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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After a lj cut snafu, I wasn't able to post my original review.  Now I feel like I need to fix that, because this really is an important book.

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Another offering from Hale Library.


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My history with this book is sort of odd and off-kilter.  I spotted the title featured on some book blog, and it so intrigued me that I put it on one of my older, woe-be-gone lists.  I recently purchased it with some Xmas cash, along with Dash & Lily's Book of Dares.  Perhaps I should have not been so quick to part with my money over it - if only b ( Read more... )

This is another offering from Hale Library.

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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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I chose this book because I read another book by this author. 

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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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