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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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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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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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You are the King Dork of my heart

December 22, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for King Dork by Frank Portman cover story: BOSS bff charm: Y to the E to the mothercussing S swoonworthy scale: 4 talky talk: 2 legit 2 quit bonus factors: band names, slang, Little Big Tom, mystery relationship status: I’ll be the Keith to yr Mick

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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Made Of Win

November 9, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente cover story: cover win bff charm: yes! swoonworthy scale: N/A talky talk: imaginative bonus factor: Alice in Wonderland relationship status: Should have been my childhood BFF

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Slime and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

September 21, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor cover story: okay bff charm: heck yes swoonworthy scale: 7 talky talky: just lovely bonus factors: Prague, mysterious loner angel, world building relationship status: soulmate potential

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There’s a New Moon on the Rise

July 28, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery cover story: awkward phase bff charm: YES, FOREVER swoonworthy scale: 3 and -1,000 talky talky: flowery goodness bonus factors: PEI, cats, writing relationship status: the kindred spirit I took WAY too long to meet

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A girl can do what she wants to do

July 20, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr cover story: not too shabby bff charm: yay swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: straight up mother-effing sara zarr! bonus factors: crappy high school job, corvette kim relationship status: maid of honor

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Okay for always

June 20, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for okay for now by Gary D. Schmidt cover story: between friends bff charm: most definitely swoonworthy scale: 6 talky talk: the wonder years bonus factors: John James Audubon, awesome grownups, librarians, Jane Eyre relationship status: YAngelist scripture

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