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The Vine: March 19, 2010
March 19, 2010 – 9:56 AM | 27 Comments

Dear Sars,
A few months ago, I remember hearing (on NPR?) about a newish website which allowed users to rent/put up for rent rarely used appliances and household items to help others and make some extra …

The Vine: March 17, 2010
March 17, 2010 – 10:22 AM | 120 Comments

So, I need some advice on something I’ve been thinking about for a while.
Four and a half years ago my long-term boyfriend broke up with me. And I took it really, really hard. I immediately …

The Vine: March 12, 2010
March 12, 2010 – 10:20 AM | 64 Comments

Okay, so you have probably gone over this before but I missed it! I am shall we say “vertically challenged”?!I am under 5 feet tall and in desperate need of a pair of jeans.I …

The Vine: March 10, 2010
March 10, 2010 – 11:01 AM | 63 Comments

Dear Sars,
I really admire your writing and your advice, so I wanted to ask you some etiquette questions that have been on my mind lately. Specifically, I had some questions about wedding engagement etiquette, and …

The Vine: March 5, 2010
March 5, 2010 – 11:00 AM | 15 Comments

Hi,

This isn’t the typical book question, but I know that the readers are an observant and helpful bunch so hopefully this isn’t too weird for them.   Here goes.
I got a coupon off Facebook …

The Vine: Ask The Readers Book-a-thon #10
March 3, 2010 – 4:19 PM | 6 Comments

Hi Sarah,
Seeing so many reader entries about children’s books has gotten me nostalgic for the books of my childhood. I remember a lot of them, but there were two I loved but cannot remember the …

The Vine: Ask The Readers Book-a-thon #9
March 3, 2010 – 3:09 PM | 13 Comments

Hello!
So, I am beginning to think I might be crazy, because I am looking for a book I loved but I am having no luck at all.
I read it in the 1970s; it was about …

The Vine: Ask The Readers Book-a-thon #8
March 3, 2010 – 2:19 PM | 3 Comments

Sars —
I’m hoping the readers can help me out with my search for a beloved childhood read.   It was a YA novel about a teenage girl in post-Revolutionary America (I think Jefferson was president …

The Vine: Ask The Readers Book-a-thon #7
March 3, 2010 – 1:58 PM | 10 Comments

I’m looking for a book I read in the mid-to-late 1980s.   It was a young adult book and involved a teen boy who has an amulet that causes a portal to another world to …

The Vine: Ask The Readers Book-a-thon #6
March 3, 2010 – 1:35 PM | 16 Comments

In middle school, instead of an elective, I was a Library Aide.   I was a super goob, but I got to read a lot of really good books — I stumbled across du Maurier …