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Continue reading →: Book Review: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Goodreads | Barnes and Noble Heroes never really die. We all make an impact on the world. Even if we don’t make major history books, it doesn’t change this truth: No life is an accident. You will meet obscure heroes in strange ways, and Revolution is one such tale. Andi Alpers meets an obscure hero by…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Iron King by Julie KagawaThis series is fascinating. The characters and concepts surprise me every time I visit. With a writing style that draws me in, I’m off on an adventure to a place with beautiful things–magical creatures, dragons, beautiful courts, and people who hold to promises no matter what. Don’t make a promise…
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Continue reading →: Guest Post: How TV Shows Can Help You Plot Your Novel
by Alexa Skrywer Yup, you read that title correctly. TV shows – and I’m talking the real ones, the epic ones, not the Disney ones – can help immensely with plotting out your novel. Yeah, go ahead and laugh. I promise I won’t be offended. Finished now? Great. I’m going to…
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Continue reading →: PARIS by Edward Rutherfurd
This book was 800 pages long. It had been years since I even tried to read something so big. Even better, it covered different periods of time in Paris, following the same families and places. It is fantastic and completely swallowed me up. My mind is blown–how does one become…
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Continue reading →: Paper Towns by John Green
Spoiler Alert! Purchase Here When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are…
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Continue reading →: Review: The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
This book made me excited to be a writer. I could only dream of someday having such a gorgeous voice in my work. Every now and then, we stumble upon the accidental read. There’s always that one book you guiltily buy because of the title–and for once, it doesn’t let…
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Continue reading →: THE GODDESS TEST by Aimee Carter
*SPOILER WARNING. So there are a lot of ‘fresh takes’ on Greek myths. I like Cassandra Clare but she wouldn’t be the first author I like to promote a fictional book about Greek mythology that’s just way overrated. I didn’t really expect much when I bought this book, but I was…
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Continue reading →: A Disgruntled Englishman on Biscuit Dunking
Right, ok, I’ve told you how to make the perfect brew, here, so it is only proper that you are taught the correct accompaniment to this magic potion, the dunked biscuit. Before we begin you are now English, it is a biscuit, not a “cookie”. Right onto business. Get your…
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Continue reading →: PARIS, MY SWEET by Amy Thomas
Complete with a cover that’s pure eye candy (I must admit that the cover is why I first bought it,) this little memoir is vivid. Amy Thomas painted the city and people in it so I could feel a breeze on my face, or smell the Nutella crepe that she…
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Continue reading →: meeting Faith
Yesterday I met Faith, a lovely fellow blogger who has been my pen pal for years. I have a drawer full of snail mail letters, and we’ve known each other for a long time, but even though we live in the same state–we’d never met before! We went to a…
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