Princess in the Spotlight (The Princess Diaries, #2)

Princess in the Spotlight (The Princess Diaries #2)

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No one ever said being a princess was easy.

Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First there's an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer beg...more
Mass Market Paperback, 263 pages
Published March 21st 2002 by HarperTrophy (first published July 3rd 2000)
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Susanna
I've never liked the movies, but at least they cut out most of the unnecessary junk that fills these books. Are boyfriends and kissing really the most important things on the mind of the average 15-year-old girl?
Skinnerbox
Apr 01, 2008 Skinnerbox rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teenagers
Shelves: meg-c
This i very interesting book. I realy love M.C. books. I think she's very, very clever and modern. I realy like that Mia is a feminist;)
I luve Princess Diaries;)
Shannon (Giraffe Days)
While the storyline in this one isn't as fresh and exciting as the first one, it still holds solid and Mae hasn't yet changed much.

It takes place only days after the end of the previous book - I have a quibble with how fast everything moves, and how soon this could have happened - when Mia learns that her mum is pregnant with her algebra teacher's baby. They decide to get married on Halloween at City Hall and keep it quiet.

It's Mia herself who blurts out the news not just to her dad and Grandmot...more
Liv.
May 02, 2008 Liv. rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone.
Recommended to Liv. by: Nobody.
-from inside flap-
Just when Mia thought she had the whole Princess thing under control...

Things get out of hand fast:

Since Mia's the brand-new crown princess of Genovia, indomitable dowager princess Grandmere arranges a national primetime interview for her. With just a few innocent remarks, Mia manages to enrage her best friend Lilly, practically get one of her teachers fired, and alienate the entire country of Genovia. (Population 50,000, but still!)

There's the havoc of the interview's aftermat...more
Sabine
The princess stuff isn't getting easier and to add to that, Mia is receiving letters from a secret admirer who may or may not be the boy she has had a crush on since she was six, her mom has just revealed she is pregnant with Mia's Algebra teacher, and her best friend has run off with her attractive, but small-town cousin who is visiting for her mom's wedding. What is a princess to do?

After reading the first book in this series I went to the library and just happened to see the rest of the books...more
Kelsey F
Right now, Mia Thermopolis’s life is at an all time low. She just found out she is heir to the throne of the small European country Genovia, she is failing algebra, and her mom is pregnant with her algebra teacher’s baby. So what else can go wrong? Well believe me; tons. Because now she also has to deal with a secret admirer and an interview on her newly obtained throne which will air on national TV. The main question is will Mia be able to handle all this or will she crack under pressure?
Jenny W.
Princess In The Spotlight
By: Meg Cabot
Realistic Fiction
240 Pages


How would you feel if you were a princess? Mia is finally beginning to become a public figure. After being behind the scenes for some time, Grandmere finally thinks it is time for Mia to go public. During all of the craziness and events going on, Mia finds out that her mother is pregnant with Mia's mom's fiance/Mia's Algebra teacher's child. Through all of the misery, Mia's "Secret Admirer" helps her. Thinking that her "Secret Admir...more
Christina
Wait. Either I have a terrible memory (quite possible) or there is a major inconsistency in Mia's feelings towards Michael between this book and volume one. I thought in the first book, she was just starting to realize that Michael was really good looking and cool and nice, even if he is her best friend's brother, and she starts developing a crush then, although she acknowledges that maybe she has kind of liked him all along. Yet in this book, she is infatuated with him and oh yeah she's had a h...more
Becca
She has done it again, folks…

Meg Cabot has written an extremely awesome piece of work. No surprise there.

I was reading Susanna's review of Princess In The Spotlight, and I believe she said something along the lines of 'I enjoyed the movie, because it didn't include all the boring stuff the book did. Do fifteen year olds really spend that much time thinking about boys and kissing?' Mind you, this is not a direct quote, I just summed up the review in two sentences.

