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  • Slytherin Greatness: A Character Profile on Fang “Rin” Runin

    Slytherin Greatness is a feature in which I explain why non-Harry Potter characters belong in Slytherin. These characters can come from books, movies, or television. Character Fang “Rin” Runin Source The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang Why Rin is a Slytherin In war, there are all kinds of heroes, antiheroes, and villains. Of course, history

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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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  • Bookending Winter: Top 10 Anticipated 2020 Releases

    Bookending Winter is an event hosted by Sam of Fictionally Sam and Clo of Cuppa Clo 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. Today’s prompt is brought to you by Anisa of Bookish Bibliophile. List out

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  • Reacting to the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners

    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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  • Most Anticipated: August 2019 Book Releases

    Guess what! I can walk again!!!!!! Okay, so technically I still need to walk with crutches for the next week, but I can put weight on my ankle now. Praise the Lord (by which I of course mean Danny DeVito)! Anyway, today I’m here to talk about the books coming out in August that I

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  • Top 5 Wednesday: Most Anticipated 2019 Releases

    Today we’re taking a break from year-end lists for Top 5 Wednesday. It’s been a while since I did a T5W post, but this was a topic I just had to cover. 2019 is going to be filled with some super awesome releases. I really had to look inside my soul in order to narrow

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