8 of 10: City of Bones is all that I can ask for in a fantasy book – action, romance, top-notch characters, and plenty of twists. If you’re a YA fantasy fan or a Harry Potter lover, it is a good bet you will like this book. I somehow completely missed the boat on The Mortal Instruments series. The third…
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The Big Winner. . . .
On Monday, they’ll start announcing the winners of the first round, so here are the rest of my predictions for the Battle of the Books: ROUND TWO: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves versus The Trouble Begins at 8. I’m going with Octavian again, even though if it were…
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Welcome Strangers
A few weeks ago, Bart and I were at school, chatting with some friends of his from the business school. One of them had just started a blog, and we got talking about blogging in general. The topic of private blogs came up, to which Bart and I immediately expressed our vehement disinterest in having private blogs (although, of course,…
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April Madness
I do not care one bit about March Madness (let the stone throwing begin). But when School Library Journal hosts a Children/YA book tournament where you can fill out a bracket? I’m there. I’m all there. (You can view the bracket in PDF form). All the books are from last year (generally ones that were pretty popular), and the judging…
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Introverted
My freshman year at BYU, I took the Myers Briggs test and it labeled me an INTJ. The “I” is for Introvert, and multiple people told me there was just absolutely no way I was an introvert. I, however, was not surprised at all. I would have been utterly shocked (and disregarded the results altogether) if it had labeled me…
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