Me finishing A Gathering of Shadows by V. E. Schwab: A One Act Play *Enter ME, moving to sit in a chair, reading the book*Silence, save for the soft sound of the final page turning over to reveal nothing more than an Acknowledgments pageME: ...ME: *shrieks and dives across the room for the third book, …
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Top 10 Books I Read in 2018
It's the end of the year, which always seems to be a time for looking back and looking forward. So I thought I'd reflect on what I read this year. I've been trying to read more nonfiction lately, as well as delve into books I might not usually pick up. I did manage both those …
Book Review | A Christmas Carol
I hope the holiday season hasn't been a humbug for anyone (unless we're talking about the peppermint candy, which is a British thing that sounds delightful)! Speaking of humbugs—in the lamest lead-in ever—I spent the last couple days revisiting A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens because, you know, ’tis the season. This story is a …
Book Review | Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
I admit it. Even I was initially intimidated by the length of this book. And I'm that person who read Harry Potter at age eight, who's devoured books in a single day, who has a reading list that numbers in the triple-digits. But seeing Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for the first time in a …
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Book Review | The Song of Achilles
Looking back, I should have known this book would be devastating. Especially considering how much I love mythology, I should have seen it coming, how emotionally invested I got. In fact, I spent most of the evening after I finished the book texting my friend in all caps about this novel. So yeah. You could …
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