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Princess in Waiting (The Princess Diaries #4)
by
Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
Never before has the world seen such a princess.
Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her position on the installation of public parking meters is met with resistance.
But the politics of bureaucracy are nothing next to Mia's real troubles. Between canceled dates with h...more
Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her position on the installation of public parking meters is met with resistance.
But the politics of bureaucracy are nothing next to Mia's real troubles. Between canceled dates with h...more
Mass Market Paperback, 259 pages
Published
March 25th 2003
by HarperTrophy
(first published September 6th 2002)
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Mia has the boy of her dreams, finally! But how fair is it that she is whisked off to Genovia for several weeks before they can even have their first official date? And what with trying to help boost Genovia's infrastructure income, trying to find time to text her beloved, and worrying about the perfect present for his birthday, this Christmas vacation is anything but restful.
After reading the first book in this series I went to the library and just happened to see the rest of the books (11 of t...more
After reading the first book in this series I went to the library and just happened to see the rest of the books (11 of t...more
Jan 13, 2008
Rachel Brand
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Recommends it for:
people who want to read a book which they don't have to concentrate on
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May 08, 2008
Anna
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ynopsis
Mia and Michael are finally an item, but Grandmere seems to have other plans. Just before the happy couple's first hot date, an unmissable royal engagement turns up. Could it be that Michael doesn't measure up and that (please not!) Grandmere's got someone else in mind for Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo?
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Mia's back from her first royal trip to Genovia. Now she's ready for what's REALLY important: her love life. Mia and Michael are finally an item...more
Mia and Michael are finally an item, but Grandmere seems to have other plans. Just before the happy couple's first hot date, an unmissable royal engagement turns up. Could it be that Michael doesn't measure up and that (please not!) Grandmere's got someone else in mind for Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo?
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Mia's back from her first royal trip to Genovia. Now she's ready for what's REALLY important: her love life. Mia and Michael are finally an item...more
This book is probably the worst princess diaries book I've ever read. It is okay but the entire story is about Mia in Genovia (the small European country she will one day rule) and she is missing Micheal her boy friend. It is very annoying to here her constantly talk about Micheal and if he is going to break up with her or not. After I read this book I decided to take a break from the Princess Diaries books because I just couldn't take it! Mia was becoming too Micheal-obsessed and the books were...more
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Mia is a princess in waiting to be the Queen of Genovia. She is now forced to spend an entire winter break in "boring, old" Genovia, instead of staying home to spend time with her new boyfriend, Michael. This is hard for Mia because she has loved Michael for nearly all her life, and this dating situation is new to her, especially having to start out as a long distance relationship. After all, if you're love of your life finally asked you to date him/her, wouldn't you be ecstatic and want to spen...more
I can't... Really bring myself to like this book.
So basically the 259 pages of the book focus on Mia whining about how she can't go on a date with her boyfriend Michael, the boy she's been in love with for 8 years... I would've put up with this, if there was a significant other plot present somewhere in the book. There wasn't. What did the book amount to in the end? What was the message that we received at the end? That it's okay to whine and mope for about 100 pages because you can't go on a d...more
So basically the 259 pages of the book focus on Mia whining about how she can't go on a date with her boyfriend Michael, the boy she's been in love with for 8 years... I would've put up with this, if there was a significant other plot present somewhere in the book. There wasn't. What did the book amount to in the end? What was the message that we received at the end? That it's okay to whine and mope for about 100 pages because you can't go on a d...more
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An odd thing I am finding with these books is their span of time is super short! This book's span is like less then a month. It's really about Mia missing Michael while she is in Genovia for like the 3 weeks of winter break and then like the first week she is back and that is it!
Did this much happen in your life when you where in high school? I don't remember a day feeling like a week at all (except when I spent that summer at CalArts, but that was totally different situation.)
All that happens i...more
Did this much happen in your life when you where in high school? I don't remember a day feeling like a week at all (except when I spent that summer at CalArts, but that was totally different situation.)
All that happens i...more
So far, I've been really enjoying the Princess Diaries series. They're nice, quick reads, and Mia as a character is very plus relatable and funny.
(Plus Michael Moscovitz is HOT!!!!!)
