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Well, it’s that time of year again. I will be summing up the year in review. What I read in 2022….. The Secret of White Stone Gate by Julia Nobel (paperback)The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (hardcover)To Make Monsters Out of Girls by Amanda Lovelace (hardcover)To Drink Coffee with a Ghost by…
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I’ve seen some people arrange their books where they keep similar book covers together. They’ll have red covers with red covers, orange covers with orange cover, yellow with yellow, green with green, blue with blue, purple with purple, and so on. While this may look cool, I’m not sure my OCD will let me do…
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I finished reading this last night. This is book 2 by Josh Allen, which I read recently. This book includes 13 short stories that are sure to get you in the mood for Halloween. I think my favorite story was the next to the last one where Mitchell is being followed…….that one will make you…
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I finished reading this at bed time last night. It’s a collection of short stories geared more towards younger audiences (I’d probably say around the 10-12 year old age range). Each story follows a child about that age (or close to it) and puts them in a scary or unusual situation. This would probably be…
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I just found out this morning that this particular author has passed away. He is one of my favorite authors ever since I read his series the Wardstone Chronicles. I was saddened to hear the news and my sympathy goes out to his family, friends and everyone that was close to him. I’m sure he…
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I got some gift cards to my local book store for my birthday. However, I opted to order stuff online and have it shipped to my house instead of going to my local book store. I enjoyed shopping none the less….regardless if I shop online or in the store. Now, my entire order didn’t come…
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The 5th book in the Harry Potter series, the illustrated edition, will be released on October 11th of this year (according to Amazon). They don’t show a book cover just yet. I hope to see at least a book cover for this sometime soon (I was hoping to see one when I saw it on…
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Looking for some inspiration for your literature blog? Here are some ideas to get you going. Forum Question Take a question that someone has asked you on a forum and write an article about it. For example, if someone has asked you “What is the importance of reading?”, “Did you ever have a teacher that…
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If you got to meet your favorite author in person, what would you talk about? What questions would you like to ask them? I would probably like to talk to author Christopher Paolini who wrote the Inheritance Cycle. I’d like to ask him some questions if I ever got to meet him. If I ever…
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First, here is what you do if you like a certain genre. Most book stores will have different sections of the store for different genres……like horror, mystery, fiction, classics, poetry, etc. There’s even a section for young adults and another for children. Just browse the sections you think you’ll like most. Second, here is what…
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