margaret rogerson

  • Most Anticipated Books is a monthly series in which I discuss the releases I’m most excited for in the coming month. In October, there are two books coming out that I’m excited to read. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson Summary: The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a

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  • The Best Books of 2019

    Despite reading less books than years past, I would qualify 2019 as my best reading year. It was certainly better than 2018, when I only managed to read about 70 books. I read more books in 2019 by simply reading for quality over quantity. How? Well, good books are easier to finish. And so, I’ve

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Books I Wish Had Sequels

    Have you ever read a book that was so good you wanted more? I’m sure you have because it’s happened to me many times. I read a lot of series, so I’m usually blessed with more content. But every once in a while, I come across a fantastic book with no more story. It’s a

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  • July 2019 Wrap-Up

    So… I read three books in July. Is it a slump? Maybe? I don’t know. All I know is that’s a pretty shitty reading month, even for someone reading for quality over quantity. Okay, maybe it’s not so bad. Two of the books I read this month I gave five stars. But you know what’s

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  • All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery— magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and

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  • Welcome, friends and foes! It’s time for my third go at this tag. I did it back in 2017 and 2018 and now it’s time to recap my 2019 reading year so far. As you know, I’ve decided to read for quality over quantity this year. It’s really worked well for me so far (aside

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  • Another month, another slew of book releases. Even better, two of them are lesbian stories. I’m always down for a good lesbian story. And just in time for Pride Month! There are seven books I’m excited to read that drop this month and it’s time I told you about them. In at the Deep End

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  • Well, now we’ve come to the last of my most disappointing lists. We’ve exhausted the albums, TV shows, and movies that didn’t live up to my expectations, so now it’s time to talk about the top seven books that fell from grace in my esteem for them. Why top seven? Simply because seven books I

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