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Now available in mass market paperback: the bestselling novel about the provocative lives of New York City's most prestigious private school students.

Presents a world of jealousy and betrayal at an exclusive private school in Manhattan.

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Dawson's Creek meets Sex and the City in this funky new series narrated by the anonymous and intriguing Gossip Girl. The columnist of www.gossipgirl.net has an inside view of the lives of privileged teens in New York City and tells you how they go to school together, party together, and sometimes even sleep together (or at least try to). Know why she knows so much about this crowd? Well, she's one of them. The question is, which one?

In this first novel, life is beautiful for our teens from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. They're rich, they're beautiful, and they know it. Blair Waldorf is the ringleader of the crew, which includes her handsome but weak-hearted boyfriend, Nate. This femme fatale in training relishes her role and is confident that she and Nate will be together forever. Then the teen every girl loves to hate, Serena Van der Woodson, returns from her Connecticut boarding school, and the young women start fuming. Serena is beautiful and charming, and could unknowingly steal the hearts of brothers and boyfriends -- and she and Nate have a secret history. Of course, ridiculous rumors are abuzz that Serena was expelled for everything from sleeping with half the student body to sacrificing live chickens, but no one knows the real deal because it would be totally unhip to appear too interested in her. She doesn't have time to offer explanations anyway, since she's busy trying to fit in with her old clique, who don't seem to want her around. It may be time for Serena make new friends, but with whom?

Gossip Girl reports on Serena's struggle with the group and more -- their dates, their parties, their crushes, and their secrets -- and she tells it all with such knowledge that you, too, will wonder as you close this page-turner, "Who is she?" (Michele D. Thomas)

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In this fluff story of rich New York City teens, readers glimpse inside a world of money, drugs, sex, phoniness, and backstabbing. They meet the beautiful Serena, who has returned recently from a failed stint at boarding school only to discover that her old friends now hate her and that she is the victim of outrageous and reputation-ruining lies. Her friends include the neurotic Blair, who discovers that her boyfriend, Nate, has been cheating on her; wanna-be Jenny, who desperately wants to be liked, no matter what the cost; and outcast Vanessa, the Goth girl, who stubbornly rejects everyone around her. The unnamed narrator runs a Web site, which is a real Internet site at http://www.GossipGirl.net, devoted to the cruel rumors swirling around this group of wealthy private school teens. Be forewarned: The book is loaded with gratuitous sex scenes, teenage drinking and drug use, and plenty of swearing. The writing is mediocre at best, and the characters and situations are so fake that they are funny. Nevertheless, fans of movies such as Cruel Intentions or teens who watch HBO's Sex and the City will be asking for this book, so be prepared. There is likely to be a lot of publicity for this title, especially on the Web site. VOYA CODES: 1Q 4P S (Hard to understand how it got published; Broad general YA appeal; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2002, Little Brown, 203p,
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Gr 9 Up-Is Gossip Girl one of New York City's privileged teens with easy access to endless money, alcohol, and drugs? The answer remains a well-kept secret, but her Web page that opens each chapter (and that readers can visit) tells all about the in-crowd. Catty, backbiting, and exaggerated, GG's observations are also candid. The term begins at Manhattan's elite Spenford School for girls and St. Albans for boys. Girls talk about boys, sex, clothes, and friends while boys talk about girls, sex, and parties. Serena is the center of controversy, surrounded by rumors that range from her being a sex fiend to a drug addict. Bulimic Blair, her former best friend, loves Nate, but discovers that he's hooked up with Serena. Ninth-grade Jenny idolizes Serena while her brother Dan has a consuming crush on her. Vignettes of school, social events, shopping, and Web-page entries make this fast, easy reading that's both funny and sad. Truth takes a backseat to rumor, and curiosity is satisfied by gossip, not questions and answers. Von Ziegesar's approach is fresh, although mean and petty comments dominate these teens' world. Characters are somewhat stereotypical: teen sex goddess; handsome, fickle boyfriend; unaffected young teen; and goody-goody brother. Sex seems easy, no one worries about protection or consequences, the alcohol flows like water, and the language is raw. Everything is at one's fingertips in Gossip Girl's world, and even cheap talk and the growing pains of high school don't change that. Fluffy reading, this is likely to have high appeal for older teens.-Gail Richmond, San Diego Unified Schools, CA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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Deliciously catty and immediately engrossing, this is the ultimate beach read for teenage girls, offering them a titillating peek into the heady world of Manhattan's well-heeled teens, private-school kids who "have unlimited access to money and booze," and-since their prominent self-involved parents are terribly busy and largely disinterested-"tons of privacy" as well. Appearances reign in von Ziegesar's world, and the kids are free to do as they choose as long as they don't "embarrass . . . the family by puking in public, pissing their pants, or ranting in the streets." Loading it with labels and writing in a breathless style, von Ziegesar amusingly and succinctly sums up her characters. For example, a mother's less-than-classy new boyfriend is described as looking "like someone who might help you pick out shoes at Saks." The plot in this private-school intrigue/slice-of-life drama concerns the homecoming of Serena van der Woodsen, a captivating hottie who "every boy wants and every girl wants to be." Once the undisputed ruler of the reigning clique at the select Spenford School, Serena becomes an instant outcast, as the jealous and ambitious Blair Waldorf, the new queen bee, is not willing to surrender power or her handsome boyfriend. It should be noted that various youngsters smoke cigarettes, have sex, use marijuana, drink alcohol, and throw up after meals, and while these activities are not glamorized, they are presented as business as usual. That caveat aside, girls should find this lightweight novel spicy, entertaining, and their own trashy fun. (Fiction. YA)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316910330
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 91,944
Age range: 15 - 18 Years
Lexile: 820L (what's this?)
Series: Gossip Girl Series , #1
Product dimensions: 5.25 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Cecily von Ziegesar

