At Penford High School, Brittany Taylor is the queen bee. She dates whomever she likes, rules over her inner circle of friends like Genghis Khan, ...
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Dec 27, 2010
Nic
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The first thing that grab me about this book was the striking cover that makes it hard to resist. Normally, I would say no to the whole mean girl subject, as I am not a big fan. But I thought I give it a try and well I was right, it still isn't my thing.
The Lipstick Law is a fun and quick read that made me laugh out loud several times but as an older reader reading young adult, I found this too young for me. I couldn't relate to the characters and the choices they made. Not that I More...
The Lipstick Law is a fun and quick read that made me laugh out loud several times but as an older reader reading young adult, I found this too young for me. I couldn't relate to the characters and the choices they made. Not that I More...
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Dec 17, 2010
Brooke
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I loved this book!
Filled with witty, laugh-out-loud moments, The Lipstick Laws had my attention from the first page. Each character was unique, some lovable and others loathe-able. I loved April, her Lipstick Lawbreakers and of course, McGerk. From a disastrous beginning to a happy ending, I loved experiencing April's journey and watching her grow (and get some well earned revenge).
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Filled with witty, laugh-out-loud moments, The Lipstick Laws had my attention from the first page. Each character was unique, some lovable and others loathe-able. I loved April, her Lipstick Lawbreakers and of course, McGerk. From a disastrous beginning to a happy ending, I loved experiencing April's journey and watching her grow (and get some well earned revenge).
I won't say much as I don't want to spoil this for anyone else, but there was not a dull mom More...
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May 28, 2011
Lisa
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The Lipstick Laws begins with April's first day of school as a sophomore. She is lonely and considered a nobody, her only friend having recently moved away. After being partnered with Britney Taylor in gym class, a series of (un)fortunate events land April at the cool girls' lunch table. She knows that she shouldn't be friends with them but she's the stereotypical teenage girl, unable to resist the lure of popularity and eager to do anyth More...
The Lipstick Laws begins with April's first day of school as a sophomore. She is lonely and considered a nobody, her only friend having recently moved away. After being partnered with Britney Taylor in gym class, a series of (un)fortunate events land April at the cool girls' lunch table. She knows that she shouldn't be friends with them but she's the stereotypical teenage girl, unable to resist the lure of popularity and eager to do anyth More...
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Dec 17, 2010
Julie
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This contemporary YA book was a nice read. It has the typical formula of high school girls, drama, and boys, but not annoying in the least. I wasn’t quite sure if it would be hokey or good based on the cover, but I can honestly recommend this as a clean read, may even be middle grade worthy.
We learn about shy, unnoticed April Bowers whose best friend has moved to another city. The first day of school is a scary ordeal to face with no friends to speak of until she is paired in gym with More...
We learn about shy, unnoticed April Bowers whose best friend has moved to another city. The first day of school is a scary ordeal to face with no friends to speak of until she is paired in gym with More...
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Apr 20, 2011
I made the mistake of starting The Lipstick Laws at 11pm. And I'm TIRED today because I read until I was finished with it. I LOVED this book.
I was cracking up from page one. No, paragraph one. No, sentence one. Amy Holder's funny meter for girls reminded me a lot of Don Calame's funny meter for boys (in his book Swim the Fly) in that I laughed almost once (or more) a page--and many of those times out loud.
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I was cracking up from page one. No, paragraph one. No, sentence one. Amy Holder's funny meter for girls reminded me a lot of Don Calame's funny meter for boys (in his book Swim the Fly) in that I laughed almost once (or more) a page--and many of those times out loud.
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Dec 17, 2010
Tina
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The Lipstick Laws is one of those books that is good to read when you have been too immersed in out-of-this-world books, particularly ones full of magic or suspense or people chasing other people to kill them. This is the kind of book that you'd want to read to get back to reality, to remind you that real life could also be as exciting (and sometimes, as terrifying) as fantasy ones.
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The Lipstick Laws is one of those books that is good to read when you have been too immersed in out-of-this-world books, particularly ones full of magic or suspense or people chasing other people to kill them. This is the kind of book that you'd want to read to get back to reality, to remind you that real life could also be as exciting (and sometimes, as terrifying) as fantasy ones.
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Jul 26, 2011
Allison
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This tried to be Mean Girls for tweens and it failed miserably. I thought maybe I read this at the wrong time with the sweltering heat and the power outage caused by electrical fires in front of some fucking idiots’ houses who think they’re so cool for renting to a billion people and buying even more air conditioners to keep their empty heads a frigid 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Seriously I like the smell of burning wires and kerosene better than this book.
April Bowers has been in the sam More...
April Bowers has been in the sam More...
