just alright. The plot, the characters, the writing, they were all decent but nothing memorable.
I picked this up for $1.75 so I can't complain. Though if I had spent more than that I'd be feeling ripped off. I bought it because I remembered reading the first book in the series. I didn't try to recall what the first book was about and if I had I would'v...more
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Positive: I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first A-List book. I liked getting to know Anna's family more, and the arrival of Susan, Anna's sister, added a lot more substance to the storyline. The ending really surprised me but in a good way. I loved the way Anna finally decided to take charge of her life.
Negative: I didn't like the movie project part, and I felt like it was just more unnecessary flaunting of the wealthy world they live in. I also hated the whol...more
Positive: I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first A-List book. I liked getting to know Anna's family more, and the arrival of Susan, Anna's sister, added a lot more substance to the storyline. The ending really surprised me but in a good way. I loved the way Anna finally decided to take charge of her life.
Negative: I didn't like the movie project part, and I felt like it was just more unnecessary flaunting of the wealthy world they live in. I also hated the whol...more
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Jun 14, 2009
Shawna
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This book is the second of the A-List series. In this book, Anna Percy has a school project. She has to make a film and decides to work with Sam, Cassie and Dee, all of which are Cammie's bestfriends. As she gets closer to them, Cammie's jealousy increases and Ben's love for her exponentially increases. Anna deals with the drama of her new Hollywood schoolmates and the drama that comes along with her sister. Zoey Dean has created a wonderful book, filled with drama and love. I recommend this boo...more
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Oct 30, 2012
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Girls on Film is a really good book. It shows how determination, and hard work can pay off, and that it is only a matter of time before you can get over something. This book had a lot of characters in it, including the main character Anna Percy. She has come to beverly hills to reconnect with her dad, help her sister who is in rehab, and get over her ex boyfriend Ben Birnbaum. Who has not only followed her to beverly hills, but has come to win her back, and will stop at nothing until he does. An...more
Anna, Sam, et al. decamp to Palm Springs to create a film project for school and continue the utterly non-compelling Anna-Ben romance from the first book. Like so many other upper class-focused contemporary YA series, this book continues to make F. Scott Fitzgerald roll over in his grave with gratuitous heavy-handed references to "The Great Gatsby." As in book one, the pace is excruciating, though since the characters are back in school and the narrative mercifully does not follow them to class,...more
Aug 25, 2008
Brittany
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of Gossip Girl
Recommended to Brittany by:
Myself
How I Came To Own This Book: I owned the first A-List and liked it (remotely) enough to pick up #2.
The Plot: Anna Percy moved to LA to start a new life - and after the fateful events of Book #1 and Hollywood spawn Sam Sharpe's New Years party, she's doing just that. Each book in the series spans a ridiculously short amount of time (about a week to two weeks per book) and in this one, Anna is grappling with a new internship at her father's girlfriend's agency, the return of her fresh-off-the-reha...more
The Plot: Anna Percy moved to LA to start a new life - and after the fateful events of Book #1 and Hollywood spawn Sam Sharpe's New Years party, she's doing just that. Each book in the series spans a ridiculously short amount of time (about a week to two weeks per book) and in this one, Anna is grappling with a new internship at her father's girlfriend's agency, the return of her fresh-off-the-reha...more
This book was great! It had a surprising twist at the end. I was frustrated with the main character, Anna, because she kept denying her true feelings of her ex, Ben, who was trying to win her back. She could be very rude and inconsiderate at times, even though she felt as if she was doing the perfect thing all the time.
Girls on Film was interesting. There were some great cliffhangers at parts, and other times there were boring descriptions and emotions. I like the way the author creates a distra...more
Girls on Film was interesting. There were some great cliffhangers at parts, and other times there were boring descriptions and emotions. I like the way the author creates a distra...more
I like this book because she wasnt able to decide on what she wanted to do in life like, choose between two guys named Ben and Adam. Ben wont stop calling anna until he was able to have a long talk with her and tell her what happened on new years eve and why he left her on the boat but towards the end she decides to take a vacation by herself he shows up out of no were and he said he has been lieing the whole time. so he tells her the story and she feels so bad for not beliveing him and they mak...more
Anna Percy has moved from New York to LA to recreate a new life for herself, but the upper crust inhabitants of this new city seem to want to make it as difficult as possible for her to move on. The A-List series falls a little short of it's competition, Gossip Girl. Characters are less engaging and if at all possible, more superficial, and the writing is less witty and deliciously catty. Teens will still flock to the never-ending drama and celebrity excitement of the A-List.
