Tag Archives: Sarah Dessen
Getting my cousin to ‘Just Listen’
God help me, my baby cousin is turning 13 years old this week. On Oct. 29, 1996, baby Ciara came howling into the world as the perfect, sweet kid she still is today! The youngest grandchild on my mother’s side of … Continue reading
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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Beach reading
Far more complicated, time-consuming and stressful than making sure I have the right clothes, shoes and sunscreen to take on vacation is deciding which books to take. My family vacations at the Outer Banks every summer — and every summer, … Continue reading
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Along For The Ride — just six days to go!
What am I waiting quite impatiently for this Wednesday? Sarah Dessen’s newest release, Along For the Ride, which publishes Tuesday, June 16! I’m a longtime fan of Dessen, a young adult writer from North Carolina who captivates with each and every … Continue reading
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Booking Through Thursday: Authors talking
Let’s go Booking Through Thursday! This week’s question: Do you read any author’s blogs? If so, are you looking for information on their next project? On the author personally? Something else? I do read author’s blogs; I find them very interesting! … Continue reading
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Booking Through… Friday: Reading resolutions
Let’s go Booking Through Thursday — on Friday! I was running around yesterday and didn’t get to answer one of my favorite prompts . . . Any Reading Resolutions? Say, specific books you plan to read? A plan to read … Continue reading
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