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Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell
In the latest installment of Cheryl Gets a Smart Phone, I have learned how to download and listen to an MP3 audiobook on my Droid! Let’s just bask in that glow of accomplishment before we even get to the review … Continue reading
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Favorite Young Adult Series and Titles
The next installment of The Best of EatReadSleep’s 10th Anniversary series! For about fifteen years, I either worked with teens in a library or, later, selected teen books for the library system, and I really enjoyed this collection. Young adult … Continue reading
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Landline, by Rainbow Rowell
Georgie is a TV comedy writer in Los Angeles, working alongside her best friend, Seth. They’ve been partners since high school, and her husband, Neal, has learned to deal with it. Neal stays home and takes care of their two … Continue reading
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Awards Season Reading
OK, people, it’s time to get serious. No more adult literary novels, romances, or light reading about how your brain or pancreas may work or go on strike. It’s fall, and that means buckling down with the contenders lists and … Continue reading
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Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell
Cather and Wren’s mother was not eager to have a baby at all, and when it turned out to be twins, she couldn’t even bother to come up with a second name; she just divided the one she’d chosen in … Continue reading
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Burning Truth
“It’s absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn’t read.” Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar … Continue reading
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The 2014 Children’s Book Awards Post-Game Show
We had so much fun this morning watching the webcast of the ALA Children’s Media Awards. There were seven of us around the table, focused on the big screen and munching on snacks. So, how did we do? Well, the … Continue reading
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My Printzables
Early on in the game, I realized that I would not be able to read everything I wanted for both the Newbery Award and the Printz Award, so I chose the Newbery. The books are shorter, for one thing, and … Continue reading
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