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New Additions to My Library

Wow. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted about the new acquisitions I’ve made in TL’s Library. I’ve been keeping the bookstores and Amazon in business. The Deathday Letter by Shaun David Hutchinson – I’m reading this now and loving it. It’s morbidly hilarious and written in a teenage boy’s perspective. How enlightening. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins – I ordered this awhile ago and it came when the book was released last month. The problem – I still haven’t read Catching Fire, so this will have to

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Writing Teen Romance

My Thoughts on LINGER by Maggie Stiefvater

I hate to admit it took me longer to finish LINGER than I wanted. Life just got in the way… It was one of my most anticipated reads of the summer, since SHIVER, the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series, is one of my favorite books. EVER. Maggie Stiefvater didn’t disappoint. The book was a slower read than SHIVER, but it was me. Not her. She alternated POV between four characters and I found myself wanting to analyze the novel as I read it. Which slowed me down. Aside from that – her