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Post Grad
by
Emily Cassel
What happens when your life doesn’t go according to plan?
Ryden Malby had a plan. Step One: do well in high school, thereby achieving Step Two: get a kick-butt college scholarship. Step Three – limit her beer pong in order to keep said scholarship – wasn’t always easy. Now that she’s finally graduated, it’s time for Step Four: moving to LA to land her dream job at the city...more
Ryden Malby had a plan. Step One: do well in high school, thereby achieving Step Two: get a kick-butt college scholarship. Step Three – limit her beer pong in order to keep said scholarship – wasn’t always easy. Now that she’s finally graduated, it’s time for Step Four: moving to LA to land her dream job at the city...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
June 9th 2009
by St. Martin's Griffin
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When Jessica Bard, Ryden’s college nemesis – the prettiest, smartest, most ambitious girl at school – steals her perfect job, Ryden’s forced to move back to her childhood home. Stuck with her eccentric family – a stubborn do-it-yourself dad, an overly thrifty mom, a politically incorrect grandma, a very odd little brother – and a growing stack of rejected job applications, Ryden starts to feel like she’s going nowhere. The only upside is spending time with her best friend, Adam – and running int...more
Its the most important moment in your life and your best friend is by your side. Unfortunately your family are creating an embarrassing sceptical of themselves, just at the moment you are taking the stage to accept your diploma. Why couldn't they have forgotten all about this and just stayed at home...?
When Ryden was very young she had come up with "the Plan". It was a simple plan, do well in high school, get collage scholarship, and try not to get too drunk too often. So far in her life everyth...more
When Ryden was very young she had come up with "the Plan". It was a simple plan, do well in high school, get collage scholarship, and try not to get too drunk too often. So far in her life everyth...more
Summary:
Post Grad opens up on the eve before Ryden Malby's college graduation, were Ryden and her best friend, Adam, are playing a typical game of "Who would you rather be?" Ryden is anything but nervous about her upcoming graduation, since she has an amazing, if she must say so herself, plan for the future:
First, do a great job in high school. Then, get a fantastic scholarship so she doesn't bankrupt her parents. Next, don't do anything appalling to loose said scholarship. Finally, graduate an...more
Post Grad opens up on the eve before Ryden Malby's college graduation, were Ryden and her best friend, Adam, are playing a typical game of "Who would you rather be?" Ryden is anything but nervous about her upcoming graduation, since she has an amazing, if she must say so herself, plan for the future:
First, do a great job in high school. Then, get a fantastic scholarship so she doesn't bankrupt her parents. Next, don't do anything appalling to loose said scholarship. Finally, graduate an...more
Buying this book was a mistake...usually when I am shopping online I am careful about noticing little details such as "a novel based on the screen play"...but this time I guess I missed that little detail. So when I finally got the book in the mail and saw that phrase embossed across the front I instantly regretted my purchase. A trip over to Good Reads to read over the reviews didn't help. Nearly across the board people gave this "novel" a poor reviews.
But being a glutton for punishment, I deci...more
But being a glutton for punishment, I deci...more
Laugh-out-loud funny. I killed this one in a couple of hours and marked a few pages with quotes that were so darn funny that I wanted to write them down. Here's a fave. Ryden's little brother, Hunter, is an particularly "special" little guy and his mother tries to defend him:
As you can see, Hunter's no picnic. He's...different."
"'No shit, Sherlock," my grandma said, coming to sit beside me at the kitchen table. "I am completely aware of that. Did you know that yesterday at the beauty parlor, he...more
As you can see, Hunter's no picnic. He's...different."
"'No shit, Sherlock," my grandma said, coming to sit beside me at the kitchen table. "I am completely aware of that. Did you know that yesterday at the beauty parlor, he...more
When I picked this up I thought I was a book that a new movie was based on. On closer inspection I realized that it's a book based on a screenplay for the movie, so essentially it is the novelization of a chick-flick. Generally I enjoy chick-flicks, but I think this one would drive me crazy. The main character is the stereotypical girl from most chick-flicks, the story is extremely predictable, and mostly the story is just shallow. I think the only reason I finished it was because it was a quick...more
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I picked up this book because Alexis Bledel was on the cover (Rory in my absolutely favorite [obsessed] TV show, Gilmore girls).
I now want to see the movie...the book went by REALLY quickly and was very entertaining (couldn't put it down), which is why I would recommend it to anyone.
Well, maybe not guys. It's definitely chick lit.
Another little ironic tidbit -- It was a good thing I read Madame Bovary right BEFORE reading this one, because in the last chapter or so of this book, the main chara...more
I now want to see the movie...the book went by REALLY quickly and was very entertaining (couldn't put it down), which is why I would recommend it to anyone.
Well, maybe not guys. It's definitely chick lit.
Another little ironic tidbit -- It was a good thing I read Madame Bovary right BEFORE reading this one, because in the last chapter or so of this book, the main chara...more
Reviewed by LadyJay for TeensReadToo.com
Ryden Malby has just graduated from college. She has her whole life ahead of her, and she also has it completely planned out. Her English degree is going to help her land a fancy job at Happerman & Browning, a publishing house in L.A.
