I’m not the kind of blogger to link to a lot of other miscellaneous things on my blog. I don’t post about a contest in order to get an extra entry. I don’t mention that you should go sign this petition or vote in that poll or read these ten blog posts. But, on occasion, there are things worth sharing,…
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Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund
7 of 10: Misleading cover notwithstanding, Academy 7 was a surprisingly enjoyable sci-fi book. If there was a sequel, I’d definitely read it. I know what you think when you look at this book. You’re thinking, “hello, teen romance.” And you would have reason to think so; I mean, that cover photo screams romance and then right there on the…
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Jiggity Jog!!
You know I love to travel. I love buying a plane ticket, I count down the days until the departure, I think about what I’ll pack, and I love walking into a hotel room. But the last month has been insane. I went to Las Vegas to stay with my brother while my parents were in Atlanta. Then I came…
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Bad Dates
At my family reunion a few weeks ago, a number of the cousins sat around swapping dating stories, which quickly dissolved into “tell us about the worst date you’ve ever had.” It was awesome. When my cousin Emily told us about her 6+ foot, 250 pound date who leaped around the living room, over the couches, and under the piano…
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Moving
Last weekend, flying back to Austin from Las Vegas, and knowing we would be closing on our house a few days later, I wrote this, planning to post it yesterday: Today we sold our house. Our darling brick house. The house that we bought one day before my 21st birthday. The house we imagined we might bring our first child…
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