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  • The Birthday Book Tag

    Fun fact about me: I share a birthday with Lord Voldemort. Do with that information what you will. Today I’m popping out a quick tag. This tag is based all around your birthday! My birthday, in case you don’t know Good Old Voldy’s off-hand, is December 31st. So every year I have to look at

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  • My Top 7 Most Disappointing Books of 2017

    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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  • 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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  • Something’s Missing: A Dual Review of “The Becoming of Noah Shaw” by Michelle Hodkin and “Renegades” by Marissa Meyer

    Out of all the new releases in 2018, The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin and Renegades by Marissa Meyer were two of my most anticipated. I loved the Mara Dyer trilogy, so I was really excited for new adventures from Noah’s point of view. I’ve adored all of Marissa’s previous releases (The Lunar

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  • Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite Books Not Set in/Inspired by the Western World

    Hosted by ThoughtsOnTomes Happy Wednesday, Strangers! It’s time for our favorite weekly tag! This week’s Top 5 Wednesday topic is your top five books that aren’t set in or inspired by the Western World. The Western World is typically defined as North America and Europe. If it’s SFF, your choices can’t be in a medieval

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  • Top 5 Wednesday: Favorite Hate-to-Love Ships

    Hosted by ThoughtsOnTomes Hiya, Strangers! It’s Wednesday again, so you know what that means! Top 5 Wednesday! This week’s topic is your top five hate-to-love ships. The hate-to-love trope is everyone’s favorite trope… except for mine. I don’t have anything against it, but not many of my ships fit that description. Couldn’t tell you why.

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  • Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Most Anticipated Books for the Latter Half of 2017

      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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  • Top 5 Wednesday: Books as Event Themes

    Hosted by Thoughts on Tomes Hey, Strangers! I have been thinking about this tag for two weeks. The topic this week is top five books as event themes. Things like proms, weddings, and bachelorette parties… but with book themes. This is honestly something I’ve fantasized about, so I’m excited. I only have one caveat for

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  • Tom Hanks Book Tag

    I found this on BookTube and had to. 1. Big A book you read when you were young that was intended for a more mature audience? The only answer I can think of is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It wasn’t really intended for an older audience, but I was in the third

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  • My Top Five Books of 2016

    I have read many books this year. How many? A whole fucking lot. Nearly 100. And I’m not done. However, it’s close enough to the end of the year that I’m ready to declare my five favorite 2016 releases. In order to be considered for this list, a book must meet only two qualifications: it

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