Hi everyone! I hope your summer is going well and that you're having a great time on a beach or mountain or lake somewhere! I just read an absolutely amazing book that I just had to review, so you would all know about it! It's the kind of book that I would never have read if somebody didn't tell me about it, or that I would have turned my nose up at in the bookstore, but I'm so glad I read it! Wow, I just looked it up and turns out it's a series! Barnes & Noble here I come! Title: Chloe by Design: Making The Cut Author: Margaret Gurevich Number of Pages (paperback): 380 (including fashion sketches) Excerpt From Back of Book: For fans of Project Runway comes a series that puts fashion at the forefront. 16-year-old Chloe Montgomery has always loved everything to do with fashion. Clothes, accessories, designing- she knows it all. And when she finds out a new reality series for aspiring teenage designers is holding auditions in her town, she's desperate to win a spot on the show. She knows this is her chance to finally get her designs noticed. But before Chloe can realize her dreams, she has to survive the competition. MY REVIEW Just to make it clear, this book is not just for fans of Project Runway. I'm not even exactly sure what happens on Project Runway, yet I loved this book. I'm not even a really fashionable person- I mean, my wardrobe consists of t-shirts and jeans. I'm not the next Coco Chanel, or even close. But that didn't stop me from loving this book! I liked how the main plot never diverged. The idea was that she was going to be on a reality fashion TV show, and that's what happened. Of course, there were little twists and tweaks along the way, but the plot never changed and the main idea stayed that- the main idea. Comment if you understand why I chose the picture above!! Hint: you must like poetry to understand!! :) :) The main character, Chloe, really reminded me of Megan Wong from the MDBC. Both of them have the fashion designer dream and both of them will do practically anything to get it. Chloe's mentor on the show was just a little reminiscent of Wolfgang (from the MDBC), though she didn't use as many exclamation points as Wolfgang! The only thing that confused me a little bit was Chloe's best friend, Alex. I loved her, of course, but the whole book I was debating whether she was a tomboy- because of the outfits she was described wearing. Or maybe she was just uninterested in clothes, yet was a girly girl? That small detail isn't important to the overall plot, it's just something that I wondered about. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED all the descriptions of the clothes. I loved hearing about Chloe making the clothes, all the little things she tweaked, all the "sewing and fashion speak" that I didn't understand a bit of yet loved anyway. I also really liked seeing the sketches of the outfits the contestants designed. Sometimes I would have trouble picturing it in my mind, but then a picture was provided and suddenly it all made sense. That's a definite plus to this book! I am happy to award Making the Cut 5 stars! It deserves them! Have you read this book? What did you think of it? If not, do you want to now? Tell me in the comments! -Olivia
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Hi there everybody! I can't believe it's already July- the summer is slipping away. But we still have more left, so at least we can celebrate that! I haven't had a very successful blogging summer so far, but I'm determined to turn that around this month and carrying into August. Here are some of the things you'll be seeing for sure this month...
This month is going to be a busy one for me outside of blogging, so I'll be working extra hard to get you your posts. By the way, I would really appreciate it if you would comment if you have any questions or just want to share your opinion about my post! I'm sad being all alone in the comments. On a happier note, I hope all of you have a great Fourth of July, if that's applicable to you. Enjoy fireworks, family, friends, maybe a parade or barbecue! Don't forget that I'll be keeping track of all the books I've read in my "reading count" tab up at the top of my blog! One of the items on my summer bucket list was to read 50-100 books and at this rate it's very likely I may be able to achieve somewhere in the middle of that range- wish me luck! Speaking of that, my reading for June actually went much better than I expected! I read 22 books (keep in mind that I'm on a summer break, so I have much more time to read). A lot of this month's reading was series that I love and have already read lots of times, such as The Land of Stories, Mysterious Benedict Society, and Heroes of Olympus. I did read some new books, too, which always is great! I hope you're having a great summer, and feel free to chat with me in the comments!
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