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French Kiss (Diary of a Crush #1)
When Edie and Dylan first see each other in photography class, an instant attraction draws them together. But true love never does run smoothly—the two spar as much as they can’t keep their hands off each other. Then comes the college trip to Paris: Edie’s willpower will be tested to the limit! In between furious arguments and trips to the Louvre, the two share some p...more
Paperback, 214 pages
Published
June 8th 2006
by Puffin Books
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Hmmm. I like it. But my e-reader keeps screwing up saying UnKnown error. GRRRR!! I want to know how it ends!!
Now it's ended and I say hmmm again.
Now it's ended and I say hmmm again.
Diary of a Crush was kind of crappy.
This book is written in diary enteries and it sometimes lacked emotion. It was hard to get a feel of what was going on at the beginning. The first half the writing was really choppy and kind of disconnected but the second half had picked up and had a nice flow and started to get that emotional connection that was missing in the first bit.
Edie, she drove me mad. She kept kissing and crushing after Dylan even when he treated her like d...more
This book is written in diary enteries and it sometimes lacked emotion. It was hard to get a feel of what was going on at the beginning. The first half the writing was really choppy and kind of disconnected but the second half had picked up and had a nice flow and started to get that emotional connection that was missing in the first bit.
Edie, she drove me mad. She kept kissing and crushing after Dylan even when he treated her like d...more
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I really like reading books that are in diary form, and author Sarra Manning doesn't disappoint with the diary of Edie (short for Edith) Wheeler, a sixteen-year old college student living in Manchester, England. I will admit that it was sometimes difficult for me to follow along with this book, mostly due to some terms I wasn't familiar with and situations that are different from those in the United States. Once you realize, however, that A-levels i...more
I really like reading books that are in diary form, and author Sarra Manning doesn't disappoint with the diary of Edie (short for Edith) Wheeler, a sixteen-year old college student living in Manchester, England. I will admit that it was sometimes difficult for me to follow along with this book, mostly due to some terms I wasn't familiar with and situations that are different from those in the United States. Once you realize, however, that A-levels i...more
This book was about a girl named Edie who's new at going to collage. She firsts explains how she feels like a stranger on the campus. She goes to class and takes her courses, like Art. On the first few days, when she describes how she thinks she is invisible, a girl named Mia talks to her. As the book goes on, she learns more about Mia and turns out to dislike her. Edie makes other friends like Shona who has her back in everything. Throughout the book, Edie talks about her love for her fellow cl...more
real rating: 1.5
Okay, i though this would be a good book, thinking it would be funny (like how meg cabot wrote the princess diaries) but the writing at the beginning was pretty blunt and choppy-ish, and didn't really flow. It did pick up afterwards, but didn't sound really like a diary anymore. Anyway, the problems i had with this book was how much Edith went on and on and on and on about Dylan. that's it. there was nothing else happening in the book apart from Dylan kissing her ever...more
Okay, i though this would be a good book, thinking it would be funny (like how meg cabot wrote the princess diaries) but the writing at the beginning was pretty blunt and choppy-ish, and didn't really flow. It did pick up afterwards, but didn't sound really like a diary anymore. Anyway, the problems i had with this book was how much Edith went on and on and on and on about Dylan. that's it. there was nothing else happening in the book apart from Dylan kissing her ever...more
Reading this was purely as nostalgia trip for me as I am sadly old enough to remember not only when this was seralised in my all-time-favourite teen girls magazine J17 - which, sadly, no longer exists - but to also remember way back when Just 17 changed format, shape, style AND title to become J17. I loved J17 oodles more than Sugar or Bliss or More because it felt more real, less condescending and infinitely more interesting. And just all around cooler, quite simply.
This is the first ...more
This is the first ...more
Edie, a junior taking college classes to do her A levels has fallen hard in love with a boy named Dylan, a college student. They take the same photography class which brings them a bit closer together. That is until things go crazy, and Edie suddenly realizes that she's actually really into him. She doesn't know how to react with him or anything so she just doesn't speak. When the time comes for a trip to Paris, Edie and Dylan start talking a lot. Both characters have a thing for each other but ...more
New town, new college, new people, Edie's feeling overwhelmed. What if nobody wants to be her friend? But then something happens that turns her life upside down: Edie spots Dylan. Messy-haired, pouty, frustratingly elusive Dylan. It's love at first sight!
Fast forward to the college trip to Paris and things are really hotting up. In between the shopping, the clubbing, the kissing and the making up, something happens between Edie and Dylan that changes both their lives for ever...But d...more
Fast forward to the college trip to Paris and things are really hotting up. In between the shopping, the clubbing, the kissing and the making up, something happens between Edie and Dylan that changes both their lives for ever...But d...more
This is, quite literally as the title says, a diary of a crush, a crush that’s probably very obsessive as Edie is completely immersed into it. 16-year-old Edie’s family has just moved to a new town. Edie finds her new classmates hard to know, but there are several who intrigue her most. One of them is Dylan, the hot but moody artist who’s the guy of every girl’s dreams. The other is Shona, Dylan’s best girl friend since childhood, a cool girl who’s got it all together.
