Perfect Princess

From Goodreads:    Sleeping Beauty, 
Victoria, 
Cleopatra, 
Snow White, 
Elizabeth,
Pocahontas, 
Mia Thermopolis: 
all princesses 
Do YOU have what it takes
to be a princess?
princess mia will help you find out

Best-selling Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot and acclaimed fashion artist Chesley McLaren team up again to display this clever royal roster of princesses of the world. Big or small, old or new, fact or fiction, our favorite princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo (aka Mia) will point out why these princesses rule, and how any girl can too!

My Thoughts:

-    This was a random book about real and fictional princesses.

-    The illustrations are so simple yet fun!

-    Why didn't this book make it into the YA Non-Fiction section? It is just like the other ones

-    Mia and Lilly really compared Cleopatra to Britany Spears!?

-    I love that Princess Leia and Princess Mononke made it into this book!!

-    Why is this book considered part of the series? It could be a stand alone and companion novel. It doesn't have anything to do with the series. 

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Holiday Princess

From Goodreads:    A princess always knows how to celebrate the holidays. There's Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Chinese New Year, Saturnalia . . .to name just a few.

Then there's gift giving, the royal Genovian Fabergé advent calendar, hot chocolate with marshmallows -- oh, and all those fabulous holiday movies. How will YOU celebrate this holiday season? Mia and her subjects have a few ideas.

My Thoughts:

-    I think it is weird and funny that this is a YA Non-Fiction book. Who categorizes these?

-    This wasn't as entertaining and informative as Princess Lessons.

-    The illustrations are really fun! The characters illustrated remind me of Audrey Hepburn, and I love that!

-    I liked the Christmas around the world chapter. It was fun to read how all the different countries celebrate Christmas and what they believe. 

-    This book really isn't 10.1. It belongs earlier in the series. It doesn't really add to the series or anything. It is kind of a random side thingy. 

Previous Book in The Princess Diaries Series:

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Forever Princess

Goodreads Synopsis:    What's a Princess to do?

It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections.

What's not to love about her life? Well . . .Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it.Prince Phillipe's campaign in the Genovian elections isn't going well, thanks to her totally loathsome cousin Rene, who decided to run against him.Her boyfriend, J.P., is so sweet and seemingly perfect. But is he the one? And her first love, Michael, is back from Japan . . . and back in her life.

With Genovia's and her own future hanging in the balance, Mia's got some decisions to make: Which college? Which guy? How can she choose? Especially when what she decides might determine not just the next four years, but . . . forever!

My Thoughts:

-    We zipped through Mia's Junior and Senior year of high school! Thank goodness!

-    The Mia in this book is my favorite Mia so far. She has finally FINALLY matured a little. She is realizing that dumb things she used to spaz out about aren't that big of deal. 

-    Lana really surprised me in this book and previous book. Her character has grown a lot, and she is one of the more interesting characters. 

-    Whoa! Lilly has matured too!?

-    I loved Michael and Mia's relationship in this one. Lots of growth on both sides.

-    J.P. is a very absent boyfriend. He seems very different from the J.P. we first met. Mia is pretty dense when it comes to him.

-    This was probably the most enjoyable book in the series, but I don't think it is worth reading through all the crap and drama to get here. 

Previous Book in The Princess Diaries Series:

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Princess Mia

Goodreads Says:    A princess on her own . . .

Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. But what could she possibly have to say? Now that Michael has broken things off, Mia can barely get out of bed, and her parents are making her see a "therapist." School, where Lilly still refuses to speak to her and Lana suddenly wants to be bff, is a total nightmare. Even J.P.'s efforts to cheer Mia up (he's being really sweet!) aren't helping. What's a royal to do?

Just when things couldn't get worse, Mia uncovers an old family secret, a long-forgotten diary of a teenage princess of Genovia. It could be just the thing to help Mia write her speech--but it might also change the fate of the Renaldos forever.

My Thoughts:

-    Lilly rebounded fast! She has made out with everyone! She is kinda of a tramp. She just goes from one guy to the next.

-    Mia has the slowest character development of ALL time! Thank goodness she is finally in therapy, and there is a little glimmer of hope that she is going to grow and mature in this series. 

-    J.P. is nice and all, but he is a little annoying.

Previous Book in The Princess Diaries Series:

(covers are linked)