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  • It’s Fine: “Crier’s War” Review

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository or IndieBound (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** “It was never really a choice, was it? Wanting her. Killing her.” Impossible love between two girls—one human, one Made. A love that could birth…

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  • Is “Six of Crows” the Best YA Series Ever Written?

    If you’ve spent any time in the online book community within the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly heard the phrase, “No mourners. No funerals.” Or maybe you’ve heard, “The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.” Or perhaps, “My darling Inej, treasure of my heart, will you please do me the honor…

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  • Favorite Friday: Recent Favorites

    Favorite Friday is a meme in which I discuss some of my favorite things. Some Fridays it’ll be based on a topic, while others it’ll just be about some of my recent favorites. As you can tell by the title, today’s post is going to be the latter. I couldn’t think of a specific topic…

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  • STOP MISLABELING BOOKS: Keep YA Readers Safe

    I’ve rebranded! Goodbye Strangely Pop Cultured, hello Strange Storyteller! This new URL and identity feels more in line with what my blog has evolved into. I love this new name and hopefully you do too. And now onto our regularly scheduled post! ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use…

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  • October 2019 Wrap-Up

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** Well, spooky season is officially over. Now I’m left floating in an empty abyss of nothingness. Not to sound super dark or anything. I just really love…

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  • Halloween Book Tag

    In case I haven’t been obvious, Halloween is my favorite holiday. I wish spooky season lasted longer than a month. In fact, I’m considering doing a second spookathon in December inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas (in the sense that I will be mixing the two holidays together). In the spirit of Halloween, I thought…

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  • I Was Wrong: “Ninth House” Review

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository or IndieBound (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** “Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.” Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands…

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  • Books I Wish Didn’t Have Sequels

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** A few months ago, I wrote a post about books I wish had sequels. Today I’d like to do the flip side of that: books that shouldn’t have…

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  • A Writer Ascending: “The Luminous Dead” Review

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository or IndieBound (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** “She’d heard somewhere that pride came before the fall. But she wasn’t going to fall. She was going to climb.” When Gyre Price lied her way…

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  • A Dark Fairy Tale: “House of Salt and Sorrows” Review

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from Book Depository or IndieBound (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** “All the dreamers are castle-bound. At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind, Revealing fantasies soft or unkind. Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams. Come not…

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