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  • Well, well, well. Here we are at the end of my 2017 worst lists. Of course, it’s not the end of all my lists, but it’s the last of the bottom-of-the-barrel content. 2017 has been a rough reading year for me. I gave myself a reading goal of one hundred, which was a mistake. I’m…

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  • Back in 2014 upon the release of Erika Johansen’s The Queen of the Tearling, Emma Waston, Harry Potter director David Heyman, and Warner Brothers optioned the rights for a film. Ms. Watson was promptly signed on as both a producer and the lead, Tear Queen Kelsea Raleigh Glynn. Since then, the remainder of the trilogy…

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group   Well gang, it’s officially the holiday season. It’s nineteen days until Christmas, six days until the first day of Hanukkah, and twenty-five days until New Year’s Eve AKA my birthday. It is, as the eloquent and illustrious Aly & AJ put it, “the greatest time of…

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  • November 2017 Wrap-Up

      November was a big reading slump month for me. So how did I solve that? Graphic novels, of course! In fact, it’s entirely due to graphic novels that I’ll be reaching my reading goal this year. Fortunately, I wound up discovering a new favorite series, so it worked out for the best. This month…

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group   Hey, gang! Sorry I haven’t been as active lately. I just haven’t felt like blogging. Maybe that’s blunt, but I figure there’s no reason to not be honest. Today, however, I felt like I could bang out a quick post and it’s Top 5 Wednesday, so…

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group   Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and with that an entire moral conundrum. The very foundation of the holiday (happy pilgrims and natives working together) is based on a lie. It pretty much celebrates colonialism. It also glorifies overeating (which I have never understood how that relates to…

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  • Out of all the new releases in 2018, The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin and Renegades by Marissa Meyer were two of my most anticipated. I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy, so I was really excited for new adventures from Noah’s point of view. I’ve adored all of Marissa’s previous releases (The Lunar…

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  • The Four London Book Tag

    On Halloween this year, the collector’s edition of A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab was released. Even though it’s over a week later, I thought I’d do this tag in honor of that release. It poses questions based on each of the Londons in that series: Gray London, Red London, White London, and…

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  • Official Summary: Jane has lived an ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia—an adjunct professor and deep sea photographer. Jane counted on Magnolia to make the world feel expansive and to turn life into an adventure. But Aunt Magnolia was lost a few months ago in Antarctica on one of her expeditions. Now, with no…

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group Buenos dias, everyone! It’s time for Top 5 Wednesday again! This week’s topic is your top five problematic faves. The post defines this as a character you don’t want to love, but do anyway. However… this is pretty broad. Personally, I’m going to define this as a…

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