Janes in Love
by Cecil Castellucci
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Read in June, 2008
A decent follow-up to the first one, which I still think is probably the best Minx title so far. This one starts off a month or two after the events of the first volume. Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and all the Janes are talking about their love interests. Main Jane isn't sure if she wants to be in love -- art and friendship should be enough, right? As she puts it "making art is my love letter to the world." But she can't shake her feelings for Damon, a boy who took the f...more
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Read in May, 2008
The first PLAIN JANES book was in my top three books I read in 2007 and Cecil Castellucci is AWESOME in general. (I'm a huge fan of her BEIGE). This book definitely wasn't as magical as the first. Then again maybe it's just that I hate sequels AND books with flowers or pink on the cover. (Luckily there wasn't any glitter involved. Phew!) I also love ambiguous endings, so I didn't feel a sequel was needed at all, though I know many folks were begging for it. One of the reasons I loved the first ...more
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Read in June, 2008
I got this over the weekend and was really excited when I saw it. I had no business really liking the the 1st book, other than it being a good story with believable characters, but i enjoyed it a lot.
This one seemed rushed in a way The Plain Janes was not. Maybe there was just too much going on for the limits of a minx book. From hearing her talk, I know Cecil Castellucci wants this to be a 4 book series, but maybe 5 books would have been better.
Main Jane is still the most developed char...more
This one seemed rushed in a way The Plain Janes was not. Maybe there was just too much going on for the limits of a minx book. From hearing her talk, I know Cecil Castellucci wants this to be a 4 book series, but maybe 5 books would have been better.
Main Jane is still the most developed char...more
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Sequel to The Plain Janes
Love is in the air and tensions are high asthe members of P.L.A.I.N. (People Loving Art in Neighborhoods) struggle with crushes and finding ways to legitimize their neighborhood art projects. (Advance Copy)
Love is in the air and tensions are high asthe members of P.L.A.I.N. (People Loving Art in Neighborhoods) struggle with crushes and finding ways to legitimize their neighborhood art projects. (Advance Copy)
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I can just picture my 8th grade self freaking out over this book.
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