The Princess Diaries (The Princess Diaries, Book 1)
by Meg Cabot
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June 8th 2001
by Macmillan Children's Books
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033048205X
(isbn13: 9780330482059)
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02-24-07
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Read in April, 2008
Very different from the film, it'll be interesting to read a few more of this series. It's set out as a diary too.
From the Publisher
Tuesday, September 23
Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie.
My mom thinks I'm repressing my feelings about this. I say to her, 'No, Mom, I'm not. I think it's really neat. As long as you're happy, I'm happy.'
Mom says, 'I don't think you're being honest with me.'
Then she hands me this book. She tells me she wants me to write down my feelings in this b...more
Very different from the film, it'll be interesting to read a few more of this series. It's set out as a diary too.
From the Publisher
Tuesday, September 23
Sometimes it seems like all I ever do is lie.
My mom thinks I'm repressing my feelings about this. I say to her, 'No, Mom, I'm not. I think it's really neat. As long as you're happy, I'm happy.'
Mom says, 'I don't think you're being honest with me.'
Then she hands me this book. She tells me she wants me to write down my feelings in this book, since, she says, I obviously don't feel I can talk about them with her.
She wants me to write down my feelings? OK, I'll write down my feelings:
I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S DOING THIS TO ME!
Like everybody doesn't already think I'm a freak. I'm practically the biggest freak in the entire school. I mean, let's face it: I'm five foot nine, flat-chested, and a freshman. How much more of a freak could I be?
If people at school find out about this, I'm dead. That's it. Dead.
Oh, God, if you really do exist, please don't let them find out about this.
There are four million people in Manhattan, right? That makes about two million of them guys. So out of TWO MILLION guys, she has to go out with Mr Gianini. She can't go out with some guy I don't know. She can't go out with some guy she met at D'Agostino's or wherever. Oh, no.
She has to go out with my Algebra teacher.
Thanks, Mom. Thanks a whole lot.
Wednesday, September 24, Fifth Period
Lilly's like, 'Mr Gianini's cool.'
Yeah, right. He's cool if you're Lilly Moscovitz. He's cool if you're good at Algebra, like Lilly Moscovitz. He's not so cool if you're flunking Algebra, like me.
He's not so cool if he makes you stay after school EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY DAY from 2:30 to 3:30 to practise the FOIL method when you could be hanging out with all your friends. He's not so cool if he calls your mother in for a parent/teacher conference to talk about how you're flunking Algebra, then ASKS HER OUT.
And he's not so cool if he's sticking his tongue in your mom's mouth.
Not that I've actually seen them do this. They haven't even been out on their first proper date yet. And I don't think my mom would let a guy put his tongue in her mouth on the first date.
At least, I hope not.
I saw Josh Richter stick his tongue in Lana Weinberger's mouth last week. I had this totally close-up view of it, since they were leaning up against Josh's locker, which is right next to mine. It kind of grossed me out.
Though I can't say I'd mind if Josh Richter kissed me like that. The other day Lilly and I were at Bigelow's picking up some alpha hydroxy for Lilly's mom, and I noticed Josh waiting at the check-out counter. He saw me and he actually sort of smiled and said, 'Hey.'
He was buying Drakkar Noir, a men's cologne. I got a free sample of it from the salesgirl. Now I can smell Josh whenever I want to, in the privacy of my own home.
Lilly says Josh's synapses were probably misfiring that day, due to heatstroke or something. She said he probably thought I looked familiar, but couldn't place my face without the cement block walls of Albert Einstein High behind me. Why else, she asked, would the most popular senior in high school say hey to me, Mia Thermopolis, a lowly freshman?
But I know it wasn't heatstroke. The truth is, when he's away from Lana and all his jock friends, Josh is a totally different person. The kind of person who doesn't care if a girl is flat-chested or wears size eight shoes. The kind of person who can see beyond all that, into the depths of a girl's soul. I know because when I looked into his eyes that day at Bigelow's, I saw the deeply sensitive person inside him, struggling to get out.
Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life. She says the fact that I'm so upset about my mom and Mr G is a classic example.
'If you're that upset about it, just tell your mom,' Lilly says. 'Tell her you don't want her going out with him. I don't understand you, Mia. You're always going around, lying about how you feel. Why don't you just assert yourself for a change. Your feelings have worth, you know.'
