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I Like It Like That: A Gossip Girl Novel (Paperback)
by Cecily von Ziegesar
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The fifth Gossip Girl novel covers Spring Break for the Constance Billard School girls and their guys. |
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Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Pub. in: May, 2004
ISBN: 0316735183
Pages: 208
Measurements: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00333
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0316735186
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- Awards & Credential -
Teens and adult readers can't get enough of Gossip Girl, the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut in the bestselling Gossip Girl and titillated readers in the juicy sequel. |
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The fifth Gossip Girl novel covers Spring Break for the Constance Billard School girls and their guys. Blair does not want to go to Hawaii with her newly blended stepfamily and very pregnant mother. Serena offers rescue in the form of a skiing trip to Sun Valley, along with her hot brother Erik. A sober Nate is also going to Sun Valley with his new girlfriend from rehab. Daniel lands an interesting internship at a hot new NY literary magazine. Vanessa tries to keep her films from her eccentric parents. And Jenny tries to find out why boyfriend Leo is so mysterious. In other words, it's business as usual for these characters.
I Like It Like That seems to be preparing readers for major upcoming events: Blair still doesn't know what college she will be attending; she and Nate still dance around each other; Blair's mother still has not had the baby, but events help Blair come to terms with this in the book; and Daniel goes back and forth with Vanessa. Plenty of humor does keep things moving here, especially concerning Daniel's internship and Blair's efforts to impress Serena's brother Erik. A crazy caper where Serena is almost arrested naked is another little surprise that keeps the book fresh.
My only reservation is when the book falls into the stereotypical angst about virginity and guys. Hopefully, this series will not head into a typical Hollywood-esque Prom/Graduation story and will continue to surprise readers. Nevertheless, I Like It Like Thatis a fun and light read, filled with the delicious designer details that are the signature of this series.
(From quoting Amy Alessio, USA)
Target readers:
Teens, young adults.
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Cecily von Ziegesar, a writer who is definitely of the world about which she writes - she attended a fancy Manhattan prep school and lived to tell all about it. She walks the walk and talks the talk, so her characters and their conversations and antics ring completely true.
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It's Spring break and love is in the air. Or is that a blend of Chanel no. 9 and Gucci Rush? Is there a difference?Blair moves in with Serena and they're back to being best friends.But will the love-fest last or will they end up tearing out one anothers newly highlighted hair?And speaking of new, Nate is on the straight and narrow, playing Nate-in-shining-armor to his crazy new girlfriend, Georgie. But he will definitely get more than he bargained for when he, Georgie, Blair and Serena end up hanging out together in Sun Valley, Idaho.Back in Manhattan Jenny is spending time with a mysteriously nice new boyfriend and Dan is spending time crying in theoffice of the Paris Review literary journal. And Vanessa, wait, is that Vanessa shopping at Barneys with a guy in a Lacoste shirt? The long cold winter is over and the sun is finally shining along Fifth Avenue.The trees are in bloom and NYC's most fabulous are ready for a truly outrageous vacation!
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Christina Kovacs (MSL quote) , USA
<2007-02-15 00:00>
I'm not sure when this book came out, but my mom got it from my friend and i read it and its awesome! Its the 5th book in the Gossip Girl series! If you havent read the first 4 then this one might not make sense. So go and read them all and then get this one too! Gossip girl is a series that basically takes you into the lives of Blair, Serena, and their families. Blair and Serena were great friends. Then Serena went off to school out of the country for a year. Blair got jealous and they had instant rivalry. Read this book to find out what happens! And its not just about friendships and drama. There alot of stuff about their relationships with guys... and trust me it gest good! I really like Gossip Girl a lot because each book ends with questions that are left unanswered. If you like Sex and the City then i recommend it! Even if you dont... it rocks!!
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A kid reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-15 00:00>
Of all the series I probably like I like It Like That and All I Want Is Everything. Mostly because they have new characters and a lot of kinky stuff happens when Blair and Serena come up with crazy holiday fun. Such as St. Barts and this time in Sun Valley.
