So after finishing The Other Boleyn Girl last night, I began thinking as I fell asleep about the seemingly dozens of books that have been turned into movies as of late, including Phillipa Gregory’s tale of the Boleyn sisters.
I saw the movie back when it came out this spring and very much enjoyed it. It […]
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Books vs. Movies
July 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Guest Blogger: Clare Langan
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Clare Langan is a senior at Marist College in New York, studying fashion merchandising and business. She has interned at Family Circle magazine, and she just returned from a semester in Florence; she’s also an avid runner, shoe-shopper, and cook! She hopes to pursue a career that can help people, one article at […]
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HOW TO BE BAD
July 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I just read a really, really cool book that I think you GHQ readers will love: How to Be Bad. This YA fiction book, collectively written by E. Lockhart, Lauren Myracle and Sarah Mlynowski, chronicles a weekend in the life of Jesse, Vicks, and Mel, three Florida-based teenagers who decide to go on a […]
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SUMMER INTERN
June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I just finished reading Jill Kargman and Carrie Karasyov’s co-written novel Summer Intern, a great YA book which just came out in paperback, and I loved it!
The book follows Kira, a whip-smart, hyper-ambitious girl from Philadelphia who wins an essay contest… and the prize is an internship with Skirt, New York City’s hottest fashion magazine. […]
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Need Help with Your College Application Essays?
June 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This just in from my friend Leora Tanenbaum:
Leora Tanenbaum is now working with high school students writing their college applications essays. Leora is most well-known as the author of Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation, which is taught at universities around the country in courses on women’s studies and sexuality. She is […]
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Violet by Design
June 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Melissa Walker has done it again. Violet by Design, the second book in the “Violet” series (we wrote about Violet on the Runway last summer, and Violet in Private is due out in August) has joined the ranks of the 7th Harry Potter book, My Friend Leonard, and a few other very rare books […]
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Meg Cabot’s “How to be Popular”
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Through GHQ, I had the opportunity to review a young adult novel by one of my favorite authors. Meg Cabot’s How to be Popular was overall, a cute story that made me nostalgic for my teen years.
The novel stars Steph Landry, a 16-year-old girl whose number one desire, like most teenagers, is to be popular. […]
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an encyclopedia of an ordinary life
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments
I wanted to share this book that I have recently finished reading. It is unlike any book I have read and while I am inclined to call it an autobiography, I think a better name for it would be a self portrait. Written by Amy Rosenthal, An Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life is […]
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writing down the bones
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments
I have just begun my final semester as a college undergraduate student, and while my focus has been mostly on graduation preparation, career opportunities and possible re-location, one of my courses (Advanced Creative Non Fiction) is allowing me to keep partial focus on my passion for creative writing (thank you Professor Smith).
In my last […]
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I’m back!… And I’m a bookworm
November 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Hi all, remember me? I’m your GHQ blogger who had to go off into the real world and start being an adult. Well, I haven’t forgotten about you, I swear! I think about you every day and kick myself for not getting to sit down and write. But things are finally settling down here and […]
Tags: Girl power · Growing up · Books · Writing