The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Vinyl Princess by Yvonne Prinz
Publication date: 12/22/09
Received arc from Harper Teen
Rating: 4.5 purrs
Summary:
Summer is here, and 16-year-old Allie, a self-professed music geek, is exactly where she wants to be: working full-time at Berkeley’s ultra-cool Bob and Bob Records. There, Allie can spend her days bantering with the street people, talking the talk with the staff, shepherding the uncool bridge-and-tunnel shoppers, all the while blissfully surrounded by music, music, music. It’s the perfect setup for her to develop her secret identity as The Vinyl Princess, author of both a brand-new zine and blog. From the safety of her favourite place on earth, Allie is poised to have it all: love, music and blogging.
Her mother, though, is actually the one getting the dates, and business at Allie’s beloved record store is becoming dangerously slow—not to mention that there have been a string of robberies in the neighbourhood. At least her blog seems to be gaining interest, one vinyl junkie at a time….
Her mother, though, is actually the one getting the dates, and business at Allie’s beloved record store is becoming dangerously slow—not to mention that there have been a string of robberies in the neighbourhood. At least her blog seems to be gaining interest, one vinyl junkie at a time….
Thoughts:
Every once and a while a book comes along that takes me completely by surprise. The Vinyl Princess was one of those books. I sort of requested this one from the publishers on a whim. Well that is mostly a lie, but don't tell anyone! I requested if because I loved the cover. This book has one of the coolest covers ever. I just adore it.
The thing that made The Vinyl Princess such a great read was Allie. Allie was charming and she had an amazing voice. I loved how she didn't spend a lot of time worrying about her looks and instead put most of her time into her blog in vinyl collection. It was quite refreshing to read a young adult book where the main female character cares about something other than boys.
There was still boys in The Vinyl Princess (two of them to be exact) and bother are interesting for various reasons. One is a handome boy who might be bad and the other in an annoying one. At least this is what Allie things at first, but she learn a valuable lesson about judging people based on their appearance.
The relationship between Allie and her mom added a little something special to the book. I loved how Allie's mom didn't know how to cook and there was one funny moment where she goes camping that made me giggle. I have never been camping and I know I would probably react that same way that her mom did.
I really liked how blogging became a big part of Allie's life. I thought that it was handled very realisticily. Allie starts off blogging every once in a while and eventually it takes up more and more of her time. Boy was this something I could relate to!
I took off a half a purr because Allie's anti ipod listening rhetoric got a little annoying after a while. Other than that I have absolutely no complaints. Reading this book! Just do it! I know you'll love it too!
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December 7, 2009 11:59 AM
nice review! The Vinyl Princess looks like it has all the qualities I want in a book! :D
December 7, 2009 12:02 PM
Thanks for the great review! I have been skeptical to read this one but after reading your review, I'm looking forward to it!
December 7, 2009 1:20 PM
This sounds really good. I might have to give it a go! Thanks for the review, Sharon!
December 7, 2009 4:37 PM
Great review, I wanna read this book! I also love the cover :)
December 7, 2009 5:03 PM
Great review! I have this one in my TBR pile and I cannot wait to get to it. I also love the cover!
December 7, 2009 10:30 PM
This looks really good! Great review!
December 8, 2009 9:03 AM
I've been wanting to read this book for a while and it's great to learn that you like it. Love the cover too.
December 8, 2009 4:32 PM
Ohh, nice review! I'm glad to know that you liked this one and will most likely check this one out myself. I LOVE the cover too, the motion is awesome!! :)
December 9, 2009 10:59 PM
Isnt the cover great
December 10, 2009 3:39 AM
A character who is vocally anti-anything can get annoying after awhile but as that was your only complaint it sounds like a great read. The cover is kind of great - it just makes you want to find out about the character.
December 10, 2009 10:22 PM
Great review! This looks great, I love the cover too! Also, I have an award for you at my blog!!!
December 14, 2009 10:48 AM
This sounds fantastic! I love the cover too ;)