This is Teen (Meg Cabot, Maggie Stiefvater & Libba Bray)

I discovered the "This is Teen" event through Twitter as well. Some of my favorite book bloggers (like Kristi from The Story Siren ) mentioned it, and I also saw it through Meg Cabot and Maggie Stiefvater 's tweets.  Two of my favorite authors and one of my book blogging idols talking …

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Rick Riordan and James Patterson Live

You've got to love Twitter.  Information flows fast and free and (generally) accurately.  Twitter was how I discovered this exciting event - an opportunity to attend an encounter with Rick Riordan (author of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", "The Kane Chronicles" and &…

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The Last Wallflower • Scandal in Spring

Scandal in Spring  by Lisa Kleypas Series: Wallflowers #4 Previous Books:  Secrets of a Summer Night ,  It Happened One Autumn  + Devil in Winter Publisher: Avon Romance Publication Date: March 17, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book After spending three London seasons searching for a husband, Daisy B…

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Find the Future

Here's how I spent last Friday, May 20 at the New York Public Library with 499 other people and wrote a book.  Just click here  for a full and detailed rundown of how Find the Future went down, from my specific and personal point of view. As this is a book blog, however, I figured I would also …

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Travel Magic • A Year in Europe

A Year in Europe by Rachel Hawthorne Publisher: Laurel Leaf Publication Date: September 11, 2007 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Robin: Her junior year abroad in London takes a surprising turn when she falls for British hottie Kit.  Dana: Paris is the City of Love, and Dana's on a mission to fin…

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All the Right Bits • Anatomy of a Boyfriend

Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky Series: Anatomy #1 Publisher: Delacorte Press Books Publication Date: January 9, 2007 Source/Format: Bought || Hardcover Before this all happened, the closest I'd ever come to getting physical with a guy was playing the board game Operation. Okay, so maybe th…

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Battle of the Sexes • Girl v. Boy

Girl V. Boy by Yvonee Collins & Sandy Rideout Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 8, 2008 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Sixteen-year-old Luisa Perez is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. In fact, she and her friends make it a point to avoid all activities considered …

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Cocktails + Cozies • Girls' Night In

Girls' Night In edited by Lauren Henderson, Chris Manby, Sarah Mlynowski Publisher: Red Dress Ink Publication Date: September 1, 2004 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback In this must-have short-story anthology, Jennifer Weiner revisits one of her Good in Bed characters (and tells the story from, ah…

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Three Strikes, and You're Out • The Boyfriend League

The Boyfriend League  by Rachel Hawthorne Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: June 26, 2007 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback The Ragland Rattlers $1 Night $1 baseball cap with home team logo $1 program $1 hot dogs $1 drinks $1 popcorn But how much to get the hot pitcher to notice you exist? I was …

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Sunshine Lovin' • Summer in the City

Summer in the City by Elizabeth Chandler Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: June 27, 2006 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Athletic Jamie isn't sure about spending the summer in the city with her romance–novel–writing mum. But when she meets irresistible Josh, Jamie realizes she could proba…

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A Fiery Romance • Devil in Winter

Devil in Winter  by Lisa Kleypas Series:  Wallflowers #3 Previous Books:  Secrets of a Summer Night  + It Happened One Autumn Publisher: Avon Romance Publication Date: October 13, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book Easily the shyest Wallflower, Evangeline Jenner stands to become the wealthiest, once…

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Falling for You • It Happened One Autumn

It Happened One Autumn  by Lisa Kleypas Series:  Wallflowers #2 Previous Book: Secrets of a Summer Night Publisher: Avon Romance Publication Date: October 13, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book It happened at the ball...  Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent …

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A Love Warm and True • Secrets of a Summer Night

Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas Series: Wallflowers #1 Publisher:  Avon Romance Publication Date: November 28, 2006 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an …

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Lessons for Eligible Young Ladies • Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord

Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord  by Sarah MacLean Series: Love by Numbers #2 Previous Book: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake Publisher:  Avon Romance Publication Date: October 26, 2010 Source/Format: Bought || Kindle e-book Since being named “London’s Lord to Land” by a popular ladies’ m…

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A Lady's Rebellion • Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean Series: Love by Numbers #1 Publisher: Avon Romance Publication Date: March 30, 2010 Source/Format:  Bought || Kindle e-book Lady Calpurnia Hartwell has always followed the rules, rules that have left her unmarried - and more than a little unsatisf…

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The Formula for Love • Geek Magnet

Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott Publisher: Speak Publication Date: May 14, 2009 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Everyone loves KJ Miller, especially the geeks. She's pretty, smart, and super nice to everyone, which has made her the geek pied piper of Washington High. If only Cameron, the star of the…

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