Of course, nothing seems to be working out according to plan. Ryden�s arch-nemesis, Jessica, steals her job right out from under her, she is forced to move back in with her wacky family, and she doesn�t know how to deal wi...more
Ryden Malby has just graduated from college. She has her whole life ahead of her, and she also has it completely planned out. Her English degree is going to help her land a fancy job at Happerman & Browning, a publishing house in L.A.
Of course, nothing seems to be working out according to plan. Ryden�s arch-nemesis, Jessica, steals her job right out from under her, she is forced to move back in with her wacky family, and she doesn�t know how to deal wi...more
When I first picked up this Post Grad, I initially thought that this sounds like my story and I can totally relate, being a recent graduate who is underemployed!
This. book. is. horrible. The writing is repetitive, the character development is minimal (the majority of the characters are downright annoying), and the plot is terrible with a cop-out ending. If you're looking for an breezy read, please pick another book! There are better easy reads that are far more enjoyable.
This. book. is. horrible. The writing is repetitive, the character development is minimal (the majority of the characters are downright annoying), and the plot is terrible with a cop-out ending. If you're looking for an breezy read, please pick another book! There are better easy reads that are far more enjoyable.
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A simple read about a girl who just graduated college and had a plan to get a job at a awesome publishing company and live in a wonderful apartment. Of course nothing goes as planned and she doesn't get the job or the apartment so she has to move back in with her family who are crazy. The ending was predictable, but a decent read. There was a movie made out of it, so I'm looking forward to watching that.
Very predictable and formulaic. I knew what was going to happen from page 1. That said it was cute. In reading other goodreads reviews it looks as if this was based off the screenplay as opposed to the screenplay being based off a novel. That's an interesting way to do it I suppose. I picked it up looking for a quick read that was fun and that's exactly what I got. Maybe a good summer beach read?
Post Grad has its funny moments, but it also has cheesy ones. When I read this book, I was, fortunately, in the mood for both. I recommend Post Grad to those who are looking for a quick, mood-lifting read. The book is not thought-provoking nor moving, but it will be entertaining to some, especially those who are soon-to-be college graduates.
Okay so this is probably one of the most simply written pieces oh chick-lit I've read, but I really did enjoy it. Emily Cassel is incredibly funny. Some parts of the book just put a hilarious image in your head. Basically, it's the whole best friends, is there somehing more plotline but I thought it was really cute.
I thought it would be appropriate of me to read this right before I graduate from college with a useless degree in English literature (just like the main character!), maybe it would give me a clue as to what on earth my next step should be. It didn't really help, but it was an ok read
I just could not get into this book. Nothing exciting happened, the characters lacked a sense of being real and having any depth to them, and all in all it was very predictable. Usually the book is better than the movie, and if that is the case I will be skipping this movie!
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This was a pretty funny read and I want to check out the movie now. Though I would not recommend the novel to most of the 'young adults' of the YA fiction intended market. The main character is fresh out of college and along with that comes the responsibilities and mindsets of the college age-group.
I'm not a huge fan of books full of sap but this book is full of it. Everything! You know the sort..Everything is failing for someone- finding work, finding love, horrible family, best friend, snootie other friend,etc. Well this book has it all and it's certainly "made" to be a movie as well. You can easily picture this book becoming a movie...A teen chick-flick.
I'm going to go out on a climb and say the movie will probably be better than the book. I've not seen the movie so I can't say if this...more
I'm going to go out on a climb and say the movie will probably be better than the book. I've not seen the movie so I can't say if this...more
Bought the book by mistake online....I was after the film....since I had it though I read it...it's an easy read, no thinking required, perfect book to read in between, enjoyable and a little funny...
I flew through this book because it was such a fluff book. I'd like to say it was a cute read but it wasn't. I found Rylan to be very flat, the family characters were too over the top and I didn't really see any growth from anyone.
The only redeeming quality in this over the top mess was that the ending kiss gave me tingles. Everything else was so cringe worthy and predictable that I was glad this was a short read!
This book was not very believable. The main characters are supposed to be 19 or 20 years old, but they act like 16 year olds. Aside from that there was no plot and it was quite boring.
I don't know why but I just loved this book! It was very "this is your life" to me. This girl has got a crazy family like I do and laughed my ass off the whole 2 days it took me to read it.
I don't think that any author has described a family like this. It was downright hilarious. I loved every part of this book and I so cannot wait to watch this movie. It made me realise how seeing too far in the future can make you blind.
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I thought this book read very much like the movie that portrayed it. There was not much else in the book better or worse than the movie
A quick read that is but cute and entertaining. I can only hope that the movie lives up to the same quality as the book.
I really enjoyed this book!!! It's definitely a cute love story with some humor!!! Would definitely read again!!
Short read. I enjoyed the quirkiness of the family.
if you like cheesy lovey dovey endings. read it.
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