My choice book that I read this summer was The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. Its about a girl, Frankie, who, when she comes back to boarding school for her sophomore year, has looks that get her more attention in a good way. But everybody thinks she's harmless and she doesn't like that, so she anonymously heads major pranks of a private boys club and, well I cant tell you the rest because that would ruin the book for you.
When my mom brought the book home from Barnes and Nobles, I didn't think I would like it, she didn't. Well I picked it up anyways and started it and then just fell headfirst into reading it and got very engrossed. I found the plot interesting and in some ways different from what I normally read. I liked how Frankie sort of changed that stereotype that just because you look a certain way and are a girl that you cant be suspected of doing something so... smart and powerful as her boyfriend, who is in that club but thinks she couldn't possibly be behind it all. I usually don't read that many criminal- mastermind, kind of action-y books, I like fairy tales and sort of more fantasy, like fiction books better, but not like books that are chic lit or really "out there", but this one was definitely a good read.
Wendy, I'm excited you read this book, since it's the next one on my list! A former teacher recommended it to me, and I can't wait to get into it. Thanks for not spoiling the plot. I like how you compare this to the kind of books you normally read and that you took a chance on something new. As you are writing, do watch out for comma splices - I see a couple of places here where you connect two sentences with a comma. We'll do a lesson soon on avoiding those. What do you think you will read next?
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