all of you know my obsession with the gossip girl tv show. well it didnt just spring up from thin air- it all started with the books. i remember being in borders (im one of their best customers) and seeing the first book in the series on the sale wall. i had heard about it from somewhere or the other and i thought hey what the heck i need one more book so i can get the "get one free" deal. lets just say it was like starting a drug habit. i read all thirteen(?) books in less than six months and started a couple of my friends on the series too.
as far as literature goes, the books are crap, but that doesnt mean they are one of the best things ive ever read. it is impossible to not get into it and to not relate to the characters on a very deep level- because you get to know them so well. some may argue that the characters are static and two dimensional. i disagree to that, and well the books are what you make them. well anyway, after the last book (spoiler) blair, serena, and everyone else go off to college or their different ways and there is an advertisement on the last page about some carlyle triplets or some bullshit like that. WELL the author decided to go ahead and STOP writing about the characters i fell in love with and now shes writing about some new whores- those carlyle bitches!
about a week or so ago, i was in borders with a couple friends (including K), and i saw the new book had come out (we looked at the back of the last book again and it said to expect the next one out in may of 08 and here it was), and what do you know- there were the carlyle's. to add insult to injury these girls MOVE INTO BLAIRS OLD APARTMENT. please. if you go to the official gossip girl page you can read a preview of the book, mine wouldnt load.
UPDATE: im reading a review and one of the triplets IS A BOY. wtf. oh, and apparently this book is written by one of cecily von ziegesar's ghost writers. im not buying it.
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