l.j. smith

  • Series I Won’t Finish

    ***This post contains affiliate links. I get a small commission when you use my link to buy from IndieBound (at no extra cost to you). CODE: renstrange*** On my last post, I discussed series I haven’t finished yet but plan to. Today I’m focusing on the flip side of this— series I will not, under

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  • What up, squad?! I’m proud to announce that I’m joining the Bookending Summer event! This is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Book Dragons in which book bloggers from all over get together to discuss books using summer themes. There are lots of great prompts I’m excited to respond to.

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  • May 2019 Wrap-Up

    May was a better reading month than I realized. I’d thought I didn’t read much, but I actually managed to read seven books. I’m happy for me. But how was the quality? Well, it was so-so. I read two amazing books, but most of the rest were just okay. One was really bad (and if

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  • Hello Vampire Diarists, and welcome to the second installment of my Vampire Diaries reread and book talk. In the first one, I discussed the first book in the series The Awakening. Today, obviously, I’m discussing the sequel. Last time I posed the question of whether The Awakening holds up and found that it does not.

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  • April 2019 Wrap-Up

    I had thought this was going to be a slow reading month (given how long it took me to read the first book) and then suddenly I went on a reading rampage at the end. I mean, I only read three books and they were fairly short, but I read them in less than a

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  • After months of promising, I’m finally doing it. I’m rereading and discussing The Vampire Diaries. I had initially planned on doing the first three books in one fell swoop, but I have a lot to say about the first book alone. And, seeing as I don’t have a copy of The Fury yet, it makes

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  • It seems like every time I make a TBR for the year (however large or small), I fall short of that goal. After all, I made one of these posts in January and failed miserably in following through. I’ve read a total of one (1) book on that list. Whoops. Hopefully I can do better

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