All I Want is Everything

May 5, 2003
Gossip Girl dishes all the dirt that's fit (or not) to post in the newest catty installment, All I Want Is Everything by Cecily von Ziegesar. It's Christmastime in the Upper East Side world of Blair, Serena and company, who continue to party hard in Manhattan, chasing away the chill with a trip to sunny St. Barts. As always, the anonymous gossip girl chews over all the comings, goings, couplings and uncouplings on her Web site, with her signature sign-off-"You know you love me."

August 1, 2003
Gr 10 Up-Blair, Serena, and their cronies are up to their old tricks, fitting backstabbing and gossiping into a heavy schedule of wild parties, glamorous vacations, and schoolwork. These teens are privileged, upper-class Manhattanites, so money is no object. Sex, drugs, and drinking are the norm, and all of their comings and goings are faithfully recorded and reported by the mysterious Gossip Girl on her Web site. In between school and shopping, they infect all of Manhattan with cattiness and sexual intrigues, related in a salty language. Even though this is part of a series, new readers will easily catch up with the melodrama.-Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA

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