You Know You Love Me

(#36 in the 2004 Book Challenge)

My thoughts on this book are very much like my thoughts on the first book in this series: it's somewhat scandalous (for the teen market), lacking in any morality at all (this may or may not be true, I have to think more on this one, but at least on the surface it's lacking), yet strangely well-written and it makes one want to read the next book. Which I'm sure I will.

Grade: B
Recommended: Turn back before it's too late! This is like the sarlac of current YA fiction.

This one was a little more depressing than the last; the relationships that were healed have fallen apart and Blair especially had some hard times. It's fun to read about their lives and struggles, but as the kind of book I read for brain candy, this one fell a little short.

I read the novel Gossip Girl after watching the television series. Although there were slight differences that I was confused about at first, it was a good read. Just like the show, the drama keeps you at the edge of your seat the whole time. Gossip Girl is about the extravagant lives of teenagers and their billionaire families living on the Upper East Side. Every character always has something going on in their life, the parents have their own drama as well. I would recommend this book to teenage girls, and I insist on them reading it. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and need to read the rest of the series.

Pre reading:
Unfortunately I picked up this one before the first one, but I've seen the show so I won't be too confused

Post reading:
It was so bad! By about 70 pages in, I decided I was going to hate every single second of it, so I live blogged my hate reading and deciding I'm going to read the whole series and live blog it. I just can't take it seriously, but at least I got to laugh at how much I hated it and complain about it on Tumblr?

On the plus side, it only took me one day to read so it's not like it took a whole lot of time away from me.

I give this book 2 stars, down from 4 for the first book. It was a bit disappointing. Same gossip & drama, but it was less sharp, less witty, had less spark. Too shallow, lacks all the depth and heart and character growth of the TV show. I still have hope for book #3 though, wish me luck!

I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first book but it was still a quick, fun read. I am just not a fan of this Dan Humphries. He is a bit of a dork. His obsession with Serena is a bit much. I also needed more Chuck Bass.

I began reading this after becoming a fan of the show, so the differences may be influencing my thoughts on the books.

This book is about Blair and problems that are starting to occur in her life. She finds out that her mom is getting married to her boyfriend and that soon Blair will have a new stepbrother name Aaron. Nate dumps Blair for Jennifer, a freshman and Blair is upset. One good thing that happens, though, is that Serena and Blair fix their friendship and everything is back to normal. Aaron and Blair end up going to Yale together for Blair's interview. They decide to leave a day early and they stay up all night. Blair oversleeps and she has no time to get ready for her interview. She is so stressed that she ends up kissing her interviewer and spilling the problems she is having in her life.

Personally, I thought that this was better than the show more first one. It had a better plot and got into more detail. After reading this book I couldn't wait to start reading the next one. show less