The Things You Learn…

…when you read your own book reviews.

So I finally made IvyGate Blog, the so-called “Gawker for the Ivy League.” (One year later.) The actual review is Spoiler Central (with warnings), so I don’t recommend clicking on this link: Ivy League Beach Reads — unless you’ve read both Secret Society Girl and Under the Rose. And if you have, check it out. There are all kinds of fun tidbits to be found therein.

The bulk of the review concerns itself with chronicling the real-life counterparts to the invented world of Eli, such as comparing my made-up society names to the actual ones. Also, they picked up on the origin of the name “Prescott,” which most have not. I’m incredibly impressed with the writer’s devotion to detail.

And then there were a few surprises. For instance, who knew that Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth were Princeton-bound? Not me, for sure. But apparently, it gave my in-passing description of an affair between starlet Marissa Corrs and George Harrison Prescott (in book one) a ripped-from-the-headlines flavor. Lucky me! Also of interest is the observation that my character Harun is actually the “high-achieving son of Pakistani diplomats.” I’m so intrigued by this revelation.

Anyway, a fun Friday diversion. Thanks, IvyGate.

Back to revisions on book three.