Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries Novel

Summer and the City: A Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell

Goodreads summary: Summer is a magical time in New York City and Carrie is in love with all of it—the crazy characters in her neighborhood, the vintage-clothing boutiques, the wild parties, and the glamorous man who has swept her off her feet. Best of all, she's finally in a real writing class, taking her first steps toward fulfilling her dream. 

This sequel to The Carrie Diaries brings surprising revelations as Carrie learns to navigate her way around the Big Apple, going from being a country "sparrow"—as Samantha Jones dubs her—to the person she always wanted to be. But as it becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile her past with her future, Carrie realizes that making it in New York is much more complicated than she ever imagined. 

With her signature wit and sparkling humor, Candace Bushnell reveals the irresistible story of how Carrie met Samantha and Miranda, and what turned a small-town girl into one of New York City's most unforgettable icons, Carrie Bradshaw.

My thoughts: The book was about Carrie's first summer in New York. It wasn't so much about the writing program why she went to there in the first place as the relationships with other people. Still  I liked the book. After watching the series and reading Sex and the City - book, I have always thought what happened before, how they met, were they friends right away. And finally Candace Bushnell answered to my questions and wrote The Carrie Diaries.  It was really great book to read but somehow it wasn't just as good and interesting than the first book in the series. I read the second book on Finnish, and the translation was well done and easy to read, but somehow it felt that it would be better in English. So I think I'm going to buy the copy of the book in English and hope that it's better than the translation.