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Jul 24, 2011
Megan
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I was immediately drawn in by the voice of this YA novel. It's unique and fresh and grabs your attention. April Bowers is like most teens, she hates her flaws (her flat chest), is desperate for friendship, and has a crush on one of the hottest guys in school. In order to get what she wants, she makes a deal with the devil in the form of Britney Taylor, the hottest, most popular girl in school. She signs her life away by pledging to follow the Lipstick Laws.
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Dec 17, 2010
Lauren
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It's no secret that I absolutely adore the movie Mean Girls, so when I found out that Amy Holder's The Lipstick Laws was similar to it, I was even more excited about it.
As it turns out, I had every right to be that way, because The Lipstick Laws is pure gold. It's the book for every girl or boy out there who wanted to fight back when the "popular" girls tore them done but didn't know how to.
The Lipstick Laws tells the tale of April Bowers, a girl who's so not l More...
As it turns out, I had every right to be that way, because The Lipstick Laws is pure gold. It's the book for every girl or boy out there who wanted to fight back when the "popular" girls tore them done but didn't know how to.
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Dec 17, 2010
Catherine
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The Lipstick Laws is a story that almost any girl has lived. Being alone & not really fitting in, then finding a niche only to be kicked out for some stupid reason down the line & suffering the wrath of "The Queen Bee". Who wouldn't want to get revenge? But would you actually take it? Or would choose the higher road?
At first I wanted to slap Britney AND our heroine, April. But as the story progressed I realized that I would completely feel comfortable handing this book down More...
At first I wanted to slap Britney AND our heroine, April. But as the story progressed I realized that I would completely feel comfortable handing this book down More...
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Aug 26, 2011
Jodi
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Ugh, this was a rather big disappointment. I thought this was going to be a really funny, indulgent read. At first it had seemed like it was going to be a bit like "Mean Girls" with a twist -with the outcasted girl wreaking havoc on the mean, popular clique. I guess in a way it was, but it just wasn't all that entertaining.
Sophomore April finds herself going from complete unknown to swept up into the popular clique at the start of the school year. After being force More...
Sophomore April finds herself going from complete unknown to swept up into the popular clique at the start of the school year. After being force More...
Jun 26, 2011
Avery
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Simply put I think that this is a fun and lighthearted read- nothing more, nothing less. I think that why I can't gush about this book as much as others have (seriously, a few months back when this book first was released on NetGalley there was a gazillion and one positive reviews about it) because I just can't relate to the young characters and their high school experience (I don't know about y'all, but my high school experience was nothing like the one in this book and that isn't because I was
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May 23, 2011
Emily
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If you don't take this book too seriously, it's a fun and enjoyable read filled with laugh-out-loud moments. It's not particularly life-changing and the angst is only small-scale (thank god) but this is what made it so refreshing. It's the age-old story of surviving high school and all the cliques, bitchiness, gossiping and heartbreak that goes with it. Put simply, this is a novel about boyfriends, girlfriends, and make-up. Naturally, it's full of jealousies and insecurities as well but the tone
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Apr 15, 2011
Aimee
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I couldn't help but envision this with the actors from Mean Girls. It felt so much like the movie, that I couldn't help but imagine Regina George as Britney. Overall, I really liked this. It did, however, make me ecstatic that I'm not in high school anymore.
What really grabbed my attention with this was the Lipstick Lawbreakers. I really liked this. One, it gave April a way to salvage part of her pride. Two, she made some good friends. While they were out for revenge, they actu More...
What really grabbed my attention with this was the Lipstick Lawbreakers. I really liked this. One, it gave April a way to salvage part of her pride. Two, she made some good friends. While they were out for revenge, they actu More...
Apr 15, 2011
Mrs. Heather Maddox
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This was a really cute read that reminded me alot of the movie Mean Girls.
April is dreading the first day of school. Her best and only friend moved to Kansas leaving her all alone.
Brit is the most popular girl in school. She is beautiful, everyone wants to be her firend and all the guys adore her.
When April and Brit get teamed up together as gym partners, Brit takes April under her wing and starts inviting her to sit with the group at lunch. At first, April is More...
April is dreading the first day of school. Her best and only friend moved to Kansas leaving her all alone.
Brit is the most popular girl in school. She is beautiful, everyone wants to be her firend and all the guys adore her.
When April and Brit get teamed up together as gym partners, Brit takes April under her wing and starts inviting her to sit with the group at lunch. At first, April is More...
Apr 06, 2011
Sara E.
