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Reading is Dreaming with Open Eyes
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. — Jean Rhys So, this was the first year that I’ve done a book challenge. I have been an avid reader my entire life, but I found that I was falling into patterns where… Read more
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She Would Bow to No One
She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one. Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire I started off 2021 with something rather unusual happening, as it relates to my reading, and it was reading this book! For those of you who haven’t read this series before, this is the… Read more
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
With the baseless arrogance that so often plagues young men, Yule never once considered the possibility that Adelaide would not be waiting for him. — Alix E Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January January has been a good month for reading so far. It felt like a good time to be reading this book,… Read more
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Hamartia
Hamartia is a personal error in a protagonist’s personality, which brings about his tragic downfall in a tragedy. This defect in a hero’s personality is also known as a “tragic flaw.” Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. In the not so distant future, people are dying… Read more
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible for it. — Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Happy New Year! Whether you believe in the start of a new year (or in this case decade… Read more
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A Reader Lives a Thousand Lives
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one. — George R.R. Martin The quote above from George R.R. Martin is truly one of the most famous and one of my favorites about reading. I really feel this way about reading. Each time I… Read more
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Reading Is A Guided Meditation
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. — Joseph Addison For me this year has been a time of trying to get some of my ducks in a row. When I see those memes about how I don’t have ducks, I don’t have rows – I have squirrels and they’re at… Read more
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My Weekend Is All “Booked”
My Television fed me visions, but I never created my own until I became a reader. — Barry Lane There is something so satisfying about going back and looking at all of the books you’ve read over a year. I’m focusing in here on a set I read for the PopSugar Reading Challenge 2019. When… Read more
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What a Difference a Day Makes
The have a sense that the length of a day is mutable, and you can never see the end from the beginning. They have a sense that love changes all things all the time. That’s what love is for. — Nicola Yoon, The Sun is Also a Star I love this book so much more… Read more