Tag Archives: good books
Book review: ‘Along For The Ride’ by Sarah Dessen
The summer before she starts college, overachiever Auden West makes the unexpected decision to spend her vacation with her father, stepmother Heidi and newborn baby sister Thisbe in their beachside town of Colby. Since her parents’ divorce two years ago, … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The Sugar Queen’ by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen’s The Sugar Queen is one seriously delightful, magical story — and I gobbled it up in two sittings! I probably would have devoured it whole if, you know, real life hadn’t gotten in the way (it always … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Charmed Thirds’ by Megan McCafferty
After finishing Megan McCafferty’s Charmed Thirds, the third installment in the Jessica Darling series, I had a dream that Marcus Flutie and I were traveling on a fast, red train across Europe. Marcus had just gotten into some crazy altercation resulting … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Second Helpings’ by Megan McCafferty
I. Am. Addicted. To. These. Books. I’m serious. It’s bad. It’s Twilight-level bad — to the point that I’m stopping friends at the bookstore where I worked and shoving a copy into their hands. It’s… embarrassing. And taking over my … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Looking For Alaska’ by John Green
Beginning John Green’s Looking for Alaska, we know two things: the entire novel exists in a “before” and an “after.” Reading this from page one, I was immediately filled with a sense of foreboding — everything was leading up to … Continue reading
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GIVEAWAY — Stephanie Snowe’s hilarious ‘Meeting Mr. Wrong’
In honor of the start of a brand new week, I’m happy to announce my next giveaway — for Stephanie Snowe’s hilarious memoir Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures Of A Southern Belle (see my 4-star review and check out Stephanie’s … Continue reading
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