{"id":8538,"date":"2018-11-13T01:13:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T06:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8538"},"modified":"2018-11-13T04:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T09:38:04","slug":"the-fun-of-bookish-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8538","title":{"rendered":"the fun of a bookish prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.24hourreadathon.com\">Dewey&#8217;s 24 Hour Readathon<\/a> last month, I entered a Twitter contest that Liz (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cosbrarian\">cosbrarian<\/a>) was running in which she asked which books helped us get through our teenage years. My answer was:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>#DeweysEscape When I was a teen I read and re-read the <em>Anne of Green Gables<\/em> series and <em>Little Women<\/em>. Sometimes if I were feeling particularly mopey, I&#8217;d just read Beth&#8217;s final scenes. #itgetsbetter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was lucky enough to be chosen the winner of the contest and Liz sent me four new books last week!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/44041039320\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"November Gift Books\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1915\/44041039320_905368b5dc.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"November Gift Books\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While I have read Becky Albertalli&#8217;s <em>The Upside of Unrequited<\/em>, it was a library copy and it&#8217;s been on my must-buy list for a while (it&#8217;s set in the D.C. area just as marriage equality is being made the law of the land and includes a scene that I was actually at). <em>Monday&#8217;s Not Coming<\/em> by Tiffany D. 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