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Twilight: the Relationship Killer?
Four(ish) years ago, after a semester of reading Thomas Hardy and Naturalism I started reading the Twilight series over the...
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Anna Dressed in Blood – Kendare Blake (2012)
Picture Sam from Supernatural + The Scoobies from Buffy the Vampire Slayer + Dexter + that episode of Bones where Brennan wakes up in...
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Starcrossed – Josephine Angelini (2011)
Helen lives on the island of Nantucket with her father. She has lived there all her life, and despite hating the ocean, Helen doesn’t...
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Waterfall – Lisa T. Bergren (2011)
For this review I should be very clear about two things: I listened to the audio book instead of reading it I emphatically dislike...
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Hemlock – Kathleen Peacock (2012)
Mac (Mackenzie), Amy, Jason, and Kyle were best friends. The four of them went every where, and did everything together. Until the night...
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Reincarnation – Suzanne Weyn (2008)
Reincarnation was a really remarkable book. The cover is terrible, I was a little embarrassed to be seen reading it, but it was so very...
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Hereafter – Tara Hudson (2011)
Amelia is dead. She doesn’t remember who she is, she doesn’t remember her family, she doesn’t remember her friends, she doesn’t feel...
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A Countess Below Stairs – Eva Ibbotson (1981)
The cover (I mean book) caught my eye the other day at work, and I have to admit, I had a hard time putting it down. I adore this time...
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Ripple – Mandy Hubbard (2011)
The night of her sixteenth birthday Lexi’s world changed forever, it is the night she killed the man she loved. Two years later, every...
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And Tango Makes Three – Peter Parnell & Justin Richardson (Authors) & Henry Cole (Illustrator) (2005
I love this book so much it makes my heart warm just thinking about it. And Tango Makes Three is about two male penguins, Roy and Silo,...
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The Princess Bride – (1987)
What do you get when you cross a love story with a cult classic? True Love. Easily one of my favourite movies, but better for the action,...
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Meridian – Amber Kizer (2010)
The first creatures to seek me were the insects; my parents cleaned the bassinet free of dead ants the morning after they brought me home...
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As You Wish – Jackson Pearce (2009)
Find something to say, Viola. Find something to do. I sink further back into the couch. Maybe it can swallow me, so I don’t look like a...
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Why I Let My Hair Grow Out – Maryrose Wood (2007)
This book has an awful lot going on. It starts out shortly after Morgan’s self-absorbed (and mildly emotionally abusive) boyfriend breaks...
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks – Emily Lockhart (2008)
Frankie Landau-Banks is a sophomore at Alabaster Preparatory. Frankie becomes the champion of the Geek Conglomerate, a group of...
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A Cinderella Story (2004)
Though the DVD begins with some terrible previews, one for One Tree Hill (“the only place you can see Chad Michael Murray every week”)...
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Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack
I loved this movie, I loved this soundtrack, but oddly, I didn’t love the book, but that’s a story for another time. The soundtrack...
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Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour – Morgan Matson (2010)
Amy has been alone in her house in California for a month while she finishes her year. Her mother and twin brother are already on the...
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Penelope – Marilyn Kaye (2007)
Years ago, Penelope Wilhern’s great-great-great (and some more greats) grandfather betrayed the woman who loves him, sending her to her...
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The China Garden – Liz Berry (1994)
A-levels are over, summer is here, and a crumbling manor in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere is not where Meredith was...
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