Gossip Girl has always lived in New York City. She can be found in downtown hotel bars partying all night with her friends, shopping in Barney's, and talking about everyone. This is her first novel, although she's written lots of things about lots of people. Some of her best columns can be found at www.gossipgirl.com. She's already working on her next book, so be careful what you do or say and who you're seen with.

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Gossip Girl

By Cecily von Ziegesar

Warner Books

Copyright © 2002 17th Street Productions
All right reserved.
ISBN: 0-446-61315-0

Chapter One

like most juicy stories, it started at a party

"I watched Nickelodeon all morning in my room so I wouldn't have to eat breakfast with them," BlairWaldorf told her two best friends and Constance Billard School classmates, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates. "My mother cooked him an omelet. I didn't even know she knew how to use the stove."

Blair tucked her long, dark brown hair behind her ears and swigged her mother's fine vintage scotch from the crystal tumbler in her hand. She was already on her second glass.

"What shows did you watch?" Isabel asked, removing a stray strand of hair from Blair's black cashmere cardigan.

"Who cares?" Blair said, stamping her foot. She was wearing her new black ballet flats. Very bow-tie proper preppy, which she could get away with because she could change her mind in an instant and put on her trashy, pointed, knee-high boots and that sexy metallic skirt her mother hated. Poof-rock star sex kitten. Meow.

"The point is, I was trapped in my room all morning because they were busy having a gross romantic breakfast in their matching red silk bathrobes. They didn't even take showers." Blair took another gulp of her drink. The only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk.

Luckily Blair and her friends came from the kind of families for whom drinking was as commonplace as blowing your nose. Their parents believed in the quasi-European idea that the more access kids have to alcohol, the less likely they are to abuse it. So Blair and her friends could drink whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, as long as they maintained their grades and their looks and didn't embarrass themselves or the family by puking in public, pissing their pants, or ranting in the streets. The same thing went for everything else, like sex or drugs-as long as you kept up appearances, you were all right.

But keep your panties on. That's coming later.

The man Blair was so upset about was Cyrus Rose, her mother's new boyfriend. At that very moment Cyrus Rose was standing on the other side of the living room, greeting the dinner guests. He looked like someone who might help you pick out shoes at Saks-bald, except for a small, bushy mustache, his fat stomach barely hidden in a shiny blue double-breasted suit. He jingled the change in his pocket incessantly, and when he took his jacket off, there were big, nasty sweat marks on his underarms. He had a loud laugh and was very sweet to Blair's mother. But he wasn't Blair's father. Last year Blair's father ran off to France with another man.

No kidding. They live in a chateau and run a vineyard together. Which is actually pretty cool if you think about it.

Of course none of that was Cyrus Rose's fault, but that didn't matter to Blair. As far as Blair was concerned, Cyrus Rose was a completely annoying, fat, loser.

But tonight Blair was going to have to tolerate Cyrus Rose, because the dinner party her mother was giving was in his honor, and all the Waldorfs' family friends were there to meet him: the Bass family and their sons Chuck and Donald; Mr. Farkas and his daughter, Kati; the well-known actor Arthur Coates, his wife Titi, and their daughters, Isabel, Regina, and Camilla; Captain and Mrs. Archibald and their son Nate. The only ones still missing were Mr. and Mrs. van der Woodsen whose teenage daughter, Serena, and son, Erik, were both away at school.

