After Rose’s mom dies of cancer, Rose finds one of her mother’s famous Survival Kits in a closet. Her kit includes an iPod, a picture of peonies, a crystal heart, a paper star, a box of crayons, and a miniature kite. Unfortunately, some music, art supplies, and pictures aren’t going to work any magic themselves. [...]

Tags: alcoholism, death, family problems, grief, romance, sports
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If You Like… is a feature highlighting blogger recommendations for books, authors, TV shows, movies, and music based on the things you already know and love. This week’s post includes recommendations for holiday romances. If you like holiday romances, you might like… Books Recommended by Jennifer @ YA Book Nerd: Young Adult: 12 Dates of [...]

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Juliette can kill people with her touch. All it takes is a moment of contact, skin to skin. Some say she is a monster. That she should be locked away and denied human interaction. But Juliette doesn’t want to hurt anyone. There are others who want to use Juliette, to harness her power. There’s a [...]

Tags: dystopian, romance, supernatural, war
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If You Like… is a feature highlighting blogger recommendations for books, authors, TV shows, movies, and music based on the things you already know and love. This week’s post includes recommendations for stories about characters from opposite sides of the tracks. If you like characters from opposite sides of the tracks, you might like… Books/Authors [...]

Tags: friendship, lists, romance, social classes
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Lucy is a glassblower on a mission to find a graffiti artist whose work resonates with her. The artist, Shadow, might be one of the only guys who really gets her. But she doesn’t even know who he is outside of the paintings he has scattered around the city. Ed is a high school dropout [...]

Tags: art, literacy, mystery, romance, secrets
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