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 26: 'Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus'
If you like: humor, accurate portrayals of disabilities, Wonder, wild west theme parks. In the style of the main character's Random...
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...



















