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In a shocking turn of events, the book was NOT better!

August 6, 2018 by crystalclear 4 Comments

I love the movie The Princess Diaries.  And the sequel.  (And they’re both on Netflix right now!)  And the books that the movies were based on were not really on my radar.  But then someone wrote a Buzzfeed article about the differences between the books and the movies, and CBR10 Bingo had a square about books that have been adapted into movies, so I decided to give the book a shot.  And I’m sad to say, in a reversal of what usually happens, that I like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, book vs movie, cbr10bingo, Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries

crystalclear's CBR10 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, book vs movie, cbr10bingo, Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries ·
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She’s a princess, who writes a diary

May 1, 2014 by Malin 4 Comments

Mia Thermopolis hates being one of the tallest freshmen in school, and she’s flunking algebra. The dreamiest boy in school is dating the evil witch that constantly makes Mia’s life difficult, and now she has to deal with the fact that her algebra teacher asked her mother out. And her mother accepted! Her mother gives her a diary into which she can write down her thoughts and feelings, and after some misgivings, Mia starts doing just that. To begin with, her worries are just the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, adapted into film, contemporary fiction, Malin, Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries, Young Adult

Malin's CBR6 Review No:39 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, adapted into film, contemporary fiction, Malin, Meg Cabot, The Princess Diaries, Young Adult ·
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  • Jen K
    on Surprisingly, her utter lack of brains or personality is not her “Defect”
    Thank you!
  • Tracy
    on Surprisingly, her utter lack of brains or personality is not her “Defect”
    Great review! I will definitely not read this.
  • beereadsbooks
    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    TBF, this is also the second Wren character that I've read this year. The first was in All the Feels...
  • GentleRain
    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    That's a very fair question, honestly I am guessing you have a more accurate picture -- the protagonists were blurring...
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    on An Enjoyable Time in the Extended Paladin Universe
    Is Wren small? I got the impression that she was more "apple" shaped and average to taller than average, but...
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