A sparkling breath of fresh air, this book captures the spirit of friendship in the most charming and sauciest manner possible. The book is a far cry from the regular breed of YA novels which seem to dwell on the fixed notions that young girls basically fall into two main groups: One, the hatefully pretty, perpetually scheming Prom Queens with their nastier than “week-ol’ milk” cliques! And at the other end of the rainbow, the brave under-dog...not much to look at, the general do-gooder, the f

This is beginning to feel a little too familiar, but here's yet another disapointment from my YA Lit class. First, I should state that I have never liked the whole "girl power" thing. I guess I always felt intelligent/empowered enough as a teenager to not have to rely on books like this to show me how fantastic it is to be female. Also, generally speaking, I find large groups of girls terrifying, especially at the high school age. So lots of pre-existing strikes against this book. As for the sto...

This is the quintessential YA summer read. If all female YA characters were written to be like these girls, YA would be a much better genre.Four best friends will be spending the summer apart for the first time since birth. Carmen is going to visit her dad (and - unbeknownst to her - his new family); Lena (along with her sister Effie) are meeting their grandparents for the first time in Greece; Bridget is flying to Los Angeles for soccer camp (and a lesson in love); and Tibby is staying behind t...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood #1), Ann BrasharesAnn Brashares is an American young adult novelist. She is best known as the author of Sisterhood series, included (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Girls in Pants, Forever in Blue, 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows, and Sisterhood Everlasting).Four best friends just fit together. Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But these pants, the Traveling Pants, went on

when you hear the words "modern classic," this book is what they're talking about.if you overhear someone at a coffee shop having a pretentious conversation about Murakami, or whatever, and those words appear, ignore all other context and assume they are talking about the middle school-defining chef d'oeuvre from ann brashares.this series is...everything to me.the idea that someone can be hot just because they have really great blonde hair. the fact that what's her name starts with T (tabby? tib...

Summer A Thon: Read book that has a road trip or traveling I was nervous guys. I read this series years ago when I was a teenager and a loved them. I loved both films too. But I was worried that as an adult I wouldn't enjoy it as much. I worried that nearly 20 years later it wouldn't hold up as well. I'm happy to say that for me it still holds up. As I read this book it didn't feel 18 years old. Maybe my nostalgia blinded me but it felt like a story that could be taking place at any period in ti...

I'm glad I finally read this! I'd seen the movie before so this story wasn't new but I still enjoyed it. Brashares did a great job of creating real teenage emotions. The turmoil and depression these girls all went through during this summer jumped of the pages and felt very true to how I remember myself feeling at that time in my life. Each of the girls is so different, but I can see a bit of myself in most of them so there were many different moments in each story line that I related to.However...

Such a beautiful portrayal of love and friendship sisterhood.Seeing this image after reading the book just made me smile so much.Review to come.

5 stars Four best friends discover a magical pair of pants that inexplicably fits all of them perfectly. During their first summer apart, the girls share the pants while all experience new adventures and relationships.I’m giving this book 5 stars because it’s been twenty years and it still makes me cry. I remember I read this book when it was released as a part of my middle school book club at the public library. I loved this series so much when I was a tween/teen! And I’m glad to say that twen

We, the Sisterhood, hereby instate the following rules to govern the use of the Traveling Pants.1.) You must never wash the Pants.2.) You must never double-cuff the Pants. It's tacky. There will never be a time when this will not be tacky.3.) You must never say the word "phat" while wearing the Pants. You must also never think "I am fat" while wearing the Pants...So begins the first summer apart for four friends: Lena, who is going to visit her grandparents in Greece with her sister; Carmen, hea...

I saw the movie first and kind of liked it. So, of course I thought "Well the book is always better than the movie" so I decided to read it, even though its written for teens and I wasn't too sure I could relate. I guess I couldn't because this is one time I liked the movie a lot better than the book. I mean really, how many 15/16 year old girls do you know who's parents let them go trapezing all over the world (in Lena's case literally) and don't think twice about it. Come to think of it how ma...

Wow! If you are a teen girl looking for some love stories between friends and their SUPER-HOT boyfriends, well look no further then the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series! This book is about the 4 best friends Bridget, Carmen, Tibby, and Lena when they split up for the summer. With the Pants binding them together wherever they go, their summers are no longer lonely. The Pants witness all break - ups and get togethers and are often shipped with hysterical letters that will make you laugh ou...

Re-read 2019 By now most of us know the tale. Four American girls(Carmen, Tibby, Lina, and Bree) of different backgrounds, shapes and friends since the womb magically fit the same pair of pants. Each book follows their travels and experiences during summer vacation. In book one, Bree heads to soccer camp and thinks she's found her true love. Carmen heads to spend a wonderful summer with her father, but discovers that he's got plenty of surprises namely a family that she doesn't feel she belongs

This book was supposed to be about friendship and female bonding. It was supposed to be a beautiful summer read that would give me friendship goals. But of course it is not. Of course it is about teenage girls doing teenage stuff. Of course it is about 15-yos swooning over older guys and thinking about sex. Of course it is about girls apparently falling in love with guys they’ve never talked to. Of course it is features 15 yo-s travelling from country to country like that costs nothing. And of c...