Oh, right. Like I'm going to bum my mom out like that. She's so totally happy about this date, it's enough to make me want to throw up. She goes around cooking all the time. I'm not even kidding. She made pasta for the first time last night in, like, months. I had already opened the Suzie's Chinese take-out menu, and she says, 'Oh, no cold sesame noodles tonight, honey. I made pasta.'
Pasta! My mom made pasta!
She even observed my rights as a vegetarian and didn't put any meatballs in the sauce.
I don't understand any of this.
Things to Do:
1. Buy cat litter.
2. Finish FOIL worksheet for Mr G.
3. Stop telling Lilly everything
4. Go to Pearl Paint: get soft lead pencils, spray mount, canvas stretchers (for Mom).
5. World Civ. report on Iceland (5 pages, double space).
6. Stop thinking so much about Josh Richter.
7. Drop off laundry.
8. October rent (make sure Mom has deposited Dad's cheque!!!).
9. Be more assertive.
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Buku yang berisi tulisan dan gambar ilustrasi ini pada mulanya saya kira hanya berisi sebuah cerita atau kisah dari seorang putri yang dulunya bukan seorang putri (karena Meg Cabot merupakan pengarang The Princess Diaries). Namun ternyata, di dalam buku ini terdapat banyak sekali tips yang cukup berguna bagi seorang wanita, terutama para remaja dan pemuda wanita, dan tidak menutup kemungkinan juga, suami istri.
Uniknya, beberapa tips yang diberikan oleh Meg ini pernah saya ketahui dalam pelaj...more
Buku yang berisi tulisan dan gambar ilustrasi ini pada mulanya saya kira hanya berisi sebuah cerita atau kisah dari seorang putri yang dulunya bukan seorang putri (karena Meg Cabot merupakan pengarang The Princess Diaries). Namun ternyata, di dalam buku ini terdapat banyak sekali tips yang cukup berguna bagi seorang wanita, terutama para remaja dan pemuda wanita, dan tidak menutup kemungkinan juga, suami istri.
Uniknya, beberapa tips yang diberikan oleh Meg ini pernah saya ketahui dalam pelajaran di sekolah kepribadian. Saya jadi menyimpulkan bahwa tips – tips ini bukan main-main. Tips yang diberikan bukan hanya pengembangan dari buah pikiran pengarang. Apa yang ditulis dalam buku ini kemungkinan didasarkan atas pengalaman, dan mungkin dari hasil pembicaraan Meg Cabot dengan beberapa orang pakar di bidang kepribadian.
Anyway, buku ini bagus juga dibaca oleh remaja mulai usia 12 tahun, di mana saat-saat tersebut para hawa sudah mulai peduli dengan penampilan dan perasaan mereka. Buku ini juga baik dibaca oleh mereka yang memiliki rasa kurang percaya diri. Buku ini juga cukup baik untuk dibaca oleh remaja yang sedang mencari jati dirinya dan ingin tampil lebih baik. Mengapa demikian? Karena dalam buku ini, kita dapat mengetahui bahwa menjadi diri sendiri (bagaimanapun bentuk kita) itu baik, asal kita tahu bagaimana cara membudidayakan kemampuan yang kita miliki.
Buku ini menjelaskan mulai dari kecantikan seorang putri (yang lebih tepatnya ditujukan untuk kaum hawa itu sendiri), etiket seorang putri, cara berpakaian seorang putri, karakter yang perlu dikembangkan, pendidikan apa yang perlu dipelajari, tidak lupa, Meg juga membongkar sedikit tips untuk dunia cowok yang misterius.
Penjelasan dalam buku ini sangat sederhana, bahasanya mudah dimengerti dan sangat sistematis. Saya bahkan tidak perlu bingung mencari bab mana yang saya perlukan untuk mengulang isi buku, karena tiap-tiap bab dibedakan dengan baik dan tentunya disertai dengan gambar- gambar ilustrasi yang berwarna pink (mungkin karena ditujukan untuk para hawa). So girls, buat kalian yang ingin tahu bagaimana berpenampilan prima luar dalam, sempatkan waktu untuk baca tips-tips yang diberikan oleh Meg Cabot ini and... be the princess.
