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Book Review: Getting Over Garrett Delaney
I can't keep doing this to myself: getting my hopes up so high, only to have them come crashing down. I can't keep waiting for him to come to his senses, having my whole...
Book Review: Ditched: A Love Story
"What are these stains? You an intern for Bill Clinton or something?" Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom is a prom story. I love prom stories! This one follows Justina who...
Book Review: The Romantic Obsessions & Humiliations of Annie Sehlmeier by Louise Plummer
I don't like being an immigrant. I think of coarse-faced peasants in burlap pants carrying a couple of chickens in a basket and leading a goat down a gangplank when I hear...
Book Review: The Future of Us
What's a blog? In The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler set way back in 1996, some glitch with Emma's AOL CD allows her to see her Facebook page. Freaked out, she...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Chapter 8
Recent HP observations: - Stephen Fry's Hermione is much, much better. There was no way it wouldn't be since I hate Jim Dale's Hermione very much. But yes. Fry's Hermione...
Book Review: Fatherhood
I finished Fatherhood by Bill Cosby last week, but I didn't really know how to review it aside from saying Bill Cosby is great! I love him! He looks just like my grandpa (RIP,...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Chapter 3
Random HP observation of the day: "Dudley's second bedroom" Oh, Dursleys. You never cease to amaze. That said, so far Stephen Fry is great. The difference between him and Jim...
2012 Harry Potter Reading Challenge
I added one more challenge to my list for the year. The Harry Potter Reading Challenge, which is a challenge to read all seven HP books before the end of the year. I know, I...
2011: Books in Review
End of the year survey, taken from Trisha. 1. Best Book You Read In 2011? I gave the following books five stars on Goodreads: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan How Al-Anon...