Here's your answer, Susanna: Yes...more
Zainab
I think I may be so strongly against these books because I am a little old for them. But I am a 16 year old girl, so isn't this supposed to be for people my age?
Anyway, the first book was bearable, but now...
Seriously, this series had so much potential. I liked the fact that it was written in journal entries, and it was really something that the style wasn't stilted or anything. I liked Mia's character in the beginning; not perfect looking, not perfect grades, a strong advocate for Greenpeace, a...more
Mikaela
this the first time in many months that I gave a book 5 stars. I mean it wasn't that life changing or deep or anything it was just that I COULD RELATE TO IT SO MUCH. I don't even know if I should be ashamed or freaked out that I can relate to a 14 year old teen. i mean, what is wrong with me?! lol Well, I can't literally relate to it like the princess part but in some way that she says thing, and how she thinks can somewhat makes me say 'oh my god YES'.

spoilers below.... beware lol




Okay, back to...more
Rebecca
It’s been a while since I had read the first Princess diaries book but lately I have been looking for more books to read that are light and fun so I decided it was time to continue on with the Princess Diaries series again.
I enjoyed reading Princess in the Spotlight. It didn’t take me very long to read through the book either. They’re the kind of book that you can pick up and read in no time because they’re fun reads. While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it was fluffy because it does have i...more
Scootaloo
Mia thinks that she finally has everything about being a princess down pat. But her life is about to get more complicated. Her mom is pregnant and going to marry Mia's Algebra teacher. Mia is madly in love with Michael Moscovitz, her best friend, Lilly's brother. And now her Grandmère wants her to have an interview with Beverly Bellerieve, the most-watched journalist-slash-interviewer in the country. And when MIa makes a few comments, she enrages almost all her friends.


Um, I don't know what to s...more
Creativity's Corner
This review was originally posted on my blog, Creativity's Corner

I really didn't mean to read this one next. I'm borrowing it from a friend, and I need to finish all the library books first (I leave in a week! *gulp*). But once I get in the mood for fluff I just can't put it down. Unfortunately, I didn't find this one nearly as fun as I did the first one. I guess there just something much more interesting about the very first time you find out you're a princess and have to take princess lessons....more
Arielle
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Diana
Princess in the Spotlight (The Princess Diaries #2)
By Meg Cabot
Harper Trophy
263 Pgs.
ISBN 0312383886

Mia Thermopolis Renaldo is not a typical, young, average teenager who has divorced parents, but she is also the heir apparent to a small European country. Unlike other high school teenage females, she has many extracurricular classes to attend in order to be the queen that can control her country. With that note, she has bodyguards following her around, and having her grandmother around to make sur...more
Kristen
The Princess Diaries 2 "Princess in the Spotlight" was the sequel to one of my all-time favorite books. In most cases, I find that sequels are never as good as the originals, but I actually enjoyed this one very much. It is not a serious book, definitely one that is read more for just pleasure. However, it is an excellent quick read, probably targeted more for teenage girls.
A few things I liked about not only this book, but the entire series in general, is the format. Usually reading a book made...more
Leticia
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Jasmin
Jun 19, 2010 Jasmin rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone young at heart
I've found treasure in a form of a diary. It's shiny and has a very beautiful cover. I'm dazzled. I flip the cover. I read the pages. It's hard stopping. What I'm doing is bad, but, who could resist the temptation of gossip this diary brings?

That was what I felt when I read this book. I felt like I was invading in private property, lacking the skulls and the warning "you will drop dead if you read this". (Well, okay, it isn't exactly a diary, but still, I'm in the complete impression that I am....more
Laureng
Meg Cabot returns with another story about the struggles of Princess Mia and how she deals with them in Princess in the Spotlight. This book captured me by pulling me in with an unusual style and good characters.
Princess in the Spotlight tells the story of Princess Mia Thermopolis. She has begun to accept her new responsibilities of being a princess. Such responsibilities include a high-profile interview and continuing her princess lessons with her grandmother. Aside from her royal concerns, M...more
April
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Stefani - SpelingExpirt
I liked this book.