This book was very appealing, and I enjoyed it, although I felt that it was lacking something that the previous three books had contained. The plot didn't have the same sort of edge of your seat romantic tension or climax. It was all very nice, sometimes funny, and cute, but nothing really jumped out and grabbed me t...more
(Plus Michael Moscovitz is HOT!!!!!)
This book was very appealing, and I enjoyed it, although I felt that it was lacking something that the previous three books had contained. The plot didn't have the same sort of edge of your seat romantic tension or climax. It was all very nice, sometimes funny, and cute, but nothing really jumped out and grabbed me t...more
I have a feeling I would've enjoyed reading this one more than listening to it. Although, I have to say it's almost worth listening to simply for the one spot where the narrator reads the word "please" about a hundred times. It is truly brilliant acting, and as an actor myself, I was doubly impressed.
This book does a good job of balancing the whole, "Girls should not play mind games with boys" and also "if boys break up with you for stupid reasons then they're not worth it" and the whole being...more
This book does a good job of balancing the whole, "Girls should not play mind games with boys" and also "if boys break up with you for stupid reasons then they're not worth it" and the whole being...more
It's been a couple of weeks since Mia and Michael shared their first kiss at the winter dance. Mia is now spending Christmas in Genovia, and missing Michael like mad. Her Grandmother seems determined to keep them apart and keeps Mia busy and introducing them to Princes and other 'respectable men'. Even once Mia is home, her grandma still seems determined to interfere and now Mia must choose between an official first date with Michael or a Royal Ball.
I still love Mia's feisty wit and sassy attit...more
I still love Mia's feisty wit and sassy attit...more
Mia really does seem to stress herself out way more than she needs to be. But I think a lot of us are like that, well girls anyways, we overthink things. Before she overthought whether Michael was her secret admirer or not. Then she was trying to break up or not break up with Kenny. In this novel, she's trying to figure out whether Michael loves her or is IN love with her, even though he pretty much told her to her face that he loved her and had made out with her since. I certainly don't kiss my...more
The tales of Princess Mia continue with Princess In Waiting. I really love Mia and how she deals with being a princess.
We see her in Genovia, worrying about the infrastructure of Genovia. We also see her attend a lot of different functions and count down the days until she can see Michael. I loved seeing her worry about whether Michael was going to break up with her because she needed to cancel their first date. Michael, of course, is completely amazing, and doesn't break up with her.
I love th...more
We see her in Genovia, worrying about the infrastructure of Genovia. We also see her attend a lot of different functions and count down the days until she can see Michael. I loved seeing her worry about whether Michael was going to break up with her because she needed to cancel their first date. Michael, of course, is completely amazing, and doesn't break up with her.
I love th...more
Oh man, I wasn't sure if this series could continue after such a great ending to book #3, but I have now found one of my favorite quotes ever:
"There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without sleep, and he started playing nothing by Phil Collins, and that's how they knew it was time to call the ambulance."
It's like me and Meg Cabot are besties, because Phil Collins is THE WORST.
Ah crap, now I'm starting to write things like M...more
"There was a DJ who stayed up for eleven days straight, the longest recorded period of time anyone has ever gone without sleep, and he started playing nothing by Phil Collins, and that's how they knew it was time to call the ambulance."
It's like me and Meg Cabot are besties, because Phil Collins is THE WORST.
Ah crap, now I'm starting to write things like M...more
Feb 24, 2012
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I wasn’t as keen on this one as I have been on the other books in the series. Mostly because in this one Mia was so angsty and whiny that it got on my nerves a little.
I thought it was funny that they made reference to a movie that was made about Princess Mia and her life, which of course there is. Those parts made me laugh a lot.
I have to say that I don’t really see what’s so appealing about Michael. At the moment he seems kind of boring and generic but I’m hoping that maybe he’ll develop furthe...more
I thought it was funny that they made reference to a movie that was made about Princess Mia and her life, which of course there is. Those parts made me laugh a lot.
I have to say that I don’t really see what’s so appealing about Michael. At the moment he seems kind of boring and generic but I’m hoping that maybe he’ll develop furthe...more
1. So far, the most amusing of the Princess Diary series. It's written in short journal style form where you are basically reading Princess Mia's personal diary.
1a. If you haven't figured it out yet, once I read one book in the series, I have to read the entire series.
