Abbreviations #55 | Jane Eyre, Sense & Sensibility + A Wrinkle in Time

It's only just occurred to me that I never mentioned the fact that tackling my classics TBR was one of my 2018 reading goals. I keep saying I really want to read different classics, but never doing it, and I finally put my foot down at the end of 2017 and decided to make that a priority in 201…

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Spring Shopping Haul

Longer days, warmer weather, flowers in bloom – all the signs point to spring finally being here. (This is a welcome change in the seasons considering it SNOWED when I shared my spring survival kit last month.) It probably won’t surprise long-time readers of this blog to know that I’ve been eagerl…

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Abbreviations #54 | Aru Shah and the End of Time, Be with Me + The Secret Science of Magic

Here are the things you need to know about Aru Shah and the End of Time : (1) it's the first release in the debut series of the Rick Riordan Presents imprint, (2) it's centered around Hindu mythology, (3) it's about twelve-year-old Aru and the fantastical adventure she finds herself on …

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Macky Reads Red Right Hand + Black Goat Blues

I saw Levi Black for the first time in 2017 at BookNetFest on a writing panel. He was particularly inspiring in that he referenced that moment where most would-be writers are in the middle of reading a book and go, “I could write better than this.” I’m so glad he did. Otherwise, I would not have b…

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Abbreviations #53 | Brooklyn in Love, Ash Princess + Stay Sweet

Years after her stint living and working in Paris, Amy Thomas has settled back into life on the island of Manhattan. Brooklyn in Love chronicles a new chapter of her journey as she embraces marriage, motherhood and moving out of the city. To preface my thoughts, I must tell you how I adored Paris,…

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Cover Reveal | Imprison the Sky

I've said this already in my glowing review , but were it not for the intervention of my best friend Rachel (translation: she basically shoved her ARC into my hands and told me I had  to read it), I would have read Reign the Earth later rather than sooner. Thank goodness for friends who share you…

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Table for Two #17: Mochii

Rachel of Hello, Chelly and I have teamed up once more to bring you a collaboration that involves two of my favorite things: New York City and food. Welcome to Table for Two , where the two of us will be highlighting restaurants and dessert spots in New York City. Each month, you'll be hearing o…

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Tunes & Tales 2.0 | April 2018

Back in the day, Tunes and Tales was a series I enjoyed featuring some of my favorite albums alongside books each song reminded me of, but it ultimately ended up having an expiration date as I don't fall head over heels in love with a lot of albums in their entirety (though I will have posts c…

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Awesome En Maas | A Court of Frost and Starlight + Tower of Dawn

A Court of Frost and Starlight has the following description: "Feyre, Rhys, and their companions are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't ke…

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You're the One for Me • The Way You Make Me Feel (+ Gift Guide for Clara)

When one of Clara’s pranks goes too far, she finds herself sentenced to a summer working in her dad’s food truck, the KoBra… alongside her ‘nemesis’ Rose Carver. It’s definitely not what Clara had in mind for her summer plans! But the unexpected turn her summer takes soon shows her that maybe she …

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Face the Consequences • If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say

Winter Halperin has a one-time National Spelling Bee championship under her belt and admission to her dream college already in place. But everything changes when she writes a racially offensive tweet that she thought was a harmless joke. Faced with Internet shaming and rejection from her community…

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Abbreviations #52 | 9 Days and 9 Nights, Royals + From Twinkle, With Love

Honestly, even if I hadn't happened to be reading 9 Days and 9 Nights on a flight home from London, I still would have thought it was wonderful. (But I can't say that it wasn't a positive addition to the reading experience either, because it really was.) It's the follow-up to my fa…

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