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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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 39: Weird short stories

I’m trying to not review the same kinds of books all the time, which put me in a conundrum. Out of all the weird short story collections...

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 37: 'The Changeling Sea'

If you like: Naomi Novik, Sharon Shinn, Robin McKinley, The Darkangel Trilogy. This was one of those magical used bookstore moments, when...

Day 29: 'Truly Devious'

If you like: humor, suspense, YA, Janet Evanovich, boarding school stories. Only Maureen Johnson can pull off a mystery that makes you...

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 23: Nancy Drew

If you like: Super Mysteries, comic books, Goldie Vance, Sammy Keyes, exclamation marks. I went through a phase around the age of 12 when...

Day 21: 'Convenience Store Woman'

If you like: Banana Yoshimoto, Welcome to Night Vale, challenging conformity. Convenience Store Woman has a very cute cover. The pink and...

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...

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