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gone fishin’ instead of just a-wishin’

February 3, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Catch and Release by Blythe Woolston  cover story: spine-tingling bff charm: yay! swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: straight to the gut bonus factors: fishing, road trip, Edward Gorey terrifying factor: MRSA relationship status: unlikley besties

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How To Be a Downton Abbey LadyNerd: Make your Own Fascinator

February 2, 2012
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Hey LadyNerds!  How is your progress towards becoming living, breathing Downton Abbey LadyNerds coming?  Is your ratafia steeping?  Have you painted yourself a teacup?  Have you tried your hand at some boozy marmalade?  Great!  You’re well on your way to being able to host a kickass Downton Abbey viewing party for the final two episodes! [...]

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PLL 2×18: A Kiss Before Lying

January 31, 2012
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Greetings, comrades.  By the time you are reading this, it is Tuesday.  You can safely presume that I’m hungover, bitter about not being indepentantly wealthy, and probably glaring at my computer screen at work EVEN AS YOU READ THESE WORDS!  {Ed. update: not hungover, but I have a sore throat and a cough!  Why???  Therefore, [...]

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in which Ashley Perez reminds people that readers are not idiots

January 30, 2012
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What’s up, FYAers! It’s Monday, and I think we all know how I feel about that. BUT! Today is a very special Monday (no, not because I managed to make it through an entire day without meetings, and no, it’s not because I don’t find myself wishing I could contract some nasty flu virus that [...]

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this knife slayed me

January 27, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Perez cover story: simple and spot-on bff charm: nay/yay swoonworthy scale: 3 talky talk: straight up bonus factors: gang life, H-town’s many facets, kickass gram award relationship status: thinking about marrying into the family

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a french 75 just doesn’t buy you a bad book these days

January 27, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for The Changeover by Margaret Mahy cover story: WHAT. bff charm: a self-seeking yay and an all the way yay swoonworthy scale: 2 talky talk: a comfortable shade of purple bonus factors: Jacko, New Zealand relationship status: the blind date that took me by surprise

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Between Two Lockers with Daniel Handler PLUS HUGE Why We Broke Up Giveaway!!

January 25, 2012
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What’s up, FYAers!!  It’s Wednesday!  You’ve made it really far!  I think you should fix yourself a congratulatory weekday mimosa.  A weekday mimosa is just like a weekend mimosa, only before you drink it you’re supposed to recite, “I don’t have a problem.  I can quit anytime.” Today I am super pleased-as-punch excited to announce that [...]

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Pretty Little Liars 2×17: The Blonde Leading the Blind

January 24, 2012
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I like how sometimes instead of an episode description, my DVR will just give a basic description of the show’s premise: four former friends are forced to work together . . . which is where it usually cuts off.  I like to think that there’s a whole community of Pretty Little Liars fans who tuned in [...]

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Revenge 1×13: Commitment

January 19, 2012
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YOU GUYS.  Revenge is HEATING UP.  Except, not really, because summer is drawing to a close and everyone seems to be shivering.  YOU GUYS.  Revenge is COOLING DOWN IN A HOT WAY. This week, all of TRAC!’s machinations came crumbling down as several people ended up as collatoral damage in her plot for revenge.  Let’s [...]

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How To Be A Downton Abbey LadyNerd: How To Paint Your Own Teacups!

January 19, 2012
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Greetings, fellow LadyNerds!  As LadyNerds, I am sure you are all very busy and important.  Not only do you have a charity luncheon to host, but you also have to rewire your internet router and do a system restore to remove a nasty computer virus you received whilst googling “spotted dick.” It’s been a long [...]

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