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Read in December, 2007
This is a great book! I just started reading because I saw the movie, but this book is fantastic! It is a diary of a 14-year-old girl named Mia in New York City who thinks she is complete freak and invisible. She is given a hard time at school and even from her closest friend. But one day her dad takes her out to eat and tells her she is heir to the royal throne of a made-up, tiny European country called Genovia. Her life then takes off when everyone starts treating her different even though she...more
This is a great book! I just started reading because I saw the movie, but this book is fantastic! It is a diary of a 14-year-old girl named Mia in New York City who thinks she is complete freak and invisible. She is given a hard time at school and even from her closest friend. But one day her dad takes her out to eat and tells her she is heir to the royal throne of a made-up, tiny European country called Genovia. Her life then takes off when everyone starts treating her different even though she is just the same Mia. The book is filled with her top tens of just about anything including her many problems (she is a princess, she has no breasts, her hair is ridiculous, her mom is dating her algebra teacher, she is getting a D in algebra, she doesn't have a boyfriend, she has to take princess lessons after school from her grandmother, etc.). Even though it may seem as if all this girl does is complain it is far from that! Mia is a very relatable character compared to the girl in All-American Girl (another of Meg Cabots's books). This book is astonoshing and really shows how to stay true to yourself and your friends and family, even if your world is turned upside down. I would greatly recommend this book, however the movie, I feel does not even BEGIN to descirbe the emotions and how Mia feels during this strange time (I think the movie would have been better if Mia narrated it). So please, READ THIS BOOK (don't see the movie)!...less
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Read in February, 2008
I've read two books in this series (The Princess Diaries and Princess in the Spotlight) and two mini-books in this series (Project Princess and The Princess Present), and they're pretty good books but I doubt I will read any of the others.
At first, the hysterical "Good grief, could my life GET any weirder?" tone is funny, but it ultimately starts to wear on you. Princess Mia's best friend Lilly is also funny at first, but ultimately I got tired of her a...more
I've read two books in this series (The Princess Diaries and Princess in the Spotlight) and two mini-books in this series (Project Princess and The Princess Present), and they're pretty good books but I doubt I will read any of the others.
At first, the hysterical "Good grief, could my life GET any weirder?" tone is funny, but it ultimately starts to wear on you. Princess Mia's best friend Lilly is also funny at first, but ultimately I got tired of her antics and wondered why she couldn't chill out and be a better friend.
Cabot's strength is that she has nicely captured the tone and content of a teenage girl's diary. I kept a journal on and off through middle and high school, and about half of the entries started off with, "Today is boring," and the other half started off with, "I can't believe nobody asked me to prom!!!" or "What was Mr. Kelly THINKING, giving us a pop quiz on today of all days?????!!!!!" Cabot has left out all of the "Today is boring" entries, though.
Rated PG. Mildly sexual situations and innuendo; Mia's parents are not married and both have love interests. Also, there is some hazing, such as locking a boy named Boris in the closet, which is meant to be funny but -- let's face it -- is sometimes just cruel. ...less
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
teenagers
When the book first came out, I was not interested. When the movie helped publicize the book, I watched the movie. I thought it was very interesting and good. I usually only watch the movie and don't read the book, but I felt the book would be good. It caught my attention immediately because she was this unpopular girl who was flunking algebra and her mother was having an affair with her algebra teacher. Then she finds out that her grandmother, the mother of her passed away father was the queen ...more
When the book first came out, I was not interested. When the movie helped publicize the book, I watched the movie. I thought it was very interesting and good. I usually only watch the movie and don't read the book, but I felt the book would be good. It caught my attention immediately because she was this unpopular girl who was flunking algebra and her mother was having an affair with her algebra teacher. Then she finds out that her grandmother, the mother of her passed away father was the queen of Genovia. She has to make a decision to take the crown as the princess or to continue her teenage life. She begins taking lessons to become a princess and she eventually starts to neglect her friends before she found out she was a princess. I thought it was a very realistic situation, when people change and leave their old friends behind. In the book, she has a huge crush on this boy, and when she becomes princess, he notices her and wants her. I thought this book had some funny parts and was very good! I would recommend it to my classmates. I don't think I'm going to read the rest of the series though. ...less
Read in April, 2008
-from flap-
News Flash:
Dad is the prince of Genovia.
