9 of 10: I loved The Truth About Forever. Extremely readable, likable characters, and more substance than you’d expect from a book that would generally be categorized as a young adult romance. February and March quite accidentally turned into the months of Sarah Dessen. I read Lock and Key at the end of January and when I reviewed it, practically…
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Dessert Desert
One of the goals Bart and I set this year was to only eat two desserts a week [Edit: This means two servings of desserts a week, not two nights a week where we can eat desserts as fast as we can shove them through our lips. If that means half a dessert four nights a week, great. If that…
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Time to Start Panicking
The worst part of coming back from spring break is that thing where suddenly projects, papers, assignments, and work comes crashing down. That moment has come. Excuse me while I go breathe into a paper bag. But it’ll be a really fast paper bag breathing session because I don’t have time to panic.
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
9 out of 10: Ten Cents a Dance is great historical fiction; gripping story, excellent characters, unpredictable plot. I was really impressed with this book about pre-WWII Chicago and a profession I didn’t even know existed. I used to read loads of historical fiction, but now I generally find myself thinking “I would have loved this at twelve, but now…
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Scar Shoulder
Some people have cool scars. I have ugly scars. Two days after I got home from my freshman year in college, my mom was going to Puerto Rico and I was supposed to drive her to the airport to catch her 8:00 a.m. flight. Stupidly, I stayed up until about 2 a.m. the night before with some friends from high…
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