Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Laguna Cove


I'm still reading Laguna Cove by Alyson Noel. It has gotten a little more interesting since the last time I blogged about it. It's also kind of frustrating though because every chapter is told from either Anne, Jade, Lola, or Ellie's viewpoint. So it gets confusing. It's also frustrating because the story is supposed to be mostly about Anne and her transition to a new school, and fitting in there. The book has gotten better in that Anne has finally made friends with Jade, Lola, and Chris. Ellie is still really cold and reading about her is annoying. She's a really hard character to get into because I feel like she's really unrealistic. I mean the author makes all of her characters out to be too perfect. But Ellie is the worst. She's made out to look like a model, be an amazing surfer, and have perfect grades. No one is that flawless. It's a hard book to get into, and for me it's impossible to relate to the stuff going on. I wouldn't really recommend this one unfortunately.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Laguna Cove--Alyson Noel


I just started reading Laguna Cove, Briana was reading it and it sounded good. It is about this girl named Anne who moves to Laguna Cove to live with her dad. Her parents just got divorced because her mom cheated on her dad. She was a really good diver at her old school so she is really mad when she finds out her new school doesn't have a dive team. The other characters so far in the book are Ellie, Jake, and Chris. Ellie is a really good surfer, and she's really competitive. She gets a lot of pressure from her dad to be pretty much perfect. Jake works for Anne's dad and he kind of looks out for Anne. And then there's Chris, who is really cute and a really good surfer. I like this book so far, but it kind of starts out slow. I'm not super interested in it yet. To be continued I guess...