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cover for the book dear sweet pea

Dear Sweet Pea, Julie Murphy’s MG debut

Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy

July 30, 2019 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

CBR11Bingo – Own Voices! Holy poop, this is my 52nd review! I’ve officially cannonballed! Not that I’ll stop playing now, though. I am a huge fan of Julie Murphy’s YA books, so when I saw the ARC for her middle grade debut was available at Book Expo, I knew I’d be snapping it up both for my pleasure reading and for my work on the RI Middle School Book Award Committee! While I’d usually save my off-committee summertime for “anything but children’s books”, I decided […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Children's, contemporary fiction, fat rep, fat representation, funny, julie murphy, LGBTQ, middle grade, Realistic fiction, sweet

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:52 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: cbr11bingo, Children's, contemporary fiction, fat rep, fat representation, funny, julie murphy, LGBTQ, middle grade, Realistic fiction, sweet ·
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“Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.”

Puddin' by Julie Murphy

March 16, 2019 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Millie Michalchuk is a fat girl who’s tired of feeling bad about it. She goes to fat camp every summer because her mother swears there’s a thin girl inside her just waiting to come out. But not this summer. Millie is determined to go to a broadcast journalism summer school instead, just as long as she can get in, and convince her mother to let her go… She’s also crushing hard on Malik and trying to decipher his feelings for her, and attempting to keep her […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: julie murphy

Carriejay's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: julie murphy ·
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Dolly Parton, pageants, and a boy named Bo

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

February 23, 2019 by Carriejay Leave a Comment

Dumplin’ is Willowdean Dickson – the nickname given to her by her former beauty queen mother. But Willowdean doesn’t mind too much, she’s happy with who she is and if she’s carrying a bit more weight than the world thinks she ‘should’, then to hell with them. She’s got her bestest bud Ellen and their shared love of all things Dolly Parton to get her through any rough patches. But then Will takes a job at Harpy’s restaurant and meets Bo, a private school educated […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: julie murphy

Carriejay's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: julie murphy ·
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The Best Little Beauty Pageant in Texas

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

February 1, 2019 by Rachel Leave a Comment

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy Finished Jan. 28, 2019, took seven days to read 4 Stars on Goodreads, but I would rate 3.5 Genre: Young Adult Rating 2/5 for 2019 overall, 1/1 for Young Adult I made the mistake of watching the Netflix movie first. This goes against a pretty big rule for me: I read the book first and watch the movie second. But with Dumplin’ I had to watch it as one of my favorite Drag Race ladies was in the movie (Ginger Minj), […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: beauty queen, julie murphy, pageant, Young Adult

Rachel's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: beauty queen, julie murphy, pageant, Young Adult ·
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I have no heart; I hate the song Jolene (thanks, fam.)

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

January 2, 2019 by sistercoyote 9 Comments

I really rather wish this book had been written back when I was in my late teens, so the girl-I-was could have been reassured that she wasn’t alone.  

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, Fiction, julie murphy, ReadWomen, sistercoyote, YA, Young Adult

sistercoyote's CBR11 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, Fiction, julie murphy, ReadWomen, sistercoyote, YA, Young Adult ·
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Thank you, Julie Murphy, for continuously not sucking.

June 15, 2018 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

I’m sorry to say that Meet Cute was my biggest reading disappointment of 2018 so far. It had everything I thought I wanted: how-we-met short stories from some of the best YA authors out there — including Julie freaking Murphy — and a recommendation from Rainbow Rowell. I assumed it would be a delight. And some of it was. I had never heard of Ibi Zoboi, but her story “Hourglass” was my favorite of the bunch. She told a story about Cherish, a tall African-American […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, Dhonielle Clayton, Emery Lord, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jocelyn Davies, julie murphy, kass morgan, Katharine McGee, Katie Cotugno, meet cute, Meredith Russo, nicola yoon, nina lacour, Sara Shepard, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR10 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, Dhonielle Clayton, Emery Lord, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Jocelyn Davies, julie murphy, kass morgan, Katharine McGee, Katie Cotugno, meet cute, Meredith Russo, nicola yoon, nina lacour, Sara Shepard, Scootsa1000 ·
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