(So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!)
Downer:
Dad can't have any more kids.
(So no heir to the throne.)
Shock of the Century:
Like it or not,
Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material.
The Worst Part:
Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne.
Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in ...more
-from flap-
News Flash:
Dad is the prince of Genovia.
(So that's why a limo meets her at the airport!)
Downer:
Dad can't have any more kids.
(So no heir to the throne.)
Shock of the Century:
Like it or not,
Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material.
The Worst Part:
Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmere, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne.
Well, her father can lecture her until he's royal-blue in the face about her princessly duty--no way is she moving to Genovia and leaving Manhattan behind.
But what's a girl to do when her name is PRINCESS AMELIA MIGNONETTE GRIMALDI THERMOPOLIS RENALDO?
I love this book and I probably always will. :) This isn't the first time I have read it, but I wanted to finally record it.
This book has enough wit and humor that keeps me laughing during the whole entire thing. :D Mia is a very believable and well-rounded character that anyone will easily enjoy.
This book is just all around amazing and should be read by anyone wanting a good book to read.
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Read in February, 2008
I never got around to reading this when I was the protagonist Mia's age, and since the book and movie series became so popular, I recently decided to take a trip back to childhood and finally read this book. It was a quick read, thankfully, but I didn't find it nearly as endearing as the movie version (which is substantially different from the novel). The book seemed awfully light on plot and substance. Character development was minimal, and as a result, most of the characters (including Mia) we...more
I never got around to reading this when I was the protagonist Mia's age, and since the book and movie series became so popular, I recently decided to take a trip back to childhood and finally read this book. It was a quick read, thankfully, but I didn't find it nearly as endearing as the movie version (which is substantially different from the novel). The book seemed awfully light on plot and substance. Character development was minimal, and as a result, most of the characters (including Mia) weren't as likable or relatable as they could have been. Mia's melodrama became tiresome, as did her best friend's ego.
The story continues with the rest of the series, so it probably improves, but the first book didn't make me eager to read the second. This may be my age talking, but I suspect I wouldn't have been interested as a young teen either. Overall, I was underwhelmed. The movie was touching, but the book...not as much....less
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Read in December, 2001
Man, I loved these. They're very funny... problem is they're really only good the first time around, and only when you read them just when they've come out... and uh... probably also only if you're fourteen and without a boyfriend.. The jokes date themselves very quickly (like the constant references to "Blue Crush" in a later book... though it's considered a classic 'round the Johnston house). They also don't actually make sense in terms of time continuity. (Almost all of) the books w...more
Man, I loved these. They're very funny... problem is they're really only good the first time around, and only when you read them just when they've come out... and uh... probably also only if you're fourteen and without a boyfriend.. The jokes date themselves very quickly (like the constant references to "Blue Crush" in a later book... though it's considered a classic 'round the Johnston house). They also don't actually make sense in terms of time continuity. (Almost all of) the books were released one year apart from each other, yet the each novel picks up exactly where the last left off... so she really couldn't be referencing, for example, Blue Crush and Twilight, in the same calendar year. THINK ABOUT IT, MEG.
So anyway, three stars, because it was really enjoyable to read at the time, but I'd probably want to kill Mia now (as I did in later books). Cabot is repetitive to the point of nausea, and not just within each novel. All of her novels use the same exact voice. Boring....less
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Read in July, 2004
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buku ini aku baca pas kelas 4 SD . awalnya mau beli buku ini karna covernya lucu . hhe xp
aku baca nih buku dengan kurun waktu ampir stengah taon .
Nih buku berupa catatan harian yg nyeritain tentang seorang gadis remaja yang ga populer dan mengalami pertumbuhan hormon yang kurang . jadi tingginya kurang lebih 170cm tapi payudaranya rata dan dia merupakan anak dari pasangan yang ga hamonis . si Mia tinggal sama ibu ny lalu tiba2 dia diberitahu oleh neneknya kalo dia pewaris tahta Kerajaan Geno...more
buku ini aku baca pas kelas 4 SD . awalnya mau beli buku ini karna covernya lucu . hhe xp
aku baca nih buku dengan kurun waktu ampir stengah taon .
