Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret

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Judy Blume. Enough said.

This book is SUCH a classic! It basically defines the 12-year-old girl's life, although that could change as girls are wanting to grow up younger and younger...

Margaret Simon moves to a new neighborhood and meets Nancy, the neighbor girl that is in her 6th grade class. Margaret, Nancy, Gretchen, and Janie form a club and discuss things like bras, boys, and their periods (or lack thereof). Margaret is also struggling to decide which religion she should "join", her mother's side or her father's. This is such a sweet story, and even though it was written in 1970, it is still very much relavant today!

The A-List

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The A-List is one of my favorite chick lit series. It is centered around Anna Percy, a proper Manhattan-bred 18-year-old who flies out to Beverly Hills to stay with her dad, because she wants to stir up her life a little bit. On the plane ride over, she meets Ben Birnbaum, a Princeton student, and the opposite type of boy her mother would approve of. They go to Jackson Sharpe's wedding (he's, in my opinion, the real-life equal to George Clooney) where they meet Sam Sharpe, a girl insecure of her size 10 body, Cammie, the bodacious bitchy vixen, and Dee, the ethereal dreamy pixie. Drama ensues.

I tried reading Gossip Girl, but soon came back to this series. It's just so much more lax (probably the L.A. setting) and I like the characters more. The only bad thing is that Anna Percy is superbeautiful, superrich, supersmart, supernice, and superperfect. Sometimes it's superannoying. But, really, what do you expect?

*Series for fifteen and older (although I started at 13. :) Lots of swearing, sex, and minor drug use :P Still a juicy read :)

Jenna's Bookshelf

I got this idea for a book review blog when I read "Ask Hayley, Ask Justin", a Christian advice book written by Hayley DiMarco and Justin Lookadoo (yep, real name) and decided that the book was the BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT I HAVE EVER READ IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I just had to share with the world how utterly horrible and insane this book was. But we'll get to that later.

I decided to create yet another new blog, just for book reviews, so my "life and rants" page won't get cluttered, I can have another fresh start, and so all of my reviews will be organized and in one place.

Here's how it's gonna work:
My personal bookshelf is organized in alphabetical order, so in alphabetical order according to the book title, I will review every single book on my personal bookshelf (series will be one post). If I decide to review a book that I do NOT own, it will be credited as a "guest appearance". Somewhere on this blog will be an ode to the library, so watch for that. Tags will be given according to the book genre or author.

Keep in mind, many of these books are mainstream, but I will try to keep the reviews fresh from the perspective of an ordinary fifteen-year-old girl. Some books are not readily available in Border's, Barnes and Noble, or the library, but I will review them nonetheless.

Books rated on a 10 star scale.

And you might ask, Where did I come up with this name? Well, the answer's simple: I liked the ring of Jennifer's Bookshelf, because the nickname on the internet I use is Jen, but the URL for Jennifer's Bookshelf was already taken. Jenna's Bookshelf was closer to my name, still had Jen in it, and was available. :)

Happy reading!
Jenna