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  • Well, it’s officially the last week of free choice Top 5 Wednesday. As much as I loved picking my own topics, I’m excited to see what new topics the moderators will come up with for next month. But before we get to that, we have to do this week’s post. Today I chose my top

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  • Hello, hello, hello. It’s Top 5 Wednesday again. In keeping with May’s topic-less topics, this week I’ve chosen a fun one. Today I’m going to talk about my top five favorite character names. To me, character names are as important as character traits. Of course, sometimes a name is just cool. Either way, I deeply

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  • When asked to list popular YA authors, Laini Taylor often doesn’t make people’s lists. This by no means indicates that she’s not as good. On the contrary, her writing is downright ethereal. It’s just not as readily accessible. Where most YA is written in a fairly straightforward manner, Laini’s prose is poetic and lyrical. In

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group   Well, Hanukkah began yesterday and we’ve officially begun the twelve days of Christmas. But today isn’t for celebrating; today is for ranting. Today’s Top 5 Wednesday topic is your top five characters on the naughty list. This can be anyone, from villains to characters you just

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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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  • 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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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group This week, I’m not in the mood for preamble. It’s Top 5 Wednesday and the topic is five books or series you read because of the online book community (BookTube, blogs, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.). I’ll be honest. I get most of my recommendations from hype online. But

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  • Top 5 Wednesday: Fancasts

    Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group So, today’s Top 5 Wednesday topic is a touchy one. This week we have to give our top five favorite fancasts. Fancasts, if you’re new here, are actors or models you think look like a character and therefore “cast” as such. It’s a common practice in stan

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  • Hosted by the Top 5 Wednesday Goodreads Group Hello, fellow fans of things! Sorry I haven’t been posting as much lately. I’ve been scrambling for ideas, feeling like I always talk about the same things over and over. Plus, I’ve been binging It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Twice (I’m already on season eight again after

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