A story about 4 teenaged friends who spend their first summer apart. They stay in touch about their experiences through letters and passing around a pair of "magical" pants (jeans.) A pretty easy and enjoyable beach read. There are 3 other books in the series and later on this year there is a fifth novel out about the girls 10 years on and what has become of their lives.....can't wait for that one!

Oh man. This book brings me back to the days of high school, summer camp, and having little crushes. Seriously, this embodies adolescence through the eyes of four teenage girls that are best friends. I found that this book still stands up to everything I love about a book today. Please, if you have not read this book, give it a chance. It is witty, heartbreaking, and insightful.

Carmen, Tibby, Bridget and Lena are best friends and they have been best friends ever since they can remember. They are all different from each other but they love each other and care for each other deeply. They are all going through things in their lives but they take comfort in knowing that they are all there for each other.When they find a pair of jeans that oddly fits each one of them, even though they all have different body shapes and sizes, they decide to share those jeans with each other...

I really love this series. I think these were the first multiple perspective books I ever read and I really adored being back in the world of Lena, Tibby, Bee & Carmen. I feel like everyone can cast themselves as one of the girls, or at least a mixture of them. This is the story of the first summer the girls spend apart, each going on different adventures and stepping out into the world of grown-ups and real life. The first book takes place over the summer of their 15th (almost 16) year. We see

4/5 starsMore reviews on my website“Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.”​I went back and forth on how to rate this book. While I was reading it - it felt like a solid 4 star read. After I finished it - I was ready to give it 5 stars. But as the hours passed by I decided to drop it down to 3.5 because I didn't like how some of the things were handled. But in the end I did settled down on 4 stars.Although if I am being completely honest with myself I think if I haven't watched the mo...

This is a touching and sweet story of four best friends during their first summer apart. Through a pair of seemingly magical pants, the friends manage to stay connected even while their lives take them in different directions. Brashares uses straightforward and honest prose to tell four wonderful stories about four lovable characters. I've seen the movie many times, but this is my first time actually reading the book. I am glad to see how true to the characters the movie really was. While there

I read this book long long time ago. But the impression is still fresh in my mind. I adore this girls. they represent everything about becoming a woman in modern era. Even the story is cheesy on the romantic side, but the moral message is there. The author writes it in a way that the wording resonance with teenagers. every one of us will find some sort of connection with all those girls. Again, this is a beautiful book.

Very mixed reviews of this one. It has a lot of fatphobic language and a few throw-away racist lines that really caught me off guard in such a classic favorite YA novel. I did really like the portrayal of long distance friendship though, a topic that's fairly hard to find in media (at least, if you are looking for a long distance relationship that never turns romantic.) Unsurprisingly, I was most invested in Tibby's storyline, though I thought the book did a pretty good job balancing the action

Must quote from the back of the book, as I love it :)We, the Sisterhood, hereby instate the following rules to govern the use of the Traveling Pants:2. You must never double-cuff the Pants. It's tacky. There will never be a time when this will not be tacky.4. You must never let a boy take off the Pants (although you may take them off yourself in his presence).5. You must not pick your nose while wearing the Pants. You may, however, scratch casually at your nostril while really kind of picking.I

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a novel I really should have read back in high school!I found this book surprisingly fulfilling for me being an adult now reading about pre-teens. These stories are sweet and made me want to know more about these characters. I watched the movie years back, but this makes me want to watch it again for all the silly, girly feels (and I miss those ladies who starred in it <3).The pants being a symbol in this story was a really honest yet fun take on passing

3.5 stars. I went into this expecting it to be a super fluffy teen-girl-friendship-group story, kind of like the movie Now and Then?? And it totally seemed like that's what it was going to be at the beginning of the book. And yet somewhere along the way, it took a turn and detoured down STAB YOU IN THE FEELS Lane. Which I was totally not expecting and still don't quite know how to process. It's a little dated now, and some of the parental actions are a little bit "WTF WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT" as a...

Third Read: August 2016Second Read: 2009Original Read: 20023.5 STARSI *still* have not read Sisterhood Everlasting so I'm going to reread the first four books (yet again) so I can finally finish off this series. I'm going the audio route this time around and the thing that I keep noticing is how different the movie was from the book. It's been so long since I read the books that I forgot how much they condensed into the first movie and how many changes they made. This is still an enjoyable read

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

As posted on Zezee with Books.Why did it take me so long to finally read these books? I’ve been missing out on a fun but touching story about female friendships and family.Quick summary on both books:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series is a contemporary young-adult series about the friendship of four teenage girls growing up in Bethesda, MD. All born within weeks of each other, the girls formed the Sisterhood when they discover a magical pair of pants that not only fits them all despite...

Keep in mind this book was published in 2001, so some things seem outdated and odd having a friendship of girls without them attached to a cell phone. These four girls were thrown together because their moms were in an exercise group together and born within weeks of each other. They attend different school so summer is their bonding and catching up time only this time three will leave home. Tibby is called the rebel but will remain home this summer working as a clerk in a retail store and then

31/5 - Why do they always have to change the book in order for it to become a movie?! Alexis Bledel is nothing like the way I would have imagined Lena (described as having the tanned skin of her Greek ancestry, while Bledel is quite white) if I had read the book first and her character's experience in the movie barely resembles that of her book's counterpart. Lena's relationship with Kostas progresses nothing like the way it is portrayed in the movie (although I have to admit that I found movie