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• List Maniac: Books That Didn't Live Up to the Hype (YA Version)

  

  Hello!! This is my ListManiac for the moth of April and this one comes with a pretty big disclaimer: The following are my personal opinions based entirely on... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• What's Making Me Happy (1)

  

  Hello my darling peeps! I hope you're all having a wonderful Easter weekend!! So, recently I began listening to Pop Culture Happy Hour, an NPR podcast, and I... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Friday Quickes: Here's Looking at You and You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane

  

  Here's Looking at You The Deal: Anna Alessi was never popular during her high school days: she was fat and a bit of an ugly duckling, but she eventually became ... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Speed Date: Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry and Pete Clark

  

  The Plot (courtesy of GoodReads):Not too long ago, in a town that, depending on your current location, is either not super far or actually quite close... (inser... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw by Christopher Healy

  

  At First Sight: Several weeks after the end of their last adventure, the Legue of Princes finds itself in deep trouble once more. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Then and Always by Dani Atkins

  

  At First Sight: Rachel Wiltshire has a great boyfriend, a place at a good university, great friends and a bright future. Until the night she and her group go ou... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Her Kind of Trouble by Sarah Mayberry

  

  The Deal: Vivian Walker and Seth Anderson met for the first time the night before their siblings got married. From the first time they saw each other, they... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ListManiac: Favorite Parents of YA

  

  Once again I'm cutting it very close to the mark, aren't I? But! Never the less, here it comes: Favorite/Best Parents of YA!!!! Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This is Me, Though Maybe (for Once) Not as Cute!

  

  Can't compete with a Corgi for Cute Yeah, it's been kind of crazy busy in my neck of the woods - what else is new? - but! I got vacation time coming up soon so ... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Speed Date: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger

  

  The Plot: When three high school juniors - T.C. Keller, Augie Hwong and Alejandra Perez - are tasked to describe their "Most Excellent Year", they go back to... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Stealing the Groom by Sonya Weiss

  

  At First Sight: Chad and Amelia have been friends since they were children, as they were both brought up by their respective sets of grandparents who happen to... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Put Me Back Together by Lola Rooney

  

  At First Sight: Katie Archer is happy to spend her days hiding in her apartment and only leaving for class or to go to the Dairy Queen, she's more than okay... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: The Party Girl by Tamara Morgan

  

  The Deal: Kendra Khuso is happy being the life of the party, trying to build her business and ignoring her parents as they tell her is high time she married... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: The Bride Says Maybe by Cathy Maxwell

  

  At First Sight: Lady Tara was once the Belle of the Season, but a few scandals later - and the eventual marriage of her older sister to Tara's erstwhile fiancé ... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• ListManiac: Favorite Things Couples Say To Each Other

  

  Okay... so I had actually recorded a video for this - and I managed to do it all in one take!!! - but when I played it back, it had no sound :( so I'm just goin... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Always Remember by Sheila Seabrook

  

  At First Sight: The last place where Jessie Adams wants to be is back at Nate Coltrane's ranch. She broke his heart at seventeen, when she left their small... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Help!

  

  Hello my darlings!!! Okay, so one of my blogging goals for this year is to bring back my ListManiac section, where I make list of all the things I love or hate... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: Big Fat Disaster by Beth Fehlbaum

  

  At First Sight: Colby is the odd girl out in her family, she's overweight and, unlike her sisters, she takes after her father (a former football player) rather... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: The Story Guy by Mary Ann Rivers

  

  The Deal: Carrie West is happy but restless. She loves her life working as a librarian, having a nice group of friends and a good relationship with her... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Book Review: This is Now by Maggie Gilbert

  

  The Deal: No one really expects much of Jess other than falling in line and get back together with her drug-dealer ex, and get over her dreams of finishing... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE