TOTALLY SPOILER-FREE (unless you haven’t read The Hunger Games, in which case, yeah, there are loads of spoilers here). 10 of 10: You couldn’t ask for a better follow-up to The Hunger Games. There is no middle-of-the-trilogy slump here. I’d say the Catching Fire book was even better than the first book, incredible as that is. For me, the sign…
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Why I’ll Be on the Couch All Day Long
As if life wasn’t good enough already, this came in the mail yesterday: A million trillion thank-yous to Nancy Pearl Wannabe.
Alternate-Universe Monday
Two weeks ago today, I got an email from the intern coordinator at work asking all the interns to submit their latest GPA, their major, and their date of graduation. They ask for this every few months, so I’ve certainly done it before in the 10 months I’ve been working there. I sent it back, and within minutes I received…
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Fire by Kristin Cashore
9 of 10: Lovely writing, better pacing, and a great set of characters, Fire left me such more more gratified than Graceling. Also I could not stop staring at the cover – it is gorgeous. Back in February, I read Graceling which has turned out to be quite a popular book, gathering awards and gushing reviews right and left. As…
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Princess
I’m not the kind of blogger to link to a lot of other miscellaneous things on my blog. I don’t post about a contest in order to get an extra entry. I don’t mention that you should go sign this petition or vote in that poll or read these ten blog posts. But, on occasion, there are things worth sharing,…
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