The Mother Daughter Book Club

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This review contains spoilers from the book.  If you have read this book already, continue reading.  I you haven't,  READ THE BOOK FIRST!


In honor of the new book coming out on May 3rd, I decided it would be a good idea to review this so that more people will go and read the series.  It is amazing!  If you have read this book, I would like to chat about the books in the comments below.

Now, onto the book!

This book is now one of my favorites! I think That Ms. Fredrick introduced the characters very well.  I really liked that from the start it was so easy to empathize with the characters, and how they were all so real.  I have found very many Emmas and Cassidys  at my school.

Let's discus Becca Chadwick.  I think she is a total BRAT! She is so mean to the whole mother daughter book club, and her mother isn't any different.  Calliope Chadwick is just as mean and cruel as Becca is.  They believe that they rule the town (or in Becca's case, Walden Middle School), and they have no right!  No one deserves to be treated the way that Becca and Mrs. Chadwick treat everyone else.  Leave your opinion on The Chadwicks so that we can have a long conversation about them.

Now, I am also very upset that Becca Chadwick and the Fab Four ruined opening night for Jess!  I got really frustrated when that happened.  The whole time, Jess is doing nothing to them what-so-ever, and then the Fab Four  come out of no where and just take Sundance, who is injured mind you, and put her out on there stage in the middle of the show like it is nobody's business.

I got really exited when the mother daughter book club went on a trip to NYC.  It was so fun to read how everyone got dressed up and they all had a great time, even Cassidy, who is a MAJOR tom-boy and hates getting dressed up.  I loved that Mrs. Delaney let them all have a turn getting their makeup, hair, and outfits done professionally on the set of Heart Beats.  They all had such a good time, and I thought is was really funny that they encountered Becca and her family going to Cleveland.  I got really exited about that part, because, well duh.  I live in Cleveland.  I thought it was funny that the moms int the book club said that Cleveland is very educational, which is true, but it is still tons of fun.  I also thought it was funny that they dissed Cleveland by saying it was educational instead of sun.  Hello, we have the Cavs, and Playhouse Square, and some of the best things to do in a day, like museums and parks and good WiFi. 

I'm really glad that by the end of the book, the mother daughter book club is  a group of friends, not enemies.  IT was rocky at the beginning, but they made it work, and there were more books after.  That means they have to stay friends, right?  I'm just glad that they all put their differences behind them and became friends.  Except Becca.  She's still a jerk.

I'll rate this book an 8/10, because I've read the other book and some of them are better.  Not to say this one wasn't good.  I still love it to pieces. ;)


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The Seventh Most Important Thing

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This review contains spoilers.  If you have read the ooh, keep reading.  If not,  CLICK AWAY!


Yo Foodies!  Today I have decided to kick off the whole book review theme with The Seventh Most Important Thing by "Shelly Pearsall".  Ms. Pearsall released this book in early September of last year.  I had to read this book school, but it wasn't boring like Animal Farm by "George Orwell" or Tom Sawyer by "Mark Twain (These are both required books for the seventh grade Advanced English curriculum).  My language arts teacher really likes Ms. Pearsall's books and thought it would be a good idea for us to take a look at one, since Ms. Pearsall is coming to visit our school later in the school year.  I thought it was very interesting and I thought it would be a really magnificent book to start off this little series of posts.  

I thought this book had a very good plot.  It had interesting characters that helped move the story along.  The characters also added depth to the plot.  One of the reasons why I really liked it was because it had a very modern feel, even though it took place in the '60s.  The style of writing is very intelligent, and I love how the plot is very real.  The character of Mr. Hampton was also interesting,  and he was a very spiritual person.  It was based off a real man, but I can tell there are some elements of fiction.  The way that he describes his masterpiece to be The Throne of Third Heaven was eye opening.  He also had a very optimistic personality and he really turned everything into something better.  Mr. Hampton said that Arthur throwing a brick at him was saving him, and I know that I wouldn't have said that if someone injured me.

I really loved this book.  I would rate it an 8/10.  There are better books, but this one was very good and "spiritual" in a sense.  Definitely better than all over the other books I had to read for school.

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Cleveland Art Museum Cookies!

Yo foodies!! I went with my friend to the art museum over spring break, and we went to see the new Pharaoh exhibit.  Afterwards, we bought chocolate chip cookies from the bakery.

The cookies were AMAZING! The outside was crispy and perfect.  The middle was doughy and light.  The chocolate chips were really creamy and they were a perfect flavor of semi-sweet chocolate.  They didn't cost too much money, and therefore I highly suggest them.

I give this a 9/10 because macarons are still my favorite dessert.

Also, comment below what you want me to do with this blog! I really want to start making this a little more interactive so that I can start doing stuff that you guys want me to of.


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St. Louis Style Strawberry Shortcake

I put my desert in a bowl 

Wassup!  My aunt and her boys came to visit us.  We decided one night to have a nice dessert.  Since my aunt and cousins were visiting from St. Louis, Missouri, we decided to have Strawberry shortcake, St. Louis style!

The first lovely thing in Strawberry Shortcake is either Angel Food Cake or Pound Cake.  We decided to use Angel Food Cake, but I thought that it was a little too sweet.  I would have preferred to use Pound Cake, but both are very good.

The next thing in Strawberry Shortcake is sour cream.  You're probably thinking "Ew! That's disgusting!  Why would anyone do that?"  That's what I thought.  The sour cream is very good mixed with all of the other sweet ingredients.  It kind of counter acts all the sweet and makes it a little savory, which is always a good thing.

Third, I usually put some brown sugar, to make sure that there isn't to much savory, because this is still a dessert.

Last, I top the whole thing off with one more layer os sour cream, some whipped cream to cover up the sour cream, sliced or diced strawberries, and some brown sugar sprinkled on the top to finish it all off.

I really liked this desert.  Its really easy to make because you don't have to cook anything, unless you feel like making Angle Food Cake or Pound Cake, which is totally cool!  I'm going to rate this desert a 9/10, because I have tried other things that have tasted better!

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