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The Princess Diaries

The Princess Diaries

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great!
Review: This book was great, I think anyone who has any self-image problems can relate to Mia. This is pretty much every little girls dream, to be a princess, I mean. Its nice that a fairly unpopular and not very good looking girl gets to be a princess beause I think at times everyone feel unpopular and not very good looking so I really liked this book!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A very fun read
Review: For those who enjoy stories in a truly first person perspective, and would like to read a G-rated Bridget Jones' Diary, this is a great read.
Not nearly as true to life (or as serious) as Georges Sand's The Story of My Life, nor as mindless as Bridget Jones' Diary, The Princess Diaries allows the reader to see Mia Thermopolis' life. Given a blank book by her mother, this reluctant diarist uses this book not only to record her thoughts, but also grocery lists, algebra notes, and to do lists. When she learns she is a princess, she is mortified, being comfortable with her non-noticeable status in high school. Unused to the ways of princesses, her grandmother offers her to teach how to become one.
Although some people may turn their noses at such "chick-lit", it is not entirely purely escapist reading. Readers will recognize her negative feelings about her body, her relationship with her single mother, and her unrequited love for Josh Richter, the high school stud.
The reason why it's not 5 stars? As much as I enjoy reading it and it had many laugh out loud moments, I had a problem with the length of the book. Seeing that she's so busy with school, princess lessons and everyday life, how can she write so much with so little time?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow! A definite Must-Read!
Review: I picked up this book because I had seen the Disney movie and wanted to see how the two differed. Here's what I came up with: The book is better!
This book goes farther into Mia's mind than what you saw on the movie screen - her diary is witty, interesting, and funny - it had me laughing out loud during some parts!
So pick up this book and start reading about how Mia deals with the mean popular girl, her best friend Lilly, princess lessons from her awful Grandmother - and more! Believe me, you won't be sorry!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of my favorite books of all time!
Review: "The Princess Diaries" is a series of books based on the fictional journal entries of Mia Thermopolis, a 14-year-old high school freshman. In the beginning, Mia is the typical high school "freak". She's picked on by the populars, failing algebra, and on top of it all five foot nine, large footed, frizzy haired, so you get the point. An animal-rightest, feminist, and enviormentalist, who dreams of working in Greenpeace at a older age. Everything changes one day when her mom tells her that her far-off grandmother (who lives in Genovia--a small European nation) calls that she is coming down for "tea". Mia is obviously suspicious of her grandmother, who she hasn't seen in years, and doesn't even speak to her or her mother, to unexpectantly come down to New York City to visit them. That's when Mia learns the shocking truth--she's the heir to the Genovian throne. Of course, this is shocking to her, but considering that she's a pretty "plain" girl, she finds herself to be the last to be a princess! To make matters worse for poor Mia, her Grandmere insists on her taking princess lessons so that she can become "proper". As if school alone wasn't hard enough! So, all of you girls who dream of being a princess, go ahead and read this book--you'll soon learn it's not as good as it seems! Infact, Mia despises it. This is a modern day fairy tale, and is destined to be a classic! All teens (this book is appropriate for those 12 or older) can relate to Mia's likeable personality and struggles...even if you're not a princess. In a diary format and quick plot, this book is an extremely fast read, so I suggest you buying the other two books in the series (so far) to have on hand!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Princess Diaries- Princess in the Spotlight
Review: I purchased this book for my 11 year old because she had enjoyed the first book. I started to read it myself and was disappointed with the subject matter involving Mia's mother and her algebra teacher sleeping together, Mia's mother becoming pregnant, and Mia pondering whether her mother would consider getting an abortion! Needless to say, I did not give the book to my 11 year old after all, and told her she would have to be much older to read it! I feel the content is for older teens only.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Princess Diaires
Review: Mia Thermopolis thought she was going to live an ordinary life. Boy was she wrong. When her grandmother tells her she is the heir to the Genovian throne, her world is turned upside down. She has to take princess lessons everyday after school to learn to act properly for the upcoming Genovian Ball. Her mom also tells Mia she is dating her Algebra teacher. What else could go wrong?!?!?!

This is a excellent book! My copy is falling apart I have read it so much! I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best books I've ever read...honestly.
Review: This book is the first one in the "Princess Diaries" series. Here we meet wonderful 14-year-old Mia Thermopolis, a 9th grade freshman. She is so relatable (lifestyle wise, even when we find out that she's a princess!) that it seems as if Meg Cabot is a teenager as well! An average teen that is stuck with all the problems real teens face today--popularity, no boyfriend, friend problems, etc. As if her situation (i.e. frizzy hair, huge feet, five foot nine, unpopular, PLUS a F in algebra...) and constintly picked on by the popular crowd (even though she's supposedly "in love" with the popular jock--Josh). Strange things begin to happen to Mia. First, she recieves a call from her grandmother in Genovia that she needed to meet her for "tea" the next day. Mia is of course, slighly suspicious of her far-off grandmother who they haven't seen in years suddenly showing up for "tea". That's when Mia finds out the shocking truth--she's the heir to the Genovian (a small European nation) throne. Now her Grandmere is making her take princess lessons so that she can become a proper young lady. Mia is devasted, as if things aren't hard enough at school! Now princess lessons? So how do things turn out? Read this book yourself to find out!

The Princess Diaries series continues with "Princess in the Spotlight" and "Princess in Love". There's also a movie based on this first book ;-). Enjoy!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Royal Diary?~~
Review: It maybe a diary of a princess but this diary is not all about dealing with royalties and stuff but it's more of a modern princess who was raised in America that is soon trained by her grandmother to be a ruler of Genovia and tells her experience on how she relates the modern world to her strict lessons with her granmother. You'll never regret buying this book!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: a fun easy read
Review: The princess diaries is a great book for young teenagers. it really teaches great lessons on growing up and what girls have to deal with. this book is easy to read and cheerful. i would recomend this book to all my friends.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: See the Movie, It's so Much Better.
Review: The book, The Princess Diaries, was an ok book. I do not think the author did a good job on planing how different events happen in the book. I think the way the events happened were unrealistic. When Mia's school finds out she is a princess, I think that if you found out that someone in your school was royalty you would do a little bit more then point and stare. I also don't think Mia's grandmother should have been so mean to her. Any grandmother, even a queen, would never be that mean to her granddaughter. I also don't think other people should read this book because it isn't that interesting. When something major happens it goes by way to fast. This is a book you can skip.


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