TLR's Summer Book Splash

We are hosting are first book challenge at Teen Lit Review. All our readers are invited to participate just by making a list of pre-teen, teen, oy young adult books they want to read and sharing the list with us. I'm going to give away at least one book, hopefully more. I'm going to participate, too. Here's my list I plan to read:

Reforming the Potter's Clay by Donald James Parker
The Book of the King by Jerry B. Jenkins
Dizzy by Cathy Cassidy
Devil on My Heels by Joyce McDonald

Angi from TLR wanted me to share her list, too:

When I was Older - Weyr
Found - Haddix
Book of a Thousand Days - Hale
Trouble - Schmidt
Big Fat Manifesto - Vaught
My Name is Chloe - Carlson
Notes From A Spinning Planet - Ireland - Carlson

Past and present TLR reviewers can paricipate in the challenge, too, but aren't eligible for the book drawing.

Young Adult Challenge 2008

Joy at Thoughts of Joy is hosting a Young Adult Challenge where you pick 12 Young Adult books to read in 2008. What an appropriate challenge for the gals at Teen Lit Review! Check out our combined list here. And here's my own list, which will probably change:

I'm Not Joey Pigza - Jack Gantos
Dizzy - Cathy Cassidy
Hollywood Nobody - Lisa Samson
Finding Hollywood Nobody - Lisa Samson (out Feb. 15)
Songbird - Lisa Samson
The Name of This Book is Secret - Pseudonymous Bosch
Over Sea, Under Stone - Susan Cooper
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Eclispe - Stephenie Meyer
Brides of Eden: A True Story Imagined - Linda Crew
Becoming Me (Diary of a Teenage Girl Book 1)- Melody Carlson

Alternates:
ttyl (Internet Girls series Book 1)
ttfn (Internet Girls series Book 2)
l8r, g8r (Internet Girls series Book 3)
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
All by Lauren Myracle

All the books will be reviewed at Teen Lit Review.

Introducing Teen Lit Review

When it comes to what is acceptable entertainment for our children, there are many places to turn for information. With movies, you have a rating to guide you and reviews you can read with detailed information about the movie and their content. With video games, there are also ratings and places online to get reviews and content details. There are even Christian websites that give these reviews and details from a family-friendly perspective.

However, with books, it is difficult to find a review from a Christian perspective. There are no “ratings” on a book. Book jackets don’t go into much detail. Reading is something all parents encourage, and many of us have children who read A LOT! But, just what are they reading?

We are pleased to announce a new blog - Teen Lit Review, a place where you can find detailed Christian-centered book reviews for all genres of 'tween and teen books. Our goal is to be a helpmate to parents in finding suitable books for their teens. All recommendations are solely the opinions of our reviewers. When in doubt of a book's appropriateness, we encourage you to read the book yourself.

We welcome your comments, feedback on our reviews, and suggestions of books for review.

Please visit Teen Lit Review and let us know what you think! We have a drawing you can enter for a great read for your teenager!

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