Interview: Megan McCafferty and the Wonders of Pineville (in photos!)

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The Champagne of Propane.  The dinosaur.  Der Wunder Wiener.  The white Volkswagen Beetle perched atop an auto body shop. Fans of Megan McCafferty’s Jessica Darling series will recognize these landmarks as stops on Marcus Flutie’s Five Wonders of Pineville tour. This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Sloppy Firsts, and we’re going [...]

Review: Bumped by Megan McCafferty

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Title: Bumped Author: Megan McCafferty Genre/Pages: YA Dystopian/336 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: April 26, 2011 Rating: 2 Bookmarks (borrow it) Source: Publisher Nat’s One-Sentence Synopsis:  Set against a backdrop of a dystopian society in which a virus has rendered everyone over the age of 18 infertile, teen girls are groomed to conceive and [...]

What’s on tap in 2011: YA selections

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In my continuing series on upcoming reads in 2011, today I’m offering up some of the YA books eagerly anticipated here at Book, Line, and Sinker.  Last week I revealed my nonfiction picks, and next week fiction will be on the docket. YA fiction is something I enjoy personally and professionally. My high school students [...]

Mailbox Monday

I haven’t been accepting many books for review in the last few months because my schedule’s been pretty hectic, and the pressure of too many TBR books might very well send me over the edge!  That said, I lifted my self-imposed review sanctions and managed to score an ARC of Bumped by Megan McCafferty from [...]

Deja Vu: Re-Reading My Favorite Books

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I recently grabbed a my well-read copy of Bill Bryson’s A Walk In the Woods because I was in serious need of a laugh.  Bryson’s writing never fails to make me laugh; his turn of a phrase and sharp wit crack me up.  My husband glanced over to see what I was laughing about and [...]