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What I’m Reading (and a giveaway!): THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRYLAND IN A SHIP OF HER OWN MAKING by Catherynne M. Valente

A tale so beautifully entrancing I want to crawl into the book and live in the margins. Summary from the inside jacket: September is a girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of course she accepts. (Mightn’t you?) But Fairyland is in turmoil,...
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Thank you, Harry

And thank you, Jo. So much. For everything. It’s taken me over a week to write this post because I’ve been dreading it. It’s the end of an era. Everyone spent the last two weeks posting their Harry Potter stories. This series has touched so many lives, young and old, and I’m not quite sure...
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What I’m Reading: INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Hannah Moskowitz

A beautiful, gritty story about family. Summary from the goodreads: Noah’s happier than I’ve seen him in months. So I’d be an awful brother to get in the way of that. It’s not like I have some relationship with Melinda. It was just a kiss. Am I going to ruin Noah’s happiness because of a...
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What I’m Reading: SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr

This book was not what I thought it would be. It was better… Summary from the inside jacket: As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were both social outcasts. They were also each other’s only friend. So when Cameron disappeared without warning, Jennifer thought she’d lost the one person who would ever understand her. Now...
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