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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Day 40: 'Howl's Moving Castle'

If you like: fantasy, magic, humor, Gail Carson Levine, Ursula K. Le Guin, Studio Ghibli. Day 40: In which Maggie tries her best to...

Day 38: 'The Astonishing Color of After'

If you like: Ghost stories, traveling fiction, Jean Kwok, Turtles All the Way Down, Celeste Ng. The Astonishing Color of After is a YA...

Day 34: The List (ya basic)

It’s okay to like pumpkin-spice lattes again, so let’s celebrate Ya Basic -- the books that are mainstream and probably a little...

Day 30: By the Book (Annie)

Some people imagine their Oscar speech or their touchdown dance, but personally, I like to daydream about when the New York Times asks me...

Day 28: 'Mansfield Park: An Annotated Edition'

If you like: "Wives and Daughters," Anthony Trollope, nice girls who come in first. Poor Fanny does not have much of a chance in a...

Day 25: 'Unseen Academicals'

If you like: Douglas Adams, PG Wodehouse, Diana Wynne Jones, The Daily Show, The Onion. This blog could have easily been “One Kelley...

Day 24: 'Shrill'

If you like: Humor essays, feminism, Samantha Irby, Tina Fey, Jezebel. Reading Shrill is like sitting down with one of your best friends,...

Day 18: 'North and South'

If you like: Jane Austen, costume dramas, strong female characters, rebellion, romance, Bronte sisters. Dear “North and South,” why do I...

Day 16: 'Hexwood'

If you like: The Raven Boys, Doctor Who, Patricia McKillip, Neil Gaiman, fantasy role playing games, King Arthur Hexwood is an impossible...

Day 12: 'Who's That Girl?'

If you like: feelings, complicated family, power of friendship, figuring stuff out, Rainbow Rowell, Sophie Kinsella, The Hating Game "So,...

Day 11: 'To the Lighthouse'

If you like: large bodies of water, summer, subjectivity To the Lighthouse is the best book about oceans. Sorry, Jacques Cousteau, Moby...

Day 8: 'The Prince and the Dressmaker'

If you like: Disney movies, dreamy period pieces, defying gender norms, Vogue, Noelle Stevenson. There’s a lot to love about the graphic...

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