I’ve had a harder time than usual merely reading for the sake of reading these last few months. My brain keeps chewing up the stories I’m trying to enjoy and spitting them back out, getting stuck on the character cliches and unsurprising plot twists and sometimes ungainly clumps of words. This isn’t to say that […]
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Here is my 2015 version of Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner’s awesome end of year book survey. I had so much fun doing this last year, and I encourage anyone out there who wants to compile their own reading review to give it a shot. My survey is missing the blogging/bookish life section again,
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I’ve been wanting to write a post about genre bias for a long time, but I honestly haven’t been sure of what approach to take. After all, bias is inherent in the reading experience. It is every reader’s prerogative to choose the books that interest them and avoid the ones that don’t, and genre frequently
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When I was a little girl, I mostly stuck to reading series because I was lazy. Searching the whole library for new books was far too intimidating, and sticking with a cast of characters I loved promised literary satisfaction with no work involved. As an adult, slogging my way through ten or twelve books with
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Here’s the final part of my trilogy wrap-up, at least for now. Who knows? If/when I read more awesome trilogies–or just plain series–in the coming months, maybe I’ll expand upon this series. 1. The Lynburn Legacy Trilogy: Unspoken, Untold, and Unmade by Sarah Rees Brennan. Best imaginary friends-turned real life maybe more than friends. A
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I blogged last week about some of the best trilogies that I’ve finished in the past year or so. If that list hadn’t been longer than I expected, I would’ve kept all of the awesome contained in the original post. 😉 Instead, I’ll be giving you part two of the “bible” separately, so that I
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Or, you know, holy text of your choice. I would’ve used ‘encyclopedia’ if the alliteration hadn’t been too tough to resist. One benefit to completing all of these awesome end of year book surveys was the chance to review all the books I’d finished last year. When I was perusing pages on Goodreads, trying to
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All credit goes to Jamie at the Perpetual Page Turner for the creation of this awesome survey. I’ve skipped over the blogging section to focus primarily on the books, but a full version of the survey is available on her blog. Hop on over if you’re eager to do your own literary year in review.
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Here we go again! Just like yesterday, I’ve linked all book covers to their Goodreads pages. Day 2 — Popularity Contest Villain I Love to Hate There are plenty of YA villains I’ve wanted to punch in their smug, nasty faces every time they appear on the page, but Sable was the only one whose
Class of 2014: YA Superlatives Blogfest — Popularity Contest Read More »
The YA Superlatives Blogfest is the brainchild of Jessica Love, Alison Miller, Tracey Neithercott, and Katy Upperman, and it provides book lovers of all ages the chance to give shout-outs to their favorite YA novels. I enjoyed reading the various posts and book suggestions so much last year that I’ve decided to participate in 2014.
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