bibliophile
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To the boys who get called girls, the girls who get called boys, and those who live outside these words. To those called names, and those searching for names of their own. To those who live on the edges, and in the spaces in between I wish for you ever light in the sky. Do…
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Hey book lovers!!! It’s Friday which means another #FictionFriday. It’s been a while since I’ve read this one but boy, has it stuck with me. “You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them, and who knows…
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“We move, we surge, we dash and we flow, and we think that our furious beating upon the far shores of the universe means we are powerful. But we are only the crest of an uncontrollable surge in the tide.” I had no idea what to expect when I started reading The Beauty. Honestly, I’m still…
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My mom is my best friend. We hadn’t always been that way but our relationship has grown to be that way. I know without a doubt she would do anything for me. As a mother myself, I would do anything for my kids. Rita and Ruthie have a similar relationship. They have been dealt a…
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Welcome book lovers to the second installment of #FictionFriday!!!! Coming-of-age novels have never really been my thing but I always manage to read at least one each year. I’m always surprised by how much they stick with me. But this one in particular really stuck with me. Perhaps it’s because there’s a bit of sci-fi…
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Never look for a roommate on Craigslist! I repeat, NEVER look for a roommate on Craigslist. “…the guy waiting on the other side of my door was about to bring the whole thing to another level. A screw up of literal biblical proportions.” Amanda Grey can tell you just how much of a bad idea it…
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Paris. The future. Things have changed. Technology has advanced. Nature has receded. Except in Paris, where they have managed to integrate both nature and technology to create a haven for all. In Jordan Phillips’ fiction novella, we explore Paris as it could be in the future. There middle class is now successful and known as…
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This book has intrigued me for quite some time. I’ve heard some good things about it and was excited to finally add it to my list. Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale is the first book in the Winternight Trilogy. The Bear and The Nightingale is set in Russia, where winters are hard and household demons…
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B.G. Firmani’s Time’s a Thief takes place in 1980s New York, and early 2000s New York. We follow Francesca “Chess” Varani through her years at Barnard. Coincidentally also where Firmani attended. Immediately we meet Kendra Marr-Lowenstein, a wild child from a high class family. Chess is instantly taken with Kendra and her crazy ways. Throughout Firmani’s…
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This book was difficult for me to get through. Not so much that it was a heavy read but more that it didn’t hold my interest. For those that know me, I’m a completionist, which comes in handy when I need to finish a book but just can’t find anything to keep me hooked. The…
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