Nih buku berupa catatan harian yg nyeritain tentang seorang gadis remaja yang ga populer dan mengalami pertumbuhan hormon yang kurang . jadi tingginya kurang lebih 170cm tapi payudaranya rata dan dia merupakan anak dari pasangan yang ga hamonis . si Mia tinggal sama ibu ny lalu tiba2 dia diberitahu oleh neneknya kalo dia pewaris tahta Kerajaan Genovia .
Bagus deh pokoknya , interest banget . sampe aku mengoleksi seluruh edisi nya . hhe . Mia mencoba membagi waktu antara sekolah , pelajaran menjadi putri, serta waktu memikirkan bagaimana mencari waktu yg tepat untuk bersama2 gebetannya(michael) .
Aku jd tertarik untuk menulis setiap kejadian dlm hari2 biar ad kenangannya . yg paling seru kemajuan kisah cintanya sm michael yg ternyata jg mencintai Mia di edisi ke 3 [Princess in Love]...less
Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
Girls looking for fun fluff
I'm going through a fluff period right now, so this was a perfect choice. I'd actually tried to read it once before, but just hated it. The movie, which I loved, had just come out, and the book is different in enough ways to annoy me. At the time I was also having a lot of difficulty reading, and I think the voice in which it's written just increased that.
Anyway, I recently picked it up to give it another shot, and enjoyed it just fine. Reading's not so hard for me now, and I've got enou...more
I'm going through a fluff period right now, so this was a perfect choice. I'd actually tried to read it once before, but just hated it. The movie, which I loved, had just come out, and the book is different in enough ways to annoy me. At the time I was also having a lot of difficulty reading, and I think the voice in which it's written just increased that.
Anyway, I recently picked it up to give it another shot, and enjoyed it just fine. Reading's not so hard for me now, and I've got enough distance from the movie to appreciate the differences. Easy read, great for forgetting about my life for a little bit.
I was still annoyed here and there by the voice. It's sometimes a little too "look at me! I'm fourteen! See? I'm really really fourteen!" for my taste, but maybe it's spot on and I'm just not really, really fourteen anymore.
Anyway, I liked it, and have just begun the second book in the series....less
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I'm going to rate the entire series at once. The first book I would actually give three stars, because it was enjoyable. It had a light-hearted tone, and the teenage love story was cute.
Now, I picked up these books because I knew my daughter would probably want to read them in the future, and I'm glad I did. Once you get further into the series, it's pretty formulaic: the heroine has one problem she's obsessing about, other stuff happens, but eventually her problem gets resolved. Unfortunat...more
I'm going to rate the entire series at once. The first book I would actually give three stars, because it was enjoyable. It had a light-hearted tone, and the teenage love story was cute.
Now, I picked up these books because I knew my daughter would probably want to read them in the future, and I'm glad I did. Once you get further into the series, it's pretty formulaic: the heroine has one problem she's obsessing about, other stuff happens, but eventually her problem gets resolved. Unfortunately for young girls, the problem is stuff like: does my boyfriend want to go all the way with me? Or, is he trying to get to second base? Nothing graphic is described, but I find it a little troubling. I wouldn't feel comfortable having my pre-teen read something like that (and they sit on the shelf in the kids section looking so pink and princess-ish), so I'm glad I did pick them up so that I am forewarned. ...less
mungkin gara-gara baca buku ini...dan keterusan baca serinya..dan terus pengen baca kelanjutan ceritanya,bener-bener buat dede penasaran sampe mana cerita mia berakhir.
dan gara-gara buku ini, nggak tau kenapa setiap ada buku yang pengarangnya meg cabot,walaupun bukan seri princess diaries langsung pengen beli sembari jadi buku yang paling duluan wajib dibaca dibanding buku yang lain yang sama-sama dibeli.
bahasanya yang ringan, mungkin sangat ringan tapi nggak norak (ma kasih ama penerje...more
mungkin gara-gara baca buku ini...dan keterusan baca serinya..dan terus pengen baca kelanjutan ceritanya,bener-bener buat dede penasaran sampe mana cerita mia berakhir.
dan gara-gara buku ini, nggak tau kenapa setiap ada buku yang pengarangnya meg cabot,walaupun bukan seri princess diaries langsung pengen beli sembari jadi buku yang paling duluan wajib dibaca dibanding buku yang lain yang sama-sama dibeli.
