GreenBeanTeenQueen

I'm mixing things up this week and letting out my inner geek!:) Geektastic: Stories From the Nerd Herd (I couldn't find any cover art!) About the Book: (From Amazon) Acclaimed authors Holly Black (Ironside)and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr. With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, Geektastic covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers. Whether you're a former, current, or future geek, or if you just want to get in touch with your inner geek, Geektastic will help you get your geek on! GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I have been wanting this book since I ...

Wow-I've reached 100 followers! Thanks so much-you guys are the best. Don't forget this is the last day to enter my blogiversary contest! And I might be throwing another contest soon!:)

Rating: 5/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary/Humor Release Date: February 2006 (an oldie but a goodie !) About the Book: Ashley is just a normal girl who wants nothing more for high school to be over. She's ready to be out of her parents house and move in with her boyfriend . Ashley is definitely not the prom going type. But when a math teacher steals the prom money, Ashley finds herself on the prom committee and sucked in to helping her best friend make this the best prom ever. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I'm trying to catch up on all my Laurie Halse Anderson books and so far this one tops my list! I loved Ashley and thought she was a great main character. There were so many great lines and I wish I could have quotes, but since I listened to this one on audio, it was hard to keep track. The thing I loved most about this book was Ashley's family. I found her family to so refreshing. There's always YA books where the family is dysfunctional, the teens don't get along with ...

So I joined Twitter again. I had an acount about a year ago, but never did anything with it, so I deleted it. But, now that so many of you are on Twitter, I thought I'd better join again. If you want to follow me, you can find me at greenbeanblog (my whole name wouldn't fit-how sad is that?) Happy Twittering!:)

Thanks to Melissa for giving me the Zombie Chicken Award-I love it!:) Here's the rules: The blogger who receives this award believes in the Tao of the zombie chicken - excellence, grace and persistence in all situations, even in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. These amazing bloggers regularly produce content so remarkable that their readers would brave a raving pack of zombie chickens just to be able to read their inspiring words. As a recipient of this world-renowned award, you now have the task of passing it on to at least 5 other worthy bloggers. Do not risk the wrath of the zombie chickens by choosing unwisely or not choosing at all... Some of these people might have gotten this award already, but these are five blogs I would brave zombie chickens to read: Shooting Stars Mag -she was one of my first followers and first blogs I found. She made me feel welcome in the blogging world-and she totally rocks!:) Bookworm at BookwormBookLovers -I love how much our reading patter...

Rating: 3/5 Stars Release Date: January 13, 2009 Genre: Contemporary/Romance/Girls in Sports About the Book: Parker Stanhope's junior year is not starting out right. Everyone got moved up to Varsity soccer, except two players-one of which was Parker. Parker knows she should be on varsity-she's a good player, she's worked hard and all her friends are there. But now her friends are cutting her loose, she's stuck with a team of (gasp!) freshman, and her reputation is on the line. Parker comes up with a crazy plan to get herself on varsity and back with her friends by pulling a stunt at the upcoming sports fair. She'll get a kiss at the kissing booth that will raise so much, the soccer team will have to make the most money and Coach Hartley will just have to put her on the team! But the kiss has to look real, and Parker doesn't have much experience in that department. Parker needs a kissing coach and the boy across the street seems to know a lot... GreenBeanTeenQu...

I've been thinking about book ratings recently and I'm interested in finding out what everyone thinks about them. Right now I rate books on a five star system. Do other people use a rating system? Do you like when reviews have a rating? Are there other things reviewers should include when coming up with a rating? I know I look at Amazon ratings, but even if a book has a low rating, I'm still going to read it if I'm interested in. I also like to see what the people who have given a book I really liked a low rating have to say about it. I don't know that a rating really helps in my decision of a book over a general review. I don't really look at other ratings on other sites, even though I can rate books on LibraryThing, Visual Bookshelf, etc. I think I just get too lazy to go through and rate everything. Should I keep rating books or just write a review? I'd love to hear what others have to say.