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BOOK REVIEW: THE INTERN BY GABRIELLE TOZER

Josie Browning dreams of having it all.  A stellar academic record, an amazing career in journalism - and for her current crush to realise she actually exists. The only problem? Josie can’t get through twenty-four hours without embarrassing her sister Kat or her best friend Angel, let alone herself. Josie’s luc…

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IN MY MAILBOX - 26TH AUGUST 2015

And just as thought I was doing well .  I've recently decided to put myself on a book buying ban, and spend some money on clothes, seeing as a lot of mine are quite outdated. So I got ready, went into town and thought I should go get some clothe- oh look, the bookshop!  I bought myself two books and zero …

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BOOK REVIEW: HEIR OF FIRE BY SARAH J. MAAS

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever. Meanw…

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TOP 10 SLOW-BURNING ROMANCES IN BOOKS

A couple of days ago, a lovely vlogger made a video over on YouTube where she shared her favorite slow-burning romances in (mostly YA) literature. With a love for a good slow-burner ourselves, we sat down and took notes. Our TBRs are groaning under the added weight, but our inner romantics are thanking both Riley an…

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BOOK REVIEW: THE DARKEST MINDS BY ALEXANDRA BRACKEN

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most…

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BOOK REVIEW: BE WITH ME BY J. LYNN

Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she’s in love with her big brother’s best friend, but he hasn’t spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, change-your-life kiss. She got out of a terrible relationship. And now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It’s time for Pl…

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TOP 10 MAGICAL CREATURES

Most consider the winter season to be a perfect time for fantasy, but with the upcoming release of Sarah J. Maas's Queen of Shadows , Bloomsbury disagrees - and so do we. So this week for our top 10 list, we are choosing our ten favorite fantastical, magical and/or otherwise supernatural creatures that may help o…

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GIVEAWAY: QUEEN OF SHADOWS BY SARAH J. MAAS

It's just as the title says - the Honest Bookclub is hosting a giveaway of a copy of Sarah J. Maas's highly anticipated  Queen of Shadows - the fourth installment in the Throne of Glass series! We know how torturous it is to not be able to get a copy of a book in a series you're dying to read, and everyo…

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TOP 10 BOOKISH PROBLEMS

As consummate readers and book-bloggers, we favor reading above most passtimes. We are, to paraphrase J.K. Rowling, "ruthlessly protective" of our reading habits and reading time, and we put a lot of thought and energy into it. (You didn't think reading was a workout? Now you do.) But yet. At ti…

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