At the end of last year, I found out that Meg Cabot was going to release the next book for The Princess Diaries series. And last month, the book is released. My inner kid was cheering and jumping and laughing endlessly. I grew up with the series. Along with Harry Potter, of course. I remember going to the local bookstore just to check whether the new book was already available or not. You see, The Princess Diaries was not as popular as Harry Potter (no offense). With Harry Potter, local bookstores will be putting big banner inside their stores letting buyers know when the new book will be released and they would have pre-order event. We, as buyers, just need to pre-ordered the book and would be notified once the book was available. They didn't do that with The Princess Diaries. The only way to know whether or not there was a new book, was by checking the bookstores regularly. Six years ago, the tenth installment of The Princess Diaries series was released. It was supposed to be the final installment of the series. I said goodbye to Princess Mia, Grand mere, the charming Michael Moskowitz and the quirky Lily Moskowitz. It was a good journey, guys, thank you for having me (I actually said that to the book. literally). So, it took me by surprise when I found out the news. The good kind of surprise. Like when suddenly an old friend who hasn't been around, called you.
The Princess Diaries is a perfect kind of light-reading for me. It is a typical teen lit story also different for another teen lit at the same time. I like how Meg Cabot writer the stories in a journal-like (It's diary anyway). It was something I couldn't quite put down after I started reading it. It was that fun. Now, with the new book, I am ready to remember the feeling I had back then. To remember the memories happened during those years I followed the latest news about the series. I can feel all those feelings are rushing back. Now, excuse me, I need to self-actualize :)
Image was taken from megcabot.com