2. I like that someone managed to write a teen series without explicit sex and use of profanity. I'm fine with explicit sex and profanity, and I know that's part of the world today, but come on. It doesn't always have to be used. (...more
1a. If you haven't figured it out yet, once I read one book in the series, I have to read the entire series.
2. I like that someone managed to write a teen series without explicit sex and use of profanity. I'm fine with explicit sex and profanity, and I know that's part of the world today, but come on. It doesn't always have to be used. (...more
**While this book should be given 4.5 stars, there is no option for that. While I know by rounding rules 4.5 goes up to 5, this book does not deserve a 5 star-rating.**
*DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ THE 3RD PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK, PRINCESS IN LOVE... IT'S OK TO READ IF U HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK YET, BUT NOT IF U HAVEN'T READ THE 3RD PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK.*
I loved this book. Meg Cabot is a genius, I want to start off saying.
But, I also want to say, these Princess Diaries books go in a patte...more
*DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ THE 3RD PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK, PRINCESS IN LOVE... IT'S OK TO READ IF U HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK YET, BUT NOT IF U HAVEN'T READ THE 3RD PRINCESS DIARIES BOOK.*
I loved this book. Meg Cabot is a genius, I want to start off saying.
But, I also want to say, these Princess Diaries books go in a patte...more
So, to begin with, I don't think I need a constant reminder of how Mia loved her new boyfriend so dearly. I mean, that was written like, on every single page of the book. Plus, what's with this worrying-about-boyfriend thing?? Could this be a 14 year old logic (it was four years ago that I was this age)? The what-if-he's-going-out-with-other-girls was just.. щ(ﾟДﾟщ) only that emoticon can explain.
And then this part about the very surreal birthday gift for Michael, which was, ookaaaay... ???
I kep...more
And then this part about the very surreal birthday gift for Michael, which was, ookaaaay... ???
I kep...more
Actually, 2.5/5 stars. One of the worst of the series, although still eminently readable. Mia is at her most neurotic over the simplest of problems in this one. Often Mia's reticence to solve an issue is relatable to that time when you were a teenage girl and small things seemed like EARTH SHATTERING issues, but obviously Michael is not a fling and it makes Mia seem so much weaker-willed than she was in previous books to have her freaking out over whether Michael Moscovitz (seriously one of the...more
I tried this one on audiobook, but Anne Hathaway spoiled me! It's not that the new girl isn't nice, but in my head, she's just not Mia. Instead, I have gotten the further adventures of the princess out of the library...
I actually DID wind up on the audiobook for this one. And the book didn't let down or disappoint.
I actually DID wind up on the audiobook for this one. And the book didn't let down or disappoint.
Mia are for the first time, in Genovia to do her princess duties in her winter holiday. Meanwhile the love of her life are in the states.
Mia gets very insicure about Michaels love to her, but Michael convince her (if you wants to know how, you must read the book).
When Mia gets back to the states, she is wondering why she is in the Genie class, with the rest of her friend, because now that she have got a B- in Math, she is not falling Math anymore. All of her friends has a talent, but Mia does no...more
Mia gets very insicure about Michaels love to her, but Michael convince her (if you wants to know how, you must read the book).
When Mia gets back to the states, she is wondering why she is in the Genie class, with the rest of her friend, because now that she have got a B- in Math, she is not falling Math anymore. All of her friends has a talent, but Mia does no...more
Another good book in the series, though I found Mia a little bit "over the top clueless" in the love department. Then again, I try to remember being 14 and try to put myself in her shoes. She's shy, nervous, and has low self-esteem. I suppose doubting everything about her new relationship wouldn't be totally out of the norm. Cute little story though and I will definitely be continuing with the series. Also, I just had to look up the release date for this movie and the Anne Hathaway "Princess Dia...more
I've read some of the reviews here and it seems most readers don't seem to like this book as much as the other ones. However, I personally liked this book but maybe I'm just easy to please.
The book starts off with Mia being in Genovia during her Christmas break and her formal introduction to the Genovian populace. After a disastrous televised address where Mia inadvertently starts a debate over whether or not to install parking meters in Genovia, Mia attends all the political/royal activities pl...more
The book starts off with Mia being in Genovia during her Christmas break and her formal introduction to the Genovian populace. After a disastrous televised address where Mia inadvertently starts a debate over whether or not to install parking meters in Genovia, Mia attends all the political/royal activities pl...more
Have I mentioned that I love these books?
