This is the fifth and next-to-last offering of the 2008 revised version of the Sweet Valley High book series, and thank God.

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 When I was around eight, I went to visit my cousins in Michigan.  My cousin Lindsey, who's the better part of half a decade older than me, invited me to take back some of her old books that she was no longer interested in.  She showed me a box full of Baby-Sitters Club books, thus introducing me to the YA series that would become my life - at ( Read more... )

I bought this way back when, I think even during the fall semester when I was living in Manhattan.  Buoyed by the awesome experience of Lemonade Mouth, I was ready for another story about a high school musician making it big.

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Finishing this book, it struck me that I haven't read such a short novel in literally years.  This may be due in part to it being technically juvenile fiction, which is generally regarded as a younger (sub?-)genre of young adult fiction.  For the purposes of this blog, it still counts as YA.

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After a long hiatus, I'm back and reading full time.  I hope to cross many titles off my ever-growing list between now and January 18th.  First, let's dive into this treasure.

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Yes, I have been absent.  We'll move on.


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... So it's been a little while.  Call it two weeks.  But I've made a pledge to myself: I can handle my classes this semester while keeping up with my recreational reading.  And I'll be sure to record all of it here, starting with this big dose of strangeness:


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I bought this book partly because of the author, whose previous works I've read, and partly because of the appeal of reading about multiple women protagonist.  It was featured in a best-of list along with Fun Home, one of my favorite books.

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This dense, battered paperback has taken me nearly a month to complete, which is pretty much average for me as classics go (not counting East of Eden, which only took me 2 weeks).


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