Book 33 - Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Broadway Lights

My thirty-third book was Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Broadway Lights by Jen Calonita. The last book left off with Kaitlyn just finishing the last episode of her hit TV show, Family Affair, and about to head off to NYC for her Broadway debut. So, this book starts out with her heading to New York. She is excited at first with the new environment, but soon starts to miss her home and her boyfriend, Austin. It doesn't help that he's at a co-ed lacrosse camp and some girl named Amanda keeps answering his phone. Kaitlyn tries to focus on her play, a teenage comedy/drama called Meeting of the Minds. But this is hard when you have distractions coming at you from every direction, such as her gorgeous new co-star, Dylan, her rival in the theater, Riley, her frenemy turned friend, Sky Mackenzie, won't leave her alone, and her boyfriend being increasingly distant. If all of this wasn't already enough to worry about, she also keeps thinking about the critic's reaction to her performance, which she is convinced will be bad because of Riley's continued abuse...can Kaitlyn pull it together before opening night? Or will this be as much of a disaster as the events in Paparazzi Princess??

Book 21 - Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Paparazzi Princess

My twenty-first book was the fourth book in the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series, called Paparazzi Princess, by Jen Calonita. As I've said before, I love this series. And so will anyone that loves movies/tv/Hollywood in general. Kaitlyn Burke is back filming the last 8 episodes of Family Affair, which she has been on since she was a toddler. She is having a very hard time with it coming to an end, and her family rushing her to make a decision about what project she's going to take after the show is through. There are several movies, television shows, and even a broadway play to look at, but all Kaitlyn wants to do is mourn the loss of her show and her second family that comes with it. Enter Lauren and Ava, heiresses, hardcore partiers, and all around bad girls. They convince Kaitlyn that she needs to let loose and spend some time where she does what she wants to do. After several weeks of "Mischa Barton like" behavior, she finally realizes at a magazine shoot that the two girls are trying to ruin her career. She then has a panic attack and passes out (I can sympathize). Afterwards, she fixes all of her bad decisions (most of them anyway...she loses out on a great tv show because of her stalling...and her nemesis/sometimes ally Sky gets it). However, she is able to score the leading role in a new Broadway play, which will run for three months. Will Kaitlyn be able to handle live theater??

Book 17 - Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Family Affairs

My seventeenth book was the third book in the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series, called Family Affairs, by Jen Calonita. I love this series, for many reasons, but the main one is because it gives you insight into the life of the rich and famous. In this book, Kaitlyn Burke, Hollywood's It Girl, has just finished her movie and is returning to her nighttime soap opera, Family Affair. She has been on this show since she was four, along with her nemesis, Sky MacKenzie. They play twins Sam and Sara. During the break in filming, the director has decided to add another character, named Colby, that the family will think is their long lost sister, but she really has something more sinister in mind. (The author makes fun of soap operas, making sure all of the storylines are way "out there") This new girl is played by a girl named Alexis, who seems to be a sweet newcomer that just wants to make friends. Sky suspects her of being more than she seems from the very beginning and tries to warn Kaitlyn, who just wants to see the good in people. But, as the story goes on, more and more bad things start happening and Kaitlyn can't ignore the possiblity that Alexis really might be trying to ruin her and Sky's careers. This book, even though it's 316 pages, only took me a day to read. It's my favorite of the series so far, and that's saying a lot because I have loved both of the other books. If you're a fan of Hollywood or movies, I recommend this series.

Book 9 - Secrets of My Hollywood Life: On Location

My ninth book is the second book in the "Secrets of My Hollywood Life" series, called On Location, by Jen Calonita. This book follows actress Kaitlyn Burke as she navigates Hollywood. At the start of this book, her boyfriend is the boy she met in the first book when she went undercover at a local high school. So, he's a "normal" boy and she is worried about how he will react when he finds out how hard her life is. She has just been cast in Hutch Adam's new movie. Hutch is kind of a Steven Spielberg type director. She finds out that her nemesis, Sky, who also happens to play her sister on Kaitlyn's tv show Family Affairs, has been cast as the villian. Kaitlyn also has to navigate a jealous ex-boyfriend that wants her back, an outrageous studio executive, and Sky's scheming assistant, all while trying to keep her boyfriend in the dark about it all. During the story, she stops narrating to tell you Hollywood Secrets (hence the title of the book), like why actors date other actors or how they edit pictures in magazines.