Edie develops an ...more
Edie develops an ...more
This book was surprisingly good.
I didn’t actually know what this book was about, and was kind of dreading it. I’m don’t like diary stories much. But the first paragraph grabbed me for the very simple reason that I, too went to university/college before I was eighteen, and it was awkward as hell.
Edie starts off as a shy, overwhelmed, klutz. But enough time spent with her emotionally unstable college pals and she was sharpening up in no time. I liked that she learned quickly ...more
I didn’t actually know what this book was about, and was kind of dreading it. I’m don’t like diary stories much. But the first paragraph grabbed me for the very simple reason that I, too went to university/college before I was eighteen, and it was awkward as hell.
Edie starts off as a shy, overwhelmed, klutz. But enough time spent with her emotionally unstable college pals and she was sharpening up in no time. I liked that she learned quickly ...more
When Edie and Dylan first met an instant attraction sparked between the two of them. As perfect as Dylan seems he has flaws that drives Edie insane and they continue to fight with each other. A trip to Paris will test both Edie and Dylan. The more they continue to fight with each other to more they realize that they can't keep their hands off each other.
This book is really cute. I had fun reading this. This is truly a realistic book. This is different kind of book because it is diary...more
This book is really cute. I had fun reading this. This is truly a realistic book. This is different kind of book because it is diary...more
French Kiss is about a girl named Edie. Edie is a 17 year old girl in a love triangle. She is dating a boy named Josh but she likes another guy named Dylan. Her main internal conflict i dealing with Dylan. Dylan is a college boy. Edie seems like she can't stay away from him. Her external conflict is with Josh Josh is her current boyfriend , but she is all the way in paris and he is in where ever she lives. The setting takes place in Paris.
During this book I made a text to world c...more
During this book I made a text to world c...more
I wonder if British people get confused when they read American authors who write about the intricacies of school/college/popular vernacular. Ha. Reading French Kiss, aside from being one of the most enjoyable detours into sweet fictional oblivion I've ever taken, was a lot of fun just running into expressions every now and then and bein' all, "Huh?" Makes you appreciate what non-Americans must go through reading American authors.
The book itself, you ask? I'm almost ash...more
The book itself, you ask? I'm almost ash...more
I can't even...I can't--I have no words other than I cannot finish this. I'm at page 42 and I have to stop. I'm so sorry. I don't want to be mean but I'm one of those readers who takes on the character as if it were me. Edie--oh my girlfriend, I know you're young and all but I hope and pray YOU DO NOT EXIST in real life. She's as flaky as flake can be. Shallow and a pushover when it comes to Dylan. She was just plain unlikeable.
Dylan. Good Lord. I've never developed such hatred for ...more
Dylan. Good Lord. I've never developed such hatred for ...more
New town, unrequited love, no real friends...sucks to be Edie, right? Just wait. Things are about to heat up, and fast!
I first discovered Edie and her band of misfits and heart-throb art students way back when - all the way back to the days of the teen hit magazine Just Seventeen, when every month I would rush straight to Edie's diary and devour it over and over again. So when, a few months ago whilst browsing online, I discovered all the magazine excerpts had been published int...more
I first discovered Edie and her band of misfits and heart-throb art students way back when - all the way back to the days of the teen hit magazine Just Seventeen, when every month I would rush straight to Edie's diary and devour it over and over again. So when, a few months ago whilst browsing online, I discovered all the magazine excerpts had been published int...more
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This is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine.
I love how Edie is so much herself - sometimes totally shy, sometimes talking way to much.
I love how Dylan is a total ass, but there's something so sweet about him, and the way he is always testing people - he's obviously really insecure.
But most of all I love their love. They just love each other so much. I don't like that sex is one of the reasons they don't just go out. But that's just me - because obviously that's a pretty normal probl...more
I love how Edie is so much herself - sometimes totally shy, sometimes talking way to much.
I love how Dylan is a total ass, but there's something so sweet about him, and the way he is always testing people - he's obviously really insecure.
But most of all I love their love. They just love each other so much. I don't like that sex is one of the reasons they don't just go out. But that's just me - because obviously that's a pretty normal probl...more
Man, I read these so long ago, I think I was in grade seven, okay so five years ago, its feels longer than it is. I loved this series so much, the number of corners I bended in the pages to mark my favourite spots was more than it was less, I even had the covers laminated because they were beginning to look warn out by my continuous page turning. so really the whole book was my favourite part. Rare to find! Of course the characters have flaws but I think that made me love them more, even with Ed...more
Edie spots Dylan and knows that is what she wants. They have classes together. What they don’t know is that Dylan wants Edie and Edie wants Dylan. They go to Paris together and what do you know there going out.
