tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9590577246540146252024-03-12T19:12:59.751-07:00Lost in My LibraryClarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-47313738940950360772019-01-15T14:00:00.000-08:002019-01-15T14:08:30.484-08:00Review: Our Year of Maybe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I don't have the words to fully express my love for this book.</b> My expectations were kind of ridiculously high; Rachel Lynn Solomon's first book, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30339479-you-ll-miss-me-when-i-m-gone" target="_blank">YOU'LL MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE</a>, was one of my most anticipated books of 2018 and one of my favorite books of 2017 (thank you, NetGalley!). It felt like I'd have to wait so long for OUR YEAR OF MAYBE, but Edelweiss made all of my hopes and dreams come true by granting my request last summer. And this book absolutely lived up to my expectations - and shattered a few to boot!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let's start with what I think Rachel Lynn Solomon's greatest strength as an author is: the characters. <b>Sophie and Peter were both exceptionally written, and I was invested in both of their stories by the end of the prologue.</b> Their relationship is so complicated, and is navigated with such nuance, but they both have parts of their story that exist independently of this main focus.<b> </b>I loved reading about Sophie's family, and Peter's friends, and I thought all of these separate elements were incredibly balanced.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am so hesitant to say anything about this book, because I really think it's best if you don't go in with many expectations about what you might get out of reading it. <b>This is not the book I thought it might be, and I couldn't be happier with what it really was.</b> If you like complex characters with complicated relationships, read this book. If you like writing so beautiful that a single phrase can give you <i>so</i> many emotions, read this book. Hell, if there is <i>anything</i> about this book that makes you even vaguely interested in it, take that chance. It will be worth it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm going to be even more vague at this point because I don't want to spoil anything, but <b>this book has one of the most meaningful and memorable last lines of anything I've ever read</b>. I still get emotional just thinking about it. And if you also have feelings about that line and these characters, I highly recommend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG3gjVvzVSs" target="_blank">this song</a>. Personally, I'm going to listen to it on repeat while counting down the days until <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40032364-today-tonight-tomorrow" target="_blank">TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">New year, new books to anticipate! We're still doing this on a month-by-month basis, though - there's just no way I could fit all of my most anticipated books for the year into one post! Here are some of the books that release this month that I'm really excited to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38244358-in-an-absent-dream" target="_blank">IN AN ABSENT DREAM</a> by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #4) - January 8:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>new Wayward Children book!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>a prequel about Lundy!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>a new world to explore!!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I really don't need to know anything else about this, I've gone into the other books with basically no information and it's all worked out so far</span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1528131071l/30340865.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1528131071l/30340865.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a> by Rachel Lynn Solomon - January 15:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>ok so I've already read this one, but everyone else has to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>one of my favorite books of 2018</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>anything Rachel Lynn Solomon writes is my new top priority and should be yours, too</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863498-the-gilded-wolves" target="_blank">THE GILDED WOLVES</a> by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #1) - January 15:</b> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>historical fantasy, which I really want to read more of</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I love books set in the late 1800s</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I have heard so many great things already, I'm so excited to dive into this world</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529500474l/35553692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529500474l/35553692.jpg" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35553692-circle-of-shadows" target="_blank">CIRCLE OF SHADOWS</a> by Evelyn Skye (Circle of Shadows #1) - January 22:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I'm not totally sure what this is about but that's okay, all I need to know is Evelyn Skye </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>apparently inspired by feudal Japan? I've been seeing more non-Western-inspired fantasy worlds lately and I'm excited</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1541165875l/37693549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1541165875l/37693549.