I mean, yes, there is a lot of better fiction out there, but as far as guilty pleasure, young adult fiction goes, this is where it's at.
The saga of Mia Thermopolis continues. She has the man of her dreams and she doesn't exactly know what to do for his birthday or her relationship. When a dilemma comes up, Mia doesn't know what to choose. Thinking Micheal will break up with her, she makes a choice that she thinks will jeopoardize their future together. Bu...more
I mean, yes, there is a lot of better fiction out there, but as far as guilty pleasure, young adult fiction goes, this is where it's at.
The saga of Mia Thermopolis continues. She has the man of her dreams and she doesn't exactly know what to do for his birthday or her relationship. When a dilemma comes up, Mia doesn't know what to choose. Thinking Micheal will break up with her, she makes a choice that she thinks will jeopoardize their future together. Bu...more
Princess in Waiting is one of the fantastic series of Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. Princess in waiting is the 4th series of Princess diaries, and its about how Princess Mia's daily life after knowing that she is the heir thrown to the kingdom. Princess Mia thinks that as a princess she will just a normall life and happy endings. Unfortunately she always stressed and busy with meetings. She is also desperate because she hasn't seen her "boyfriend to be" Michael in the longest period of time. Bu...more
Okay, this book was full of Jane Eyre references, and apparently the lesson the girls learned from the book was: "you should not chase after a man, but let him chase you". I'm fairly sure I interpreted Jane Eyre a little differently when I read it..
On another note, Michael is still a sweetheart & Mia needs to get better about speaking up. I can't believe she let the dude hanging for most of the book! Not very cute of you Mia, not very cute.
Also this book has a bit where the characters commen...more
On another note, Michael is still a sweetheart & Mia needs to get better about speaking up. I can't believe she let the dude hanging for most of the book! Not very cute of you Mia, not very cute.
Also this book has a bit where the characters commen...more
Não gosto de ler resenhas antes de praticar a minha, e queria ter certeza de que o livro realmente teria algo de novo, não tem:
Mia está de volta, dessa vez vai à Genóvia, e diferente do filme, não nos passa aquela sensação de ser glorioso viver em um Castelo, pelo contrário, não percebemos o Glamour dos Jantares e encontros, não percebemos a diferença entre ser um "simples mortal" e a "única herdeira"...
Talvez seja por isso que a série "Diário de Uma Princesa" atrai tanta curiosidade... Mia é Hu...more
Mia está de volta, dessa vez vai à Genóvia, e diferente do filme, não nos passa aquela sensação de ser glorioso viver em um Castelo, pelo contrário, não percebemos o Glamour dos Jantares e encontros, não percebemos a diferença entre ser um "simples mortal" e a "única herdeira"...
Talvez seja por isso que a série "Diário de Uma Princesa" atrai tanta curiosidade... Mia é Hu...more
Mia thought she could handle her formal introduction to the Genovian populace. She didn't expect to cause a rift in the political structuer when she suggested that parking meters would provide a great deal of revenue for the tourist destination. Calamity has ensued, though, and despite her best efforts she feels as if she's sinking more than swimming. On top of all that, she's finally gotten together with Michael, the object of her desire for, well, her entire life. Can you be someone's girlfrie...more
This is a fun book--really different to see things from the 14-year-old perspective again! I really enjoyed this book-- once I could forget about the way these characters were portrayed in the movie.
I started reading the PD series last December because I was already finished with my 50 books list at that time. After book 3, I didn’t think I would continue with the series, but I did! I read book 4 because I was running out of books to read.
To be honest, I don’t like the way they portrayed Mia in the book. She sounds too brat-like for me. Or maybe it’s because I watched the movies first. But Anne Hathaway was perfect for the role.
I really like Michael Moscovitz. Mia’s so lucky to have him. I...more
To be honest, I don’t like the way they portrayed Mia in the book. She sounds too brat-like for me. Or maybe it’s because I watched the movies first. But Anne Hathaway was perfect for the role.
I really like Michael Moscovitz. Mia’s so lucky to have him. I...more
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Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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“I realized Michael was right. I mean, I am always writing in this journal. And I do compose a lot of poetry, and write a lot of notes and emails and stuff. I mean, I feel like I am always writing. I do it so much, I never even thought about it as a talent. It's just something I do all the time, like breathing.”
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