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Big is Beautiful
Great Big Beautiful Doll Everything for the Body and Soul of the Larger Woman Reichman 1977 Kudos for addressing fashion of women of a larger size. I even appreciate the fact that they featured a more mature woman. Does it work for a current collection? I don’t think so. (For…
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The Teen I Want To Be
The Teen I Want To Be: Secrets To Modeling, Make-up, Fashion, Hair Styles Green 1985 Submitter: The real title of this should probably be “The Teen My Mother Wants Me To Be.” She’s trying to claim this was a school project but judging from the writing inside I was in 6th…
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Friday Fiction: Chartbreaker
Chartbreaker Cross 1986 (First published in GB as Chartbreak, 1986) Submitter: Apparently, I need to call in the Ghostbusters. I just weeded fiction, but some gremlin keeps sneaking 80’s titles back on the shelf! A quick Google search shows attempts at updating the cover art. It’s already a challenge to keep…
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Doughnuts made me do it!
Diet, Crime, and Delinquency Schauss 1981 From the back of the book: “…demonstrates how ‘junk’ food diets, sugar starvation, vitamin deficiencies, lead pollution and food allergies can convert a normal brain into a criminal mind.” I love the picture on the cover. “Gimme your doughnuts, punk!” This is available in…
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Sticker Shock
Button Holed Logan 2011 Submitter: Our library has a standard place where we put all our barcodes – in the upper right hand corner of the front cover. I found this title on our New Shelf and proudly on display. The book is brand new & I don’t think it…
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What’s In a Name?
40,001 Best Baby Names Stafford 2003 Submitter: Baby name books can provide for hours of fun and a whole variety of drinking games. I love them as much as the next 27-year-old single librarian. But like any good thing, even baby name books can go bad. This one has gone…
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