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37693549-a-thousand-sisters" target="_blank">A THOUSAND SISTERS: THE HEROIC AIRWOMEN OF THE SOVIET UNION IN WORLD WAR II</a> by Elizabeth Wein - January 22:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I need to read more nonfiction and this looks like a great place to start</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I will also read anything about women pilots - it's a pretty niche genre and I have claimed it</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525110825l/36307634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1525110825l/36307634.jpg" width="212" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36307634-king-of-scars" target="_blank">KING OF SCARS</a> by Leigh Bardugo (Nikolai Duology #1) - January 29:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>do I even need to explain this one</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I'm so ready to go back into this world</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>maybe I should reread the other Grishaverse books soon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35998937-the-dead-queens-club" target="_blank">THE DEAD QUEENS CLUB</a> by Hannah Capin - January 29:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b>Mean Girls meets The Tudors</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>that's all I needed to know and I was sold</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b>I have an ARC of this one and I'm definitely reading it ASAP</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1526504166l/36362234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1526504166l/36362234.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36362234-the-love-lies-of-rukhsana-ali" target="_blank">THE LOVE & LIES OF RUKHSANA ALI</a> by Sabina Khan - January 29:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>• </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've heard really good things already</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I got quite a bit behind in my reading in 2018. I only managed to finish my reading challenge by reading a lot of picture books and comics (most of which I would have read anyway, but maybe not all at once). So it's not surprising that I didn't add ten books to my all-time favorites list. It's not the first time that's happened, and I still have a pretty solid list. I don't love that this is a top 9 list instead of a top 10 list, but I guess that's just how things worked out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These nine books, though, were incredible. I am so happy that I read them all, and I think that these made it a really great reading year. It's an interesting assortment of books, and most of them are ones that I have strong feelings about that I struggle to put into words, so prepare for me to say mostly "it was GREAT PLEASE READ IT."</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35169327-here-we-are?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">HERE WE ARE: NOTES FOR LIVING ON PLANET EARTH</a> by Oliver Jeffers</span>:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I did not expect any of the picture books I picked up basically to complete my reading challenge to make it onto this list, but this really surprised me.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I got this as an ebook with read-along narration, and it was a really great way to experience it. I'd recommend it to pretty much anyone.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">DEAR MARTIN</a> by Nic Stone:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This is one of the first books I read this year, and it was amazing. It's such a short book, but it packs such an emotional punch. Every word has to count in a book this short, and they absolutely do. Even though I flew through it, I'm still surprised that it's not longer, because the world and the characters are so well-developed that I really don't know how it was all fit into so few pages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's time for one of my favorite posts of the year - the end-of-year book survey! This was created by <a href="https://www.perpetualpageturner.com/2018/11/8th-annual-end-of-year-survey-2017-edition-2.html" target="_blank">Jamie @ Perpetual Page-Turner</a>. This is a really great way for me to look back on my reading year, and to share some of my favorites with you! If you want a more detailed account of the best of the best, I have a post with my favorite books of 2018 coming tomorrow, so stay tuned for that! If you want more of my surveys, you can find my 2017 post <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2017/12/end-of-year-book-survey-2017.html" target="_blank">here</a> and my 2016 post <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2016/12/end-of-year-book-survey-2016.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Number Of Books You Read: I'm just going to go ahead and say that it's 100 - I haven't quite made it there yet, but I have a couple of short books to finish off the year.<br />
Number of Re-Reads: It might just be one - TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE - but I might squeeze in rereading the rest of the series!<br />
Genre You Read The Most From: I don't even have to count for this: comics or YA contemporary. I read so much of each this year!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. Best book you read in 2018?</b> I read so many amazing books, but first place goes to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38650956-the-spy-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON</a> by Katherine Locke. It made me feel so many things, and it was exactly what I wanted it to be.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Book you were excited about & thought you were going to love more but didn't?</b> This isn't a specific book, but this generally fits the question: I got caught up on Kasie West's books this year. That involved reading her four most recent books, and the average rating for those was 3.25 stars. That is shockingly low, considering how I rated all of her books before this.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>3. Most surprising (in a good or bad way) book you read?</b> I was absolutely shocked by how much I liked <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19351043-nimona" target="_blank">NIMONA</a>. I didn't expect to have that many <i>feelings</i>!<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>4. Book you pushed the most people to read (and they did)?</b> I really don't know about this one! I definitely pushed a lot of books onto people, but I'm not sure how many they actually read.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>5. Best series you started in 2018? Best sequel of 2018? Best series ender of 2018?</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Series starter: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25526296-every-heart-a-doorway" target="_blank">EVERY HEART A DOORWAY</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sequel: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31180248-leah-on-the-offbeat" target="_blank">LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT</a> (more of a companion, but I'm counting it)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Series ender: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38650956-the-spy-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON</a> (also more of a companion, but I'm still counting it)<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2018?