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100 THINGS WE'VE LEARNED AS BOOK BLOGGERS

It's our birthday! We gon' party like it's our birthday! ( And we all know how book bloggers party: they get together and read! And then blog. Or, if they're feeling really rambunctious, they blog and then  read. We're feeling like bringing the roof down for this joyous occasion. So we're blo…

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BOOK REVIEW: P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU BY JENNY HAN

Lara Jean didn’t expect to  really  fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? I…

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TOP 10 BOOKISH MOMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR

It's the Honest Bookclub's first birthday on Friday, and celebration plans abound! In that vein, we are kicking off the official party with this Top 10, this time featuring not a specific aspect of books, but our very own favorite bookish moments of the past year as they pertain to this blog. A year ago, we w…

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UGLY LOVE MOVIE TEASER

It's finally here ! Colleen Hoover has shared a teaser trailer for the movie adaptation of Ugly Love ! Although it's really evil that nobody will announce who is cast as Tate - the main character  - we're perfectly fine with just watching Nick Bateman, who plays Miles Archer, strut his stuff on screen. B…

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SARAH J. MAAS LONDON BOOK SIGNING

Well, I'm a lucky girl . I went onto the Waterstones website a few months ago and purchased a ticket to attend a book signing in London, which is always fun. Oh, and, y'know... to meet author Sarah J. Maas.  * squee * The day finally came! I know she's promoting A Court Of Thorns And Roses (which I'm…

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TOP 10 FICTIONAL PARENTS

Happy belated Mother's Day! As with the National Book Day, when we advocated that one should not merely appreciate books on a single day of the year, so today we're advocating the same for our mothers (and fathers) - or any kind of a parental figure who has shaped us into who we are today. So to keep Mother&#…

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BOOK REVIEW: JOHNNY BE GOOD BY PAIGE TOON

If your boss was the hottest rock star on the planet, would you mix business with pleasure? I'm Meg Stiles. This is my leaving party. And that song we're making a mockery of? That's written by one of the biggest rock stars in the world. And I'm moving in with him tomorrow. Seriously! I am not even…

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FAN ART: ANGELFALL BY SUSAN EE

Last year, we have advocated for author appreciation through fan art . Creativity, we reasoned, breeds creativity. What inspired our favorite authors to pen their favorite pieces in turn inspires us. And sometimes - at times like these - this inspiration takes many forms as it changes hands. From the initial, insubst…

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BOOK REVIEW: IF I STAY BY GAYLE FORMAN

Just listen, Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel.  I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen.  Stay, he says. Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family…

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FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: AN ONLINE COURSE

We who are in the business of books are also in the business of bettering ourselves daily. Books teach, shape and instruct us - sometimes consciously and sometimes latently, through slow expansions of our world view and gradual realizations of things we never knew before. So not only do we love books, we also love kn…

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TOP 10 DREAM BOOKSHELVES

W e all have bookshelf goals. We aim to achieve a large and stunning book collection filled with beautiful covers and a variety of wonderful stories, a house rich with knowledge and adventure. It seems odd and strangely empty if a house isn't showcasing a stunning bookshelf, and as the quote by Horace Mann says…

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