The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Welcome to the forgotten shelf. This is day 3!
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The Book in short
Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation?

The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carrie’s senior year of high school. She and her best friends — Walt, Lali, Maggie, and the Mouse — are inseparable, amid the sea of Jens, Jocks and Jets. And then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture. Sebastian is a bad boy-older, intriguing, and unpredictable. Carrie falls into the relationship that she was always supposed to have in high school-until a friend’s betrayal makes her question everything. With her high school days coming to a close, Carrie will realize it’s finally time to go after everything she ever wanted.

Rabid fans of Sex and the City will love seeing Carrie Bradshaw evolve from a regular girl into a sharp, insightful writer. They’ll learn about her family background — how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. We’ll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where the next Carrie Diaries book will take place.
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My Thoughts
As I said in the video, I didn’t like it at all. I do remember not being sure if I would like it, and the problems I have with the book are a different problem from why Sex and the City does not keep my attention.

The book was a bit boring; it did not really go anywhere, and it felt very boring. I could not care one bit about these school children and their problems. I thought most of Carrie’s friends (and herself) were too focused on boys, but I think that was a very prominent stereotype back in the day. There are many better books out there filled with characters that have far more interesting lives, at least to me.

That was the forgotten shelf for today. I’ll see you tomorrow.