GreenBeanTeenQueen

Rating: 2/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 5/1/2011 Add to Goodreads About the Book: Three days before her drama club's trip to Italy, Jessa stumbles in on her boyfriend with Natalie aka "the boob job." Now taking off to the most romantic city in the world. Jessa has a front row seat to Natalie and Sean's relationship. To help her move on, her best friend Carissa has sent along twenty envelopes titled "Top Twenty Reasons He's a Slimy Jerk Bastard," that Jessa is supposed to open along her trip. Each envelope includes instructions that are supposed to help Jessa get over Sean and maybe find herself along the way. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I had high hopes for this book. The premise sounded cute and reminded me of Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes or maybe even P.S. I Love You . Unfortunately, the book ultimately fell flat for me. I know Jessa is heartbroken, but the book is so full of her angst and not being able to get over Sean, that it grows a ...

Rating: 2/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 5/1/2010 About the Book: Willa's summer just got more confusing. A boy has shown up in Bramble claiming that he's Willa's long lost half-brother and that he think their father might still be alive. Does Willa believe him? And if this is true, how will this affect her mom and Sam? GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: This is a hard review to write because I adored the first three books in this series. But when the series took a turn from being "The Wedding Planner's Daughter" series to "The Life of Willa Havisham" the charm started to fade. I could deal with the last book because there were still glimpses of the charm that I liked. There was the big twist at the end with Willa's brother which was somewhat out of character for the books I thought, but still interesting. But Wish I Might just fell flat for me. The book itself is only 166 pages, and it takes around 70 pages in before we really get to t...

Rating: 2/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 12/15/09 About the Book: It's been twelve years and Nan has been living abroad with her husband Ryan (aka Harvard Hottie). Now she's back, she's running a new business which gets her a job at a snooty private school back with the same crowd she left long ago. She's also trying to fix up her new house and Ryan is pressuring her to start a family. Than one night, Grayer X winds up on her doorstep and Nan finds herself back in the world of the Xs. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I first read The Nanny Diaries three years ago when I myself was working as a nanny. Granted, I wasn't working for an elite, rich family in New York, but I still found the book to be a wickedly funny account of the nannying world and I really enjoyed it. So I was looking forward to returning to Nan's story, but sadly I was disappointed with this sequel. After twelve years, getting married, and living all over the world with her husband, Nan has ...

This is part of a tour for Traveling to Teens ! Rating: 2/5 Stars Genre: Paranormal Release Date: 9/1/2009 About the Book: Cassandra Gray is a vampire-only she doesn't feast off blood, she thrives on human tears. Cass is always there when someone needs a shoulder to cry on and she'll be the one to listen and comfort. But Cassandra isn't happy with her manipulative life-she wants more and she wants to be human, especially since she's starting to fall in love with a human boy. Can she betray her family and the life she's always know? GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: While the premise for this vampire book is unique, it failed to work for me. It's supposed to be a paranormal book, but I never really got the paranormal aspect. It read much more like any contemporary fiction novel about a girl trying to break away from her family mold. It seemed like the paranormal stuff got thrown in there at times it needed to be mentioned-and on yeah, she's a vampire. Cassandr...

Rating: 2/5 Stars (I would have given it one, but I think tween/young teens getting started on vampire books might like it) Genre: Paranormal/Romance Release Date: Originally released in 1991, re-released in 2007 About the Book: Popular, beautiful Elena meets mysterious, devastatingly handsome and new to town Stefan. Teen angst and vampire brooding ensues. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: WARNING!! This review contains spoilers!! And it's long-I had a lot of venting to do! With a TV show coming this Fall and Vampire Lit the hot genre, this book has been consistently checked out at my library. A co-worker mentioned she had enjoyed them as a teen and my teen volunteer read it and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a try. I am so annoyed that I wasted my time. This is one example of when I think the TV Show might turn out better than the books. I never felt any true chemistry between Elena and Stefan, but the previews for the show seem to add more depth to their relationship. Elena is you...