by Maya Van Wagenen
I'm a sucker for little experiments in changing your life -- "my year of doing " memoirs always seem to catch my eye, and I'm prone to doing such experiments in my own life, too. I've tried the Complaint-Free Life Challenge, 100 Happy Days, and various other "life-changing," consciousness-raising ex...
Title: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek Author: Maya Van Wagenen Format: Hardback, 272 Time to Read: 1 day! Goodread's Bio: Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren’t paid to be here,” Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a uniqu...
At first glance, it is easy to be mistaken about the contents of this book. A shallow young girl who just wants to be popular? Who wants to read about that? Luckily this book is so much more than that.Popular is the memoir, yes I said memoir, of then-13-year-old Maya Van Wagenen, who finds a copy of...
I received a request for review from Penguin for this book and after being shocked and honoured at being contacted at all, I initially wasn't sure if to accept this book for review. This is a non-fiction book after all and there is no reviews for non-fiction on my blog as far as I was aware. However...
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