Nate had been caught buying pot and was sent to a rehabilitation centre. I was pretty happy about that because I wanted to see who Nate really was... when he isn't high on pot. He cleans up but meets Georgina Sparks, a pretty "snow white" look alike heiress, who surprisingly is a bigger druggie than Nate and his friends combined. Now, Nate is out of rehab but his stoned girlfriend still lives there after a freak accident with some pills a couple of weeks earlier. Georgie invites Nate over to her mum's ski condo in Sun Valley over Spring Break and he agrees to come.
Dan, who I'm not that fond of, is in a slump after his hit poem "Sluts". Unable to write anything up to par, especially since his dirty, poem buddy Mystery leaves suddenly on a 6 month world book tour. So there goes his inspiration.. and his kinky private life. His agent, Rusty Klein, gets him a rubbish job at Red Letter and he gets into a confusing upset with his little sister's best friend, Elise Wells.
Jenny is at first extremely happy with her new boyfriend, Leo, but soon drops him when she finds out about his life, his parents and how incredibly boring he is. Since Leo isn't good enough for Jenny's very high standards, he's gone and he's probably not coming back.
Vanessa is done with Dan, and thoroughly pissed off that he thinks he's unbreakable just from one poem. Oh and for cheating on her with yellow-toothed Mystery Craze. Good on her, I say.
And now to the interesting people. Serena and Blair. Blair is going insane at home and imediately agrees when Serena suggests that Blair live with her. A nice break from her crazy mother and hippie step - brother. I won't even begin on Cyrus, we all know Blair hates him. A spark starts when Blair gets some comforting advice from Serena's older brother, Erik, and since he and Serena invited her to Sun Valley for Spring Break, why not have a little well deserved fun?
So what a coincidence they all end up spending the week in Sun Valley and heck, why not throw Chuck in. I need not say this turns out to be a Spring Break to remember.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-15 00:00>
It's vacation time and we're hitting the road with Blair, Serena, Nate, Chuck, Erik and a suprising visit by Nate's rehab friend Georgina Sparks! But of course nothing is ever perfect in the world of Gossip Girl with all their money and fabolous life.
Nate and Blair are rekindling their girlfriend/boyfriend relationship, Georgina Sparks is interested in Nate but he doesn't seem as interested as she is, a little more on the wild side for him. At first Blair has a thing for Serena's older brother Erik whos in college, but it doesn't work out for them.
This book in the series is a very short span of time, I'm guessing two weeks at the most.
But of course the drama is good, and its enjoyable, even though it doesn't really add to the plot I still recommend it!
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Brittany Rose (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-15 00:00>
An avid fan of the GG series, I was really excited to find that Cecily Von Ziegesar has released a 5th installment after a dry spell. This segment of the lives of rich and popular (and not so rich and popular) private school new york teens follows them a few days before, during, anda fter spring break.
The only reason why I gave this book 4 stars instead 5 is that it seemed much more focused on a very short span of time - one that isn't too long after the last book was set. Its almost as though von Ziegesar wrote the first 4 books with the hopes they would do well, and cover as much of the school year as possible, but now that they are so popular she is trying to stretch the series out by only writing about one week, instead of one or two months of time passing by. A nice possible feature is that the books do not necessairly need to end when the senior year of the central characters of the story ends, since they all go to different schools anyway in high school it is still possible to at least write a little bit of GG in college...there are always those crazy holidays to get the kids back in NYC together again!
Regardless of which the book is still very entertaining and keeps you captivated and guessing as usual, as if you are yourself one of the interested teens curious to find out just who gossip girl is, and check in on the lives of some of the most interesting people residing in New York. Featured in this book - more clues to who GG is, what Blair, Serena, Nate, Chuck, and Georgie get up to on a ski trip, whats up with Jenny and her new man, and the fate of Vanessa and Dan.
The next book promises to be just as captivating as it is left right on the brink where von Ziegesar could've let more happen but has chosen to keep us waiting. Until next time, you know you love her books.
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