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The Genius

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About Me

I read and review YA/Teen books for my website www.teensreadtoo.com. And my name is really Jen, so you don't have to call me The Genius unless you want to!!I have reviewed for both Romantic Times BookClub Magazine and Romance Junkies.com. Although my passion is young adult/teen literature, I'll read just about anything.

My Interests


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Reading. Writing. Taking my kids to their extracurricular activities so I can pretend I have my own social life through theirs (which includes Cub Scouts and swimming lessons). Anything and everything Harry Potter. The game site Pogo.com. Reading great books for review and fiddling with my website, www.teensreadtoo.com.
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I'd like to meet:

Dean Koontz. Nora Roberts aka J.D. Robb. Colin Firth, who will one day be my husband. You know, when having two husbands becomes legal. Simon Cowell. William H. Macy. George Strait. Stephen King and J.K. Rowling, who should, as young adult author Roland Smith once said, "get married and adopt me as their child." God. A man who can look in the refrigerator and actually move things around before proclaiming "It's not in here."Not necessarily in that order.Congrats to TRT's 2007 Hall of Fame Titles!

Music:

I'll listen to just about anything, at least once, but usually I listen to whatever's on the Billboard chart (WBNQ 101.5 rocks!).
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Movies:


| View Show | Create Your OwnFavorite actor: Colin Firth Favorite actress: Drew Barrymore

Television:

CSI, CSI: Miami, American Idol, Without a Trace, Iron Chef, crazy reality shows like Project Runway and America's Next Top Model, and shows that help people like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Books:

Five books you need to read before you die:THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher, PUCKER by Melanie Gideon, ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin, THE LOOKING GLASS WARS by Frank Beddor, STUCK IN NEUTRAL by Terry Trueman

Heroes:

My grandmother. My mom. My brother and sister. My husband, for being crazy enough to marry me. My kids, for being themselves--beautiful, brilliant, and totally irritating.

My Blog

ARC (and New Releases) of the Day (Weeks)

Since I am sooooooooo far behind in posting the ARC of the Day, I'm going to post a number of upcoming and new releases today to make up for my bad blogging. GOING NOWHERE FASTER by Sean Beaudoin (De...
Posted by The Genius on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:43:00 PST

March 2007 Newsletter

It's hard to believe that it's March already, but the weird weather we're having in Illinois says it definitely is!  We've had thunderstorms, wind warnings, and today we're having a snowstorm.&nb...
Posted by The Genius on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:02:00 PST

A Story Opening...See What You Think

I thought I'd try something different, and post a story beginning here for opinions. No info is going to be given--not the author's name, not the outline of the story, not the title. Go in blind, read...
Posted by The Genius on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:43:00 PST

A Little Bit of Rambling, Including Apologies

I know I haven't blogged in a few days with the ever-popular "ARC of the Day," so I thought I'd take a minute to apologize.  This has been a really bad week with me; one that, in fact, I wasn't g...
Posted by The Genius on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:03:00 PST

ARC of the Day

I've discovered that the ARC of the Day is kind of like Lays Potato Chips...you can't stop after just one!!  LOVE, MEG by C. Leigh Purtill Finding yourself means risking your heart... Sixteen-ye...
Posted by The Genius on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:59:00 PST

ARC of the Day

Since I'm getting ready to head out to a Cub Scouts award banquet, I just wanted to take a minute and post today's ARC of the Day. HEX EDUCATION by Emily Gould & Zareen Jaffery Let's talk about he...
Posted by The Genius on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:11:00 PST

Blizzards, Exhaustion, and the ARC of the Day

Central Illinois is now in the midst of a blizzard.  Not just a snowstorm, but an out-and-out blizzard--endless snow, 40mph winds, and drifting, drifting, and more drifting.  The hotel where...
Posted by The Genius on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:10:00 PST

ARC of the Day(s)...and some rambling

When my daughter started full-day kindergarten back in August, my thought was, "Wow.  I'll actually have time now to get a ton of stuff done throughout the day since both kids will be at school a...
Posted by The Genius on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:31:00 PST

ARC of the Day

WHY I LET MY HAIR GROW OUT by Maryrose Wood Sometimes you have to break away... When my boyfriend dumped mo on the last day of school, it was just the icing on a ten-layer my-life-sucks cake.  Ha...
Posted by The Genius on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:30:00 PST

ARC of the Day

Well, since the Bears lost the Super Bowl (something that didn't really mean much to me, but inspired sobbing in a number of my co-workers), I need to be content with some good books. Today's ARC of t...
Posted by The Genius on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:20:00 PST