Musical but not a good plot...

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	• Maggie (California Diaries #3) Ann M. Martin Scholastic Inc., 1997 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Took me by surprise...

I've only read one of the "California Diaries" books before, and even that one I didn't finish. (I'm a fan of sad and serious stories, but, "Sunny, Diary Three," just wasn't my taste, i guess.) Anyway, When I picked up this book from the library, I did not expect it to capture my attention the way it did-I I got it yesterday, finished it today, and am currently looking forward to searching my library's files for more of the series.
I don't exactly know what it was about this that kept me reading...it had an interest ftactor. Maggie, a rather well-to-do girl of 13, is concerned about her grades, and is always being poushed by her father to think of her future. sHe takes piano lessons, but in this book, she gradualy gets her gaze moved to a slightly diffrent musical venue...
Now, she has a chance to do something diffrent and exititing...but will she take the risk?
I am a big music fan, so that aspect of this book realy appealed to me. Especialy Maggie's song lyrics. Some of them were pretty clever. I recommend this to anyone looking for a good read.

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Real & Special!

This was a great book to introduce Maggie. It was cool how she was the only person w/a diary who wrote poems. You could really relate to her emotions. She was worried about so many things, but who could blame her? Her dad always trying to make her something she's not, her mother always getting drunk and not being around, and her little brother, Zeke (you know how little brothers are). If you're looking for a good book to read, this is it!

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Love this series!

I love ALL the books in the series I own #1-14. Maggie is my second favorite character along with her best friend Amalia. Maggie is in 8th grade with her best-friends, Amalia, Sunny, Dawn, and Ducky. In this book she has to deal with her Mom's new drinking problem, her Dad being a famous movie producer and not being home all the time, her brother Zeke not wanting to go to tennis camp, and her "fat". Also Maggie sneaks out of one of her Dad's movie presentations and goes to the battle of the bands. She's in a band that her best-friend, Amalia, manages called Vanish. She's the lead singer, song writer, and keyboardest. In Maggie's journal it looks like anyother book since she has a laptop, but she writes her own poems.

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FANTASTIC - A MUST READ

Maggie California Diaries #3 is a great book and a must buy. For those who don't know, it's about 13-year-old Maggie Blume who is feeling immense pressure from her dad, who wants her to be involved in heaps of extracurricular activities and have no fun at all. Maggie's mum is an alcoholic and all she cares about is "where her next pair of shoes is coming from" (this is from the book). Maggie has one sibling, a younger brother named Zeke, who is okay but not the greatest brother in the world.
Maggie herself is a perfectionist who wants everything - grades, family, looks, life - to be perfect. She is very hard on herself and this is taken from the book: "I got a 95 on the social studies test. I think i should have my head examined." See what i mean? Many reviews i have read of this book are saying that Maggie must be insane to think that 95 is a low mark or that she must be crazy to worry so much about everything. Well, that's not true. People are different and I myself am a perfectionist. i would like to say that after reading Maggie's diary i changed my ways but that's not true either - it's just who i am, and who Maggie is.
Back to the book. I love it how Maggie expresses herself through poems and songs. Some of the songs in this book are TERRIFIC, especially Twistin' In The Wind, Hey Down There and War. Maggie is a great writer but cannot see it. That's a shame.
In this particular book Maggie tries to break away from her perfect roots, but finds that it's not easy. You can see that by #8, Maggie Diary Two, that she hasn't changed - in fact, her perfectionism is worse.
I thought the cover of this book was GREAT and the writing style was good. But i found two things wrong with the book - the back cover writing was a bit TOO teenage drama. I mean, CA Diaries is a teenage series but it's not your TYPICAL teenage series with who goes out with who and gossiping etc. CA Diaries deals with more serious issues than the latest couple at school: Abuse, depression, racism, friendship troubles, illness, pressure. (As you read more CA Diaries these things are featured). The back cover made Maggie's book sound very teen-drama oriented when it is DEFINETELY NOT.
The other thing i found wrong with Maggie's book is that the ending wasn't as good as CA Diaries' Dawn #1 and Sunny #2. The ending was kind of rushed, in an effort to finish the book maybe. It was good, but not GREAT.
But these things aside, Maggie #3 is a must-read. It's definetely a 5-star book even if the ending's not great and the back cover blurb is too teenish - because everything else is above standards. Fantastic, worth buying and a great read, you can't pass Maggie #3 up!
Bye!

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Musical but not a good plot...

This book has many lyrics that you can try to sing to but it doesn't exactly have the page-turning qualities. It doesn't have an exciting plot. This girl doesn't have enough problems to make things more exciting. The book doesn't even finish telling the results of the whole entire escape. Gives a bit of disapointment at the end. Yet this book is also good because it does have some normal teenage events in it and the coolness of being in a rock band. Yet these events are scattered when there isn't enough events to be scattered around in the story. Not the best book I ever read. If you want to read this book, I suggest you borrow one. But...it's not too bad.

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