bahasanya yang ringan, mungkin sangat ringan tapi nggak norak (ma kasih ama penerjemah dan editornya kali ya he..he..) ato
mungkin emang karena jalan ceritanya yang nggak ngebosenin.
ceritanya hidup jadi princess bukan suatu yang menyenangkan, malah cenderung mempunyai tanggung jawab yang besar untuk ukuran umur seperti mia...yang selalu buat masalah dan punya teman yang suka buat masalah juga,tapi bisa menyelesaikan dengan cara mereka sendiri sesuai dengan karakter masing-masing....less
Has a copy to sell/swap
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Read in December, 2005
recommends it for:
those who enjoy the occasional chick-flick/brain candy/guilty pleasure read
I can't deny it, I love anything Meg Cabot, I can't help it! Maybe it's the fairytale-esque plot structures that attract me... Consider it my guilty pleasure I guess... Her novels do not contain impressive diction, profound characterization, or complex plot lines. But they are nonetheless endearing. The characters are intensly likable and are easy to identify with, (you could see them being your quirky and somewhat shallow best friend, although sometimes you just feel like shaking them by the s...more
I can't deny it, I love anything Meg Cabot, I can't help it! Maybe it's the fairytale-esque plot structures that attract me... Consider it my guilty pleasure I guess... Her novels do not contain impressive diction, profound characterization, or complex plot lines. But they are nonetheless endearing. The characters are intensly likable and are easy to identify with, (you could see them being your quirky and somewhat shallow best friend, although sometimes you just feel like shaking them by the shoulders and screaming " grow a backbone, locate some self-confidence, and find something a little more meaningful to obsess about!"), they make me laugh, and the stories are always entertaining. My mom calls them brain candy... and really she's right (though I hate to admit it). Ultimately they are like a chocolate- amazingly delicious and addictive, but not nutritionally beneficial or enriching....less
This book is another onw of my favorites. This book is about a teenage girl Mia Thermopolis that is not the most popular girl in school until her grandmother comes to visit. She cleary states that she was the queen of Genovia and since her father died its Mia' turn to be princess. This leaves Mia to choose whether she should or she shouldn't. Mia is forced to take princess lessons until she has made up her desicion. Mia suddenly becomes a changed girl she is popular and has a the guys falling to...more
This book is another onw of my favorites. This book is about a teenage girl Mia Thermopolis that is not the most popular girl in school until her grandmother comes to visit. She cleary states that she was the queen of Genovia and since her father died its Mia' turn to be princess. This leaves Mia to choose whether she should or she shouldn't. Mia is forced to take princess lessons until she has made up her desicion. Mia suddenly becomes a changed girl she is popular and has a the guys falling to her feet.But Mia soon starts to neglect the people that knew her before her princess days and the ones that actually care abotu her. I recommend this book to any girl because this stoyr is a true fairly tale story and it gives everyone a bit of hope. ...less
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royal-life
The princess diaries series is about a girl who finds out she's a princess. You have probably seen the movies. But the books are really good too. The main caracter Mia is a normal girl at a school where she doesn't really fit in,except her friend Lily does not fit in either so they are friends (they do like each other too, not only because of that reason). Mia's grandmother one day comes to her town to tell Mia that she is a princess. At first Mia does not believe it but she does eventually find...more
The princess diaries series is about a girl who finds out she's a princess. You have probably seen the movies. But the books are really good too. The main caracter Mia is a normal girl at a school where she doesn't really fit in,except her friend Lily does not fit in either so they are friends (they do like each other too, not only because of that reason). Mia's grandmother one day comes to her town to tell Mia that she is a princess. At first Mia does not believe it but she does eventually find it nice. At school everybody wants to be her friend even the popular girls. I love this series soo much. I recently just finished the last book. I thought it ended really well. Meg Cabot the author has done a great job with these books!! --AMR...less
Read in June, 2008
After reading All-American Girl, which I liked, I was quite disappointed by The Princess Diaries. Mostly, this was because I didn't like Mia. To begin with, it seems unreasonable to me that she would never suspect her father might be a prince, what with her knowing he is a politician (she jokes at one point that he "runs the country") who happens to share the exact same name as the prince of Genovia. Then, there's the way she makes comments that, in my opinion, exempli...more
