they sat down for our pop quiz interview, bared their souls, and designed their own burgers for our honorary menu:
The E Lockhart Burger: a well-spiced veggie burger, topped with blue cheese, lettuce, dijon mustard and extra pickles. ("I am a vegetarian, Bookburger. Like Roo in The Boyfriend List.")
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The Ally Carter Burger: mayo and mustard. And lettuce, pickles, and swiss cheese. ("Okay now I’m hungry. This is all your fault!")
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The Kieran Scott Burger: American cheese, bacon, lots of ketchup, red onions and
lettuce. ("Let no pickle touch my burger lest you wish to feel the full scope of
my wrath!")
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The Rachel Cohn Burger: turkey burger ("preferably from Barney's in San Francisco") with red onion, tomato and mayo. ("Don't forget the fries.")
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The Mo Willems Burger: Fresh and well-grounded ("like my daughter") with nothing on it.("I am deathly afraid of most condiments.")
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The Melissa Kantor Burger: Melted blue cheese with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions on the side. ("with a complimentary pack of 'Trident Blue' so you could eat all the onions").
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The Lisi Harrison Burger: A burger topped with Mac & Cheese and ketchup. ("Call it the Mac & Cheeseburger.")
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The Laura Dave Burger: Cheddar cheese and barbeque sauce. Extra pickles. ("and please...hold the onions!")
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The Stephenie Meyer Burger: another completely plain burger. ("I'm anti-condiments.")
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The Janet Fitch Burger: a burger with a hole in the middle, stuffed with something dark, like olives. ("There's always a certain darkness at the center of my books.")
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The Tanya Lee Stone Burger: medium rare with cheddar cheese, barbecue sauce, and an onion ring. "Overdone thick-cut fries on the side, please."
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The Maureen Johnson Burger: veggie burger with roasted red pepper, avocado,
and Monterrey Jack. Pickles on the side. "And all the condiments in the
house.
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The Alice Hoffman Burger: "It should have everything, but hold the burger. (Unless it's soy)."
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we're just sitting here in a funk because we just read (thanks a LOT, booksquare) that Alice Munro has said she's gots to go. Yep, she claims to be retiring. If you love her like we do, we're sorry to ruin your day. If you don't know about this writer--well you better get yourself informed, dude! Run out and buy (or flip open a new browser window and order, you lazy pj queens) a copy of Lives of Girls and Women--an amazing coming-of-age tale that's like a your average YA novel times a bajillion. Then get The Beggar Maid and read "Half a Grapefruit"...oh, and download an audio version of her latest (last?), The View from Castle Rock so you can hear her stories about her Scottish ancestors read in a funny fake brogue on your ipod while you're at the gym...
I've got two of her books that I haven't read. Guess I better get to them!
Posted by: Samantha | January 11, 2007 at 08:23 AM