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Lauren Bjorkman studied Mandarin Chinese at UC Davis - Aggies, holla! - and you can tell that she seriously absorbed everything she was taught. She puts a significant amount of detail and thought into everything from the language used, to the food described, to just daily life things.

Miss Fortune Cookie is a rich love letter to the Chinese culture, and to Northern California in general. I read this immediately after reading Smart Girls Get What They Want, and it was nice seeing a different high school-aged trio also deciding their future, and crossing over the threshold of adolescence into adulthood.

The only reason I'm not giving the book five stars, was because I was slightly put off by Mei's elaborate plotting to get out of going to college, so she wouldn't have to leave her boyfriend. I spent a lot of time thinking "Girl,please. You're smart, sassy and cute. There are more fish in the sea! You're going to give up a kick-ass, bad-ass school for a BOY?"

However, please note: this is totally just a me thing, verses a plotting/writing thing. I know plenty of girls who have done silly things in the name of high school boys - myself included - and I think that my (slightly strong) reaction came more from knowing how things like this usually end up, verses disliking that plot line.

So I guess you can say that Lauren Bjorkman remains very true to the adolescent experience in that respect!

Final verdict: This is an adorable, well-written, very well-researched story, about what it's like for three girls growing up in Northern California.


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Miss Fortune Cookie Lauren Bjorkman Books Reviews

Erin attends the prestigious Lowell High School, along with her best friends Mei and Linny. In just a few days they'll know which colleges they got in to, but the girls aren't sure where they want to go. Then Mei writes to advice blogger Miss Fortune Cookie and decides to follow her advice. But Erin is secretly Miss Fortune Cookie and not certain she gave her friend the best counsel.

I really enjoyed MISS FORTUNE COOKIE. Erin is a terrific main character. She jumps to conclusions, interferes in other people's business, and struggles with her own life dilemmas just as much as the people who write to her. At the same time, she's very loyal to her friends and family and almost everyone her age struggles with knowing themselves. And I loved the equations she came up with to describe the situations she finds herself in.

The cultural aspect of MISS FORTUNE COOKIE adds a lot of interest to what could be a standard tale of senior year angst and hijinks. Erin is white but was born in China and lived there for several years, before being raised in San Francisco's Chinatown. She struggles with reconciling her culture to what people expect of her based on her appearance. She also struggles with believing that her friends truly accept her as she is. There's some wonderful plot involving just how untrustworthy memory can be.

Lauren Bjorkman folds a bit of nonfiction in to the mix, as a real-life counter protest of the vile Westboro Baptist Church at Lowell happens during the course of the novel. Obviously, in MISS FORTUNE COOKIE it is fictionalized since the main characters are heavily involved. I thought it was an interesting touch, but I'm not sure it meshed well with the themes of MISS FORTUNE COOKIE. I can't say that I entirely mind a book stalling the story a little to say that hate is bad and God loves everyone, however. It's a point that needs to be made repeatedly.

MISS FORTUNE COOKIE will appeal to contemporary fans who like stories of female friendship with a touch of romance. All three of the girls have a love interest, and their romantic storylines ended up more realistic than I first expected. There's nothing particularly memorable about MISS FORTUNE COOKIE, but it does have an intriguing setting and charm.
Oh man, this book didn't do it for me and that makes me sad because I really wanted to like it. I had two main issues with this book - first, I found Erin's relationships with her friends confusing. I don't understand why they couldn't have just been a trio of friends and why there was all this grudge-holding from fourth grade. But despite their strange friendship, I did like Erin's character. She only wanted to do what was right for her friends and for her blog followers. Most of the time I found her advice pretty sound.

The second issue I had with Miss Fortune Cookie was the protest part of the plot. Erin and her friends seemed to put a lot of thought in their protest and I admire their values (and for that I would recommend this book to high schoolers) but I felt like not enough time was spend with the protest, particularly after they arrived and what might have happened after. The protest ended and that was pretty much it for that plot line. It was almost like an afterthought and I think if more time had been spent on it, some great life lessons could have been learned.

There is a side of romance in this novel, which was a little compelling. It was pretty adorable the way Erin met her love interest and I rooted for them. On another positive note, there were several random and diverse tertiary characters who were pretty awesome.

Two stars. I didn't hate Miss Fortune Cookie and it held my attention, but after all was said and done (and read) it was only okay. This might be a great read for younger YA fans, though I hesitate to say middle grade because of all the mentions of sex.
Ms. Bjorkman is a genius in writing the young mind with intelligence and thoughtfulness. I am in my 40's and loving this story! Bravo!
So I not only loved but I ate up Lauren's other book My Invented Life! So when I got the chance to read this I just had to have it! I wasn't disappointed in any way! I love the sassy wit that Lauren puts in her books. It makes you enjoy them all the more! I have been told that she really captured San Francisco in a way that is believable to the reader which made the story that much better! I so cant wait for her next book and this one is a DEFINITE MUST READ!
Lauren Bjorkman studied Mandarin Chinese at UC Davis - Aggies, holla! - and you can tell that she seriously absorbed everything she was taught. She puts a significant amount of detail and thought into everything from the language used, to the food described, to just daily life things.

Miss Fortune Cookie is a rich love letter to the Chinese culture, and to Northern California in general. I read this immediately after reading Smart Girls Get What They Want, and it was nice seeing a different high school-aged trio also deciding their future, and crossing over the threshold of adolescence into adulthood.

The only reason I'm not giving the book five stars, was because I was slightly put off by Mei's elaborate plotting to get out of going to college, so she wouldn't have to leave her boyfriend. I spent a lot of time thinking "Girl,please. You're smart, sassy and cute. There are more fish in the sea! You're going to give up a kick-ass, bad-ass school for a BOY?"

However, please note this is totally just a me thing, verses a plotting/writing thing. I know plenty of girls who have done silly things in the name of high school boys - myself included - and I think that my (slightly strong) reaction came more from knowing how things like this usually end up, verses disliking that plot line.

So I guess you can say that Lauren Bjorkman remains very true to the adolescent experience in that respect!

Final verdict This is an adorable, well-written, very well-researched story, about what it's like for three girls growing up in Northern California.