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Say my name, say my name

February 2, 2012
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BOOK REPORT for The Wind In The Door by Madeline L’Engle cover story: totally trippin’ bff charm: make it rain/adoption swoonworthy scale: 3 talky talk: fantastical bonus factors: science, loyal pet, Body Wars relationship status: childhood sweethearts

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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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Piper at the gates

December 5, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Dark Piper by Andre Norton cover story: scifictorious bff charm: hell no swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: expository exposition exposits expositorily bonus factor: cave hideout younger me relationship status: summer lovin’, happened so fast 20-year high school reunion relationship status: maybe if it buys me enough drinks, I’ll forget this conversation ever [...]

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Semi-Charmed Kind Of Life Baby, Baby

November 17, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones cover story: perf bff charm: yes and no swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: cute and light bonus factors: old school magic, parallel worlds relationship status: I would totally adopt this book

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like sands through an hourglass

October 17, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for The Young and the Soapy by Jamie Callan cover story: time capsule bff charm: nah swoonworthy scale: 2 talky talk: split screen confessional bonus factors: soap operas, kickass gram relationship status: one-date wonder

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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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Everyone in here is innocent, you know that?

August 1, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Monster by Walter Dean Myers cover story: strut yr stuff bff charm: maybe swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: Dick Wolf’s lost script bonus factors: the other side of Law & Order, issue book, filmmaking relationship status: Big Brothers/Big Sisters

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a review of the worst book in history

June 10, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews bff charm: are you fucking kidding me?  no. swoonworthy scale: seriously, do you even go here? -800 talky talk: typical VC Andrews’ 70s Creepster Pedantic Monotonous Bullshit anti-bonus factors:  rape, statuatory rape, miscarriages, creepy parents, anti-feminism patriarchal bullshit, evil wind chimes, ableist nonsense, milk carton vaginas relationship status: there [...]

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No we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it

June 1, 2011
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BOOK REPORT for Fireball by John Christopher cover story: classically ugly bff charm: sure, why not? swoonworthy scale: 0 talky talk: straight forward bonus factors: parallel universes, gladiators relationship status: cousin who visits once every couple of years

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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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