{"id":155,"date":"2012-03-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2012-03-30T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T14:00:00","slug":"fun-friday-fiction-a-to-z-and-then-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday &#8211; fiction A to Z and then some"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LaoMHBkqcLk\/T3WohqkKYHI\/AAAAAAAAHwA\/3lI3FdahbX4\/s1600\/take%2Ba%2Bsmile%2Btags.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" sticky note reads take a smile><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" width=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LaoMHBkqcLk\/T3WohqkKYHI\/AAAAAAAAHwA\/3lI3FdahbX4\/s200\/take%2Ba%2Bsmile%2Btags.jpg?resize=200%2C150\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Friday! Time for some fun books and taking a deep breath before plunging into April&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-to-zchallenge.com\/p\/2012-to-z-challenge-sign-up-list.html\" target=\"_blank\">AtoZ blogging challenge<\/a>. Click the links to get straight to the no-spoiler reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Tallulah wants to grace the stage, to be in lovvvve, to have a figure like her cousin Georgia. Will these wishes come true at summer drama school on the Yorkshire dales? <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/withering-tights-fiction.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Withering Tights<\/i><\/a> begins this funny series (and owls are also involved).<\/p>\n<p>Since she&#8217;s messed up so many decisions, Brook finally turns to blog readers for advice, letting them vote on every choice she has &#8211; from which novel to read in English class to trying out for rugby &#8211; in <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/my-life-undecided-fiction.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>My Life Undecided<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not again! <i><a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/i-lost-my-mobile-at-mall-fiction.html\" target=\"_blank\">I Lost My Mobile at the Mall<\/a><\/i>, but Elly&#8217;s parents won&#8217;t buy her a new cellphone, then burglars steal the family&#8217;s computers! How can the Sydney teen stay connected to her friends? Yikes!<\/p>\n<p>A missed flight, a changed seating arrangement, meeting a new stepmom in a foreign country &#8211; no wonder Hadley imagines that <i><a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/statistical-probability-of-falling-in.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love<\/a><\/i> is zilch.<\/p>\n<p>Lillian loves the idea of a road trip with her best buddy Josh right after graduation, even if they&#8217;re heading cross-country after a kidnapper&#8230; and Josh has never realized how much she loves him &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/dont-stop-now-fiction-road-trip.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Don&#8217;t Stop Now<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some years after high school, Simon and his pals are still social dorks. But pretending to be someone else is too strange &#8211; so why is Nancy answering letters to a previous tenant as if she were that Sarah person? <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/12\/same-difference-fiction.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Same Difference<\/i><\/a> is a graphic novel with sarcastic bite.<\/p>\n<p>Try some hands-on yummy fun with the step-by-step instructions for creating <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/insanewiches-nonfiction.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Insanewiches<\/i><\/a>, from the East Meets West Dog to the famous Rubik&#8217;s Cubewich.<\/p>\n<p>Head up to <a href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/astronaut-academy-zero-gravity-fiction.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity<\/i><\/a> with Hakata Soy and friends for classes in dinosaur racing, cute hats, run-on sentences, and spying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read any other fun and funny books recently?<br \/>**kmm<br \/>(Take a smile image courtesy of Nana who retains all rights &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/nanaisreal.tumblr.com\/post\/3323260821\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/nanaisreal.tumblr.com\/post\/3323260821<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday! Time for some fun books and taking a deep breath before plunging into April&#8217;s AtoZ blogging challenge. Click the links to get straight to the no-spoiler reviews. Tallulah wants to grace the stage, to be in lovvvve, to have a figure like her cousin Georgia. 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