Book Review: The Royal Treatment by Lindsey Leavitt

The Royal Treatment is the 2^nd book in a three book series called Princess for Hire by Lindsey Leavitt

The series is about a 14 years old girl named Desi who learned in the first book, Princess for Hire, from her crazy Fairy Godmother that she’s  has magic potential in her and with this MP she can become the image of the princess.  The princesses for a number of reasons (Leavitt write witty and crazy stories for each princess) they need a vacation and have called the agency for a sub.

In The Royal Treatment Desi works on her training for  level two sub called Betterment of Elite Sub Training (BEST) and trying out for the school play Midsummer Night Dream.

Leavitt has not lost her touch on writing a humorous fun full book.  I wish to see more conflict going on with Desi and her own story instead of the conflict coming from the princesses’ storyline.  

WHAT I LOVE about this book is there is now a hint of romance and what’s to come.  I always look for romance in a story weather it’s a book, a movie, or a T.V. show

I don’t want to ruin it for you, everything else I want to say will have spoilers so I’ll leave you with…

There the boy I wish she pick…

And

There the boy she can’t forget!

BTW My Favorite character is still the non-cinderella Fairy Godmother Meredith.

almost last day!

One more day of work and it's SUMMER!
I plan

• to have fun
• to get closer to My God
• to finish my first draft of Keep Faith (Southren Girl Spy)
• to read, read, and read some more
• oh and search for a job

stuck on 17 - End of School Days Project

Well after today there are 10 more days of school, w/ two weekends and (maybe) two workdays then it's SUMMER!

Somehow for about 2 or 3 days I got stuck on 17 days left.  I miscounted twice lol.  Really don't know how is happen other then I miscounted.

I'm trying to change chapters 10 - 13 maybe ever change ch. 14 and ch. 15 but I'll see when I get to that point in the plot.

~Later

New to my Bookshelf

Here's what new to my bookshelf this week.

In Young Adults
Forbidden Boy by Hailey Abbott
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Sean Grisworld's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson
Waiting For You by Susane Colsanti
Faithful by Janet Fox

In Adult Fiction
A Penny for Your Thoughts by Mindy Starns Clark
Covet by J.R. Ward
Love Finds You in Last Chance, California by Miralee Ferrell
Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Others
Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall  & Denver Moore


I've rewritten chapter 7 in my story.
There are 19 school days left.

End of School Days writing project.

I've decide give myself a project and call it End of School Days writing project.
The Goal:
To write everyday and to leave my story on a cliffhanger so I'm looking forward to writing once home from work (I work at primary school pre-k -2nd)
20 days of school, 4 weekends and 2 teacher work days left.

I have about 9,000 words written so far.
I'm going back and looking at the 20,000 words I have written in all and try to see what's cause me to get stuck in the middle.   I'm backtracking in my story and hope to rush forward soon.
I have realize that I want my heroine to be scared off and fearful, but I now realize she's not one to be scared off. 
And she didn't like my plot so now I'm changing it.  She's about to get more then she can chew!

Tuesday Teasers

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title and author, too, so that the other Teaser Tuesdays participants can add the book to their to-be-read lists if they like your teasers!

Here's my teaser:
She was still standing beneath that ceiling light. And still staring.

The Avid Writer (a blog by another aspiring author)

Here's a blog by another aspiring author.
The Avid Writer

You will also find her on twitter

I just found her on twitter yesterday.  She's inspired by Jane Austen and other classic females authors.

Here a clip of her biography  (this is what catch my attention)


I was born with writing in my blood; however, I never thought myself an inheritor of the talent.
My father told me I wrote on everything–from walls, to floors to furniture. I always had something to write about. My first book was Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. I would read it to my parents before bed. My father told me, one night, he found the book completely re-written in my usual chicken-scratch writing. He had me decifer the new storyline, and had me read aloud my “edited version”. He told me, he was so impressed that he clapped when I finished; he was speechless! I  had completely made the story my own.  I was four years old at that time.

Read the rest here