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The Boy Most Likely To  by Huntley Fitzpatrick Publication Date:  August 18, 2015 Pages: 425 (hardcover) Genre: Young Adult My Goodreads Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Synopsis: Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the liquor cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a house Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To . . . well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart” choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard. My Review:  First off, I don't know why it's taken me almost two years to read this book. For me, Huntley Fitzpatrick is an auto-read, so I'm not sure what happened. I loved My Life Next Door  and was thrilled to be going back into...

Dumplin'  by Julie Murphy Publication Date:  September 15, 2015 Pages:  375 (hardcover)  Genre:  Contemporary/Young Adult My Goodreads Rating:  5 Stars  Goodreads Synopsis:  Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pagea...