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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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A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.

January 24, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle Cover Story: Groovy BFF Charm: Make It Rain! Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Fantastical Bonus Factors: Faults,R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Faith Relationship Status: LOVE. That is what we have that IT does not.

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What in carnation?

January 23, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Incarnate by Jodi Meadows cover story: body bag it, STAT! bff charm: maybe later swoonworthy scale: 8 talky talk: easy peasy bonus factors: reincarnation, music, evil Lisa Frank relationship status: surprise first date

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(Don’t) reach for the sky

January 19, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi cover story: accurate bff charm: eventually (maybe) swoonworthy scale: 6 talky talk: he sci-fied, she sci-fied bonus factors: worldbuilding, the Realms, the Aether relationship status: camping buddy

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If You’re Dead, You Should Probably Go Elsewhere

January 18, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin cover story: passes the test bff charm: blarg swoonworthy scale: -1 talky talk: proto-Zevin bonus factors: All Dogs Go To Heaven, Kick-Ass Gram relationship status: let’s just be friends

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Red sky at night, sailor’s delight…

January 17, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Dead Sky Morning, an Experiment in Terror novel by Karina Halle Cover Story: Sailor Take Warning BFF Charm: Platinum Edition Swoonworthy Scale: 10 Talky Talk: Intensity in Ten Cities!!!!! Bonus Factors: History, Camping Relationship Status: Can’t live, if living means without you

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Is the city I live in the city of angels?

January 16, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Pink Smog by Francesca Lia Block cover story: yikes bff charm: yep swoonworthy scale: 2 talky talk: pink melancholy bonus factor: L.A. relationship status: loyal friend

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it’s a drowning dive and back to the chorus

January 13, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver cover story: hardcover only bff charm: makin’ it rain! swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: whimsically lovely bonus factors: hero journey, bundle,  mr norrell relationship status:  my shoulder to cry on

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