This book is part of the A-list series. It's ok. There is a lot of drama and personal problems and way too much name dropping to count. I also have a problem with the fact that this book is about screenplays and Hollywood and the author totally ruins the effect by stating, on page 214 that Gerard Depardieu was in the movie ROXANNE which is so far from correct that I can't believe it. I lost interest then and there.
I have to be honest, this book took a long time to get through. Girls on Film is book 2 of the A-List series, though I read it without reading the first book. The story centers around Anna Percy, a rich teen who moves to California and interacts with the 'popular' clique and cute boys of her high school. In this book, Anna and a snooty girl are partners for a school project and decide to make a dramatisized (spelling?) film about the lives of the Beverly Hills folk. In the midst, Anna finds hers...more
I realize this book is part of a series, but there is absolutely no point. Nothing but a bunch of spoiled adolescent brats out to get each other. In fact, this reads much like an episode of Jersey Shore and I felt my intelligence diminishing with every page. The only likeable thing about this book is the character Anna, and she is sadly not enough to make the rest of it interesting. I won't be reading any more of these books.
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In this book, Anna Percy is faced with love troubles, sister troubles, and so-called "friend" troubles. First, Anna has a hard time getting over Ben Birnbaum. She had just broken up with him in the first novel because he left her on his father's yacht on New Year's Eve without even texting her about where he was. She thinks that the reason he leaves her there is because she was not ready to have sex with him.
I can connect to Anna because sometimes my friends are friends with people I don't like...more
I can connect to Anna because sometimes my friends are friends with people I don't like...more
"Damn him. Damn him to hell. Why was he doing something sweet and wonderful? And why am I falling for it?"
Not a very special book, but it had such good lines. It's the story of four girls living in Hollywood Boulevard--and the things they're going through.
Oh! I got this book at a low, low price :)
Not a very special book, but it had such good lines. It's the story of four girls living in Hollywood Boulevard--and the things they're going through.
Oh! I got this book at a low, low price :)
This is the second of the a list series. It talks about Anna Percy and her life in Beverly Hills. She's trying to forget Ben Birnbaum and soon find out she can't. To help her forget, she starts hanging out with a boy named Adam Flood. He's a really nice guy and really starts liking her. She starts liking him-at least she's fooling herself into thinking that. Anna also has to deal with the fact that her sister is out of rehab and Anna doesn't think her sister will stay sober that long. Especially...more
Feb 12, 2008
Liv.
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Gossip Girl Fans
Recommended to Liv. by:
no one, really.
-from back of the book-
Anna Percy came to LA to learn how to have a good time. Then Ben Birnbaum and his amazing disappearing act turned out to be anything but. Now Ben's making a huge play to win Anna back. And she's doing everything possible to forget him, including spending the weekend with her former nemesis Sam Sharpe at Veronique's--the tony desert spa. Anna knows she should act with her head, but she's on a mission to start acting with her heart. The question is: If she does forgive Ben,...more
Anna Percy came to LA to learn how to have a good time. Then Ben Birnbaum and his amazing disappearing act turned out to be anything but. Now Ben's making a huge play to win Anna back. And she's doing everything possible to forget him, including spending the weekend with her former nemesis Sam Sharpe at Veronique's--the tony desert spa. Anna knows she should act with her head, but she's on a mission to start acting with her heart. The question is: If she does forgive Ben,...more
I liked the second edition to the A List series. I found myself empathizing with Anna more. She didn't seem as boring or perfect as she did in the first book. I thought Cammie was a total nutcase as usual. What she did to Susan was messed up. I will be reading the third book in the series as I've really begun to enjoy myself.
It was good but a lot of parts were just a bunch whiny prep girls doing what they do best: whining. I have to admit that the plot and the desperation in the story made up for most of it. So it got four stars. If the story had been just the tiniest bit terrible it would of gotten one star. Luckily Zoey Dean knows how write a good story.
These books are way too short, considering there's like 10 of them and they sell at B/N for $10 a pop. Not as good as the first, but liking the character development. On to the next, but not sure how much further I'll go than that.
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The author of The A-List series and How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which has been renamed and turned into a TV show known as Privileged on the CW in September 2008. Zoey Dean's books are produced by the media packager Alloy Entertainment, which created Gossip Girl, The Clique Series, and The A-List and sold them to Little, Brown and Company.
Zoey is currently working on The Talent series. She is...more
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