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Aged 17. Also aged 48. Mood.Fox Report: All is wellMenace is at her second gig in two nights so I am taking the opportunity to have it large at Walmesley Towers. So far I have made my own granola and treated myself to a fancy Darjeeling tea. Next up: sewing grosgrain ribbon to a vintage dress. #sexanddrugsandrockandrollReader, I cried. #daisyjonesandthesix #iamnotamuse #iamthesomebody #endofstory @tjenkinsreidMore 1980s Essex shenanigans on its way from me in 2020. #thequeenofbloodyeverythingSpine broken. But oh so worth it. #daisyjonesandthesixTwitter
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- RT @TNeenan: Here’s what happens next. • Revoke A50 • A50 becomes sentient, refuses to be revoked • A50 realises humanity must be wiped ou… 8 hours ago
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- Today I am mainly planning hush hush shenanigans with @KidsBloomsbury https://t.co/0dOdCnTeiH 11 hours ago
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Tag Archives: YA
The Carnegie Feeling
I have never been one of life’s winners when it comes to sport, barely even scraping third in the 1979 St Mary’s Primary sports day yoghurt-pot-and-umbrella race (actual race, involving running wildly around the field with an empty Ski pot … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony McGowan, Atom Books, Carnegie Medal, Everybody Hurts, Hachette, Joanna Nadin, Leeds, Little Brown, love, teen romance, YA
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The making of a mixtape…
Rob has it right in High Fidelity: “The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Teen
Tagged Anthony McGowan, Elvis, Everybody Hurts, Leeds, mix CD, Mountain Goats, romance, The National, YA
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When John Hughes closes a door…
There’s a line in Paul Murray’s high school epic Skippy Dies that, on first reading, is less a lightbulb moment and more like being hit over the head with a giant hammer of the blindingly obvious, and, on subsequent examination, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Teen, Uncategorized
Tagged Joanna Nadin, John Hughes, Molly Ringwald, Skippy Dies, teen, YA
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