GreenBeanTeenQueen

So you guys have heard me blabbering my excitement over ALA for awhile now and it's almost here! I can't wait!! For those of you wondering what ALA is, it's the American Library Association's annual conference (there's also the midwinter conference held in January every year) This is a chance for librarians to meet up, attend awesome sessions, award committees meet and discuss what they'll be awarding, and lots of library vendors make appearances in the exhibit hall to tell you how they can help improve your library. There's also publishers with ARCs of new books and author signings. This will be my first ALA conference and the more stuff I get about it, the more excited I get. I'm making my schedule, figuring out what sessions to attend, what authors I want meet, and just how many books I can bring home with me. If you'll be heading to ALA, author or blogger, let me know. I know of a few bloggers that are going and we'd love to have a bl...

Rating: 4/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 5/20/2008 About the Book: Theater camp changes everything. Sadye and Demi are two Ohio teens who are accepted to a summer theater camp. One succeeds, one is pushed in the background, but they both are in for the summer of their lives. The show must go on! GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: Ok, I admit that maybe the reason I liked this one so much is that I spent every summer between 5th and 10th grade at Camellot Academy, a summer fine arts camp and learned dance, drama, voice, guitar, art and then worked on a musical every afternoon. And when I graduated out of camp, I returned and taught dance and drama for the Jr. Division (grades preK-3). I was also a total drama geek in high school and did pretty much any show I could. So maybe my own drama experiences made this one more enjoyable. I knew the shows they were talking about, I knew people like the characters, I knew how crazy drama camp can be (although my camp was nowhere near as ...

Ghostgirl Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Release Date: 8/1/2008 Genre: Contemporary Ghostgirl: Homecoming Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Release Date: 7/1/2009 Genre: Contemporary About the Books: Ghostgirl: Charlotte Usher longs to be popular. She has spent all summer learning to be like Petula, the ultimate popular girl at Hawthorne High and Charlotte's idol. Plus, she's determined this will be her year to win Damen Dylon's heart. But everything changes when Charlotte chokes on a gummy bear on her first day of school and finds herself in Dead Ed. Now she has to help her classmates cross over. But Charlotte is determined that even death can't keep her from popularity. Ghostgirl: Homecoming: Charlotte has a new "job" working on a teen help hotline, but she's not getting any calls. Until a tragedy strikes Petula and her sister Scarlet and Charlotte may be the only one who can help. Being a ghost could come in handy after all. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I really enjoyed these book...

Man, I read a lot during June. Probably because I wasn't taking any classes and I did the 48 Hour Book Challenge! I get one more month of summer and then it's off to my children's lit class, which means LOTS of required reading. June 2009 1. Slept Away by Julie Kraut 2. Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley 3. Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker 4. Forget Me Not by Colleen Murtagh Paratore 5. Wings by Aprilynne Pike 6. Something, Borrowed by Emily Giffin 7. Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney 9. Knocked Out by my Nunga Nungas by Louise Rennison (Audiobook CD) 10. Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman (picture books) 11. Dancing in my Nuddy Pants (Audiobook CD) 12. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater 13. Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott 14. Dramarama by E. Lockhart (Audiobook CD) 15. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater 16. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson 17. Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley 18. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah O...

The winner of the birthday contest is: MELANIE of Melanie's Musings! Melanie said Something, Maybe was a great summer read (she's so right!) And she won on her birthday, so happy birthday Melanie! Since I asked what everyone's favorite summer reads were, I thought I'd share the answers. Some people like light fluffy romance, where others lean more towards issue books,mysteries and action. Sarah Dessen got the most mentions but Sarah Ockler's debut book Twenty Boy Summer wasn't far behind, so way to go Sarah O! (And yes, I love that two of the top authors share my name!:) The other most popular summer reads author was Meg Cabot. -Sarah Dessen-6 votes, with Truth About Forever, Just Listen, and This Lullaby getting mentioned. Also Along for the Ride was wish listed! -Meg Cabot-5 votes, with Being Nikki and All American Girl getting mentions -Twenty Boy Summer-5 votes -Harry Potter Series-3 votes -Elizabeth Scott-3 votes with Something, Maybe and Love You Hat...

Lauren Barnholdt is giving away an ARC of Catching Fire . Be sure to check it out and follow her on Twitter!

On July 11th I will be traveling to Chicago to join librarians, authors and publishers at the American Library Association conference. This will be my first time at ALA and I'm super excited to heading back to Chicago (where I lived for two years and met my husband), visit with my in-laws (who live in the suburbs) and meet with other librarians and get all fan girly over authors. One of the perks of ALA is picking up lots of swag. Here are some of the books I'm hoping to find: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl -Powers, curses and mystery-what's not to love? Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink -I feel like the last blogger who hasn't read this one and Michelle is an awesome word ninja! Alphas by Lisi Harrison -The Clique series flies off my library shelves, so it's great to have another series to recommend. Plus, you know me and books with pink on the cover-can't resist! NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue and Defense Society -Love the titl...