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August 14, 2024

Happy Place

Happy Place, Emily Henry, 2023  Emily Henry has done it again, my guys. There is no better summer romance writer. Her novels bring me…

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August 9, 2024

Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas, 2012 (Spoilers) Sarah J. Maas’s other series, ACOTAR, is my all-time favorite, making Throne of Glass quite the…

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August 3, 2024

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, 1847  I wanted to post about this novel on my blog because it’s Wuthering Heights, for crying out loud! But,…

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July 29, 2024

Better Than The Movies

Better Than The Movies, Lynn Painter, 2021  This one was a BANGER for a first light summer read—though it isn’t actually based in summer…

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July 15, 2024

Paradise

Paradise, Toni Morrison, 1998 (This is a critical paper, written for a Graduate class on Works by Toni Morrison, in which I analyze the…

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July 12, 2024

Iron Flame

Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros, 2023 (Spoilers) So, our Fourth Wing’s lovely Violet Sorrengail is recovering from her Squad’s victorious battle with Wyvern and Venin…

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July 7, 2024

Fourth Wing

Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, 2023 (Spoilers) We start by flipping open the hefty hardcover and seeing a gorgeous map of The Continent. Consider my…

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June 30, 2024

Safe Haven

Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks, 2010 (novel) & Safe Haven, Lasse Hallstrom, 2013 (film) (Spoilers) Since Safe Haven (the film) is one of my long…

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June 21, 2024

A Court of Silver Flames

A Court of Silver Flames, Sarah J. Maas, 2021 (Spoilers) Maas’s last (as of now) installment in the ACOTAR series is the Cassian and…

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June 1, 2024

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Cleopatra and Frankenstein, Coco Mellors, 2022 Apologies if anybody takes issue with this comparison but the themes in Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein—hard truths about…

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