I can make a text to world connection because I know that everyone in the world knows that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. But in the book Edie doesn’t know that till she sees that Dylan is going.
I would give this book 5 stars because I thought it was ...more
I can make a text to world connection because I know that everyone in the world knows that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. But in the book Edie doesn’t know that till she sees that Dylan is going.
I would give this book 5 stars because I thought it was ...more
I liked it OK. It was fun, quick and easy read. Like no deep thinking needed. The story’s about a girl named Edie who just transferred residence to a new town, and so she’s the new kid, and she has this huge crush on Dylan. We read on her diary, and as diary goes-it’s very self-centered, and she went on and on about her life, mostly her love life. It was like reading a friend’s diary, or talking to a friend about her love life. Though I have to say for a diary, it was too detailed (I can’t imagi...more
Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ]
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Sweet. Fun. And full of Ups and Down
Oh, there are no words to describe how much I loved this book! I finished this book yesterday.
And it was SO GOOD!! yup its kinda typical story of boy-love-girl and girl-love-boy but theres something that its make so good, like the way of the author written it.
I really like the way in which this book was written, its the first book I read that is in diary form. There aren't any chapters. Some are really short and some are super long. At ...more
Oh, there are no words to describe how much I loved this book! I finished this book yesterday.
And it was SO GOOD!! yup its kinda typical story of boy-love-girl and girl-love-boy but theres something that its make so good, like the way of the author written it.
I really like the way in which this book was written, its the first book I read that is in diary form. There aren't any chapters. Some are really short and some are super long. At ...more
Reading this book was the equivalent of watching soap operas or Gossip Girl. Really pointless with plenty of things that didn't make sense and characters that made you want to rip their heads off. And yet you still keep watching because you just can't look away. It's just entertaining fluff that's super easy and quick to read. Which I badly need when I'm drowning in the stress of impending finals. But it's nothing more than a guilty pleasure. Just something that I can enjoy with my brain turned ...more
This book is written in a diary form that revolves around Eddie's crush on this gorgeous guy, Dylan. Eddie is new in town and feels left out at the college. However, everything changes when she falls madly in love with Dylan.
This book is very interesting. I think teenagers or even older people could relate to it easily; everything you do and feel about your crush... I am curious to find out what would happen to Eddie and Dylan's relationship.
This book is very interesting. I think teenagers or even older people could relate to it easily; everything you do and feel about your crush... I am curious to find out what would happen to Eddie and Dylan's relationship.
When Edie and Dylan first see each other in photography class, an instant attraction draws them together. But true love never does run smoothly—the two spar as much as they can’t keep their hands off each other. Then comes the college trip to Paris: Edie’s willpower will be tested to the limit! In between furious arguments and trips to the Louvre, the two share some passionate moments—but will it last?
When I first saw this book I was browsing through the Barnes & Noble website and this book caught my attention. Edie is going to college and she just moved to another state. She talks about how she is totally lost and is like a stranger to the school because everyone in the school seems to know each other. One day she meets Dylan, the "popular kid" and she falls in love with him. They are in the same photography class together and is assigned as partners. In between there are a lot of ...more
New in town, Edie is on her own. When she goes to photography class she meets Dylan. It was like love at first sight, Edie thinks that Dylan was the cutest boy she had meet. Eventually they start talking and gets closer to each other. Their
" relationship" seem to grow. Next thing they know, they are kissing each other intensely. Then, they start to kiss and flirt. But Edie had not been announced as Dylan's official girlfriend yet and is confused as who she is in Dylan's heart. So...more
" relationship" seem to grow. Next thing they know, they are kissing each other intensely. Then, they start to kiss and flirt. But Edie had not been announced as Dylan's official girlfriend yet and is confused as who she is in Dylan's heart. So...more
This book reminded me of the Gossip Girl series. There was a lot of drama and sexual activities going on. It also questions whether love at first sight actually lasts forever. I recommend this book for anyone who wants a good laugh and who is looking for intense baby mama drama :)
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It's a cute, quick read. It falls squarely in the category of romance, which means there's not much of a plot besides the romance part. That made me a bit sad, because romance on its own just isn't that interesting to me. I'm much more in favor of adventure with a little romance. This was just a sixteen year old British young woman bopping around France with a bunch of 19 year olds and having a bizarre, intense attraction to a moody art boy. If you're looking for a sweet romance, it's a goo...more
I read this as a teenager - it was printed as a story column in a teen magazine at the time and has since been published. I really like the characters in this series - the story is a bit predictable, but it's a teen romance - they always are.
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Sarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years working on the now sadly defunct J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl, which she later went on to edit and has consulted on a wide range of youth titles including Bliss, The Face and More.
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