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Summary: A fun read
Review: "Princess in Pink," the fifth volume in Meg Cabot's mega-popular Princess Diaries series, is one of the very best. Although its plot mainly revolves around Princess Mia's aching desire to go to the prom (though boyfriend Michael thinks proms are lame), there are several memorable subplots as well, several of them hilarious. The hideously wonderful (or wonderfully hideous, perhaps) Grandmere is back, of course, as are all the rest of the Princess Diaries supporting cast readers know and love -- for example, Mia's best friend, Lilly Moscovitz, wreaking havoc with her TV show and her intelligence as usual. (Later, she finds herself in the midst of romantic turmoil thanks to her indiscretions with a hot busboy.)Near the end of the book, the long-awaited birth of Mia's baby brother or sister (I'm not saying which. You'll have to read it!) finally occurs. Earlier in the book, so does Mia's fifteenth birthday - a momentous event in her life, particularly because she comes away from it with a cell phone. A highlight of the book, as always, are the funny and just-slightly-sarcastic lists Mia occasionally makes (this time of Lifetime movies with unrealistically heroic protagonists). One would think that after four (and a half) Princess Diaries installments, this series would start to get stale, but it never does.
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Summary: Satisfied reader
Review: 2 words: JUST GREAT!!!! It was the best in the series so far and even funier than usual. In vol. # 5 Mia must find a way to convince her byfriend to take her to the prom, to keep her father from packing her off to Genovia for the summer, and how to stop the strike of all Busboys and hotel staff that her grandmother caused because she got a Busboy named Jangbu fired. The most Hilarious part to me was when Mia asked her grandmother advice on how to get Micheal to take her to the prom and hre grandmother says to giv him what he wants, whem Mia is onfused her grandmother goes 'Mia what do all men want?' When Mia innocently says 'you mean I should get Micheals band to play at the prom' I almost died laughing so this satisfiead reader says great work Ms. Cabot can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: A ROYAL READING
Review: A television regular and experienced film actress Clea Lewis gives an enchanting reading of the fifth volume in the Princess diaries series. She is by turns lighthearted, earnest, and amusing.
Young listeners will readily relate to Mia and her dreams of the prom. Boyfriend Michael doesn't seem to see the prom quite the way Mia does - as an event to fantasize about and wish for. She hopes to turn him to her point of view. However, she has much more on her mind - not the least of which is the imminent arrival of a baby brother or sister, schoolwork, and lessons from Grandmere. As always, Mia's diary notes are sources of amusement and entertainment. The Princess Diaries continues to score with listeners in their mid teens. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: And Mia goes on stronger...
Review: After reading the fifth book for The Princess Diaries Series, I can barely wait for the sixth book to come! But, you might ask, why did I give 4 stars to the book? First, Mia's obssesion with the Prom. I mean, seriously, is it going to be the end of the world if you do not attend the prom? And for me it was a waste, since Mia and Michael could not dance after all. Second, Lilly and the bus boy making out in Mia's closet!! This is the girl fighting for honesty, yet she cheats on her boyfriend IN FRONT OF HIM and then wants him back?? From Lilly the fighter to Lilly the cheater. The good thing is that at the end, Lilly comes to her senses... and the girl cries!!! I can't wait to see how Mia and Michael will survive when Michael goes to Columbia...
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Summary: A great improvement on #4 and 4.5
Review: After reading the fourth PD book and Project Princess, I was a bit disappointed--they went so slow, and weren't interesting at all. I was a bit worried the same would be true when I purchased Princess in Pink, but it was great. I picked it up, anticipating it to be rather boring, but I just couldn't put it down. This book is so much better than 4 and 4.5, and a must read for all Princess Diaries fans.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: book 5 is a definate improvement from book 4. Mia's back, and ready to turn 15. Now that she knows her "secret talent" is writing, she has joined the newspaper staff at her school. Meanwhile, she is thrilled to go to the Prom with her senior boyfriend Michael....until he reveals that he thinks dances are lame. Meanwhile, the entire workers union in New York is on strike after another mishap involving Grandmere and Rommel the OCD poodle sparks a protest. Lily is putting all her relationships at risk when she dumps Boris to pursue a foreign busboy......and how can Mia even hope to attend the prom if it gets cancelled? This book is right back on track with Mia's hilarious diary.