I didn't love it, I didn't hate it I just liked it.

The problem with falling in love with a book series when you're young is that sometimes they just don't live up to the memory.

I re-read the first one recently and wasn't at all disappointed by it, it was exactly what I love about the series. I was struck by how much it reminded me of being at school and never fitting in but loving my little group of friends more than anything on the planet. The first one brings back so much of...more
Melissa
This second book in the Princess Diaries series was not quite as good as the first, but it still was a fun and very enjoyable read. I found myself chuckling several times throughout the book, even though some of the references to pop culture icons is a little dated. Mia's thoughts on the world around her are sometimes absolutely hilarious (Grandmere doing the tango with Gerald Ford, for example), and often they can be poignant. I think I like these books so much because they are able to humorous...more
Carmen
I totally didn't mention it in my review for The Princess Diaries but at the beginning of the novel, there was a quote from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I just have to add them because I loved the book and movie.

From volume one:
"Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside. It would be easy to be a princess if I were dressed in cloth of gold, but it is a great deal more of a triumph to be one all the time...more
Jessica
Ich liebe liebe liebe diese Buchreihe!
Mir gefällt der Schreibstil einfach so gut und über die Art von Humor kann ich immer wieder lachen. Die Geschichte an sich macht es natürlich auch nicht schwer Humor in die ganze Sache einzubringen. Wenn ich mir vorstellen, dass meine Mutter meinen Lehrer heiraten und von ihm ein Kind bekommen würde... also ich hätte vermutlich ganz anders verhalten. Zudem muss ich sagen, dass ich Mia nur dafür bewundern kann, wie sie sich gegenüber ihrer Grandmèr und Kenny...more
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Princess in the Spotlight
by Meg Cabot
256 pages
HarperCollins $8.99
ISBN: 0061479942

Mia Thermopolis Renaldo is most definitely not your typical princess or teenager. And with that territory comes the weirdest situations from: dealing with a grandmother with shaved eyebrows, math teacher dating her mother, a father who can't have kids, a secret admirer, her sometimes-too-smart of a best friend Lily, her major crush oh her BFF's brother Michael, a D in Algebra and oh yeah, do...more
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And the story of Mia continues..

First book left us at when the identity of Mia (or Princess Mia to be accurate) was exposed. Now, as it mentioned on the book summary Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. Yep! that's what happens..

As soon as the book starts, we get to know that Mia's mom is pregnant from her Algebra teacher. Then, Mia finds letter from a secret admirer while trying to figure out her feelings for her BFF's brother, Mich...more
Jessica
Grade: B+

Oh Meg Cabot, I love you, I really, really do. So charming, so funny, so witty, so ironic. If I had read this series when it was first published when I was ten years younger, it would definitely had been a different experience for me. This is a book for young girls, but Meg Cabot never fails to throw in things for us "adults" that we might have missed the first time around while reading as preteens/teenagers. And that is one of the many reasons I love her!

Meg Cabot has a very distinct w...more
Eden
Mar 29, 2013 Eden rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of The Princess Diaries
3 stars

Princess in the Spotlight is Mia’s journal after the events of The The Princess Diaries: her mother is engaged and expecting a baby, her Grandmère arranged a primetime interview and Mia starts receiving letters from a secret admirer...

This book is just a continuation of the first without anything really interesting ever happening. I felt the story was dragging most of the time. Mia’s love interests just seemed to appear out of the blue (view spoiler)[(last book she was head over heels for...more
Merna
In the awesome book Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot.The princess of Genovia is facing some problems.Mia's mother is having a baby.Mia has a boy who finally likes her but doesn't know who.Her grandmother has to teach her how to be a perfect princess.Will Mia survive with all these problems?


I loved reading Princess in the Spotlight.The book has simple vocabulary which is great for me, because I have trouble dealing with hard words.The book was unique like no other book.For example in othe...more
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