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Rating: 5/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary/Historical Release Date: 10/12/2010 Add to Goodreads About the Book : Andi Alpers is living life just going through the motions. She's angry at her father for leaving, upset that her mother can't handle her emotions, and depressed and wracked with grief over the tragic accident that killed her younger brother. With the threat of failing out of school looming, Andi's father decides to take her to Paris with him on a research project so Andi can do some research on her final project. While there, Andi discovers a diary belonging to a Alex, a girl who lived in Paris two centuries ago. As Andi begins to read Alex's diary, she begins to recognize herself in Alex's words and the girls lives intersect in ways Andi never could have imagined. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I had high hopes for Revolution after loving Ms. Donnelly's previous YA novel, A Northern Light , and I'm happy to report that Revolution did not let me down...

Rating: somewhere between 2.75-3/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 10/26/2010 Add to Goodreads About the Book: While wandering the stacks in The Strand, Dash discovers a red moleskin notebook with a list of clues. And so beings Dash and Lily's adventures across New York through a red notebook. Each one leaving messages and clues to the other and sending each other on various dares. But are Dash and Lily destined to meet in real life or is there relationship for the notebook only? GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: OK, I really, really, really wanted to like this one-honestly I did. But it just fell flat for me. I loved the idea of trading a notebook back and forth and getting to know each other, but the execution just wasn't what I wanted. First off, I found Lily to be an annoying character. She was immature and just so ridiculously goofy that I had a hard time taking her seriously. She took quirky to a whole new level! As I was reading, I figured out that Lily reminded me a lot...

Tween Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted here at GreenBeanTeenQueen to highlight great reads for tweens! Join the fun and add your own Tween Tuesday posts below. Here are a few 2011 MG debuts I'm looking forward to reading in 2011. What 2011 tween releases are you excited about? Vanished by Sheela Chari From Goodreads: How does a beloved Indian instrument vanish from the hands of a late, renowned musician and end up in the possession of a potato-chip-eating, perpetually tardy eleven-year-old girl? This is what Neela Krishnan, Arlington's budding veena player, must figure out if she wants her instrument back after it vanishes one day from a church. What she soon discovers is that her veena's "vanishing" is no accident but part of a bizarre chain of disappearances involving a missing, retired minister, a kooky church sextant guarding a dragon teakettle, and Lynne, the new girl at school with a huge wad of cash and a mysterious connection to the dead musician. Hot on ...

Last year I posted my Reading Resolutions for the year: 2010 Resolutions 1. Read 200 books in the year. - I didn't quite make it to 200-depending on how much I read the rest of this week, I'll be about ten books away from 200. I can count all the picture books I read to up my total to 200, right?;) 2. Read review books faster.- I fell behind a bit due to school and committee work again, but I think I made progress on this one this year. 3. Post my reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, etc. more often -I'm happy to report I did keep up with this one!! 4. Read the books that win the ALA Youth Media Awards if I haven't read them already- I totally failed on this one-I only ended up reading about half of them. The ones I haven't read are still sitting in my TBR pile...sigh... So what are my reading and blogging resolutions for 2011? 1. Read 200 (or more) books in the year. I was so close this year I know I can do it next year! Plus, we're having a reading challenge for...

I've decided that I'm going to take a blogging break this week so I can spend my time off reading! I'll be back Monday December 27. Have a great Christmas-I hope everyone gets lots of books!!

Rating: 5/5 Stars Genre: Contemporary Release Date: 9/1/2009 Add to Goodreads About the Book: Five months ago, Valerie's boyfriend Nick opened fire on their classmates and then turned the gun on himself. As Valerie was trying to stop him, she managed to get shot in the leg and saved the life of one of her classmates Nick was trying to shoot. All at once she being called an accomplice and a hero. Valerie had started a "hate list" which Nick used to choose the people he would go after. Valerie never meant for anyone to get hurt, but she's faced with anger and resentment as she returns to school. Navigating a school year where no one wants her around, her family falling apart in the midst of tragedy, and haunted by memories of Nick, Valerie must come to terms with the tragedy that changed her life and learn how to make amends and move on. GreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I've had the ARC of this one sitting in my TBR pile since I picked it up at ALA last year and kept meanin...

It's your turn to give me book suggestions! Next semester I'm taking an Adult Reading Materials course. I hardly read adult books and if I do, I read it my typical women's fiction/chick lit/romance genre. So I need your help. I have to read adult titles in various genres and I want to know what you think I should read! Here's the genres I'll be reading in: Mystery Western Thriller Multicultural Fiction Romance Graphic Novels Inspirational/Christian Fiction Historical Fiction Horror Science Fiction Fantasy So please suggest away!!