31. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (278 pages)Lia and Cassie make a pact to be the skinniest girls in school. But their destructive eating disorders take their toll, and Cassie is found dead in a motel room. Lia, discharged for the second time from the clinic, must deal with her life: parents, school, step-sister, and the ghosts that Cassie ( Read more... )

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Valentine's Day is a day of celebrating love.

Know what I love?

A good love story.

Yes, how meta of me.

But, then, that's me.

So, yeah, I'm going all love-meta-love in celebration of Valentine's Day and as par tradition.

I'm a fangirl, the very definition of a fangirl. I'm also a Literature major, the very definition of a Literature major. And, ( Read more... )

Time for my favorite post of the year!
(And, I am always seem to be sick at this time of year, and therefore have too much time to devote to it.)

As par tradition ( 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), I am proud the present:

The sixth annual GoldenMoonRose awards of brilliant excellence, completely objective favoritism, and disgustingly gratuitous excuse ( Read more... )

1. Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (208 pages)
2. Jane Austen’s Guide to Good Manners by Josephine Ross (133 pages)
3. Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss (209 pages)
4. Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones (383 pages)
5. Emma by Jane Austen (301 pages)

Bold: read it now! It’s great
Italics: run away! It’s awful
Plain Text = various degrees of OK


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I am in such a Valentine's Day mood this year! There's no particular reason, but I just feel all lovey and romantic (and that will be one of the only times that I will ever not capitalize that word, as I'm usually referring to the literary movement). Let's face it, I love love! I'm not going to be a bitter spinster; I love a great love story! And ( Read more... )

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I decided to go all squishy and moon over my favorite fandom romances by updating my list of the top ones. Note: these are fandom romances, not my favorite love stories in general. They are really only background to a lot of action sequences and a battle between the eternal forces of good and evil. Just candy ( Read more... )