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this could be the year for the real thing

June 3, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Beauty Queens by Libba Bray cover story: oliver’s army bff charm: yay plus 8 swoonworthy scale: 7 talky talk: feminism 101 with Mindy Kaling as your professor bonus factor: toddlers and tiaras, the fifty nifty united states, pirates, glbtq, the politics of hair, Kim Jong Il, Sarah Palin, footnotes relationship status: Islands in the [...]

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Dauntless, I Choose You!

May 5, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Divergent by Veronica Roth cover story: not bad bff charm: yes swoonworthy scale: 8 talky talk: action packed bonus factors: mysterious loner dude, houses, rocky relationship status: rebound, with the potential for more

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The lady and the unicorn

April 25, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden cover story: WYSIWIG bff charm: Yay! swoonworthy scale: 8 talky talk: 2 legit 2 quit bonus factors: lesbians, kick-ass gram relationship status: I’ll stand by you

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Part-Time Indian, Full-Time Awesome

March 18, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie cover story: love it bff charm: aww hell yeah swoonworthy scale: 1 talky talk: unapologetic bonus factors: native americans, sketchbook, truthiness relationship status: friends for life

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“Taste life! I want to eat it,”

March 16, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: Gutenberg will keep you respectable… BFF Charm: Yeth… Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: You’ll find she’s full of surprises Bonus Factor: Patriotism, Dog Monday Relationship Status: Could I love this book more?

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Let the Piper Come…

March 8, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: Watch It! BFF Charm: If I could give Four Winds a Coke… Swoonworthy Scale: 5 Talky Talk: Down Pat Bonus Factor: The Merediths, Rainbow Valley Relationship Status: It Must Be Love

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This is god, and this is my god…

March 1, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Anne of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: It’s Anne Shirley, Mo’Fo’s! BFF Charm: Clearly, you haven’t seen my previous 1000 posts… Swoonworthy Scale: 7 Talky Talk: Happy Family Bonus Factor: Walter! Baby-Making! Relationship Status: ‘Till Death Do Us Part

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We are of the race that knows Joseph

February 22, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Anne’s House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: Yadda, Yadda, Yadda BFF Charm: x10 Swoonworthy Scale: 6 Talky Talk: Of The Times Bonus Factor: Captain Jim, Wedded Bliss Relationship Status: The Great Influence

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In passing, isn’t ‘dusk’ a lovely word?

February 15, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Anne of Windy Poplars by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: More of the Same BFF Charm: Need You Ask? Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Letterary Genius Bonus Factor: Windy Poplars, The Pringles Relationship Status: Kindred Spirit

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Save a corner of Patty’s Place for me, will you?

February 8, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Anne of The Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery Cover Story: I Don’t Care BFF Charm: Of the Platinum Variety Swoonworthy Scale: 9 Talky Talk: My Old Friend Bonus Factor: College, Patty’s Place, True Love Relationship Status: The college roommate I wish I had

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