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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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Say my name, say my name

February 2, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for The Wind In The Door by Madeline L’Engle cover story: totally trippin’ bff charm: make it rain/adoption swoonworthy scale: 3 talky talk: fantastical bonus factors: science, loyal pet, Body Wars relationship status: childhood sweethearts

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A new form of interactive fiction

February 2, 2012
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Hey FYAers!  A few weeks ago, we posted a teaser chapter for this book, and announced that we were participating in a giveaway for the launch of a new company that will publish active and interactive fiction.  Well, that company is Coliloquy, and they have partnered with Amazon and Kindle to release books in a [...]

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Let’s Hear It For The Class Of 1912!

February 1, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace cover story: classic bff charm: yep swoonworthy scale: 3 talky talk: easy, breezy bonus factors: kooky old gramps, Minne-fuckin-sota, life after graduation anti-bonus factor: Alcott-style progressivism relationship status: like spending time with an old friend

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I’m back from suffragette city

January 31, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Truth by Julia Karr Cover Story: Passing BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Easy, Breezy, Thrillerful Bonus Factors: Feminism, The Future Relationship Status: Sister Suffragette

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South to the west to the east to the north

January 30, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne cover story: two strikes bff charm: proceed with extreme caution swoonworthy scale: 6.5 talky talk: 2 legit 2 quit bonus factors: reform school, moral relativism, mysterious loner dude relationship status: this could be love

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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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Even the Big Dipper can’t hold my love for this book

January 26, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for The Fault In Our Stars by John Green cover story: like a mothereffing ADULT! bff charm: a thousand times yes swoonworthy scale: 8 talky talk: John Greentastic bonus factors: non-Nicholas Sparks cancer, Cliff Huxtable Award of Awesome Dadhood, Amsterdam, The Price of Dawn relationship status: infinite love

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You Saw The Whole Of The Moon

January 25, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley cover story: two winners bff charm: DEF! swoonworthy scale: 6 talky talk: double trouble bonus factor: Banksy relationship status: let’s stay up all night together

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