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Book Review: The Hate U Give
Book Title: The Hate U Give (THUG) (Amazon, Goodreads) Author: Angie Thomas Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult My Rating: 5 / 5 stars There are so many things I could say about this book, but I feel like none of them will fully summarize the complexity of feelings I have on this topic and how it…
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Book Review: The Fragile Ordinary
Hi there, sorry it’s been so long since I posted. I have been reading up a storm, but I have also been traveling and haven’t had much time or reliable internet access. I am writing this from our AirBnB flat in London, in fact. I just finished The Fragile Ordinary, which I got as an…
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Book Review: Dear Martin [audio]
“You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you. When it comes down to it, the only question that matters is this: If nothing in the world ever changes, what type of man are you gonna be?” -Nic Stone, Dear Martin. Book Title: Dear Martin (Amazon, Goodreads) Author:…
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Book Review: Illuminae
Hi there. I actually finished reading Illuminae weeks ago but it took me a while to get to the point where I was ready to write my review. It is such a unique book, and sci fi is not even usually my genre. But this. This is sheer genius, and I think everybody should give…
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Book Review: Nevernight
Book Title: Nevernight (Amazon, Goodreads) Author: Jay Kristoff Genre: Dark Fantasy My Rating: 5 / 5 stars **SPOILER FREE REVIEW** This book was phenomenal in every way, in my opinion. It is definitely a bit dark and a bit bloody, but I absolutely adored the narrative style, the characters, and the plot. The narrator had his own voice, like a…
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POEM: April 1 [rise with the moon]
I am participating in a poetry writing challenge this month. My goal is to write 10 new poems by the time April is over. Here’s the first one. The prompt was [rise with the moon].
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Book Review: The Dream Thieves
This is my first book review on the blog. I’ve written a whole bunch of “baby reviews” over on Goodreads, but I thought it was time to finally go for it and start blogging my thoughts on the books I read. If you’re reading and you have feedback of how I could do it better,…
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Just Give It to Me Now! (2018 Anticipated Releases)
So, I’m turning this dusty old space into a reading/writing blog. I’ve become quite active as a bookstagrammer (check out my Instagram feed over on the sidebar and go give me a follow if you like) and I think it’d be fun to write longer book reviews and share some of the jumbled thoughts from…
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Neon Sign: Warning, A Moron Goes Here
Writing prompt: Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. All the freaking time? Is that an acceptable answer? Once upon a time, I was 25 years old and had just moved to a whole new city with my sweet boyfriend to start a graduate program. A few days before the program officially…
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