"Secrets Of My Hollywood Life On Location"

Written By Jen Calonita

Kaitlin is a comeback star with a complicated life. She got tired of the Hollywood life. She posed as an exchange student named Rachel and went to high school for a couple months. In those couple months she feel for Austin, A cute lacrosse player. Till the paparazzi realized who she was. Then she came back to Hollywood and tryed to get back on top. Austin decided to come with her to go on the crazy ride of Hollywood on one condition, she is totally truthful with him.

When Kaitlin scores a star role in the movie of a lifetime. She can't help but take it. Till she realizes her ex boyfriend, Drew, is her costar. He Is her ex from a year ago that used her to get on top. Along with him came Sky, Kaitlin's old costar that always tried to take her spotlight. But Kaitlin didn't care as long as she had Austin at her side.

Till Kaitlin comes up in the news with bad publicity. Someone she knew was giving the paparazzi her secrets. On top of that, Drew's publicise wants Drew and Kaitlin to act like they're dating to get publicity for the movie. She starts to lie to Austin about it all to keep his feeling from getting hurt. But is that really such a good idea?

My rating: 9/10. This was a really good book! it shows us how people in Hollywood go through dating and go through dealing with paparazzi. It shows us what we've always wanted to know. The real life of a star.

-Lynn

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Final Postings...

Lynn and I have decided that it's time to end our run as bloggers for the time being. Christmas is around the corner and we've been getting really busy with other things. This doesn't allow us the time we need to read and review the number of books we would like to. So, the final post for now will be Secrets of my Hollywood Life:  On Location by Lynn. We hope you've enjoyed our blog. Who knows, maybe one day Lynn and I will be back to blog again. Thanks everyone who follows our blog and reads our posts.

-Louise

"Fangirl"

Written by:  Ken Baker

Fourteen-year-old Josie Brant is your typical teenage girl. She attends a public high school, listens to music, and obsesses over a male pop star. What isn't typical about Josie? She just so happens to have a father with a dangerous secret, the gift of songwriting, and she just so happens to unknowingly win a contest hosted by her celebrity crush, Peter Maxx. 

Josie's BFF, Ashley, wins a contest hosted by Peter Maxx, but she enters with a song Josie wrote. Josie didn't know that Ashley entered her song as Ashley told her entering the contest would be childish. Josie finds out when Peter comes to congratulate Ashley who won because of the lyrics she sang. 

Peter isn't your typical teenager either. He's a mega-pop star who's known worldwide. But Peter is harboring his own set of secrets. What will happen when he walks into Josie's school and meets the one-and-only Josie Brant. Throw in a crazed opening singer and who knows what will happen? You'll have to read Fangirl by Ken Baker to find out.

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My rating:  8/10. This was a great book, but I found some of the events unrealistic for a fourteen year old. I can't tell you what scene was unrealistic because I would be giving away most of the plot. What I can tell you is that the book was otherwise well written. I loved the scenes where the characters communicated via Twitter and text. Also, I feel Josie could stack up to some of the more well known heroines in young adult romances today. She's strong when she faces her fears, her challenges, and the situations that put her in new troubling situations. Hopefully, we see more of Ken Baker in the young adult book scene.

-Louise

"The Lucky One"

Written By Nicholas Sparks

\Logan is a U.S. Marine. He finds a picture of a young woman buried in the dirt in Iraq. He  takes it back to base to try to find it's owner. When no one claims it, he keeps it with him. With that picture he seems to get just a little bit of luck. He escapes deadly combat that two of his friends die in.

Logan's third tour ends, all he seems to have on his mind is the girl in the photo. Him and his dog go on a journey to find this women that gave him so much luck. He hopes to thank her. But when he finds Elizabeth, a beautiful divorced mother he can't seem to be able to tell her.

He gets a job at her dog kennel. Logan even gets along with her mother and son.  This starts a story that the both of them will remember for the rest of their lives filled with drama, sadness, and love. But what will happen when Elizabeth's Ex husband gets into it? Will Logan ever tell Elizabeth about the picture he found?

My rating: 8.5/10: i loved this book. It keep me reading for hours. But I didn't like some of the ending.

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"Amy and Roger's Epic Detour"

Written by:  Morgan Matson

Senior year is supposed to be the best year of your teenage life, right? For Amy, it may be the worst year yet. Amy's dad died in a car accident where Amy was the driver a few months ago, no one except family knows her brother is in rehab, and her mom has decided that now is the best time for a move from California to Connecticut. However, Amy's mom needs to move ASAP to Connecticut to find a new house for them, but Amy doesn't want to move with a month left in her junior year. The compromise is Amy can stay by herself at home as long as she brings the car with her to Connecticut when she's done with the school year. Amy can't bring herself to drive since her father died. This is where Roger comes into play. Roger is the son of a friend of Amy's mom who just so happens to need a ride to Philadelphia this summer. Roger is going to be the driver in the cross-country trip that Amy's mom plans for the two of them. The trip is supposed to take a few days, but some unexpected events may prevent them from arriving in Connecticut on time.

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There are some pages in the book that are meant to be the trip journal that Amy's mom sent for the trip. On these pages there are doodles, playlists, and receipts from the journey that tell a story all their own.

My rating:  10/10. Morgan Matson finds a way for her readers to live vicariously through Amy and Roger on this road trip and I love it! One of my life goals is to go on a road trip and now I feel like I have. Also, the storyline and events that take place in this novel seem like they could happen to anyone and I think that's what makes this book so great. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour is a must-read for the people that want to experience a road trip without the cost and character relationships that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A truly wonderful debut by Morgan Matson that made me hungry for her next novel Second Chance Summer, out now.

-Louise