July 2016 (+ Flights of Fantasy July Linky)

Before I say anything else, let's see a show of hands - who else is experiencing massive heat waves this summer? I know that we in New York City are definitely seeing higher and higher temps as the weeks go by. While I mostly love it (because I love the sun), it is seriously hot out there. So,…

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Potter Month: 5 Things I Can't Wait To Do at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

When I heard about the Potter Month Celebration that Kristin & Megan were hosting, I just knew that I needed to join in whenever I can! To sum it up, the girls have declared July a monthlong celebration of all things Harry Potter related and have invited everyone to participate by sharing new …

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Tunes & Tales: Boys Like Girls

I don't remember the exact moment in time when I first discovered Boys Like Girls, but I recently had their debut album reappear on my musical radar. Back in college, I went through a phase where all I ever listened to was this album. I liked the melodies, I loved the lyrics and I felt all of …

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Alexa's Adventures #2

It's simply wonderful sometimes to take a moment to flick through the photos that have accumulated on my phone. It's been quite some time since I did the very first of these posts, and I thought it was right about time for me to do another! Here are a few snaps to let you guys in on what&#…

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Let the Accused Take the Stand • How to Hang a Witch

Confession: I haven't really read a ton of witchy books in recent years. As a young girl, I loved reading stories of witches and black magic, and I loved watching films (The Craft, Practical Magic, Hocus Pocus) and shows (Charmed, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) that portrayed witches of all sorts.…

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Summer of Sailor Scouts: Musings on Manga

Earlier this year,  Cee of The Novel Hermit ,  Cristina of Girl in the Pages , Kristin of Super Space Chick ,  Sierra of SDavReads  & I all discovered that we shared a mutual love and appreciation for Sailor Moon! After exchanging plenty of flailing tweets and constantly bringing up our love for this…

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Hold the Key

A couple of months ago, I finally dove into The Archived and The Unbound  by Victoria Schwab . I had heard such excellent things about this particular series (especially from Kristin & Cee & Gaby ), so I was a little bit nervous going into it. Fortunately, I found both novels to be really com…

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Top Ten Tuesday: Pack Your Bags and Go!

One important fact about me: I love traveling, whether I actually leave and go on a trip in a physical sense or  I read a book that utterly transports me to an entirely new place. When I saw that today's topic was to share some books that are set in places outside of the US, I jumped at the cha…

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Summer of Sailor Scouts: Sailor Moon Swag

Earlier this year,  Cee of The Novel Hermit ,  Cristina of Girl in the Pages , K ristin of Super Space Chick ,  Sierra of SDavReads  & I all discovered that we shared a mutual love and appreciation for Sailor Moon! After exchanging plenty of flailing tweets and constantly bringing up our love for this…

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The Sunday Mix #31

Another Sunday, another set of interesting posts from all around the web! I meant to get this up last week, but I went out of town to hang out with Kelly & Rachel . (And I was admittedly distracted by Pokemon Go, which is my newest life obsession.) I admire a lot of these individuals for their …

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{Bookish} Style Files: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Because I've been really excited about Harry Potter this month (and really, all the time, but yeah, July most of all) and because Kristin and Megan are hosting a Potter Month Celebration , I decided I wanted to feature the books for this month's edition of {Bookish} Style Files . One of my n…

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Remember to Live • Summer of Sloane

I have been fortunate enough to read such excellent contemporaries lately, and Summer of Sloane is one of the latest. The novel kicks off with main character Sloane discovering a secret that her boyfriend and her best friend have been keeping from her, a revelation that leaves her heartbroken, ang…

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A Weekend in Cape Cod

I got to go on my first official road trip of the summer last weekend! Kelly , Rachel & I had been discussing a getaway for a while now, especially because Kelly was in our neck of the woods (which so rarely happens, but thankfully, has been something that has consistently coincidentally just h…

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