L.A. CANDY ... a novel

Vor ein paar Tagen habe ich 'Blogging Queen' zu ende gelesen. Da musste natürlich gleich ein neues Buch her, denn wie sollte ich sonst meine Zeit in der Bahn und sonstige unnötige Wartezeiten überbrücken?? ;-) Da bin ich auf irgendeinen Blog (weiß leider nicht mehr welchen) auf die Buchreihe von Lauren Conrad gestoßen. Viele von euch kennen Sie vermutlich aus Ihrer MTV-Show 'The Hills'. Fall nicht könnt ihr euch alle Folgen auf the-hills.tv anschauen. Ich mach das regelmäßig! Zur Zeit sind die beiden 'The City' Staffeln dran. Mal wieder! ;-) Naja aber um beim Thema zu bleiben: Ich habe mir das Buch nun letzte Woche angeschafft und bin bisher begeistert. Für alle die 'The Hills' lieben gelernt haben, wird dieser Roman schöne Erinnerung wecken. Lauren selbst hatte gesagt, dass sie sich am meisten mit der weiblichen Hauptrolle Jane Roberts identifizieren kann und tatsächlich kann der Leser diese Parallelen auf Anhieb erkennen. Allerdings ist das Buch nur auf Englisch zu ergattern, aber, wie ich finde, ist es ziemlich leicht zu lesen. Das meiste erklärt sich ja aus dem Kontext. :-)

A few days ago I finished reading the book 'Blogging Queen', so I urgently needed to buy a new one. I'm totally addicted in reading novels while having to wait for something or going by train. There I've remembered I read something about the book series of Lauren Conrad. I guess most of you know her from the MTV-Show 'The Hills'. If not, you can catch up watching it on mtv.com, NO! You have to. :-)  Everybody who loved 'The Hills' will  be remembered of funny and nice moments by the novel. Lauren said she could mostly identifiy herself with the central character Jane Roberts. I can just agree! There are totally similarities. 

Summary:

Los Angeles is all about the sweet life: 

hot clubs, cute guys, designer ... everything. Nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts can't wait to start living it up. She may be in L.A. for an internship but Jane plans to play as hard as she works, and has enlisted her BFF Scarlett to join in the fun. When Jane and Scarlett are approached by a producer who wants them to be on his new series a 'reality version of Sex and the City', they can hardly believe their luck. Their own show? Yes, please!

Soon Jane is TV's hottest star. Fame brings more than she ever imagined possible for a girl from Santa Barbara - free designer clothes, the choicest tables at the most exclusive clubs, invites to Hollywood premiers - and she's lapping up the VIP treatment with her eclectic entourage of new pals. But those same friends who are always up for a wild night are also out for a piece of Jane's spotlight. 

In the city filled with people chasing after their dreams, it's not long before Jane wakes up to the reality that everyone wants something from her, and nothing is what it seems to be.

L.A. CANDY is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it's like to come of age in Hollywood while starring in a reality TV show, written by a girl who has experienced it all firsthand: Lauren Conrad.