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April is a lonely and unpopular high school girl. When Britney Taylor, the queen bee, starts paying attention to her, she finds herself drawn into a web of high school drama, even though her long distance BFF warns her away from Brit. Soon, she finds herself signing/kissing a contract called the Lipstick Laws, and she realizes that she may have bit off more than she can chew, esp. when she realizes just how catty Brit can get. Soon enough, she finds herself banished from the group, and Brit and
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Mar 28, 2011
Amy
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The Lipstick Laws reminded me of the movies Mean Girls and Heathers all rolled into one. It had the popular clique that everyone wants to be apart of that you can only join with invitation. When Britney gets the chance to join the popular Lipstick Girls, she is wary but excited. She has been warned by her best friend, who moved away, to stay away from them. Yet, Britney can't refuse joining the exclusive group and becoming something more than a nobody in school.
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Mar 20, 2011
cecilia
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The Lipstick Laws follows along the same lines as Mean Girls and starts on a promising note with a sarcastic, instantly lovable narrator by the name of April Bowers. I especially loved the recipe for Deliciously Dramatic Teenage Stew that Amy Holder dreamed up - it definitely gives new meaning to food for thought :)
The Lipstick Laws puts its own unique spin on the whole high school clique theme and definitely has a lot of fun with paybacks. Brittany definitely tops the cake as far as u More...
The Lipstick Laws puts its own unique spin on the whole high school clique theme and definitely has a lot of fun with paybacks. Brittany definitely tops the cake as far as u More...
Mar 17, 2011
Kelly
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April Bowers accidentally finds herself a member of the popular group after telling a small lie. Well, a sort of small lie. She and Regina George Britney Taylor are partnered in gym class and when Britney doesn't know who she is, she says that she just moved there. Which is sort of true, if by "just moved," you mean "moved a year ago."
So anyway, now April's popular and soon, she's invited to take the Lipstick Oath and agree to abide by all their rules. And she More...
So anyway, now April's popular and soon, she's invited to take the Lipstick Oath and agree to abide by all their rules. And she More...
Mar 10, 2011
Book: The Lipstick Laws
Author: Amy Holder
Pages: 243
Series: none
Who: April Bowers, Darci Madison, Delvin “Mc Gerk” Britney Taylor, Jessica, Erin, Brianna & Some surprising girls.
What: Being crule to others at first and then deciding to change and get revenge.
Where: High School
When: Fall-Spring school year (sophmore year)
Why: Britney Taylor thinks that she is one of the most amazing girls in school when reality she isn’t. April Bowers isn’t like that; s More...
Author: Amy Holder
Pages: 243
Series: none
Who: April Bowers, Darci Madison, Delvin “Mc Gerk” Britney Taylor, Jessica, Erin, Brianna & Some surprising girls.
What: Being crule to others at first and then deciding to change and get revenge.
Where: High School
When: Fall-Spring school year (sophmore year)
Why: Britney Taylor thinks that she is one of the most amazing girls in school when reality she isn’t. April Bowers isn’t like that; s More...
Mar 09, 2011
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April Bowers is pretty much invisible at Penford High School. It’s the beginning of her sophomore year and her best (and only) friend has moved away. She’s a compulsive bra-stuffer, currently cell-phone-less, and dreading the first day of school. But she soon finds herself sucked into the crazy world that is high school popularity when the Queen Bee, Britney Taylor, takes April under her wing. Britney gets absolutely any and everything she want More...
April Bowers is pretty much invisible at Penford High School. It’s the beginning of her sophomore year and her best (and only) friend has moved away. She’s a compulsive bra-stuffer, currently cell-phone-less, and dreading the first day of school. But she soon finds herself sucked into the crazy world that is high school popularity when the Queen Bee, Britney Taylor, takes April under her wing. Britney gets absolutely any and everything she want More...
Feb 24, 2011
Karla
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The Book: THE LIPSTICK LAWS
The Author: Amy Holder
The Publisher: Graphia Books (an Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Summary:
April Bowers ranks so low on the social scale that the needle doesn't even move when she jumps on it. New to Penford High last year, her only friend moves out of state just before the school year starts, leaving April without a single friend...really without anyone who eve More...
The Author: Amy Holder
The Publisher: Graphia Books (an Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Summary:
April Bowers ranks so low on the social scale that the needle doesn't even move when she jumps on it. New to Penford High last year, her only friend moves out of state just before the school year starts, leaving April without a single friend...really without anyone who eve More...
Apr 13, 2011
Jami
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Stories about mean girls and queen bees and popularity will never go away. Why? Because it's something every generation of teenagers deal with. Something a lot of girls (and guys) can relate to. The Lipstick Laws is a fresh, fun and witty take of the mean girls story line.