After reading All-American Girl, which I liked, I was quite disappointed by The Princess Diaries. Mostly, this was because I didn't like Mia. To begin with, it seems unreasonable to me that she would never suspect her father might be a prince, what with her knowing he is a politician (she jokes at one point that he "runs the country") who happens to share the exact same name as the prince of Genovia. Then, there's the way she makes comments that, in my opinion, exemplifies some of the worst American stereotypes. The anti-metric system or anti-non-American names, for example. I think it was supposed to be funny, but it really didn't come out that way. ...less
Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
older teens and adults
Well, considering I had to read this to see if it was going to be OK for my daughter to read (after seeing the Disney movie - because we know there's virtually no relation between a Disney movie and the book it's made from). It took me a bit to get used to that actual diary entry communication vehicle, but it turned out pretty well. The book is well written, you just have to get past the not so subtle hammering on all the vegan, Greenpeace, etc. theme's the author puts in the book (it does get w...more
Well, considering I had to read this to see if it was going to be OK for my daughter to read (after seeing the Disney movie - because we know there's virtually no relation between a Disney movie and the book it's made from). It took me a bit to get used to that actual diary entry communication vehicle, but it turned out pretty well. The book is well written, you just have to get past the not so subtle hammering on all the vegan, Greenpeace, etc. theme's the author puts in the book (it does get wearing by the end - but I understand the need for it and how it is used as plot device). Anyway, you could do worse - and it's a nice quick read, I finished in about a day....less
Read in July, 2008
recommended to Shauna by:
library...it was on display and I grabbed it up from the YA sec
recommends it for:
High school girls and up
Wow. Flashback to high school. This book was written from a private school freshman's perspective in 2000 on the east coast and I graduated from a west coast public school in 1998, but so much was the same.
Honestly, with a 10 year anniversary coming up, this made me want to hop onto my facebook and myspace accounts to catch up with old friends.
No, I'm no princess. But I can relate to the whole "high school sucks" mentality. I also got to brush up on some math throughout the...more
Wow. Flashback to high school. This book was written from a private school freshman's perspective in 2000 on the east coast and I graduated from a west coast public school in 1998, but so much was the same.
Honestly, with a 10 year anniversary coming up, this made me want to hop onto my facebook and myspace accounts to catch up with old friends.
No, I'm no princess. But I can relate to the whole "high school sucks" mentality. I also got to brush up on some math throughout the whole thing.
Bye the way, it's a teen book, and I read it cover to cover in one afternoon....less
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Read in May, 2008
This is a really easy book to read and because I'm in the middle of studying, it's nice to have such an easy flowing book. I actually only chose this book because my mom and I really enjoy the movie. It's cute! So I thought the book would be too. It is. Just, very different from the movie. If you love the movie, you might not like the differences in the story in the book. But, if you can separate one from the other like me, then you might just enjoy it. More of a teen book than I'm used to but I...more
This is a really easy book to read and because I'm in the middle of studying, it's nice to have such an easy flowing book. I actually only chose this book because my mom and I really enjoy the movie. It's cute! So I thought the book would be too. It is. Just, very different from the movie. If you love the movie, you might not like the differences in the story in the book. But, if you can separate one from the other like me, then you might just enjoy it. More of a teen book than I'm used to but I just missed silly stories about princesses considering most I read is sci-fi....less
Read in September, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone who likes princess books
This book was really sweet and romantic.I really likes it because i love fairytales and this book really reminded me of a fairytale.Its about a freshmen girl named Mia Thermopolis, an average high school girl whos flunking algebra.In the story she finds out that shes the princess of Genovia.She was shocked and didn't want to accept the truth. When everyone found out who Mia was she began to get a lot of attention from the media and a certain cute boy that she likes. This book was great and reall...more
This book was really sweet and romantic.I really likes it because i love fairytales and this book really reminded me of a fairytale.Its about a freshmen girl named Mia Thermopolis, an average high school girl whos flunking algebra.In the story she finds out that shes the princess of Genovia.She was shocked and didn't want to accept the truth. When everyone found out who Mia was she began to get a lot of attention from the media and a certain cute boy that she likes. This book was great and really kept me interested. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. ...less
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number of reviews: 283
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