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FAN ART: A COURT OF MIST AND FURY BY SARAH J. MAAS

"Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all." In these bookish/fantasy corners of the internet, A Court of Thorns and Roses  needs no introduction. Especially not from us. Sarah J. Maas's series sent us shrieking and scrambling for Tumblr and analyses and re-r…

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR TBR JAR

If you've noticed your To-Be-Read pile of books grow at an exponential (and alarming) rate and threaten to take over your life - you are not alone. This being January and the start of a new year, it also makes for a perfect opportunity to do something about it - or, at the very least, vow to do something about i…

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BOOK REVIEW: NOVEMBER 9 BY COLLEEN HOOVER

Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon’s last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships …

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BOOK REVIEW: EMMY & OLIVER BY ROBIN BENWAY

Emmy’s best friend, Oliver, reappears after being kidnapped by his father ten years ago. Emmy hopes to pick up their relationship right where it left off. Are they destined to be together? Or has fate irreparably driven them apart? Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. She wants to stay out late, sur…

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TOP 10 FICTIONAL OBJECTS

There's reality, and then there's our reality. Sometimes the two align perfectly. But we read fantasy, tame dragons and battle evil overlords in our spare time. So sometimes they don't. This top 10 is one of those times. In reality-reality, people like their tools and gadgets sturdy and durable ( …

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BOOK REVIEW: ORIGIN BY JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back. After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to th…

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THOUGHTS IN THE LIFE OF A BOOK PHOTOGRAPHER

The tale you are about to read is based on a true story. It follows the life of a book photographer in their quest for The Perfect Shot. On this quest, they will meet many a trial and tribulation. To document their journey for posterity, a series of experts have extricated and summarized these obstacles as the book p…

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TOP 10 UNPOPULAR BOOKISH OPINIONS

"Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion." - Jane Austen (well, a Jane Austen character, but... that counts) Unfortunately, sometimes the opinions we have are unpopular  on top of laugh-inducing , and we are alone in the bookish wilderness, left to our own devices with no…

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2015 END OF THE YEAR SURVEY

One lonesome night two weeks ago found us drafting lists and drawing charts without a faintest clue on how to encompass everything that 2015 has been in a single post. We've found new bookish favorites (so much so that joining Tumblr was involved), we've suffered through mishaps-made-print. We've had blog…

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BOOK REVIEW: I WAS HERE BY GAYLE FORMAN

This characteristically powerful novel follows eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months following her best friend's shocking suicide. As Cody numbly searches for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey of self-discovery which takes her to a terrifying precipice, and forces her to qu…

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BOOK REVIEW: ILLUMINAE BY AMIE KAUFMAN & JAY KRISTOFF

This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn…

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TOP 10 BOOK COVERS BETTER THAN WHAT'S BETWEEN THEM

Few can complain as thoroughly about anything as a reader can about book covers. It seems that, at long last, we've embraced our shallow, shallow cover-judging tendencies and we're running with them. But now more than ever, there's pressure on covers to do well. And when they don't, there's hell t…

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