Day 60: The Last Day
Truthfully, I'm a little surprised we made it to this point. It was pretty close Monday night, when I was thinking "I could just give up...
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Margaret
Day 59: 'Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things'
If you like: The Blogess, Lindy West, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, Hyperbole and a Half Reading Furiously Happy is like being...
Day 58: 'Tell Me How It Ends'
If you like: Poor Your Soul, Being Mortal, Enrique's Journey, The Orchid Thief "There are things that can only be understood...
Margaret
Day 57: 'The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein'
If you like: Frankenstein, horror, feminist retellings, Deborah Harkness, Sabaa Tahir 2018 is the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s...
Day 56: Sarah Vowell essays
If you like: Vulture.com, David Sedaris, This American Life, Stephen Ambrose, the WB line-up circa 2000. In the age of the think piece,...
Day 55: The List (sisters)
If you like: sisters. For our last list, a tribute to the highs and lows of sisterhood: After Dark by Haruki Murakami: Annie recommending...
Margaret
Day 54: 'Dactyl Hill Squad'
If you like: historical fiction, The Edge of Extinction, Jacqueline Woodson, Jurassic Park Do you know what’s better than Middle Grade...
Day 53: Five Marvel comics
If you like: Doctor Who, The Americans, Nancy Drew, dogs named Pizza. I was standing in line, waiting so Maggie Stiefvater could sign a...
Margaret
Day 52: 'Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'
If you like: Buzzfeed Unsolved, Bill Bryson, What If, Oliver Sacks Mary Roach is a treasure. I’ve read a number of her books—all...
Day 51: 'The Makioka Sisters'
If you like: George Eliot, A True Novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog. The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki was written during World...
Margaret
Day 50: 'Six of Crows'
If you like: Ocean’s 11, fantasy, the Red Queen series, Victoria Schwab “Kaz leaned back. ‘What's the easiest way to steal a man's...
Day 49: 'Twelfth Night'
If you like: Coffee Prince, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Dil Bole Hadippa, Gilmore Girls. Look, I knew I would write about a...
Day 48: The List (skip the first)
I have a disrespect for continuity that drives some people crazy, Maggie included*. Perhaps the worst transgression: I started "Lost" in...
Margaret
Day 47: 'The Wee Free Men'
If you like: Scottish accents, Harry Potter, Gail Carson Levine, CS Lewis Annie brought me The Wee Free Men as a gift after spending a...
Day 46: 'Will I Be Single Forever?'
If you like: Murphy Brown, Akiko Higashimura, All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. While trying...
Margaret
Day 45: 'Anya's Ghost'
If you like: graphic novels, medium spooky, Spell on Wheels, Ghostopolis, Witch Boy, Hocus Pocus. Anya’s Ghost is a graphic novel that...
Day 44: "The House With a Clock in Its Walls"
If you like: Goosebumps, A Wrinkle in Time, descriptions of the books in Moonrise Kingdom, breweries. Remember the nostalgia factor in...
Margaret
Day 43: 'The Raven Boys'
If you like: contemporary magic, Welsh mythology, Kelly Armstrong, LJ Smith, Sarah Rees Brennan, the Wake trilogy. The assembly of...
Day 42: 'Prez'
If you like: A Modest Proposal, DC's Young Animal imprint, The Murderbot Diaries. When I re-read Prez so I could write about it, I came...
Margaret
Day 41: The List (picture books)
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch: A favorite from my theater-loving childhood, about a girl who loves playing...
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