Blair's mother was famous for her dinner parties, and this was her first since her infamous divorce. The Waldorf penthouse had been expensively redecorated that summer in deep reds and chocolate browns, and it was full of antiques and artwork that would have impressed anyone who knew anything about art. In the center of the dining room table was an enormous silver bowl full of white orchids, pussy willows, and chestnut tree branches-a modern ensemble from Takashimaya, the Fifth Avenue luxury goods store. Gold-leafed place cards lay on every porcelain plate. In the kitchen, Myrtle the cook was singing Bob Marley songs to the souffle, and the sloppy Irish maid, Esther, hadn't poured scotch down anyone's dress yet, thank God.

Blair was the one getting sloppy. And if Cyrus Rose didn't stop harassing Nate, her boyfriend, she was going to have to go over there and spill her scotch all over his tacky Italian loafers.

"You and Blair have been going out a long time, am I right?" Cyrus said, punching Nate in the arm. He was trying to get the kid to loosen up a little. All these Upper East Side kids were way too uptight.

That's what he thinks. Give them time.

"You sleep with her yet?" Cyrus asked.

Nate turned redder than the upholstery on the eighteenth-century French chaise next to him. "Well, we've known each other practically since we were born," he stuttered. "But we've only been going out for like, a year. We don't want to ruin it by, you know, rushing, before we're ready?" Nate was just spitting back the line that Blair always gave him when he asked her if she was ready to do it or not. But he was talking to his girlfriend's mother's boyfriend. What was he supposed to say, "Dude, if I had my way we'd be doing it right now"?

"Absolutely," Cyrus Rose said. He clasped Nate's shoulder with a fleshy hand. Around his wrist was one of those gold Cartier cuff bracelets that you screw on and never take off-very popular in the 1980s and not so popular now, unless you've actually bought into that whole '80s revival thing. Hello?

"Let me give you some advice," Cyrus told Nate, as if Nate had a choice. "Don't listen to a word that girl says. Girls like surprises. They want you to keep things interesting. You know what I mean?"

Nate nodded, frowning. He tried to remember the last time he'd surprised Blair. The only thing that came to mind was the time he'd brought her an ice cream cone when he picked her up at her tennis lesson. That was over a month ago, and it was a pretty lame surprise by any standard. At this rate, he and Blair might never have sex.

Nate was one of those boys you look at and while you're looking at them, you know they're thinking, that girl can't take her eyes off me because I'm so hot. Although he didn't act at all conceited about it. He couldn't help looking hot, he was just born that way. Poor guy.

That night Nate was wearing the moss-green cashmere V-neck sweater Blair had given him last Easter, when her father had taken them skiing in Sun Valley for a week. Secretly, Blair had sewn a tiny gold heart pendant onto the inside of one of the sweater's sleeves, so that Nate would always be wearing her heart on his sleeve. Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. She was always coming up with plot devices for the movie she was starring in at the moment, the movie that was her life.

"I love you," Blair had told Nate breathily when she gave him the sweater.

"Me too," Nate had said back, although he wasn't exactly sure if it was true or not.

When he put the sweater on, it looked so good on him that Blair wanted to scream and rip all her clothes off. But it seemed unattractive to scream in the heat of the moment-more femme fatale than girl-who-gets-boy-so Blair kept quiet, trying to remain fragile and baby-birdlike in Nate's arms. They kissed for a long time, their cheeks hot and cold at the same time from being out on the slopes all day. Nate twined his fingers in Blair's hair and pulled her down on the hotel bed. Blair put her arms above her head and let Nate begin to undress her, until she realized where this was all heading, and that it wasn't a movie after all, it was real. So, like a good girl, she sat up and made Nate stop.

She'd kept on making him stop right on up until today. Only two nights ago, Nate had come over after a party with a half-drunk flask of brandy in his pocket and had lain down on her bed and murmured, "I want you, Blair." Once again, Blair had wanted to scream and jump on top of him, but she resisted. Nate fell asleep, snoring softly, and Blair lay down next to him and imagined that she and Nate were starring in a movie in which they were married and he had a drinking problem, but she would stand by him always and love him forever, even if he occasionally wet the bed.

