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One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies - Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth
One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies
Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
The Best American Short Stories 2009 -
The Best American Short Stories 2009
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Inkspell - Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell
Inkspell
Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
David Sedaris
The Quick-Change Artist - Cary Holladay
The Quick-Change Artist
Cary Holladay

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Swoon - Nina Malkin
Wings - Aprilynne Pike
My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure - Nathan Rabin, A.V. A.V. Club (Editor)
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bookaneer - It's All Geek To Me
~~MOVED FROM GR~~ Geekomancy (Ree Reyes #1) by Michael R. Underwood I recently had a conversation with a non-native-spea...
February 2014
16
read and rated
Swoon - Nina Malkin
reviewed: (Archived Review: Swoon)
When my buddy space coyote suggested I take a look at this regrettable creation, I remembered that I actually had an ARC of i...
Swoon - Nina Malkin
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Wings - Aprilynne Pike
reviewed: (Archived Review: Wings)
I'm sure we've all noticed this, but it seems like every YA supernatural/fantasy book that's been published within the past c...
Wings - Aprilynne Pike
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The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single) - David Kushner, The Atavist
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The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single) - David Kushner, The Atavist
The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice (Kindle Single) David Kushner, The Atavist
January 2014
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reviewed: Starters (Starters, #1)
So-soInteresting premise, but I wondered why Callie's father didn't make any financial provisions for her and her brother. H...
Starters (Starters, #1) - Lissa Price
July 2012
26
reviewed: Every Day
There's a line in 'Midnight in Paris' that Hemingway says to Zelda Fitzgerald about her short story, something like 'there wa...
Every Day - David Levithan
July 2012
25
reviewed: Shatter Me
Hideous. Full review here: http://randomlibris.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/thinly-developed-dystopia-theatre-pt-1-review-5-shat...
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi
finished reading:
Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me Tahereh Mafi
October 2010
10
reviewed: Prom Nights from Hell
Pretty lackluster collection overall. Harrison's contribution was interesting because it's clearly the precursor for the nov...
Prom Nights from Hell - Michele Jaffe, Lauren Myracle, Stephenie Meyer
finished reading:
Prom Nights from Hell - Michele Jaffe, Lauren Myracle, Stephenie Meyer
Prom Nights from Hell Michele Jaffe, Lauren Myracle, Stephenie Meyer
October 2010
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reviewed: Insatiable
Cabot satirizes vampire fiction here (with many obvious jabs at the most obvious targets), though satire might be too strong;...
Insatiable - Meg Cabot
reviewed: Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery, Book 1)
I burned through this book like lightning (though it's also pretty short--less than 300 pgs) and actually really enjoyed it; ...
Once Dead, Twice Shy - Kim Harrison
reviewed: Wings
The endorsement blurb from Twisuck author S. Meyer should be warning enough that you're in for (the exact opposite of) a trea...
Wings - Aprilynne Pike
reviewed: Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (The Abhorsen Trilogy)
I love Nix's female characters. More shy brunettes please.
Lirael - Garth Nix
reviewed: Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy)
I've seen these books praised often over the years and I even came close to buying them a few times while in the bookstore, b...
Sabriel - Garth Nix
reviewed: The Collected Stories
Lorrie Moore is absolutely one of my favorite writers. Her stories are by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, her characters ...
The Collected Stories - Lorrie Moore
finished reading:
The Collected Stories - Lorrie Moore
The Collected Stories Lorrie Moore
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