Today I am super excited to be taking part in the Miss Fortune Cookie blog tour! Have you read this book? Do you like contemporary young adult fiction with humor and a little cultural flare? Then this is the book for you!
It all begins when her ex-best friend sends a letter to her blog— and then acts on her advice. Erin’s efforts to undo the mess will plunge her into adventure, minor felonies, and possibly her very first romance.
What’s a likely fortune for someone no longer completely in control of her fate? Hopefully nothing like: You will become a crispy noodle in the salad of life.
Sounds good, right? Well, aren't you in luck. I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of this little ditty which I got to read and review for this tour! So I know you want to read my thoughts on the book, right? Read on!
I want to thank Henry Holt and Company and the author, Laren Bjorkman for providing me with an ARC of this book to read and give an honest review. This book was read and reviewed as part of the book tour taking place through the following tour site:http://www.crossroadreviews.com/. Obtaining this book for free has in no way influenced my thoughts.
Blurb from Goodreads:
Meet Erin. Smart student, great daughter, better friend. Secretly the mastermind behind the popular advice blog Miss Fortune Cookie. Totally unaware that her carefully constructed life is about to get crazy.
It all begins when her ex-best friend sends a letter to her blog—and then acts on her advice. Erin’s efforts to undo the mess will plunge her into adventure, minor felonies, and possibly her very first romance.
What’s a likely fortune for someone no longer completely in control of her fate? Hopefully nothing like: You will become a crispy noodle in the salad of life
I must start off by saying I am not a big reader of contemporary fiction. I steer away from it because I want my reading to take me to fantasy places where things happen that I would never experience in real life. Yet, once in a while, a contemporary fiction novel comes along and kind of grabs me and drags me under with it's story. This book did this for me. I was right away swept up by the way it was written and flowed and the funny anticdotes the main character used to help the reader relate to the situation.
I have to say that the cover is fairly plain for this book. It's cute in it's own way and has a nice color scheme. But it's doubtful I would have picked this book up on looks alone had it not been given to me to review.
I really liked the main character, Erin. She had spunk to her. Her secret identity as Miss Fortune Cookie made her a bit mysterious. And yet, her advice adequately portrayed how smart she is and how, despite her lack of life experience, she really is able to give good advice to others. Mostly she's a teenage girl, trying to make the "hard" decisions that will change and shape her life in the future. She's extremely devoted to her mother and her friends. Yet she has just the right amount of teen angst and insecurity to make her real and relatable. One thing that bothered me about her was her lack of self-confidence. I know that many teens go through periods of this, but she seemed so down on herself all the time, like nothing good could happen to her (getting into an Ivy league school, having a guy like her). Fortunately, she does learn a lot about herself throughout the book and gains much more confidence as it goes on.
Her best friends, Linny and Mei, truly compliment her. Each girl has enough differences in her personality to help make the story interesting and the situations plausible.
I liked the story line, basically a teen girl coming into herself, making decisions that will influence where her life goes in the future. A young girl experiencing changes in her friendships that she didn't think would happen. A young girl feeling love for the first time. In the midst of all this, we are learning a bit about the Chinese culture, tho not as much as I would have hoped seeing as this really seemed like it would be centered around the experiences Chinese American teenagers go through when balancing family, friends and the two combined cultures.The ending wrapped the story up in a neat little package, which I don't usually mind, but it would have been nice if things really didn't happen all in the way we thought it would (as in fairytale ending).
I really enjoyed the authors writing style. It was easy to follow, for the most part. Although I have to say there were two incidents where I had to turn the page back to make sure I really understood what was going on. The Author was able to make light of more serious situations, adding some humor to the story. There was also a bit of suspense, just the right amount to keep you interested. And the story bounced around a bit, lending some randomness to it.
All in all I liked the story and I am happy that I got to experience it. I would definitely read something else from this author in the future.
Blurb from Goodreads:
Meet Erin. Smart student, great daughter, better friend. Secretly the mastermind behind the popular advice blog Miss Fortune Cookie. Totally unaware that her carefully constructed life is about to get crazy.
It all begins when her ex-best friend sends a letter to her blog—and then acts on her advice. Erin’s efforts to undo the mess will plunge her into adventure, minor felonies, and possibly her very first romance.
What’s a likely fortune for someone no longer completely in control of her fate? Hopefully nothing like: You will become a crispy noodle in the salad of life
I must start off by saying I am not a big reader of contemporary fiction. I steer away from it because I want my reading to take me to fantasy places where things happen that I would never experience in real life. Yet, once in a while, a contemporary fiction novel comes along and kind of grabs me and drags me under with it's story. This book did this for me. I was right away swept up by the way it was written and flowed and the funny anticdotes the main character used to help the reader relate to the situation.
I have to say that the cover is fairly plain for this book. It's cute in it's own way and has a nice color scheme. But it's doubtful I would have picked this book up on looks alone had it not been given to me to review.
I really liked the main character, Erin. She had spunk to her. Her secret identity as Miss Fortune Cookie made her a bit mysterious. And yet, her advice adequately portrayed how smart she is and how, despite her lack of life experience, she really is able to give good advice to others. Mostly she's a teenage girl, trying to make the "hard" decisions that will change and shape her life in the future. She's extremely devoted to her mother and her friends. Yet she has just the right amount of teen angst and insecurity to make her real and relatable. One thing that bothered me about her was her lack of self-confidence. I know that many teens go through periods of this, but she seemed so down on herself all the time, like nothing good could happen to her (getting into an Ivy league school, having a guy like her). Fortunately, she does learn a lot about herself throughout the book and gains much more confidence as it goes on.
Her best friends, Linny and Mei, truly compliment her. Each girl has enough differences in her personality to help make the story interesting and the situations plausible.
I liked the story line, basically a teen girl coming into herself, making decisions that will influence where her life goes in the future. A young girl experiencing changes in her friendships that she didn't think would happen. A young girl feeling love for the first time. In the midst of all this, we are learning a bit about the Chinese culture, tho not as much as I would have hoped seeing as this really seemed like it would be centered around the experiences Chinese American teenagers go through when balancing family, friends and the two combined cultures.The ending wrapped the story up in a neat little package, which I don't usually mind, but it would have been nice if things really didn't happen all in the way we thought it would (as in fairytale ending).
I really enjoyed the authors writing style. It was easy to follow, for the most part. Although I have to say there were two incidents where I had to turn the page back to make sure I really understood what was going on. The Author was able to make light of more serious situations, adding some humor to the story. There was also a bit of suspense, just the right amount to keep you interested. And the story bounced around a bit, lending some randomness to it.
All in all I liked the story and I am happy that I got to experience it. I would definitely read something else from this author in the future.
Sounds good, right? Do you want to try and win a copy? And maybe win some other really cook stuff, as well? Scroll down and you can enter in the Rafflecopter giveaway!
Thanks for stopping by my leg of the tour!
She grew up on a sailboat, sharing the tiny forecastle with her sister and the sail bags. The voyage started in California and ended in Argentina. During that time, she kept up with school through a program called Calvert out of Maryland. Her dad read stories to her and her sister at night by the light of a kerosene lamp.
She now lives in Taos, New Mexico with her husband and two sons.
Lookie what you can win! See all that Miss Fortune Cookie stuff? It could be yours. SO GO ENTER! You want the other stuff in the picture, you say? Hmmm...perhaps you need to check back here between January 7 and January 11, 2013 and you could be entered to win those goodies, as well!
I can't wait to read Hidden Wings by Cameo Renae. This is a cool giveaway and the book sounds quite interesting!
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