Blog Post 5

For outside reading I started with reading The Carlyles by Cecily von Ziegesar from the series, Gossip Girl: The Carlyles. I read the Gossip Girl series last sumemr and loved it, so I decided to give these a try!  It was about the Carlyle tripelets who moved to New York City and about them getting used to life on the Upper East Side. This book reminded me of the original Gossip Girl books and the hit television show Gossip Girl. Not just because it is a part of the series, but I can see the similarities between the characters in this book, the other books, and the television show. Jack Laurent reminds me of Blair Waldorf because she is the alpha and she is with the "hottest" guy in the upper east side. J.P reminds be of Nate because all of the girls want to be with him. Baby Carlyle reminds me a Jenny Humphrey because she doesn't really quite get the ways of the upper east side yet.