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Book Review: Liar
I can't expect to be believed. I am the girl who cried wolf. Liar by Justine Larbalestier is, true to the title, about a girl named Micah who is a self-professed liar. Only...
Book Review: Impossible
In her dreams, at the end, Miranda loved her. Impossible by Nancy Werlin is the story of a girl who is cursed to get pregnant and go crazy at seventeen--just like her mother...
Book Review: The Princess Bride
What happened was just this: I got hooked on the story. For the first time in my life, I became actively interested in a book. Me the sports fanatic, me the game freak, me the...
Book Review: I’ll Pass for Your Comrade
I'll tie back my hair, men's clothing I'll put on. / I'll pass for your comrade as we march along. / I'll pass for your comrade, no one will ever know-- / Won't you let me come...
Diversity Roll Call: The Problem Novel
The current Diversity Roll Call addresses the problem novel as inspired by a Justine Larbalestier post. More specifically: Did you read these kinds of works when you were an...
Nostalgia: Girl Friends #1: Draw the Line
"You know, if you had told me two weeks ago that I'd be involved in a rally and have a whole new group of girl friends, I never would have believed it...I don't know whether it's...
Book Review: Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass is book about three kids (I'm sensing a trend in my reading here) whose lives change forever when they go to the Moon Shadow Camp Ground to...
Book Review: Girl Stays in the Picture
Girl Stays in the Picture by Melissa de la Cruz is about three girls with varying degrees of fame or access to fame and their adventures in Saint Tropez one summer. Devon's a...
I am such a nerd
Of note: 1. A friend linked me to this awesome article: Hogwarts Is a Terrible School. I've been trying to think up a response to it, but other than "NERDS!" (and I mean that...