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Summary: a hilarious addition to the series
Review: Can a series really stay interesting through 5 1/2 books? The answer is yes --- for the Princess Diaries titles! After the short Volume 4 1/2 about Mia's spring break building houses for charity, Volume 5 returns to New York. Mia's conflicts between life as a princess with responsibilities and life as a teenager who this time wants to go to the prom are as funny as ever. A typical prom story this isn't. Meg Cabot even makes fun of those through Mia's constant reference to movies like Pretty in Pink and other prom-obsessed references. Michael simply doesn't want to go and thinks it's dumb. But Mia wants a night of romance with him before he graduates and goes off to college while she'll be stuck for the summer in Genovia. In the meantime, Mia's Queen Grandmother starts a royal scene at a restaurant during Mia's 15th birthday dinner and a busboy loses his job. All of New York backs him up, and soon service people in restaurants and hotels all over the city, including the one where the Queen stays, are leaving their jobs in solidarity. So she has to move in with Mia, her mother (who is nine months pregnant), and her new stepfather. The zany plot typical of this series does not disappoint here. But it is also fun to see Mia growing like a normal teen --- she thinks about going further with her boyfriend and is now writing articles for the newspaper. Her friends are breaking up and fighting and changing as well. Mia's fans will continue to clamor for more in this series. --- Reviewed by Amy Alessio
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Summary: Cabot writes books you cannot help but love.
Review: Events in Princess Mia's life are as usual, chaos. For her birthday, she got a cell phone, a snowflake necklace, a starving orphan, and a potential riot. Grandmere snuck her hairless rat of a dog into a a haute restaurant, the critter escaped, causing a debacle that ended in Grandmere being drenched in soup and a busboy losing his job. When best friend Lilly hears of the injustice of it all, she begins a campaign to have the Nepalese youth rehired. As a result of that, Lilly and her boyfriend break up, all the New York busboys go on strike, and the prom gets cancelled, making Mia's life miserable as she is seen as the one to blame. Not only that, but even if there was a prom, Michael, the love of her life who will soon be going to college, does not want to go to a lame dance. Could life get any worse for the princess who just wants to repeat Molly Ringwald's performance in Pretty in Pink? Yes, it could. Grandmere could move in, and she does. ***** If the world were truly destined to be lead by the Princess in Pink, maybe it wouldn't be a better place, not for her lack of trying , but it would be a more fun one. There is at least one laugh per page, and most of them have more than that. However old you are, you have not outgrown these books; they are for the girl in all of us. *****
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Summary: Hilarious Addition to the Series
Review: Everyone's favorite Princess, Mia Thermopolis, is back, and better than ever. After waiting five long years to see Mia finally hit 15-years-old, the time has come. In PRINCESS IN PINK, Mia is celebrating a long-awaited birthday, where she is hoping for many fantastic gifts; she is the newest staffer on the school newspaper, which is extremely exciting, even if she's got a boring topic to cover; she's reaching the end of Freshman Algebra, which she just knows she's going to pass; she's got a fantastic boyfriend, who would be even more fantstic if he would just ask her to the prom; and she's waiting to find out whether her Mother's baby will be a boy or girl. But now trouble has begun, as there is a food worker's strike which is pitting Grandmere (Mia's Grandmother, and the Dowager Princess of Genovia) against Lilly (Mia's best friend), and threatening the very existence of this year's prom. Now Mia is unsure that she will ever have the chance of attending the prom with Michael. The year's wait was definitely worth it, as some of the old Mia is shining through yet again. As opposed to being so infatuated and obsessed with Michael, as in the last PRINCESS DIARIES book, PRINCESS IN WAITING, Mia is showing off her brain, and working on many other things that don't even involve Michael. Cabot has created a fun addition to the PRINCESS DIARIES series, featuring Mia and her pals. The few issues of Albert Einstein High School's Newspaper THE ATOM are quite fun to read as well, as you get to see what Mia's new project is all about. Overall this was a fantastic read, and will be cherished by all fans of Cabot's work. Pick this up as soon as possible, as you won't be disappointed. Erika Sorocco
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Summary: BLECH!
Review: First of all, I want you to know that this review is for the whole series, not this book (which was, admittedly, better than some of the last ones).
I find this series to be very entertaining, don't get me wrong. But I find Mia's character to be very unbelievable, and not just because of her almost completely unlikely circumstances (her mother is married to her algebra teacher, she is a princess). Mia turns 15 in this book. PLEASE! I find her shallow writing to be reminiscent of perhaps an advanced third grader! Ms. Cabot, teenagers today are not as shallow and naive as you make Mia out to be! Throughout the books, Mia makes extremely childish comments and completely degrades teenagers. One moment she's feeling sorry for the poor of the world, the next she refers to her wishes that her boyfriend would feel her up! It's disgusting, offensive, self-centered, and extremely unrealistic. I am only 13, and I believe my writing contains none of the silly eight-year old writing that can always be found in this series. I find the books to be fun, but extremely immature. Please, Ms. Cabot! Represent us teens better!
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