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Monthly Archives: February 2012
[review] This Means War
CIA agents FDR (yeah, I don’t know what it stands for either) and Tuck are best friends, but then they meet Lauren, a product testing executive (which is kind of cool). While the boys decide to let Lauren choose between … Continue reading
[discussion] Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Haven’t read it? Check out my review here! My favourite part of books is discussing them with other fans. Because I want my reviews to remain spoiler-free as they’re more likely to be read by those who haven’t read the book … Continue reading
[review] Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Life as a cyborg isn’t easy. Sure, it comes with some cool skills, like the ability to detect lies, but it also comes with a lot of problems, like having everyone think that you’re a thing that doesn’t deserve to … Continue reading
Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Books That Broke Your Heart A Little
Top Ten Books That Broke Your Heart A Little hosted by The Broke and the Bookish 10. Mastiff by Tamora Pierce I can’t tell you why, but this book didn’t break my heart a little. It broke my heart a LOT. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gail Carson Levine, Garth Nix, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, John Green, Lucy Christopher, Markus Zusak, Mastiff, Mockingjay, My Anastasia, Patrick Ness, Shade's Children, Sharon Stewart, Stolen, Suzanne Collins, Tamora Pierce, The Book Thief, The Fault in our Stars, The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Two Princesses of Bamarre
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Unpopular Opinion: White Privilege and Reading
Earlier this week April @Good Books and Good Wine tweeted about how she was proud to have recognized her own white privilege when she realized she had been picturing a character who turned out to be Black as White. Quick … Continue reading
[review] The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Puck Connolly’s life isn’t easy. Her parents were both killed by water horses, ferocious and beautiful creatures that can only be found around the island where Puck lives, but at least she still has her two brothers. Right? Sean Kendrick … Continue reading
[discussion] Red Glove by Holly Black
Haven’t read it? Check out my review here! My favourite part of books is discussing them with other fans. Because I want my reviews to remain spoiler-free as they’re more likely to be read by those who haven’t read the book … Continue reading
[review] Alice (2009)
Alice in Wonderland and me have a shaky history. As a child I watched a small part of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and ended up having a series of nightmares about being trapped in various places. (Yes, my nightmares have … Continue reading
[review] Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Already read it? Check out my discussion post over here. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife, so when the wealthy Mr. Bingley moves … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, classic, female protagonist, Jane Austen, pride and prejudice
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Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Books You’d Hand To Someone Who Says They Don’t Like To Read
Top Ten Books You’d Hand To Someone Who Says They Don’t Like To Read hosted by The Broke and the Bookish If an absolute stranger told me they don’t like to read, and I wanted to get them interested in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ally Carter, Anna and the French Kiss, Cassandra Clare, Cinder, City of Bones, Harry Potter, I'd Tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you, J. K. Rowling, James Dashner, John Green, Margaret Atwood, Marissa Meyer, Oryx and Crake, Scott Westerfeld, Stephanie Perkins, Suzanne Collins, The Fault in our Stars, the Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Uglies
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