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Book Blogger Hop (4/5/23)
Oh MAN, it’s been so long since I’ve participated in one of these! Back in the day (this blog is now… 13 years old?) I used to participate in the weekly hop all the time! It’s a great way to meet new friends, and a lot of fun to read other people’s answers to the question. I can’t wait to join in again! So let’s go! This week’s question is:Do you spend your lunchtime reading? Ah, for the first time in my life I’m actually going to have to answer no to this question. Now, let me elaborate. Once upon…
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Can’t Wait Wednesday (4/5/23)
Happy official Spring y’all! Or, at least it is here hahaha. I’ve been waiting for ages for the weather to get nice enough to throw open the windows all day, and we’re finally there. While the rain might come back at some point to throw off my plans, so far I’m very much enjoying the nice weather. If it stays consistent, it’ll be planting season soon too. I can’t wait! My book choice this week is one that I’ve been eyeing ever since I saw that T.J. Klune had a new book out soon! I LOVE KLUNE’S WRITING. Yes, it…
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Book Review: The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett
Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family’s stolen throne and ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses don’t go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full. When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a weapon capable of defeating Julian—whose legendary spell weaving is feared throughout the kingdom—once and for all, they vow to get to it first. To…
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Hello, and happy April my friends! I’m currently at the beginning of a twelve day break from work, and it was something that I desperately needed. I’m not even going to lie. I feel like since late last year I’ve just been scurrying from item to item and not actually taking a break at all. (As you can tell from my lack of posts here.) So I’m going to use this time to pre-write some posts for all you, finish the books I’ve been reading forever (I’m looking at you Hell Bent), and just rest. I actually am writing this…
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A Rainy Tuesday Indeed
It is once again a very rainy Tuesday, and I’m LIVING FOR IT. I know that most of LA is over the rain now. But I remember living here when it used to rain like this all the time and I honestly missed it. I know it can be a nuisance, but it’s also so cozy too. And not having to water my garden and all my outdoor plants constantly is also a win hahaha. I can’t wait until it starts to warm up a bit, and my roses bloom. I’m sure that they’re very thankful for all of this…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Spring 2023 To-Read List (3/14/23)
Happy Tuesday to all my reader friends out there! It’s a rainy Tuesday here, and I’m struggling a bit to focus. Weather like this always makes me want to crawl back into bed and read. Work? Work, who. LOL. But I’m powering through and I’m here to share some more bookish goodness with you. So let’s gooooooooooooo! Books On My Spring 2023 To-Read List Garbrielle Zevin – The Storied Life of A.J. FikryThis has been on my to-read list for AGES and I finally just broke down and bought a copy to read. When a book stubbornly sits on my…
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Book Review: Wrath by Daniel Kraus and Sharon Moalem
In a future much nearer than you think, where scientific experimentation is exploited for commercial profit, unwisely under-supervised cutting-edge technology creates a menace that threatens the very fabric of human existence. Wrath is the story of a lab rat instilled with human genes whose supersized intelligence helps him to engineer his escape into the world outside the lab: a world vastly ill-equipped to deal with the menace he represents. Modified through advances that have boosted his awareness of humankind’s cruelty in the name of science, and endowed with a rat’s natural proclivity to procreate regularly, Sammy has the potential to…
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Happy March!
Hello my friends, and happy March! February always flies by so quickly and before I know it I’m already stressing about a new month haha. As it stands, February was also the first official month of my job transition and that made it equally fly by. I had a great month though, and I actually got some reading done too, although maybe not as much as I had hoped for. But not setting strict standards has made me less stressed about that, so it’s nice! Anyway I just wanted to pop in to say hi! I’ll get some posts queued…
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Book Spotlight: The Bridge to Magic by Alex Thornbury
Good morning friends, and welcome to a new book spotlight! Today I'm sharing a gorgeous book that is high on my reading list. The Last Story of Mina Lee has captivated me with its synopsis, and the secrets that threaten to come to the surface. I'm happy to share this with you and get you just as excited about Nancy Jooyoun Kim's book as I am!
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Book Review: Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail (Bright Falls #2) by Ashley Herring Blake
Hart Ralston is a demigod and a marshal, tasked with patrolling the wasteland of Tanria. The realm the exiled old gods once called home is now a forsaken place where humans with no better options or no better sense come seeking adventure or spoils, but more often end up as drudges: reanimated corpses inhabited by the souls of those who’ve died in Tanria before. Hart tells himself that his job is simple: neutralize the drudges with a quick zap to the appendix and deliver them back to polite society at the nearest undertaker’s, leaving the whys and hows of the…
