books

  • The Diverse Books Tag

    In light of recent commentary on the apparent “unrealistic” nature of diversity in books (yes, an actual recent criticism), I thought it would be a good time to do a brief tag celebrating diversity in books. Because, despite popular belief, diverse characters don’t have to have a reason to be diverse. Real diverse people don’t…

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  • War: what is it good for? I’ll be honest, I’m pretty solidly anti-war. However, I’m not anti-books about war. Or, more accurately, I’m not against books with war in the title. Both of these books, Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo and Warcross by Marie Lu, are two such books that have come out this…

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  • A few of you may remember, but about a month or so ago I did a post like this for books I read in high school. However, that excluded a few books that have actually stuck with me for longer. Because yes, I was also a nerd in middle school. I just pretended not to…

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  • Cassandra Clare’s magnum opus The Shadowhunter Chronicles is one of the most successful YA series to date. The characters are well-loved, the plots infamous, and the ships swoony as hell. But what do you do once you’ve exhausted every word of the overarching saga? Well, I’ve found a few other books and series that I…

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  • This will probably come as a surprise to no one, but I have always had a very obsessive personality. When I decide I like something, I make my whole life about it. I’ve gotten better about it as I’ve gotten older, but it’s still a core part of my personality. Today I’d like to take…

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  • May 2017 Wrap-Up

      Evening, Strangers! It’s time for my May wrap-up! This month was a much better reading month than April. I read nine books this month, most of which were on my TBR. I read a lot of good books, as well as some I had mixed feelings on. Well, enough dilly-dallying around. Here are all…

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  •   Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish A lot of the books I eagerly anticipated for this year have already come out. Books like Lord of Shadows, Flame in the Mist, and A Conjuring of Light. But there are still many more books I’m excited for that have yet to come out. And so,…

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  • You may or may not know this about me, but I am a Slytherin. A proud Slytherin. After years of my kinsmen being viewed as “the evil House,” things are finally coming around. People are learning more about us and the idea of what makes a Slytherin is broadening. And, as such, more non-Harry Potter…

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  • April 2017 Wrap-Up

      April has not been a good reading month for me. With a year-end goal of 100 books, I should be reading about ten a month. This month I read four. And one of them was a graphic novel. Reread. I was also in a pseudo-reading slump, where I kept starting books and and then…

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