This week’s Lip Gloss Chronicles Book Club Pick is Teenage Love Affair by Ni-Ni Simone.

About a Teenage Love Affair:

Check it: I’m Zsa-Zsa. Some call me arrogant, but I call it confidence. You decide when you find out what I’m working with.

First things first—I’m seventeen, but I’m grown and have been for a long time. I have my own ride, my mama doesn’t clock my time, and my boyfriend, Ameen, is getting money like you wouldn’t believe. There’s only one problem: when Ameen gets mad, sometimes he takes his anger out on me. And yeah, maybe I could leave him, but there’s no way Ameen could imagine being without me.

So now I’m all confused, especially since my first love, Malachi, is back in my life. Ameen is not giving up without a fight, and no matter how hard I try, the love I have for Malachi won’t go away. And did I mention that Malachi has a girl? Needless to say, my days are filled with drama. So this is my story and you need to come and chill with me as I try and see what boy is for me, what love is all about, and if my first teenage love affair will forever rule or ruin my life.

To read an excerpt, go to: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=17234

Do you know someone in a similiar situation as Zsa-Zsa?

DupliKate by Cherry Cheva is this week’s Lip Gloss Chronicles Book Club Pick

About DupliKate:

By the time Kate Larson accidentally fell asleep at three a.m., she’d already done more work in one night than the average high school senior does in a week. Getting into Yale has been her dream for years—and being generally overworked and totally under-rested is the price of admission. But when she opens her eyes the next day, she comes face-to-face with, well, her face—which is attached to her body, which is standing across the room. Wait, what?

Meet Kate’s computer-generated twin. Kate doesn’t know why she’s here or how to put her back where she belongs, but she’s real. And she’s the last thing Kate has time to deal with right now. Unless . . .

Could having a double be the answer to Kate’s prayers? After all, two Kates can do more work than one. Or will keeping her twin a secret turn her dream future into a living nightmare?

To read a review of DupliKate by Cherry Cheva, click here.

Would you like to have a clone? Do you think your life would be easier or harder?

I was interviewed for the Collections of a See Through Soul blog. Check out the excerpt here and then visit the site to see some more Q & As.

OP: You have novels for adults and for Young Adult. What sparked the desire to bring out novels for young adults?

Shelia: I got tired of hearing friends complain about their kids reading books meant for adults. I decided to write stories geared towards teenagers. In each book of the Lip Gloss Chronicles, the stories are told from one of the main characters point of view as they tackle every day issues–from boy problems to cyber bullying. I’ve actually wanted to write a young adult book since I was a teenager myself.

OP: When I think about it, I can picture the Lip Gloss Chronicles series as a TV miniseries. Can we make a petition to have these created into made for TV series?

Shelia: Please do. I’m all for that. My young adult books are entertaining, yet, each one has a message. Both the teens and their parents will be satisfied with the series.

To read the entire interview, CLICK HERE.

Drama High Culture Clash by L Divine is this week’s Lip Gloss Chronicles Book Club Pick

About Culture Clash:

Ever since she discovered a love for drag racing, it’s full speed ahead for Jayd Jackson. . . Fed up with the way her school’s handling Cultural Awareness Day, Jayd and her crew decide to form the first African Student Union. Now some notorious haters are out for blood. But that’s not the only multicultural activity Jayd’s got cooking. On the boy front, Jayd discovers she loves being behind the wheel of her friends’ hot rods, but she can’t deny her attraction for Emilio, the new Latino sophomore at South Bay High. Emilio seems to be crushin’ hard on Jayd too. And now that Jayd may be South Bay’s last virgin, she wonders if it’s time to take things to the next level. But her magical grandmother thinks Jayd’s already moving too fast–and if she doesn’t slow down, she’s sure to get burned…  Go to publisher’s website to Read a Chapter.  To read a review, click here.

Are you like Jayd? When you see something not right, do you have a take charge attitude?

We came across this review of Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad and decided to feature it here.

After the tabloids get hold of compromising photographs of LA Candy star Jane Roberts, she flees to Cabo with co-star Madison in a bid to forget about her troubles. Whilst there, though, the paparazzi manage to find her and Jane realises she has to get back to LA and face the music. Jane’s life is made all the more difficult when best friend Scarlett tries to blame Madison for leaking the photographs to Gossip magazine which Jane refutes angrily – just why is Scarlett so against Madison? It seems as if there’s more drama off-screen than there is on-screen and Jane soon learns that being a reality TV star is hard work – the question is, does Jane enjoy the perks of being a celebrity or is it all too much too soon?  To read the review, go to YA CORNER.

Did you read the first book in the series?

Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson is this week’s Lip Gloss Chronicles Book Club Pick

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I found out while watching the Oscars, my YA book Paper Thin: The Lip Gloss Chronicles Vol. 3 is a Dallas Morning News Best Seller. Thanks to all who purchased the book for their teenagers.

1. If You Were My Man, by Francis Ray

2. The Lip Gloss Chronicles: Paper Thin, by Shelia M. Goss

3. The Reason Why, by Vickie M. Stringer

4. Beater, by Brian W. Smith

5. Goodness and Mercy, by Vanessa Davis Griggs