tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post5842481818922748842..comments2023-12-12T11:49:36.184-06:00Comments on GreenBeanTeenQueen: Tween Tuesday: My Favorite Reads from my Tween YearsGreenBeanTeenQueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08708155058381407531noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-23594675612461776342010-08-07T10:56:02.822-05:002010-08-07T10:56:02.822-05:00I read =a lot= of the same books....I still have m...I read =a lot= of the same books....I still have my copy of Ghost Wore Grey at home :) I never got into Anne of Green Gables or Little Women (despite the fact that my mom passed on her cool Madame Alexander Little Women dolls to me) or the classic-y books at that age. I do remember reading a lot of mysteries like the Nancy Drew files and the Poirot mysteries by Agatha Christie and some of the teen series like Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High. I really got into fantasy, too, and gobbled up the Alanna series by Tamora Pierce and the L.J. Smith series starting with Heart of Valor. I was super-excited to find out that series has been re-issued! Also really liked the Darkangel series by Meredith Pierce (conviently located next to Tamora Pierce on the shelf) and Piers Anthony's The Incarnations of Immortality and Mode series. I felt like a badass checking out these chunky books from the adult section, even if they were kind of geeky :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03935553011321162691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-20735459355976106222010-08-06T22:56:25.493-05:002010-08-06T22:56:25.493-05:00Most of those books you mentioned were my favorite...Most of those books you mentioned were my favorite too! There are just too many for me to mention, but a couple more that really stand out for me was the Dragonriders series by Anne McCaffrey- these books are really what triggered my love of fantasy. I read all of them in late elementary/early middle school I think.<br /><br />Also all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books- when we lived in Maryland, we took a trip "out west" and went to her house in Mansfield- it was a dream come true for me at the time. (I've lived in MO for over 15 years now and I haven't gotten back..I know, I know...). <br /><br />And then there is Sabriel and The Golden Compass- they are what made me want to be a fantasy writer. I could name about a million more books I loved as a tween, but those really have a special place in my heart.Abby Minardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-24379727494875952442010-08-06T09:50:04.526-05:002010-08-06T09:50:04.526-05:00Cute new blog design!!!!
And in my tween I loved ...Cute new blog design!!!!<br /><br />And in my tween I loved loved loved all the Lois Duncan books! Read and reread them :)Jill of The O.W.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648624834255015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-64540486083093002172010-08-05T17:05:09.277-05:002010-08-05T17:05:09.277-05:00I just told my son about the Catwings books after ...I just told my son about the Catwings books after seeing your recommendation here. <br /><br />I love your new blog design, btw! It's awesome!Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-48721735464156280412010-08-04T23:17:27.964-05:002010-08-04T23:17:27.964-05:00I devoured Madeleine L'Engle books in middle s...I devoured Madeleine L'Engle books in middle school. I think I read all of the Murry/Austin/O'Keefe stories and loved how all of her books connect to each other. My best friend and I were also obsessed with Jacob Have I Loved.Whitneyhttp://www.youthservicescorner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-15925368234958006212010-08-04T00:16:11.746-05:002010-08-04T00:16:11.746-05:00Tween? So that would be ... like, four, five years...Tween? So that would be ... like, four, five years ago, lol. Um. I loved Charlotte Doyle and A Wrinkle In Time. Um again. The two Princess of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine. Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones, the Circle books by Tamora Pierce. The Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Uglies, Harry Potter.<br />-eyes list- <br />I'm thinking I should be quiet now.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544115879736949909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-81428404878093491622010-08-03T23:37:56.138-05:002010-08-03T23:37:56.138-05:00LOVED The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, and...LOVED The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, and Madeleine L'Engle is fabulous as well! :DNatalie https://www.blogger.com/profile/15879112865868418812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-31876327073335020112010-08-03T22:23:08.842-05:002010-08-03T22:23:08.842-05:00I, too, loved Anne of Green Gables. I also loved R...I, too, loved Anne of Green Gables. I also loved Roald Dahl's THE BFG and anything by Lois Lowry. Especially A SUMMER TO DIE. I discovered tear-jerkers in the 5th grade and by middle school, I was all about Lurlene MacDaniel. :)Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618668989233112126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-4990135751414902702010-08-03T22:05:56.739-05:002010-08-03T22:05:56.739-05:00I am so sorry I forgot to link back to you on my T...I am so sorry I forgot to link back to you on my Tween Tuesday today! I fixed it now!Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209234434495701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-36699883243794447602010-08-03T20:06:22.087-05:002010-08-03T20:06:22.087-05:00For my Tween Tuesday, I reviewed Shannon Hale'...For my Tween Tuesday, I reviewed Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl at http://ireadtorelax.blogspot.com/2010/08/tween-tuesday-goose-girl.htmlJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493359469313592497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-43404304711864951332010-08-03T19:39:39.653-05:002010-08-03T19:39:39.653-05:00Hey! I love your blog and so I'm passing an aw...Hey! I love your blog and so I'm passing an award on to you...you can check it out here at http://ireadtorelax.blogspot.com/2010/08/versatile-blogger-award.htmlJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493359469313592497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-30193721450533508172010-08-03T18:10:58.445-05:002010-08-03T18:10:58.445-05:00Great selection! I liked Anne as a tween, but didn...Great selection! I liked Anne as a tween, but didn't really appreciate the books until I was in college. As a tween I devoured Ann Rinaldi and Lurlene McDaniel books. I loved The Giver and Number The Stars. I loved The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.<br /><br />Here's my Tween Tuesday:<br /><a href="http://alisoncanread.blogspot.com/2010/08/tween-tuesday-8-operation-redwood-by-s.html" rel="nofollow">Tween Tuesday</a>Alison Can Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908868606441539344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-20756889631437009282010-08-03T12:50:24.607-05:002010-08-03T12:50:24.607-05:00The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle was also o...<i>The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle</i> was also one of my favorites! And Anne, of course. :) <br /><br />I was also a big fan of <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/95317" rel="nofollow"><i>It's Like This, Cat</i> by Emily Neville</a> and the <a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/Bad+News+Ballet" rel="nofollow">Bad News Ballet series by Jahnna Malcolm</a>.<br /><br />Here is my <a href="http://lawral.blogspot.com/2010/08/dont-know-where-dont-know-when.html" rel="nofollow">Tween Tuesday</a> post.Lawral the Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145893398291507839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-79426079006626788512010-08-03T12:17:11.337-05:002010-08-03T12:17:11.337-05:00I was also a big fan of 'True Confessions of C...I was also a big fan of 'True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,' 'Catherine Called Birdy,' and 'Sara, Plain and Tall!' And I was, and continue to be, a HUGE L. M. Montgomery reader! I not only loved the Anne series but also most of her other books, especially a few stand alone novels and the Emily trilogy. One of my travel goals remains to get to PEI. I remembering reading a lot of Nancy Drew before upgrading to Agatha Christie. I also read Tamora Pierce (Song of the Lioness Quartet), Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci Quartet, 'The Witch of Blackbird Pond,' and Ann Rinaldi's historical fiction. Ah, I love tween reading nostalgia! Thanks for such a fun post!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389001322206092572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-10539942066243926052010-08-03T09:21:54.409-05:002010-08-03T09:21:54.409-05:00I loved both Anne of Green Gables and The Mixed Up...I loved both Anne of Green Gables and The Mixed Up Files. I still recommend Mixed Up Files and still get good reactions from kids which just shows how timelessly wonderful it is!<br /><br />I liked the Witch of Blackbird Pond. I checked that out endlessly as a tween and teen, lol.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143076553082307597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-12868236813121757462010-08-03T09:13:44.624-05:002010-08-03T09:13:44.624-05:00I loved Anne as a tween, I have forgotten how many...I loved Anne as a tween, I have forgotten how many times I read it and the series. A definite favorite. Here is my <a href="http://thejoysofreading.blogspot.com/2010/08/tween-tuesday-justin-case.html" rel="nofollow">Tween Tuesday</a> post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-53091278158956456992010-08-03T08:51:02.777-05:002010-08-03T08:51:02.777-05:00Ah. I loved almost all of these as well. I think ...Ah. I loved almost all of these as well. I think I would add THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND, ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE and CHARMED LIFE. I must have reread those three books about four times every year from age 10-15. Loved them!!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493359469313592497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-23641949980941886622010-08-03T08:50:18.599-05:002010-08-03T08:50:18.599-05:00Truly by the time I hit seventh grade it was all a...Truly by the time I hit seventh grade it was all about Sweet Valley High. I do remember in sixth grade, though, one of my favorite books was Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth by EL Konisburg. I also love the All of a Kind Family books by Sydney Taylor. I know there were plenty more, however, I know that my seventh and eighth grade years were really occupied with SVH. My Tween Tuesday is <a href="http://janasbooklist.blogspot.com/2010/08/tween-tuesday-death-and-further.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209234434495701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075890361193230583.post-56126001500003996482010-08-03T08:27:49.707-05:002010-08-03T08:27:49.707-05:00I also adored Anne as a tween (and still!) -- one ...I also adored Anne as a tween (and still!) -- one of my favorite vacations as a kid was our trip to PEI. Though sadly (fortunately?) I had no opportunity to re-enact the Lily Maid scene. But I must admit I never was quite as enthused about Ingleside or Rainbow Valley. And Rilla never really interested me as a kid, but I love that one as an adult.<br /><br />I wish I had known about the BETSY-TACY books (especially the High School ones) as a tween. They get me in a similar way that the Anne books do (though they are slightly more "real" and less lyrical).<br /><br />Some of my other favorite tween books were DOGSBODY and WITCH WEEK by Diana Wynne Jones, DRAGONSONG & DRAGONSINGER by Anne McCaffrey, THE GIRL WITH THE SILVER EYES by Willo Davis Roberts.Deva Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258363660299633982noreply@blogger.com