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caitlin_lore's review against another edition
5.0
5 reasons why this book is marvelous!
First off, it’s a book about books, and one of my favorites at that –>Little Women. Though we don’t get a whole retelling of the book, or even spoilers, it’s really fun to watch the characters work their way through a classic and see how it influences their lives for a year.
The story is told from multiple points of view. I love this technique because Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess are all completely different girls! This gives readers the chance to perhaps connect more with one girl than the other, but they will most likely know girls (or have friends) who are like the other girls. Vogel Fredericks does a great job with the girls’ personalities, and her POV shifts are done smoothly.
Contemporary Realism is one of my favorite genres. Don’t get me wrong… it’s great to escape to other worlds, and fall into fairy tales, but every once in awhile, the thing I need most is to connect with characters in more of a real world. I really found myself in all of these girls, and the issues they deal with are issues middle grade girls will deal with. The Mother Daughter Book Club is full of hidden lessons, and teachable moments. Most importantly, it relates ways book can help us move through life.
There’s just enough drama to keep the story interesting, but never over done! And possibly… a little bit of middle school crushes.
The best thing ever about this book?!?! We get to grow with Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess as there are currently 5 more books in the series!
Originally published on The Hopeful Heroine
First off, it’s a book about books, and one of my favorites at that –>Little Women. Though we don’t get a whole retelling of the book, or even spoilers, it’s really fun to watch the characters work their way through a classic and see how it influences their lives for a year.
The story is told from multiple points of view. I love this technique because Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess are all completely different girls! This gives readers the chance to perhaps connect more with one girl than the other, but they will most likely know girls (or have friends) who are like the other girls. Vogel Fredericks does a great job with the girls’ personalities, and her POV shifts are done smoothly.
Contemporary Realism is one of my favorite genres. Don’t get me wrong… it’s great to escape to other worlds, and fall into fairy tales, but every once in awhile, the thing I need most is to connect with characters in more of a real world. I really found myself in all of these girls, and the issues they deal with are issues middle grade girls will deal with. The Mother Daughter Book Club is full of hidden lessons, and teachable moments. Most importantly, it relates ways book can help us move through life.
There’s just enough drama to keep the story interesting, but never over done! And possibly… a little bit of middle school crushes.
The best thing ever about this book?!?! We get to grow with Megan, Cassidy, Emma, and Jess as there are currently 5 more books in the series!
Originally published on The Hopeful Heroine
brandypainter's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed the concept of The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Four very different girls are forced into a book club together that is the brain child of a post-yoga discussion between their mothers. The first book they read is [b:Little Women|1934|Little Women (Little Women, #1)|Louisa May Alcott|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1309282614s/1934.jpg|3244642] because they live in Concord, MA. I loved the setting and the details the author included about it, Alcott, and Little Women. I enjoyed all four girls to and felt that their voices and problems were realistic. This is the first in a series and it is a well-written and fun read to give any 9-12 year old series devourer you know. I would have liked it so much more if not a couple of issues I had. I don't like how the book relied on so many stereotypes to depict the characters. I'm hoping that after this set up and the series continues the characters are developed a bit more in their own rights. I also really didn't like the way the girls were sort of being encouraged by their moms to indulge in petty insulting behavior toward mean-girl Becca and her mom (who she clearly learned the act from). As a mother myself I see how that may be easy to allow to happen, but it still bothered me, particularly as it was concentrated on making fun of the size of her rear end. It seemed they didn't mind their daughters (or themselves) being petty when it came it to dealing with unpleasant people. I found it too annoying to truly love the book.
I AM heartened to see that Becca and her mother are joining the group in the 2nd book, so maybe some of my issues will be put to rest there. I will be giving the series a continued chance, taking that into consideration.
I AM heartened to see that Becca and her mother are joining the group in the 2nd book, so maybe some of my issues will be put to rest there. I will be giving the series a continued chance, taking that into consideration.
kaylareadsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I dont usually gravitate towards middle grade books but this was a series I wish I read when I was the age it is geared towards. I could relate to all the girls in the book. I wish I was friends with these girls when I was in the sixth grade.
Cassidy, Emma, Jess and Megan are four very different girls. They have different interests and come from very different backgrounds. They are all going though their own things outside of the book club, but know that they need their friends to help them.
Megan doesn’t want to be in the same room as her former friend Emma or any of the other girls. She wants to be with the popular crowd, who bully these girls. Cassidy wants to be at ice hockey practice and while Jess and Emma are actually happy to be there.
The four girls are in the sixth grade, but are on the more mature end of sixth grade. While some people might find it harder to believe that these girls are in sixth grade, I didn’t. I guess it’s because I work with kids over the summer and these things aren’t anything I haven’t seen or heard before.
The moms all do yoga together but aren’t your typical yoga moms, yoga seems to be the only thing they really have in common. The mothers are just as unique as their daughters are.
