The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series
by Ann Brashares

This is a pretty well known series.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, and finally Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood.
The four books follow the four lives of these best friends.  Lena- the pretty one
Bridget- the sporty one
Tibby- the artsy one
and Carmen- the dramatic one
Their lives are marked by summers.  And on the eve of their first summer they are to spend separated, the pants are brought to life.  Yes a magical pair of pants that fit all the very different girls, is to be the glue between them all.  They will write letters to each other and send the pants along to help them accomplish great things.  This series spans from the summer before the girls junior year of high school to the summer before their second year of college.  We watch as these four girls grow up into very distinct woman, who fall in love, have their hearts broken, follow their dreams, fail, and achieve things they never thought possible all the while doing their best to stay friends even in their changing worlds.

I give this series and 9 out of 10

I feel kind of bad that I've been doing sort of girly books lately but I swear they are not the only genre I read and more pivotal works of literature will be up.  But I loved these books.  To this day I will still spend a summer reading them just because I love them so much.  They are very girly feel good books but sometimes that's all you need.  The thing that I love about them is how based in reality they are.  The girls don't always fall in love and then have that love reciprocated, they have their dark shadows just like anyone.  The stories don't always end happily they remain based in reality.  The other thing I love about them is the books are always different from each other.  It isn't the same story over and over each book has its new set of obstacles and wonderful messages that I keep with me.  They may not be thrilling novels but they will certainly make you feel the love.

Stay tuned for Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Barshares the final installment of the sisterhood ten years after the last book!