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Side Effects May Vary

May 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: R is for Revenge

Earlier today I reviewed The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine. In this book, there is a nice little revenge subplot. It reminded me that I wanted to finish up this post about books that have revenge themes. So here are 5 more YA titles that deal with revenge. We all want a little revenge […]

March 17, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Christie’s My Side Effects May Vary Bucket List

  Karen already reviewed Side Effects May Vary, and I am totally in love with it as well. *sigh* To celebrate the awesome release, and following Karen’s direction, I thought I’d share some of my bucket list as well! To Try a Cruise  I’ve never been on a cruise before- actually, aside from a class […]

March 14, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Fun: My Side Effects May Vary Bucket List

I have already reviewed the amazing Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy, you can read that here. But in the book, Alice – who is dying – creates a Bucket List. I have always wanted to create a bucket list. So I will. Right now. 1. To take The Tween to Paris In my […]

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