The four girls grow in this book, which is told from different points of view in each chapter. But its not confusing or hard to follow along at all. It’s nice and helps the reader get the full picture.
It is a book about friendship, first crushes, tough times and lots of laughs. It is a cute book that I recommend everyone read. I am very excited to read the rest of the series.
Cassidy, Emma, Jess and Megan are four very different girls. They have different interests and come from very different backgrounds. They are all going though their own things outside of the book club, but know that they need their friends to help them.
Megan doesn’t want to be in the same room as her former friend Emma or any of the other girls. She wants to be with the popular crowd, who bully these girls. Cassidy wants to be at ice hockey practice and while Jess and Emma are actually happy to be there.
The four girls are in the sixth grade, but are on the more mature end of sixth grade. While some people might find it harder to believe that these girls are in sixth grade, I didn’t. I guess it’s because I work with kids over the summer and these things aren’t anything I haven’t seen or heard before.
The moms all do yoga together but aren’t your typical yoga moms, yoga seems to be the only thing they really have in common. The mothers are just as unique as their daughters are.
The four girls grow in this book, which is told from different points of view in each chapter. But its not confusing or hard to follow along at all. It’s nice and helps the reader get the full picture.
It is a book about friendship, first crushes, tough times and lots of laughs. It is a cute book that I recommend everyone read. I am very excited to read the rest of the series.
vivaloops's review against another edition
3.0
I need a book to read while brushing my teeth, and my brain hurts from Foucault and Plato, so here we are.
emeryrachelle's review against another edition
4.0
When four women in the same yoga class put their heads together, the result is a group of four girls who would rather be anywhere but discussing Little Women with each other and their mothers. Throw in a typical exclusive clique, a love poem read aloud, and an unusual hockey try-out, and these girls are in for a very abnormal school year.
The story shifts between the points of view of each daughter in the club. There's Emma, whose mother started the club and whose hand-me-downs are a point of constant trauma. There's Megan, the Asian-American with an environmentally crazy mom and a secret passion for fashion. There's Cassidy, the eyesore who wishes she were a boy and has never been the same since losing both her dad and her chance at the hockey team. And then there's Jess, the quiet one who helps her dad around the farm and wants nothing more than for her mother to come home.
As the year progresses, the girls learn that their mothers can be more fun and understanding than they ever thought. They begin to see things from others' perspectives, and decide where they truly stand in the world of girlhood friendships and betrayal. And they start to see that Louisa May Alcott understood more about life than any of them could have known.
Heather Frederick has a fresh, easy-to-read style and the right voice for her young characters. The situations each of the girls faces are true-to-life and very easy to relate to. I did feel that the general voices and actions of her characters were a little too mature for typical sixth graders, which made the less-common typical actions seem out of place. Other than that, though, I found nothing wrong with this book. It brings up a variety of issues, from Cassidy missing her late father, to Megan choosing who to befriend, to Jess and Emma learning to stand up for themselves. I give The Mother-Daughter Book Club four stars, and hope to find the sequel, Much Ado About Anne, soon.
The story shifts between the points of view of each daughter in the club. There's Emma, whose mother started the club and whose hand-me-downs are a point of constant trauma. There's Megan, the Asian-American with an environmentally crazy mom and a secret passion for fashion. There's Cassidy, the eyesore who wishes she were a boy and has never been the same since losing both her dad and her chance at the hockey team. And then there's Jess, the quiet one who helps her dad around the farm and wants nothing more than for her mother to come home.
As the year progresses, the girls learn that their mothers can be more fun and understanding than they ever thought. They begin to see things from others' perspectives, and decide where they truly stand in the world of girlhood friendships and betrayal. And they start to see that Louisa May Alcott understood more about life than any of them could have known.
Heather Frederick has a fresh, easy-to-read style and the right voice for her young characters. The situations each of the girls faces are true-to-life and very easy to relate to. I did feel that the general voices and actions of her characters were a little too mature for typical sixth graders, which made the less-common typical actions seem out of place. Other than that, though, I found nothing wrong with this book. It brings up a variety of issues, from Cassidy missing her late father, to Megan choosing who to befriend, to Jess and Emma learning to stand up for themselves. I give The Mother-Daughter Book Club four stars, and hope to find the sequel, Much Ado About Anne, soon.
mercyk's review against another edition
4.0
my friend got me into this series and although its not really my type of book, its a really cute story and i like how all the girls like to relate the characters in their book to themselves because i can do that with more than one of them
i think i'll probably like the ones when theyre in high school more but still its cute and funny
i think i'll probably like the ones when theyre in high school more but still its cute and funny
_k8's review against another edition
4.0
This book is good! I’m definitely past the age of the intended audience, but felt i should at least read it (My sister loved it) and it was still a good read for me. :)
bookishbibelot's review against another edition
3.0
3.8
Super cute, but the ending was disappointing.
Super cute, but the ending was disappointing.