I couldn't blame April for craving that popularity when queen bee, Britney starts to pay attention to her. We all want to be liked, it's a good feeling. But April quickly finds out the Lipstick Laws are not easy to More...
I couldn't blame April for craving that popularity when queen bee, Britney starts to pay attention to her. We all want to be liked, it's a good feeling. But April quickly finds out the Lipstick Laws are not easy to More...
Apr 12, 2011
Where do I start? First impressions aren't everything, because if they were, I wouldn't have finished this book. Within the first few pages, I wanted to put it down because I thought it was a remake of Mean Girls and I don't care to read that. But something about the tone and April's character kept me going. Plus, I didn't want to judge the entire book on a few pages.
Next, I was a little baffled that April was a bra stuffer. Why? Because I don't think too many girls do that nowadays. More...
Next, I was a little baffled that April was a bra stuffer. Why? Because I don't think too many girls do that nowadays. More...
Mar 23, 2011
Siobhan (Totally Bookalicious)
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The Lipstick Laws is by far one the best book I have read this year so far. I devoured it in about 4 hours. It is entertaining and very funny. Ok more like Laugh Out Loud funny.
It follow April as she returns to school after the summer. Her best friend as moved away and she has no one else. So when paired up with Britney in gym class everything changes for April. She has a chance at being popular. However, being popular isn't ha More...
The Lipstick Laws is by far one the best book I have read this year so far. I devoured it in about 4 hours. It is entertaining and very funny. Ok more like Laugh Out Loud funny.
It follow April as she returns to school after the summer. Her best friend as moved away and she has no one else. So when paired up with Britney in gym class everything changes for April. She has a chance at being popular. However, being popular isn't ha More...
Mar 28, 2011
Suz
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First of all, the cover of this book was part of the reason I wanted to read it, because it’s pretty and I’m a girl and girls usually like pretty things. Plus, the whole premise of the book just sort screamed one word out at me: FUN!
And I was so very not disappointed, either.
The Lipstick Laws is sort of like Mean Girls plus Clique equals a world of fun, flirty, sabotage. Also, who doesn’t want to be one of the most popular girl’s in high school, sitting with the best and More...
And I was so very not disappointed, either.
The Lipstick Laws is sort of like Mean Girls plus Clique equals a world of fun, flirty, sabotage. Also, who doesn’t want to be one of the most popular girl’s in high school, sitting with the best and More...
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Feb 13, 2011
Reaganstar
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Similar to Mean Girls, you get to meet the main character, a girl who is insecure as she returns to high school, after the loss of her best friend who has just moved away.
Starting off with a lie immediately to the "Queen Bee" you know this will come back and bite here by the end of the story. This story shows the ups and downs of being on both sides of the popularity fence, the no one, and the popular crowd.
You watch the main character April grow through the story from b More...
Starting off with a lie immediately to the "Queen Bee" you know this will come back and bite here by the end of the story. This story shows the ups and downs of being on both sides of the popularity fence, the no one, and the popular crowd.
You watch the main character April grow through the story from b More...
Jan 29, 2011
-k The Lady Critic
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I’m at a loss of words for how to review this (e)book. It was so like so many other books and movies (Mean Girls, Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood) that I’m biased on liking it purely for its similarities. However, the thing that really set this apart was the characters and the ending.
I thought that April was one of those typical high school girls who had always wanted to fit in and never knew her niche because she wasn’t true to herself. I liked reading about her journey through the More...
I thought that April was one of those typical high school girls who had always wanted to fit in and never knew her niche because she wasn’t true to herself. I liked reading about her journey through the More...
Mar 27, 2011
Chelsea
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As a sophomore at a new school (she was a freshman there too), April Bowers is tragically not cool. Not nearly as cool as Brittany Taylor, the most popular and prettiest girl in the whole school. So when Brittany turns her attention to April, she is more than just thrilled. But April's best friend Haley warns her that Brittany is a lot meaner than she seems, a message that April ignores until it's too late. Being shunned from the Lipstick Lawlords stings, but with the help of a few others like h
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Feb 26, 2011
Chrissy
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I'm glad I didn't (completely) judge Lipstick Laws by the cover, because it's really not that enticing to me. I just don't like the candy heart resting in the mouth so awkwardly, I guess. It looks strange.
But, getting beyond this cover, I'll go ahead and state my biases:
1. I love the movie Mean Girls
2. I really, really love the movie Mean Girls
3. And did I mention, I like a movie called Mean Girls?
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But, getting beyond this cover, I'll go ahead and state my biases:
1. I love the movie Mean Girls
2. I really, really love the movie Mean Girls
3. And did I mention, I like a movie called Mean Girls?
If I were to describe The Lipstick Laws quite simply, I More...
