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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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haha... i love that song
Posted by: ali | June 06, 2007 at 05:45 PM
She is so "f*cking precious," and yeah, she's a "muthaf*cking princess!" It is a great song. Period. And I'm 31 years old. Don't care. Great song.
Posted by: excruciatingly | June 10, 2007 at 06:01 PM
It rockzzzz!
superb song!
Posted by: Garima | June 18, 2007 at 06:22 AM
Yeah, love this song...and I'm in my 50s. Left everything else in the shade this summer re: chart music anyway.
Posted by: Irish fan | July 20, 2007 at 09:15 AM
ya its cool... but it gets boring after awhile.
Posted by: Hannah | July 24, 2007 at 07:29 PM
Really sucks. Painful to listen to. What the hell happened to Avril?
Posted by: joe | July 31, 2007 at 10:03 AM
i luv dat song!!! i listen 2 it ALL the time! i learned the words like 3 days after i listened 2 it! luv da song!!!
Posted by: rachel | August 22, 2007 at 10:38 AM
Haha. After I told my mom I had sort of liked this guy for a while but then gave up on it after I heard that another girl liked him too, she said "Jordyn! Have you NOT heard that song?" We'd just been listening to it in the car. So, yeah, everyone loves that song.
Posted by: Jordyn | August 31, 2007 at 07:13 PM