Blair wasn't trying to be a tease, she just wasn't ready. She and Nate had barely seen each other at all over the summer because she had gone to that horrible boot camp of a tennis school in North Carolina, and Nate had gone sailing with his father off the coast of Maine. Blair wanted to make sure that after spending the whole summer apart they still loved each other as much as ever. She had wanted to wait to have sex until her seventeenth birthday next month.

But now she was through with waiting.

Nate was looking better than ever. The moss-green sweater had turned his eyes a dark, sparkling green, and his wavy brown hair was streaked with golden blond from his summer on the ocean. And, just like that, Blair knew she was ready. She took another sip of her scotch. Oh, yes. She was definitely ready.

(Continues...)

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ali_catt

Posted December 6, 2009

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Amazing!

I love this book! It is absolutly amazing! I starting reading the Gossip Girl Seris a while ago, and I love them so much, I can re-read them over and over! The are definetly interesting. I very much like the way Cecily von Ziegesar wrote the book. I liked how each chapter was a different character's perspective, and I liked the humor, romance, and jealousy/ betrayal in it. It is definetly a book worth reading. :]

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Anonymous

Posted June 8, 2009

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Gossip Girl

I am definitely not on board with the huge hype on Gossip Girl. I found the book very predictable the characters were annoying and nothing too special. Again, this was only the first book, so maybe I have to read the rest of them to be swept up into the series, but you're supposed to be hooked on the first book.

For those that haven't heard a thing about Gossip Girl, it is about a bunch of extremely wealthy high school students living in New York. Their lives are filled with drugs, sex, parties, high fashion, and being mean to each other in some of the most cattiest ways.

There is a lot of contravorsy around the fact that young girls read these books and think it's ok to act this way. But the truth is there have always been mean girls in litterature, so that is not my problem. I just found this book not interesting and rather boring and predictable. But then again, I am probably one of the few that missed this hype.

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted October 7, 2008

Gossip Girl 1 Review

Being the first in a series, this book was pretty catchy. The main character, Blair Waldorf, is deliciously catty. Drama seems to follow her wherever she goes, yet every girl at Constance Billiard wishes they could be her, except for one. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to hear drama, but doesn't want to be involved.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous

Posted June 28, 2002

Read this book and you won't regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This book wasn't the boring book I thought it would be. It was fun, exciting, , and passoniate./ You never knoew what was going to happen next. I can't wait till the next book!!!!!!

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Anonymous

Posted May 6, 2002

GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love reading all the teen type books and trust me i have read almost every one but this one by far was the best. I can totally relate to these girls and i feel like im in their world to i recomend this book to anyone and everyone!

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DaniHall

Posted February 17, 2011

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AWESOME

read them all!
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librachic

Posted May 13, 2010

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Gossip Girl

When I saw the limited collectors edition novels of the gossip girl series with picture from the TV series on the cover a day or two back,I jumped at the chance to pick about the first novel of Gossip Girl as the cover was absolutely gorgeous,i love the TV series,have read the prequel and Gossip Girl:The Carlyles book one.I felt the novel was about the same as the first episode give or take a few details but it remained true to the core of the first novel,I thoroughly enjoyed the novel and getting a chance to peek into the lives of the Upper East Siders again.What is it about the lives of teenagers who are wealthy,have luxurious houses and go to amazing parties?It intrigues me.Serena has just returned from boarding school and tons of rumors are flying around about her,I just couldn't stop reading,I finished it this afternoon!I definitely recommend the TV series and prequel and Gossip Girl:The Carlyles don't worry the Carlyles is a series by it self,as they're all are amazing!
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Anonymous

Posted April 19, 2010

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It's a gossip world

In gossip girl; ever since B ruled constance billard (all girls' school of k-12) with her best friends (classmates of hers) boyfriend, N (st. judes) and another friend, C (riverside prep) could have the wealth and privileged that they gotten from since birth. Until S came back from New Hampshire after getting kicked out of boarding school in Hanover academy last month (her parents' idea). B handed out the invtes to the ball and doesn't invite S for the party (that her parents' made her go...almost) instead she she hang out with less privileged people (V,D & J), S tried to get back with her wealthy and privilege friends of hers; everybody in UES doesn't wanted to be friends with S anymore. Now S is out of the A-list that she got nothing to lose; even the film that she'll going to make her own.
This first book of GG is a good read; even a shocking confession, sex, drugs and everything else what's going on here, if you're famous or not.
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AriVill

