Rich Kids of Instagram

July 1, 2014
The cover of Sloan's novelcomprised of interconnected vignettes about obscenely wealthy teens and twentysomethingsfeatures a hundred dollar bill sporting a line of cocaine down its center. This image alone speaks volumes about what readers can expect inside: spoiled young rich kids extravagantly indulging themselves. For starters, there's 22-year-old cyberprodigy Todd Evergreen, a reclusive overnight billionaire who is on the scene at every happening social event yet somehow magically eludes the paparazzi every time. There's Annalise Hoff, a self-described Daddy's girl who just wants her pedigreed boyfriend to get wild with her in the bedroom while she isn't busy planning another elaborate party at the family vacation home in the Hamptons. And then there's the boyfriend himself, Miller Crawford, a wannabe record producer who already has enough money to remain high on something indefinitely. Basing the novel on the popular blog of the same title, Sloan provides enough satirical jabs at all those annoying instant Internet millionaires to make reading about them both palatable and entertaining.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)

February 15, 2014

Drawn from the relentlessly popular Rich Kids of Instagram blog, which averages 850,000 unique visitors a month, this novel presents a pack of insanely rich, insanely spoiled kids who drive Ferraris, enjoy weekend getaways on private jets, and are better at power plays than your average CEO. These industry heiresses and Mayflower legacies really clobber the nouveau riche kid in their midst. If you like this kind of thing....

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