June book list

[eattheolives]

1. Popular: vintage wisdom for the modern geek, Maya Van WagenenWhat makes someone popular? 15-year-old Maya found a 1950s guide to popularity full of helpful hints like "have good hair" and "stand up straight" and "wear twinsets and pearls" and decided to follow its advice and see if, indeed, it increased her popularity. For a writers so young,

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[brightly_woven]

I wasn't thrilled with MOBY. 3 out of 5, which for me is just "like". Possibly because I read the best bits out of order beforehand on FB Daily Lines

[eattheolives]

I SQUEE'D at the last scene, because I liked the books best when everyone was more-or-less happily living on the Ridge and Jamie was being all laird-like, and I'm just so HAPPY they're going to all be together again, at least for a bit. But so many questions

[clothofdreams]

I was really hoping the actual title was "[Redacted] by [Redacted]" and that it was some Cold War spy thriller or something. Haha!

[eattheolives]

Sorry to dash your hopes! That would make a pretty smashing title for a spy novel ...

[butterbobbin]

You realise, of course, that the last one on the list has me spinning my mental wheels at 876 mph. ALL KINDS OF SUSPICIONS.

CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES. I know.

[eattheolives]

Suspicion away. I SHAN'T REVEAL ANYTHING. *zips lips, throws away the key.)