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All my thoughts: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
“The real world is where the monsters are.” The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan Oh, it’s that time of year again. It’s like clockwork. I have to reread The Lightning Thief at least once a year. It’s my comfort book, and… Continue reading
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June Wrap Up
June has come and gone, and it’s still raining. However, it’s hot which somehow makes it a little bit better. It’s finally starting to feel like summer. June was filled with house projects (our 100-year-old wood floors are officially restored!),… Continue reading
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Revisiting Panem: Mockingjay *reread*
Consider my mind changed. I never used to like Mockingjay. To be honest, teenage-me was probably just bitter about Prim. But during this read through, I fell truly in love with Mockingjay. Continue reading
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All my thoughts: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
I feel as if I gave up a piece of my soul when I finally closed this novel — folded it and placed it within the pages among my endless scribbled annotations that filled the margins to the brim. Continue reading
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All my thoughts: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows is a dark adventure comedy full of traumatic backstories and endless banter from morally gray teens forced together by tragedy and kept together by greed, loyalty and a whole lot of unspoken love. Continue reading
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All my thoughts: Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron is the second novel in Cassandra Clare’s The Last Hours trilogy, and, let me tell you, it tore me apart. Continue reading
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All My Thoughts: The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare
hich is significantly less than other TSC installments. It’s joyful and funny, despite its depth. You don’t have to think too much about the story telling or the plot, you can just sit back and enjoy as the adventure unfolds.… Continue reading
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The good, the bad and the best: Ghosts of the Shadow Market
A deep dive into the novella collection by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Kelly Line and Robin Wasserman “Life was full of broken hearts and missed chances.” Jem Carstairs, “The Land i Lost” *sigh* I’m just going to… Continue reading
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All my thoughts: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Part 1)
Analyzing the final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy “Grief can be so bad you can’t breathe, but that’s what it means to be human. We lose, we suffer, but we have to keep breathing.” Magnus bane, QoAaD I’m not… Continue reading
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All my thoughts: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Part 2)
Analyzing the final book in The Dark Artifices trilogy And we’re back! I’m (over)analyzing Queen of Air and Darkness, the final book in Cassandra Clare’s The Dark Artifices trilogy. Part one turned out to be solely a breakdown of Emma… Continue reading
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