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Review| Dance of Despair – Kara S. Weaver

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Bookish friends are the best and even more so when they write books that you love. A really good friend of mine wrote her first book last year, Crown of Conspiracy, and I loved it. I’m a bad friend, because I still need to write that review, but that will change in the near future. The second book, Dance of Despair, came out at the end of February and it was so good.

This is a sequel, so I’ll do my best to give you all of my thoughts without any spoilers. I want you to be able to read the first book and experience all the feels before diving into this one. So let’s take a look at my review!

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Bookish Item | Ranking the Harry Potter Movies

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I know it says Bookish Item, and then I put movies in the title but hear me out haha. After doing the Harry Potter books ranking, I also wanted to do a movie ranking. And it seems weird to not have that as a bookish item after that last post. As you might have read in my latest Royal Update, I watched all of the Harry Potter movies and realized I may not have watched all of them before. While it seems unlikely that I didn’t devour the movies like I did the books, there were so many scenes I didn’t recognize that I’m pretty sure I didn’t watch movie 3 through 8 before last week. I really feel like watching them all over again now but I’ll first give you my ranking of the movies!
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Tag| Gilmore Girls Book Tag

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Gilmore Girls is one of my favorite shows. It recently popped up when I was looking for something on Netflix. That made me wonder if there was a Gilmore Girls Book Tag. Come to find out, Isabelle did this tag shortly after we started the blog. That’s almost three years ago, so I think it’s time for me to give it a go as well. Let’s take a look!

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Bookish Item| Magical Readathon Update

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Last month we posted our TBRs for the Magical Readathon (Part 1 & Part 2) this year. We both set up a TBR to get our O.W.L.s. We’re both terrible at completing readathons, so we thought that by posting something about our progress would maybe help us along. We’re at the halfway mark now, so let’s take a look at our Magical Readathon update. How are we doing so far?

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Review| Deadly First Day – Emily Kazmierski

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Books that take place at school or at boarding schools are something I love to read. If you add a little mystery and romance, I’ll definitely give it a chance. Deadly First Day, the first book in the Embassy Academy series, checks off all of those boxes. With the sequel releasing later this month, I thought it was the perfect time to review Deadly First Day!

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TTT #128 | Books I Enjoyed but Rarely Talk About

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We have been having fun with Top Ten Tuesday, so we decided we will do one every week. This bookish meme was hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, and has been going since June 2010! Since January 2018 Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is Books I Enjoyed but Rarely Talk About. And I really like this topic! There are quite some books we talk about alll the time and I’m happy to get the opportunity to pick some books that usually slip my mind. So let’s dive in! Continue reading “TTT #128 | Books I Enjoyed but Rarely Talk About” →

Review| My Life as a Pop Album – LJ Evans

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LJ Evans has quickly become one of my favorite authors and that all started out with My Life as a Country Album. She really hits you in all the feels and that doesn’t change at all during any of her books. After reading Jake and Cam’s story, I was worried that nothing would be able to beat that. I was wrong though, because Mia and Derek are really special as well. Keep on reading for my full review of the second book in this series, My Life as a Pop Album!

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Down the TBR Hole #28

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Seeing how I keep adding new books to my Goodreads TBR, I decided to did this just a little more often than I have before. It’s only been two weeks since I did my last post, but with the number of books still on that list, it’s never too soon to do this again. I’m trying to make this a regular post!

Down the TBR Hole was originally created over at Lost in a Story. It looked like a fun and productive way to finally make a dent in that Goodreads TBR. I went through my want-to-read shelf a little while ago but I think I was still to kind on a lot of books. Let’s see what I’ll make of it this time around. I decided to go with 10 books at a time so lets get started! Continue reading “Down the TBR Hole #28” →

Mini Review | The Test – Sylvain Neuvel

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The Test had been on my TBR for a bit and when I came across it for a decent price I just had to get it. This was one of my first books for the O.W.L.’s readathon. It’s a very short book so this won’t be a very long review but I wanted to share my thoughts nonetheless. Let’s dive in!
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