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Friends call Becca the Overshare Queen, but her tendency for TMI never seemed like a problem to her until she blabs about her sweet band-geek boyfriendas sloppy kissesaand gets dumped Realizing it may be better to resist the temptation to overshare face-to-face, Becca decides to blog anonymously about everything instead. On her blog, Too Much Information, Becca unleashes her alter ego, Bella. Bella tells it like it is . . . though perhaps with a bit more drama. After all, no oneas going to read it, right
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In Quigley's first book, the heroine is an "overshare artist": Becca cannot keep her thoughts to herself. Living in Pine Prairie, Minn., where "everyone sticks their cold, sniffling noses in each other's business," Becca finds herself the catalyst of many dramas, especially after she creates a blog, Too Much Information, where under the name Bella, she records her (thinly veiled) fantasy version of her high school life ("Bella's greatest worry is that if she doesn't confess her deepest desires and choicest bits of gossip, she may explode, leaving her parents to clean up the gory mess"). Predictably, Becca's blog doesn't stay secret for long, causing additional turmoil among her friends and enemies alike. While Becca's personality can be over-the-top and some characters feel stereotypical (when her friend Jai comes out to her, Becca thinks, "the kick-ass wardrobe, the faux hawk, the love of show tunes, and the advanced baking skills all point the boy away from the path of heterosexuality"), readers seeking breezy but believable teenage drama will find it in spades. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Becca the "Overshare Queen" tries to mend her ways: instead of gossiping face-to-face, she posts secrets (including a good friend's gayness) on an anonymous blog. Naturally, people at her high school discover the blog. The implicit warning about the dangers of sharing information online is admirable, but a formulaic plot and awkward dialogue make the book little more than its message. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Becca can't keep her mouth shut. At 15, she freely discusses everything from her bodily functions to her crush on Theodore Roosevelt with anyone she can get to listen. After her descriptive account of her boyfriend's messily inexperienced kissing technique gets her into trouble, she vows to stop blabbing and starts blogging anonymously instead. Her online persona, "Bella," crafts laugh-out-loud funny, thinly veiled fantasies about the people in her real life, giving her what she thinks is a safe outlet for her storytelling talents. But when her online identity is exposed, Becca must confront the consequences of having revealed not just her own secrets but those of her friends and family as well. This is not a tabloid cautionary tale; Becca's personal safety is never in danger, just her social standing. The novel's preachy tone will inspire some eye-rolling, as when Becca earnestly remarks that she's "lucky to have such a caring stepdad," and she seems suspiciously well-adjusted at the end, despite how things turn out for herPollyanna in MySpace. (Fiction. 12 up) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Sophomore Becca just can't help sharing whatever is on her mind with whoever happens to be around. Her tendency to offer TMI (too much information) has resulted in her having only two friends: her cute-but-geeky freshman boyfriend and kind, shy Katie. When a new boy moves to their tiny Minnesota town, Becca and Katie discover a kindred spirit in the fashion-conscious Jai, who likes musical theater and baking. After Becca inadvertently and publicly humiliates her boyfriend, she decides to turn over a new leaf and confine her thoughts and fantasies to a blog, which she blithely assumes will be secret. Of course this plan fails big time, and Becca finds she has not only managed to alienate the entire school, she has inadvertently outed Jai. Quigley has created a charming and wholly believable narrator in the hapless but well-meaning Becca, as well as a host of interesting secondary characters, including sympathetic parents. Realistic details of teen social life in a small Midwestern town round out this slight but very entertaining offering.--Carton, Debbie Copyright 2009 Booklist