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My So-Called Life

An Open Letter to the Other Erin C—–

December 16, 2011
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I never thought I had a common name.  Oh, Erin’s a common enough name, I suppose – a few years after I was born my first name even made it to the Top Ten Baby Girl Names in America list (I can only presume this was due to some sort of wellspring of Irish pride [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

November 24, 2011
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To our fellow YAngelists, LadyNerds and TEABS survivors: we wish you a wonderful, tasty-business-filled, cocktail-fueled Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for you! And for badass YA authors! And for champ cans! (We are ALWAYS thankful for champ cans.)

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FYA and the Drafthouse: A Love Story

November 17, 2011
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Happy Breaking Dawn pt 1 Midnight Release Day, cats and kittens!  Has everyone readied themselves for cecarean dentata by sharpening their canines and steeling their stomachs against gore and bad acting?  I surely hope so.  For those of you who are braving the crowds of Twilight fans lined up to watch the movie at midnight, [...]

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Texas Book Festival 2011: Cocktail riches and YA dreams

October 26, 2011
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Ok, so you know how I said that this year’s Texas Book Festival might be the best one yet? Well, not that you were disagreeing with me or anything, but I TOLD YOU SO. Seriously, you guys, it pretty much melted our faces with awesome. From the fancy pants parties to the flagrant YAngelism to [...]

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munchkinpiece theatre presents: the unicorn club

October 6, 2011
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Hello, FYA!  Welcome to another installment of Munchkinpiece Theatre, in which the fruit of my womb gives her decided opinion on Young Adult books, mostly based on the cover and the back summary, because YA books aren’t as cool as her Junie B Jones books, I guess, and therefore she declines to actually read them. [...]

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ATBF: What’s the steampunk version of a margarita?

October 5, 2011
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There’s a lot of great things about living in Austin. The queso! The margaritas! The lack of winter! The acceptance of jorts as formal wear! And on Saturday, I got to enjoy another one of the perks: the Austin Teen Book Festival. Presented by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation, it’s an all day event [...]

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Exposed! Secrets of discovering the best worst books

September 15, 2011
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Good morning, class! I hope you all remembered to bring your signed field trip permission slips, because today we’re going to step outside the lab and do some science in real life! I’m sure you guys wonder ALL THE TIME how we glamorous Ladies of FYA manage to find such amazing books, in between sipping [...]

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munchkinpiece theatre presents: Sweethearts

August 25, 2011
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What ho, FYAers!  It’s time once again for Munchkinpiece Theatre!  This week the munchkin will be offering her thoughts on one of the greatest books ever reviewed here at FYA, Sweethearts by Sara Zarr. I know!  I’m excited too!  Before the video, the munchkin asked that I provide her audience with some basic facts about [...]

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Sophomore year ruled the school!

July 21, 2011
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Hey y’all! It’s no big deal or anything, but on July 15, this website finished its sophomore year! Ok, I’m kidding, it’s like a mega huge deal, because WE’RE OFFICIALLY JUNIORS NOW! And maybe we’ll finally be able to sneak into the senior commons! And the hot upperclassmen boys will stop mistaking us for freshmen! [...]

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In Which I Finally Get Accepted Into Hogwarts

July 12, 2011
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And it only cost me a hundred dollars! Which, I suppose makes it the wizarding equivalent to those degrees you pay for and get in your cat’s name. But I’m getting ahead of myself here. Guys, I went to Universal Studio’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter!!! I was in St. Petersburg, FL for a wedding [...]

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