by charby

Created on: April 02, 2009

DVD boxsets really are the lazy student's best friend. Although I have work to do, places to go and people to see, I always seem to find a lot of time for lying back in my room with a DVD or two, or even watching them while I'm doing something else, such as my hair or my nails. Whereas I love watching a good film as much as anyone (or maybe more), most of the time I find myself putting on a TV series when I'm in the mood for watching something, and so have built up quite a collection of DVD boxsets, though still borrow quite a few from my friends as they have lots of them too. I first discovered Gossip Girl when I borrowed the first series from my friend down the corridor, and after watching it and loving it, I decided to buy my own so I could watch it whenever I wanted to. Now that I've seen the series several times and am still obsessed with it, I decided that it was time to review it and share its greatness with all of you, while I wait for the second series to come out.

Gossip Girl is an American series based on the books of the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar, and is about a group of elite teenagers from the Upper East
Side in Manhattan. These teenagers are rich and practically royalty in the city, and attend exclusive private schools and aim to attend even more exclusive Ivy League colleges when they leave school. Their world is full of scandal and secrets, most of which are exposed on everyone's favourite website: Gossip Girl, where an unknown girl spreads information about these elite few so that everyone can see it. This leads to even more scandal, as well as a lot of bitching and fights, and lots more juicy secrets.

The main cast of characters includes Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), Serena van der Woodson (Blake Lively), Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), and siblings Dan and Jenny Humphrey (Penn Badgley and Taylor Momsen respectively). Blair is queen bee in this elite world, with her gorgeous boyfriend Nate Archibald by her side and many admirers and friends. Her best friend Serena, however, disappeared without a word six months ago, and has just returned to the city, sparking off interest anew as to why she left and why she has returned. Dan has always had a crush on Serena, though has never approached her as he is not in with her friends, due to being from Brooklyn and not being part of the Upper East Side elite. Dan's sister Jenny, however, is desperate to become one of the popular girls, and is willing to do almost anything

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