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1. Thoughts On: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

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   January 25, 2013 by Heidi

   

   Title: A Monster Calls [Amazon|Goodreads] Author: Patrick Ness [Website|Twitter|Facebook] Illustrator: Jim Kay Standing: Stand alone. Genre: Middle Grade, Horror Published: September 27th, 2011 by Walker Books …
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   Category Discussion, Middle Grade, Review | Tags: cancer, death, Discussion, divorce, England, horror, Middle Grade, review

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2. Belated Bests: My Reading Life in 2012

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   January 9, 2013 by Heidi

   

   Hi friends! You did get to see me talk about some of my favorite books from 2012 over at Smugglivus …
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   Category Discussion, Miscellany | Tags: best of the year, Discussion, Miscellany

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3. Everyone Wants to be Hermione

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   November 24, 2012 by Heidi

   

   Like many avid Goodreads users, I have a Challenge Question that I use when people are requesting my friendship.  This …
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   Category Discussion, Miscellany | Tags: Discussion, fantasy, witches

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4. Death Obsessed: My favorite incarnations.

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   November 17, 2012 by Heidi

   

   Fall is a season of harvest, but it is also the herald of endings.  For me, the darkening of days, …
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   Category Adult, Discussion, Graphic Novel, Miscellany, TV and Movies, Young Adult | Tags: adult, anthropomorphism, death, Discussion, fantasy, Graphic Novel, multicultural, TV and Movies, young adult

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5. Ranty Pants: Resolution (or lack thereof).

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   September 15, 2012 by Heidi

   

   So there I was…innocently reading a book and there’s all this build up and then this climax but then…wait.  No! …
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   Category Discussion | Tags: cliffhanger, Discussion, Ranty Pants

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6. I can’t take the angst!

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   May 22, 2012 by Heidi

   Lately, every time I pick up a YA book I get about 20-30 pages and then I bail. I just …
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   Category Discussion, Miscellany | Tags: Discussion, Miscellany

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7. Thoughts on Young Adult: The Movie

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   April 14, 2012 by Heidi

   Last night I decided to take an evening off reading and watch my current Netflix movies.  One of them was …
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   Category Discussion, TV and Movies | Tags: Discussion, TV and Movies

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8. Dehumanization: Why people dying can be funny, and animals dying never is.

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   April 7, 2012 by Heidi

   Not too long ago, the amazing Amy of Tripping Over Books had a post about her “pet” peeve, in which …
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   Category Discussion | Tags: animals, death, Discussion

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9. Birth Control: Dystopias on Reproductive Rights

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   March 3, 2012 by Heidi

   Today I’d like to talk about a trend within a trend that I keep bumping into (no pun intended…okay, maybe …
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   Category Discussion | Tags: Discussion, dystopian, fertility

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10. Team Dynamics: How much does popular opinion affect a writer’s choices?

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    February 15, 2012 by Heidi

    Last night while watching Monday’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, the boyfriend and I got into a discussion …
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    Category Discussion | Tags: Discussion, love triangle

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