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Alike and Equal are not the same thing at all (or: Remembering A Wrinkle in Time)

January 18, 2012
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You guys! Did you know that 2012 is the 50th anniversary of 1962? And as such, is the 50th anniversary of lots of things, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the first American to orbit the earth, Spiderman, Marilyn Monroe’s death, the term “personal computer”, and the birth of Axl Rose AND Jon Bon Jovi. 1962! [...]

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FYA’s Top Ten Favorite Reads of 2011

December 29, 2011
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The new year is approaching and no website/blog’s end of the year reflections are complete without the requisite slew of “best of” lists. Yesterday we brought you our top ten swooniest books. Today we bring you the best of the best – our favorite reads published in 2011. Sure, it’s not like we read ALL [...]

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The top ten swooniest books of 2011

December 28, 2011
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While the rest of the world is spending the week composing Best Dystopian Trilogy or Most Hotly Anticipated Blockbuster Film Franchise lists, we’ve chosen to wrap up 2011 with what we love best — swoon (you thought I’d say champ can, didn’t you? We wouldn’t turn one down). We all know a good swoon goes [...]

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Picture Pages: Jonah Griggs

November 29, 2011
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Hey there, kids! It’s time for another WTF-filled edition of Picture Pages, our new series in which we shed the light of science into the wild and darkest corners of the internet, aka Google Image Search. Prepare to unearth dazzling discoveries and mind-blowing mysteries as we journey through the pictures that show up on our [...]

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In which we get to post a teaser of Liz Maverick’s “Arcania” and announce a Kindle giveaway!

November 28, 2011
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You read that right, folks!  I’m going to be reading Arcania to review it, and one lucky reader of this site will be winning a Kindle with the book loaded onto it! See, Liz Maverick is releasing her new book on a yet-to-be-announced publishing platform for the Kindle.  What does that mean exactly?  (You might ask.) [...]

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We went to see Breaking Dawn, Part 1 and all I got was this awesome t-shirt!

November 20, 2011
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So I guess by now you all know that we went to see Breaking Dawn, Part 1 this week? No?  Well, we did.  We went and we made a drinking game, WHILE drinking, which is no easy feat, let me tell you.  Also while staying up waaay past our bedtime.  Of course, the hardest part [...]

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Picture Pages: Marcus Flutie

November 10, 2011
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If you’re anything like me, you do a fair amount of Google image searching every day. Obvs I do it for strictly professional purposes, like finding YA book covers and shirtless pictures of Thomas McDonell. Honestly, I have no idea how people got their lust on work done before image search was invented. But even [...]

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Halloween’s not over until I say it’s over!

November 3, 2011
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Yeah, ok, it’s over. But! If I’d posted about this LAST week, we wouldn’t get to see all of this year’s awesome costumes! So dig out the last bits of your leftover candy — I know you didn’t take it ALL to work, but secretly hid some away for a moment just like this — [...]

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trick or treat, smell my literary feet

October 19, 2011
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You guys! We have a major holiday coming up! It IS the most wonderful time of the year, but despite what the craft stores and the seasonal aisle at Walgreen’s want you to believe, it’s Halloween, not Christmas (actually, I haven’t been to Michael’s in a while — they probably have Valentine’s stuff out by [...]

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The Lady Loves of Pacey Witter: A Highly Scientific Analysis

July 28, 2011
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What, you thought I was going to do a Highly Scientific Analysis of the boys of Dawson’s Creek? Are you high? There is only one boy worth anyone’s time, and that boy is Pacey Witter, love of my high school life. If you were in love with Jack, then, well, that probably got awkward for [...]

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