Category: Review
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A Court of Wings and Ruin
I’m not the biggest consumer of fantasy novels, especially YA fantasy, but since no one in the book world could shut up about these books, I finally picked it up. I read the first two books, A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Mist and Fury, over Christmas Break, and patiently waited…
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Big Little Lies
After a busy semester of reading the classics and then forcing myself to avoid fall spoilers related to the HBO show, I FINALLY read Big Little Lies
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The Thousandth Floor
After months of this beautiful book sitting on my shelf, gathering dust, I finally picked up The Thousandth Floor and boy, I was not disappointed.
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The Quiet American
As an English major at a pretty reputable university, I end up reading a lot more classics in the classroom than most people do in their free time. In the course of my time at Yale, I’ve read (literally) every single work of Jane Austen, 32/37 of Shakespeare’s plays, and the entirety of Paradise Lost.…
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The Magnolia Story
I’m a sucker for a good book. My fascination with Home and Garden Television is unparalleled. Combining those two things makes me very happy. That’s why I was so happy to see that Chip and Joanna Gaines, of Fixer Upper fame, were writing a book.
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Book of the Month Club
Back in the fall,around the end of September, I received an email from a friend about something called ‘The Book of the Month Club’ and it included a coupon/discount code that made my first monthly $5. $5 for a book? Heck yes.
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Hillbilly Elegy
During this past summer, I worked at a nonfiction publishing company and ended up spending most of those three months watching what was hot in the nonfiction book world, especially on the conservative front. Towards the end of June, the nonfiction book market was completely taken over by one book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of…
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Three Dark Crowns
Back in September, I received my first Owlcrate box and the theme was “darkness” I was so excited to see that the book was Three Dark Crowns.
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The Sun is Also a Star
My December book of the month pick was The Sun Is Also a Star and I actually read it within a month of receiving it, which almost never happens anymore! I was certainly not disappointed! This book lives up to the hype, and if you love contemporary YA novels you have to read this. Set…
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The Amateurs by Sara Shepard
The author of The Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, and The Perfectionists is back with a new series to drag us into.
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A Court of Mist and Fury
I finally read the series that everyone in the book world keeps talking about.
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Exit, Pursued By a Bear
I’m an English major, so all you have to say is “Shakespeare retelling” and you’ve got me sold on the book. Enter: Exit, Pursued by a Bear. So, I was of course fascinated by this retelling of Winter’s Tale, even if it is one of my least favorite Shakespeare plays. However, when I finally closed…
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