Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sloppy Firsts

Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel by Megan McCafferty When Jessica’s best friend Hope moves away, she’s not sure how she’s going to fill the void. Her remaining girlfriends don’t always share her feelings and certainly don’t share her intelligence, … Continue reading

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13 Little Blue Envelopes

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson Ginny was always close to her Aunt Peg. So when Peg took off for Europe without telling anyone and then died of cancer, Ginny was heartbroken. Then she received a mysterious package containing … Continue reading

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My Most Excellent Year

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger I love, love this book. Now, I’ll admit to some serious bias as I adore the Red Sox, Boston and musical theater, but I … Continue reading

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We’ll Always Have Summer

We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han Jumping even further into the future with this one, Han brings us to Belly’s freshman year of college. Reading this gave me an almost claustrophobic feeling, because I pretty much knew what was … Continue reading

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It’s Not Summer Without You

It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han Picking up a year after The Summer I Turned Pretty, at first we know almost nothing about what has gone on during the past school year.  But Han slowly fills in the … Continue reading

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The Summer I Turned Pretty

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han You know it’s a beach read when the title even has summer in it!  This is a summer read that you won’t want to miss. For her whole life, Belly has spent … Continue reading

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Flavor of the Week

Flavor Of The Week by Tucker Shaw How could I resist picking up a book that is both a cooking love story and a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac?  Food and updated culture – let me at it.  And oh, … Continue reading

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Forever

Forever . . . by Judy Blume Forever is viewed through a nostalgic haze by many of my generation.  Growing up in the eighties and early nineties, Judy Blume was the author to walk a young girl through the changes … Continue reading

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Anna and the French Kiss

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins One of my friends once said that there should be a long compound German word meaning “nostalgia for a past that never was”.  I wish that word existed because that’s exactly what … Continue reading

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Boy Meets Boy

Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan I hadn’t meant to go with another Levithan so quickly folks, but I’ve been slacking in the book reading department (I’m visiting my grandmother) so here it is. This is the kind of book … Continue reading

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