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Book Review: One Lonely Degree
Things don't always change with a bang. Sometimes they change so gradually that you can't clearly pinpoint the last moment they were truly the same. I was super excited to read...
Mini Reviews: A Mish Mash
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore: I really liked this book. The premise is...different: a showgirl is plucked from obscurity to sing with a wealthy...
Book Review: A Star for the Latecomer
Were there other kids out there whose parents wanted them to be big football heroes, or presidents of the class? The pressure to succeed must be felt by a lot of kids I know. To...
Book Review: Real Live Boyfriends
A real live boyfriend does not contribute to your angst. Real Live Boyfriends by E. Lockhart is the fourth and final book in the Ruby Oliver series. I was really looking forward...
Book Review: The Man in My Basement
"Sometimes," he said and then hesitated, "sometimes an opportunity can show up at just the right moment. Sometimes that opportunity might be looking you in the face and you don't...
Book Review: One Crazy Summer
I wished I hadn't opened up that newspaper. I wished I could go right on thinking we were having breakfast, painting signs, and learning our rights. I wished I didn't know that I...
Book Review: Thwonk
I was hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic, and...
Book Review: Teenage Waistland
"You all believe that losing one-hundred-plus pounds will solve everything, but it won't. Something far heavier is weighing on you, and until you deal with that, nothing in your...
Book Review: Cupid
Cinxia had been happy to assist Cupid. Although he was the god of love, he knew nothing about marriage. Ironically, Cupid also knows nothing about love. I picked up Cupid: A Tale...