Tween Tuesday Review: Jessica Darling's It List #2

* Second book in the Jessica Darling prequels * 

Jessica Darling barely survived her first weeks of junior high. She's trying to fit in with her friends - but Bridget only talks about her boyfriend, Hope's acting strange, and Manda and Sara are more interested in spreading gossip.

Luckily, Bethany has a new list geared for surviving friendships. If only the list came with instructions. After a disastrous slumber party, it's clear that once again Jessica Darling is in way over her head.

My Thoughts: Friendships are hard, especially in Middle School -so it's easy to sympathize with Jessica Darling. It's hard navigating true friendships among gossip, discovering boys, sharing your true thoughts, and going through puberty. It's hard choosing if you want to be popular or be your true self. It's hard when your friends gravitate towards boys and you're stuck behind. Jessica Darling handles these situations horribly, but in the best sort of way. I love that Jessica Darling's super smart (and proud of it) but also a little clueless when it comes to the social world. I'm looking forward to reading about Jessica's next attempt at following her sister's lists. 

Cover Thoughts: Great
Source: ARC for review

A-Team

I saw this movie over the weekend and I LOVED it.
It was THE perfect summer movie
Lots of humor, lots of action, lots of crazy plans, lots of blowing things up, and a little romance.

I liked how they tied ideas into the TV-show, which I vaguely remember watching.
I'm really hoping for a sequel to this one!

Pendragon prequels

Although I have yet to read #9 Raven's Rise, I'm really addicted to this series. So I was quite happy when I heard the announcement of prequels -although not by the same author. And this got me to thinking:

1. Are prequels good?
2. Why isn't D.J. MacHale writing these books?
3. Can another author capture the correct tone and engage the audience in the same way?

Here's the cover for the 1st of 3 prequels.

Read more about the books here.
These are already on my list of books to read, but this type of new still makes me curious.

I know that other series have succeed at situations like this such as: Sweet Valley High, Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, and more recently Gossip Girl.

I know there are times when I don't want the story to end and would love a continuation but I think there could be times too when the story is ruined.

What do you think?