Amanda Jane is a 30-year-old writer, social media lover and pop-culture obsessed adult*. While she isn't working on her novel, she enjoys watching television shows, wondering about the YouTube business model for vloggers, movies and reading any books she can get her hands on. She might be made up of 20% coffee and 80% sarcasm.
*An adult when her parents are looking.
This one was tough. One of my favorite authors from when I was a teenager is Meg Cabot. Since The Princess Diaries, I devoured all her books right into my 20s. However, there was one series I never could get into which is the Queen of Babble series. I read it when I was in my early 20s, and it just didn’t work for me. Its a three book series and I never made it past the first couple pages of the first book. Maybe because I got attached to the couple in the first book just to have them implode in the second. Then I found out they never get back together. Maybe its because it felt weird to me. I couldn’t relate as well to the characters in this one. Either way, I wasn’t a fan, and I never read it.
I was in my early 20s though. Now I’m 30. I might try it again. See if things have changed.
One more. I know you said one but this is something I never talk about. The Jessica Darling series. The first three books are great. Then the college books came out, and it just sucked bad. SO BAD. Even worse? I met the author at a book signing, and she was just…rude. I also met Meg Cabot who was nothing but a sweetheart, and she was so funny and enjoyed hanging out with her fans. Megan McCafferty was just…mean. Not welcoming. She mocked the Barnes and Noble we were in. I don’t know what her problem was, but it turned me off her books quick. The first three are great. The rest? Skip it.
