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Rested, and ready to read!
Friends, I am FREE. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I received my final grade, and passed my capstone class, which means I am officially DONE WITH MY MASTER’S DEGREE! Yes, I am a graduate. I am ecstatic. I am missing my reading time with all my heart. I took the weekend to relax, and celebrate. I ate with my small pod of friends. I took a long afternoon nap. I soaked up the fact that I no longer have to worry about assignments on top of full time work. It was glorious, and I feel extremely refreshed. So I’m back! Please look forward to…
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Book Review: Grenade Bouquets by Lee Matthew Goldberg
I had stars in my eyes and I couldn’t see around them… The year is 1995 and my parents have finally allowed me to take the summer to tour in a VW van across the country with my boyfriend Evan and our band. Yes, my dream to be a singer became reality. Even with Clarissa, Evan’s jealous ex-girlfriend, as the lead singer, it’s my presence on stage that led us to a major record deal. There are moments you’ll always remember in life, but I can’t imagine anything more cool than hearing your song on the radio for the first…
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Chugging Along
Hi all! I’m here to check in, and give you a quick glimpse into where my headspace has been the last month or so. I made the mistake of thinking that my final class for my MSPM started a week later than it actually did. Fantastic planning on my part. Hahaha. Off we went on a 23 day long road trip, and it turned out that the very first Tuesday we were gone I already had class. Since then I have written 9 assignments across 4 different states, composed promised blog posts in the car while traveling, and tried my…
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Book Review: Josephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne
Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology. “A heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises.” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team because she'll get to play her favorite sport AND use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the team, the frustrated Josephine cuts into…
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Book Review: Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
Content Warnings: Fatphobia (challenged), gore and blood Shaun of the Dead meets Dumplin’ in this bitingly funny YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next few hours, one of three things will happen. 1–We’ll be rescued (unlikely) 2–We’ll freeze to death (maybe) 3–We’ll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn’t need to lose weight, so she’s none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp’s van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely drive,…
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Graphic Novel Review: Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha’s Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle “Blue Streak” Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island’s own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.
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Book Review: Creature Feature by Steven Paul Leiva
THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE HAPPENING IN PLACIDVILLE! It is 1962. Kathy Anderson, a serious actress who took her training at the Actors Studio in New York, is stuck playing Vivacia, the Vampire Woman on Vivacia’s House of Horrors for a local Chicago TV station. Finally fed up showing old monster movies to creature feature fans, she quits and heads to New York and the fame and footlights of Broadway. She stops off to visit her parents and old friends in Placidville, the all-Ameican, middle-class, blissfully normal Midwest small town she grew up in. But she finds things are strange in…
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Book Review: Fire With Fire by Destiny Soria
Dani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it’s kill or be killed where dragons are concerned. Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him. As she gets to know Nox, she realizes that everything she thought she knew about dragons is wrong. With Dani lost to the dragons, Eden turns to the mysterious and alluring sorcerers…
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Book Review: Pizazz by Sophy Henn
Discover the annoying side of being a superhero from snarky, reluctant hero Pizazz in this hilarious and highly illustrated new series for young middle graders—perfect for fans of Dog Man and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Most people think superhero work is awesome and fulfilling. Pizazz knows better. Whenever she’s in the middle of a movie or having fun with her friends, she has to dash off the save the world. And she’s always in the same outfit, including an embarrassing glittery cape, and the wedgies are unreal. Plus, being the good guy all the time is so not easy.…
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Book Blitz: After Thought by P.A. Crenshaw
Hello bookworms, and happy Sunday! It’s my hope that you’re enjoying a nice long weekend, preferably surrounded by good friends, good food, and good books. Or any selection of those things! I’m here today to help add to that TBR, with a spotlight on a newly released book. Are you ready? Let’s do it! After ThoughtAfter Thought Series Book 1 P. A. CrenshawGenre: FantasySub-Genre: Magical Realism/Urban Fantasy Releasing May 30, 2021 What if ordinary people could do extraordinary things by thought alone? What if falling in love could get you killed? Welcome to P. A. Crenshaw’s brand-new AFTER THOUGHT series,…
