Cecily von Ziegesar’s fictional tales about the queen bees and hangers-on of Manhattan’s Constance Billard School for Girls debuted in 2002 and went on to spawn 10 sequels, not to mention a prequel and a spinoff book series. On the show however, her condition is largely absent, though her dangerous relationship with food is referenced in season one’s Thanksgiving episode, where she’s seen binge eating a pie when she’s upset, along with flashbacks of past binging and purging. Nate's interest in Serena causes conflict between her and her frenemy, Blair, who is also Nate's girlfriend.

Do you feel weighed down by stress and pressure, held back by judgement and lack of opportunity, and critcised by everyone – including yourself? This deliciously catty and engrossing series will be the spicy vanguard for Bloomsbury pushing the boundaries into young adult fiction. Dan had experimented with homosexuality, before he began dating Vanessa Abrams (whom he had known at his old state school). However, Vanessa grows jealous when her best friend and secret crush, Dan Humphrey, who is in love with Serena, seems infatuated with her. Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live and go to school and play and sleep - sometimes with each other.Bloomsbury will be publishing the series at regular intervals throughout 2003 with a high profile, energetic and suitably cutting-edge marketing campaign. The books either end with Blair and Serena fighting (which usually means Blair acting haughty and pretending to be in Roman Holiday or some such, and Serena being totally oblivious to the fact that Blair is mad at her), or with Blair and Serena making out with each other in front of a bunch of people at some party. My brain at one point I think tried to punch my skull to let me know that if I didn't' change to a different book I was not going to like the consequences. While it is still present in some form on the show, it is toned way down, thanks in part to major changes made to Chuck's role. There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived.

Sure, the TV show was great, in a diet- The OC way (not surprisingly, since its creators, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, are OC alums): It was soapy, bitchy, Stuart Weitzman–shod perfection.Jude’s School for Boys, and best friends with main characters Chuck Bass, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. Some key characters from the books, such as Aaron Rose or the Lord, are introduced into the show with different storylines, and some characters undergo changes to their personality and characteristics. Anyway, those pages don't really advance the action, but they do give them a chance to drop a few more brand names. Get out your Montblanc pens, Chloe satchels, and cashmere cardigans: it's a brand-new season on the Upper East Side, and the irresistible Carlyle triplets are taking Manhattan by storm. and it's hard for me to rate this as it objectively should be rated, given that there are things in here that are just plain bad.

It's written like a cheap fantasy, complete with overt descriptions of the houses, clothes, and everyone's looks. Ignore the '15 and older' warning on the back, 11 year olds are reading this and emulating this behaviour. A slasher parody reworking of the first book of the series, turning Blair and Serena into serial killers. The audiobook reflects Rhonda’s own journey and shares the most direct way out for those experiencing hardship and the path to end pain and suffering endured by so many, and it shines a light on a future without anxiety or fear. One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass.

In the television series, Blake Lively plays Serena, Leighton Meester plays Blair, Chace Crawford plays Nate, Ed Westwick plays Chuck Bass, Penn Badgely plays Dan Humphrey and Taylor Momsen plays Jenny Humphrey. Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school -- but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl?