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BOOK REVIEW: THE UNEXPECTED EVERYTHING BY MORGAN MATSON

Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future. Important internship? Check. Amazing friends? Check. Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks). But that was before…

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BOOK REVIEW: THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING BY JEFF GILES

For the perfe ct love, what would you be willing to lose? It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father’s shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night i…

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BLOG MAKEOVER

As you might have noticed, the blog is looking just a little bit different. Well, quite a lot! It seems we've gone for more of a modern and fresh look, so we hope you like it. Now we're getting back into action with books/reviewing/writing/everything, we thought a new look won't do any harm. …

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BOOK TAG: READING HABITS

It's time for a book tag! It's been so long since I've done one on the blog, and I'm happy to be getting back into them. This time we're going to delve into reading habits, because we're all different. We all experience books in various ways and it's always interesting to see how p…

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TOP 10 BOOKISH TRENDS THAT NEED TO STOP

Over the past few weeks, life has intervened with blogging in a multitude of ways. (The flu, work and university are an overwhelming mix, let's just say.) We are, however, navigating and managing our way around it - and here we are again.  Many apologies for our absence, pumpkins. Call us foolish optimists, …

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BOOK REVIEW: BY YOUR SIDE BY KASIE WEST

In this irresistible story, Kasie West explores the timeless question of what to do when you fall for the person you least expect. Witty and romantic, this paperback original from a fan favorite is perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Morgan Matson. When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in t…

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TOP 10 SURPRISINGLY TOLERABLE ROMANTIC TROPES

Oy-to-the-vey, it's Valentine's Day. Love it or hate it, you can't escape it. We're just ever so romantic... in that our Valentine's Day traditions typically involve some form of "Top 10 books to help you survive Valentine's Day" or "Top 10 Books For A Non-Romantic Reader&…

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BOOK REVIEW: GLASS SWORD BY VICTORIA AVEYARD

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.  The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncove…

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BOOK REVIEW: CRYSTAL MAGIC BY MADELINE FREEMAN

N othing is safe around Kristyl Barnette. Windows break. Books rocket across the room. Lights flicker. Strange occurrences follow the sixteen-year-old everywhere.  When tragedy forces her to move to the small town of Clearwater, Michigan, with her estranged aunt Jodi, Kristyl tries to leave her past behind. But …

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TOP 10 BORDERLINE BONKERS BOOK BLOGGER BEHAVIORS

Yes. Yes, we alliterated in the title. Glad you asked. It's only the first of the many joyous and charming quirks unique to us bloggerly readers. It is not, per se, a qualitatively different category from just 'reader' - but it is its most Hermionish extreme. (If such a thing as blogging worked at Hogw…

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FAN ART: THE ILLUMINAE FILES

Presumably, in some parallel universe ( #hellyeahspacepuns ), it is entirely possible to love The Illuminae Files for the plot alone, completely setting aside its utter, groundbreaking artistic brilliance. Alas, this is not said universe. This is where art and literary magnificence marry and comingle and enjoy equ…

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TOP 10 NEW AUTHORS DISCOVERED IN 2016

Only three and a half weeks into 2017, and here we are, re-litigating 2016. Because good things come to those who wait to do everything until the last possible second again even though Hermione told us to do it today or tomorrow we'll pay, but did we listen - noooo . Ahem. As with ever-mounting TBRs and ever-tr…

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TOP 10 MOST ANTICIPATED 2017 READS

Fun fact: the size of a reader's anticipated releases list is directly proportional to their time spent reading. The more books you chomp away at, the bigger it gets. I don't make the rules. It's just how it is. As part of The Great And Terrible TBR, the list of anticipated books coming out in the y…

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TOP 10 MOST DISAPPOINTING 2016 READS

MAKE WAY FOR THE PARTY POOPERS!  Let it never be said we only spread joy. After all, there's no sense of accomplishment in saving Christmas unless the Grinch jeopardizes it first. In-between all the happy-go-lucky end-of-the-year features we've been posting as we recap our reading year and pave the way for …

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