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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Happy Read-a-Thon!
Today I’m participating in Dewey’s Read-a-Thon. While I’ll need to take a break for family birthday purposes (happy 23rd birthday to me!), I’m hoping to spend the majority of my time reading. Here’s my list: Crown of Embers by Rae … Continue reading
Doctor Who Watch-a-Thon 5×13
This is a weekly feature (Wednesdays) where Christa of More Than Just Magic and myself will be watching and discussing all of the reboot of Doctor Who. Posts will contain spoilers for that episode and ones before it, so you may want to … Continue reading
Doctor Who Watch-a-Thon 5×12
This is a weekly feature (Wednesdays) where Christa of More Than Just Magic and myself will be watching and discussing all of the reboot of Doctor Who. Posts will contain spoilers for that episode and ones before it, so you may want to … Continue reading
[review] Promised by Caragh M. O’Brien
Warning: Contains spoilers of the first two books: Birthmarked and Prized. Gaia leads her people back to Sylum. Not yet comfortable as a leader, she knows when they arrive she’ll have to deal with the Protectorat, but while she’s been gone … Continue reading
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Tagged Caragh M. O'Brien, dystopian, female protagonist, promised, young adult fiction
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[review] Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
Daughter of a prostitute in the New Orleans’ French Quarter in the 1950s, Josie Moraine has always dreamed of getting out of Louisiana. When a murder happens a little too close to home, Josie’s future is threatened in a story about … Continue reading
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Tagged female protagonist, feminism, historical fiction, Out of the Easy, Ruta Sepetys, young adult fiction
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Doctor Who Watch-a-Thon 5×11
This is a weekly feature (Wednesdays) where Christa of More Than Just Magic and myself will be watching and discussing all of the reboot of Doctor Who. Posts will contain spoilers for that episode and ones before it, so you may want to … Continue reading
[Top Ten Books] Pre-Blog Favourites
Top Ten Favourite Books I Read Before I Was a Blogger hosted by The Broke and the Bookish 10. Looking for Alaska by John Green Before TFIOS, this was my favourite of John Green’s books. 9. Oryx and Crake by Margaret … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanna: The Lioness, Clare B. Dunkle, Garth Nix, Gordon Korman, Harry Potter, I want to go home, J. K. Rowling, John Green, Looking for Alaska, Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake, Shade's Children, Suzanne Collins, Tamora Pierce, Tanith Lee, The Hollow Kingdom, the Hunger Games, The Hunter's Moon, Wolf Tower
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[review] Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Transcript: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman is a fantasy novel, and I absolutely loved it. I’ve always loved the YA fantasy genre. I basically grew up reading Tamora Pierce’s fantasy books. This is definitely one that I would add to the … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, female protagonist, Rachel Hartman, Seraphina, young adult fiction
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[review] Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
Miranda lives a slightly above average life. She works for the most popular heterosexual male hairdresser in London. Her landlady has more spunk than woman a quarter of her age. And she may or may not be in love with … Continue reading
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Tagged adult literature, chicklit, female protagonist, Jill Mansell, Miranda's Big Mistake
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Why you should be watching Job Hunters.
Job Hunters is a webseries produced in part by Kristina Horner of the Five Awesome Girls and The Parselmouths. Similar to The Hunger Games, it portrays a world in which every graduating student is forced to follow MAEWIN (the mandatory … Continue reading
