leigh bardugo

  • Everybody knows that the annual Goodreads Choice Awards is nothing more than a popularity contest. But that doesn’t stop us from arguing over it every year. It’s human nature, baby! So I thought it would be fun to react to this year’s winners and share which books I think should’ve won instead. In the spirit

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  • November 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*** For someone who spent half the month in a reading slump, I had a pretty damn good reading month. I read five novels (two of which were

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  • Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly book discussion with a new topic every Tuesday hosted by Shanah of Bionic Book Worm. It’s each blogger’s job to pick five book-related things (though you’re welcome to pick things from other media, if necessary) that fit the topic. This week’s topic is books we’d rewrite. Have you ever

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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • ***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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  • Roaring 20s Book Tag

    ***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*** After announcing I was going to start doing Top 5 Tuesday in my last post, you may have expected one to go up today. Not so. Why? Because

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  • ***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*** Most Anticipated Books is a monthly series in which I discuss the releases I’m most excited for in the coming month. Crier’s War by Nina Varela Summary: After the

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