{"id":4356,"date":"2014-08-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2014-08-07T12:25:59","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T17:25:59","slug":"revenge-of-the-girl-with-the-great-personality-by-elizabeth-eulberg-book-review-pageant-big-sis-breaks-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4356","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the Girl With the Great Personality, by Elizabeth Eulberg (book review) – pageant big sis breaks loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Pageant<\/a> fees week after week, check.
\nHair falls for a seven year old, check.
\nReality check for Mom… nope.<\/p>\n

Oh, yes, Lexi realistically could be tagging along after her little sister to beauty pageants every weekend of the year<\/a> – thank goodness for her supportive friends, especially when her mom’s obsession with Mackenzie’s pageant appearances gets out of hand.<\/p>\n

Check out this video interview<\/a> to find out where the title came from (she told this story at TLA2014, too), then find this 2013 release in hardback or paperback now at your own local library<\/a> or favorite independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where’s the line between looking good and living for your looks?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Revenge of the Girl With the Great Personality \/ Elizabeth Eulberg. Point, 2013.\u00a0 [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Her little sister is a Texas beauty pageant princess, so if 16-year-old Lexi wants more from life, she’ll have to overcome the “great personality” label and make her own way (despite their mom).<\/p>\n

Downsized into a doublewide trailer because child support won’t cover house rent and Mackenzie’s pageant costs, Lexi feels unappreciated as she saves up for the fashion internship in New York City.<\/p>\n

Cam thinks Lexi’s crush on Logan (boyfriend of beauty queen Alyssa) is ridiculous, Benny challenges her to a makeover in teeny steps, and she dares him to let cute guy Chris know his feelings.<\/p>\n

Will she really stop hiding behind baggy clothes and messy hair?
\nWill Lexi and Benny ever escape their judgmental small town?
\nWill these pageants never ever end?<\/p>\n

An average gal in the land of the gorgeous, Lexi decides that she must craft the ultimate Revenge of the Girl With the Great Personality<\/em> if she ever wants to be herself. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pageant fees week after week, check. Hair falls for a seven year old, check. Reality check for Mom… nope. Oh, yes, Lexi realistically could be tagging along after her little sister to beauty pageants every weekend of the year – thank goodness for her supportive friends, especially when her mom’s obsession with Mackenzie’s pageant appearances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[22,7,11,45,20,5,16,87,18,40,44,46,43,187,39,15,9,21,57,35,190,3,173,6,8],"class_list":["post-4356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-communication","tag-competition","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-divorce","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-funny","tag-growing-up","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-sisters","tag-surprises","tag-tbr2013","tag-teens","tag-texas","tag-travel","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4356"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4516,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4356\/revisions\/4516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}