The Romance Bookie

Published in the 1970s Are you There God? It's Margaret written by Judy Blume, touched the hearts of thousands, if possibly not millions, of young girls hearts. Written in the point of view of a soon-to-be twelve year old girl named Margaret Ann Simons, it deals with a young girls many questions. She is waiting to become a woman.  She wants to start her period, grow a chest, and be "a normal girl".  It's a super short book, only about 150 pages, so it was a super easy read, and I do think this is a perfect read for young girl going through her early stages of adolescence. However, like I said it was published in the 70s, and includes some pretty old school stuff.  For instance, at one point Margaret discusses trying on this belt that holds her pad...yeah, honestly I had no idea what that was?? For me personally, it was a bit tough sometimes just by young Margaret was.  But like I said, this book is meant for girls around the age of 11-14.  Also, I mean...

First Date by Krista McGee is a fairly new release, December 2011. First Date is the story of Addy, and her journey to truly accepting God into her life, and not being ashamed of it.  Addy is a 17 year old teenage girl, who attends a small private Christian school, and is chosen to go on a show where she will be competing against 30 girls to see who will get to go on a date with the President's son (which is very similar to The Bachelor ). Addy has had a tough life, her parents were tragically killed while on a Missionary mission, and has lived with her Uncle since the age of 6.  God is the most important person in her life.  And when she is chosen to be on the show, all she can think is, Why Me??   She absolutely does not want to be a part of this show, in fact, she just wants to continue living her quiet, boring life, so she can continue working towards her chances of getting into a Ivy League college. But when Addy meets the President's son, everything change...