#I am Princess x

[ofliterarynature]

TBR TAKEDOWN: Week 9 (July 28)

TLDR: I have too many unread books, and I’m asking tumblr to help me downsize. Pick one or none, and comment if you can - a convincing sentence is worth a dozen votes! You’re also welcome to just choose the one that sounds the worst :D Book descriptions below the cut, see my pinned post for more info.

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure.

Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom, driving across the Ballard Bridge on a rainy night. When the car went over the side, Libby passed away, and Princess X died with her.

Once upon a now: May is sixteen and lonely, wandering the streets of Seattle, when she sees a sticker slapped in a corner window.

Princess X?

When May looks around, she sees the Princess everywhere: Stickers. Patches. Graffiti. There's an entire underground culture, focused around a webcomic at IAmPrincessX.com. The more May explores the webcomic, the more she sees disturbing similarities between Libby's story and Princess X online. And that means that only one person could have started this phenomenon---her best friend, Libby, who lives.

Tinkerbelle by Robert Manry

This book tells how a dream became a deed: how a middle aged, married and presumably sober copy editor of the Plain Dealer, of Cleveland, Ohio, happened to get the idea of sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat, how he acquired the boat, and how he executed the voyage that made his idea a reality. It is the story of the 13 1/2 foot sloop Tinkerbelle, believed to be the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic nonstop.

The author, having undertaken to explain why he made the voyage, describes his adventures during the 78 days it lasted: being awakened by a submarine, being knocked overboard by big waves, meeting three Russian trawlers, suffering weird hallucinations, repairing a broken rudder in mid-ocean, receiving a feast from a Belgian ship captain, trying to get dry, being interviewed by a Cleveland TV newsman 250 miles from journey’s end, and receiving a welcome from an armada of small boats at his destination, Falmouth, England.

Quite apart from the thrill of the exploits it reports, Robert Manry’s story has the happy effect of persuading the reader that he too could sail a small boat single-handed across the Atlantic… if only he could find the time.

The Cantaloupe Thief by Deb Richardson-Moore

It's ten years since wealthy matriarch Alberta Resnick was found stabbed to death in Georgia. Local reporter Branigan Powers sets out to investigate the city's only unsolved murder.

Branigan knows that the homeless often have information, but are rarely asked. She gets in touch with Liam, a pastor who runs a shelter. As they start to ask questions, secrets begin to surface. Then homeless people start dying.

Clearly the killer won't stop until all tracks are covered. But what the killer doesn't know is that someone is watching, someone who is used to being ignored and unseen…

[peterofthedrakes]

hey what if i did fanart for a book i read in middleschool.

anyways.

[bubbie995]

On my knees pleading begging WHERE are the I Am Princess X fans?? 😭

[beneath-thestyx]

I just finished I am princess X

may and Libby are girlfriends coded

[bonemunchereden]

I Am Princess X needs a movie

[kitkat-the-muffin]

I read the book I Am Princess X when I was 12

I read the webcomic Homestuck when I was 13

When I was 14, I made the connection that Jackdaw and Dirk Strider were essentially the exact same person

In this essay I will-

[kjcamilli]

I Am Princess X

Cherie Priest

Illustrated by Kali Ciesemier 

May has had very few friends throughout her life, with the exception of Libby, who she met through their joint creativity with sidewalk chalk. Libby’s initial drawing spawned a series of written adventures about the character–Princess X–that both girls worked on together. They were the best of friends until Libby and her mom drowned, and all the written adventures were lost to Libby’s dad’s moving and carelessness. May knows her best friend is dead, but when she finds out that a webcomic about Princess X is online, she can’t help but hope that there’s something she doesn’t know. This story follows May’s quest to prove that her friend isn’t actually dead by following subtle clues in the online story within a story. The art that goes along with the fictional webcomic is beautiful and will appeal to readers who enjoy graphic novels but might be looking for something more text-heavy. Both a mystery and an adventure set in a realistic contemporary setting, this book can appeal to a wide variety of readers, although it does deal with some heavier topics such as death and grief, kidnapping, race, and divorce and other family issues, along with a few swears that make it solidly for young adult readers. The characters are compelling, from May, a stubborn but sometimes insecure teen who goes out of her way to find the truth, and Patrick, a morally gray hacker with a tendency to get in over his head, to Libby, a traumatized artist with a knack for finding her way out of some sticky situations, and Jackdaw, an outcast genius known for taking in runaways. Readers will likely find themselves drawn to the characters as well as captivated by the complex plot as May works to find her friend and put their mysterious villain behind bars. 

BIBLIO: 2015, Scholastic Books, Ages 12+, $7.99.

REVIEWER: Katherine Camilli  

FORMAT: Traditional and Graphic Novel

ISBN: 9780545907316

[vroomvroomvettel]

Why are there no Trickdaw fanfics?

[punsandquips]

HEYO I AM PRINCESS X FANDOM (aka me and like 3 other people)

So I was rereading I am Princess X a couple weeks ago when I realized I didn’t know when the book takes place. It’s never actually mentioned in the book at all. So I started combing through pieces of pop culture mentioned to try and figure it out. Patrick uses some tech which would date the book, but not much. The iPad and Patrick’s use of Reddit means the book had to take place after 2010, but they’d still a decent chunk of time. After a while, I found something useful: a throwaway line at the end of Chapter 2 where May mentions ending the day by watching the Venture Bros. on Netflix with her dad. With a bit of digging, I discovered that the Venture Bros was added on Netflix after 2010 on September 15th 2014 and removed from Netflix on May 6th 2015. Now we know the book takes place in June because May finds the first Princess X sticker on June 1st. This means the book takes place in 2015, probably in an alternate universe where the Venture Bros wasn’t removed in May

[geekghoul]

The absolute tragedy that I Am Princess X was never even optioned for a movie. Can y’all imagine? Seeing Black Chava both pre and post demolition? Them skulking about in an abandoned shopping center? When she tore the sticker in half. So many books have no business hopping mediums, this book does.

[doublemegative]

Princess X was the it girl of the Scholastic Book Fair and continues to be the it girl of my heart

[alyssumowo]

I've gotten back into reading books lately and WOW I did not expect a book I bought at a middle school book fair to have the word "porn" in it

[yusukesmomjeans]

Ok but there are some book series that deserve an active fandom and don't have enough support but they fully changed my life:

- I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

- the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

- the Hollow Kingdom Trilogy by Clare B Dunkle

[thecosmicrebel]

I love I am Princess X and just think there needs to be more fanart for it.

More people need to read this book!! GO READ IT!!

[mywolvie]

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

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