That’s not true. I didn’t even get a picture. Last year, when Kayla came out to Las Vegas, I’d neglected to bring my camera and she’d forgotten the memory card for her camera, so we ended up with a single picture taken on my parents’ iMac. This year, despite having a professional photographer living in the house, we took not…
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Taken by Storm by Angela Morrison
7 of 10: Taken By Storm is not the best book I’ve read this year, but it handled topics I rarely see addressed in YA literature, let alone in such a thoughtful and realistic way. Cheers to Angela Morrison for tackling some hard issues so successfully. Mainstream books about Mormon characters often make me a little nervous. I have seen…
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Tripping
There is something so delightful about the day you’re going on a trip. Everything just seems a little bit magical. I mean, sure I’m going to school today just like normal, but I have a suitcase in the trunk! I have a backpack emptied of textbooks and loaded up with lovely new TLA books that will be devoured on the…
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
8 of 10: City of Bones is all that I can ask for in a fantasy book – action, romance, top-notch characters, and plenty of twists. If you’re a YA fantasy fan or a Harry Potter lover, it is a good bet you will like this book. I somehow completely missed the boat on The Mortal Instruments series. The third…
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The Big Winner. . . .
On Monday, they’ll start announcing the winners of the first round, so here are the rest of my predictions for the Battle of the Books: ROUND TWO: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves versus The Trouble Begins at 8. I’m going with Octavian again, even though if it were…
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