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Summer Love: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
A boy. A secret. A summer. When I first read advance reviews and the synopsis of My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick, I immediately requested the library order it. Sometimes contemporary young...
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6 New & Forthcoming Young Adult Novels I’m Excited to Read
The Forsaken by Lissa M. Stasse Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, with dystopia Release date: July 10, 2012 Synopsis: As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the...
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Sci-Fi + Jane Austen: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
Pride and Prejudice isn’t my favorite Jane Austen novel. Neither is Emma. It’s not even Sense and Sensibility or Northhanger Abbey. For the record, it’s Mansfield Park, but a close second is...
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Don’t Be Fooled by the Cover: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
I put off reading this book because the cover underwhelmed me. The cool light painting wasn’t what turned me off—it was the girl in a white dress. Is she trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic...
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A Classic, Updated: A Review of the Innocents by Frances Segal
I discovered Edith Wharton my sophomore year of college when I took an English course called Major Women Writers. We met once a week on Wednesday evenings to dissect Virginia Wolf and Willa Cather and...
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Time-Travel Romance: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
Who doesn’t love a time-travel romance? I loved The Time Traveler’s Wife (but not the movie—book is so much better) and I even admit I fell in love with Claire and Jamie, the exasperating couple in The...
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Falling in Love: Just One Day by Gayle Forman
I hate going into a book with certain expectations. It’s more pleasant to be surprised than disappointed. I was dying to read Just One Day by Gayle Forman not only because I loved If I Stay and Where...
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Regency Romance: A Rogue by Any Other Name and Every Good Earl Deserves a...
A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean Published: February 28th 2012 by Avon Books Source: local library Synopsis: A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his...
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Queer Love in the Bronx: Chulito by Charles González-Rice
Chulito by Charles González-Rice Published: May 1st 2010 by Alyson Books Source: local library Synopsis: Set against a vibrant South Bronx neighborhood and the queer youth culture of Manhattan’s...
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Review: Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie (A Tale of Love and Fallout) by...
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Cure, a Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss Published: December 21st 2010 by It Books Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): In 1891, 24-year-old Marie, née...
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