Posted April 8, 2010

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Gossip Girl Series

These whole entire Gossip Girl series is amazing! They are very addicting and unforgetable. But some of the material in the book is not great for 12 year olds and under. The conent in the book includes talk of sex, drugs, smoking, drinking, throwing parties,and is all about living an glamorous life, while for other characters their life isnt as glamorous. The t.v. show Gossip Girl, is based off the books but are not very similar to the books. I would advise reading the series before watching the show. The characters in the book aren't very realistic, but do lead a dramatic life. There is also a lot of swering through out the books and there are points of where the characters go to rehab and one of the characters commit theft. Besides all of the down sides of the book, I have and would recommend the books to teens 13 years of age and older.
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Mandy34

Posted March 15, 2010

Gossip Girl

As a high school teacher I have noticed this book being passed from one student to another. After reading it myself, I can see why. The drama and lives of these uber wealthy New York City teens is not only exciting, but it is also addicting. The term "guilty pleasure" was invented for such a novel.
If you don't want anyone to know that you are reading such a tale, listening to the cd of the book is a lot of fun. Actress Christina Ricci narrates the novel and she is perfect for the role.
This book is pure fun.
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Famousforlove2

Posted January 30, 2010

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Any insight?

Well I haven't read this book yet, but everyone I know raves about how good it is. So I was wondering if it's any good?

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aj95

Posted January 25, 2010

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Great!

It's no surprise how good the first book to the Gossip Girl franchise was. I had watched the TV series, first. I would advise you not to do so, because the show and the books are completely different. Plus, how you may interpret the characters, they are the opposite on TV (i.e. Jenny has brown curly hair, on the show it's more of a platinum blonde). Never the less this book was fantastic and an extremely quick read, since I finished in one day. It was so good I couldn't stop! Gossip Girl is such a great series; I cannot wait to get my hands on the second book: You Know You Love Me. I highly recommend you read this book.
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POTC

Posted August 1, 2009

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One of My Favorite Book Series of all time!

I started Gossip Girl about 4 years ago, and I could re-read all of them over again, I never wanted to put down the book & was always waiting for the next one to come out! This is such a great series I would recomend it for any teenage girl whose into juicy gossip :)
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Nataliaa123

Posted July 2, 2009

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Not a Must-Read

I pretty much thought this book was the best in the whole series. After this the series went downhill and the author seemed to be running out of interesting ideas to write about therefore making the book long and boring.

This book was overall interesting to read, but i don't recommend reading past the fourth book.
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ohmyjulie

Posted May 23, 2009

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Best blueblood series

The 'Gossip Girl' series kept me flipping through the pages.
A California native, it was refreshing to live in the shoes of Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf in New York.
There's new drama in every book, which was... new.
I still think that Serena is too nice, and needs to give Blair a talking-to every once in a while.

I'd recommend 'Gossip Girl' to any female who has ever went through drama in their life (:

'The A-List' was interesting too, a Californian spin on 'Gossip Girl'.
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Anonymous

Posted May 2, 2009

Great book

if your looking for a quick easy read then this is an amazing book filled with drama and fun for teen girls. Also you can easialy picture the characters and its just a fun book that shows how NYCs rich live. i really enjoyed it for what it is a quick fun and easy read.
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TCGGAL

Posted February 15, 2009

A very Good Series!!!

Really, this is a great series. I know a lot of people think that it's "Bad" or "Dirty" or something, but the worst part is when Chuck Bass tries to Rape both Jenny Humphrey and Serena Van Der Woodsen. On the same night at the same party. But Chuck is gay for the rest of the series and is mainly a secondary character, so he's really not around that much. As long as you don't take life skills or social ques from most of the characters, you're pretty much safe. BTW, you probably shouldn't read these books unless you're AT LEAST 12 years old. Good Luck!!!
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Anonymous

Posted January 24, 2009

i got bored!

i needed a book to read and like everyone loves the teevee show so i figured why not read the book so i did. i got to about page 30 and im bored out of my mind.
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Anonemous1

Posted January 21, 2009

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Well, Well, Well. Cecily Has Done It Right.

Why would the story keep going on and on? The author is outstanding! That¿s why I don¿t understand why she kept dragging it on, without a conclusion. The details were great, however, they were a little too specified to a point where it was just plain boring. And at some parts, I didn¿t even understand. I loved Serena¿s and Blair¿s conflicts, but it did go on, and on, and on. Overall, this book was a well-written, with a lot, and maybe a little too much detail.
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Anonymous

Posted December 31, 2008

Gotta Love it

The series is not realistic but it is catchy. I love it and would recomend it for anyone.
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