</b> I'm not sure if I can count Katherine Locke as an author I discovered in 2018, since I started <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34448522-the-girl-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE GIRL WITH THE RED BALLOON</a> last year, but if the requirement is no books <i>finished</i> before 2018, the choice is clear.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>7. Best book from a genre you don't typically read/was out of your comfort zone?</b> I guess I don't typically read picture books? And <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35169327-here-we-are" target="_blank">HERE WE ARE: NOTES FOR LIVING ON PLANET EARTH</a> was fantastic.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?</b> I don't think it gets much more action-packed than <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25558608-a-torch-against-the-night" target="_blank">A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT</a>.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>9. Book you read in 2018 that you would be most likely to reread next year?</b> Nothing I read this year really jumps out at me as <i>must-reread-immediately</i>. I know I'll be rereading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33299465-you-asked-for-perfect" target="_blank">YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT</a> at some point, though!</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1489189261l/31423327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1489189261l/31423327.jpg" width="208" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2018?</b> It has to be <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31423327-mockingbird-vol-2" target="_blank">MOCKINGBIRD, VOL. 2: MY FEMINIST AGENDA</a>. Because just look at it. Goals right there.<b> </b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>11. Most memorable character of 2018?</b> Once again, Rachel Lynn Solomon takes the prize for this. Peter and Sophie from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a> are both so wonderful.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>12. Most beautifully written book read in 2018?</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25526296-every-heart-a-doorway" target="_blank">EVERY HEART A DOORWAY</a> had such atmospheric writing that stuck with me - really, all of the books in the series do, but this is the one that had to set the whole thing up.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>13. Most thought-provoking/life-changing book of 2018?</b> Definitely <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35960813-final-draft" target="_blank">FINAL DRAFT</a> by Riley Redgate. It's strange because I don't even really know what my thoughts based on this book are, but it's the book that made me just sit back for a while after finishing to take everything in.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>14. Book you can't believe you waited until 2018 to finally read?</b> Like I said before, I finally caught up on Kasie West's books this year, and even though reading a 2017 release in 2018 isn't unbelievable at all, I'm still a bit surprised that I didn't read <i>any</i> of her releases last year.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>15. Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2018?</b> "Get in losers, we're blowing up Nazis." (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38650956-the-spy-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON</a>, of course)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Shortest: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101018-the-day-the-crayons-quit" target="_blank">THE CRAYONS' BOOK OF COLORS</a> by Drew Daywalt (literally a board book)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Longest: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone" target="_blank">CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE</a> by Tomi Adeyemi (only 525 pages, pretty short for a longest book)<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>17. Book that shocked you the most?</b> It took me a while to think of something for this, but once I remembered <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30249925-this-darkness-mine" target="_blank">THIS DARKNESS MINE</a>, I realized nothing else could possibly fit. This book was a wild ride from start to finish, and I remember just sitting there after finishing the book because I couldn't wrap my mind around what happened.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>18. OTP of the year?</b> Winnie and Dev from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22524101-my-so-called-bollywood-life" target="_blank">MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE</a>. I was rooting for them from the start, and it was so satisfying to see their story develop.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>19. Favorite non-romantic relationship of the year?</b> The friendship between Abby and Jax in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31246717-the-summer-of-jordi-perez" target="_blank">THE SUMMER OF JORDI</a> PEREZ was so unexpected and so great - it ended up being one of my favorite parts of the book!<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>20. Favorite book you read in 2018 from an author you've read previously?</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a>. The funny thing is that I read and <i>loved</i> her 2018 debut last year, so it's not making any appearances on this list (except for this), and then this is her 2019 release. How am I ever going to make it to her next book?<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>21. Best book you read in 2018 that you read based solely on a recommendation?</b> I definitely read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22524101-my-so-called-bollywood-life" target="_blank">MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE</a> because of peer pressure. I just kept hearing about it, and I finally decided to put it on my list - I'm so glad I did.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>22. Newest fictional crush from a book you read in 2018?</b> I already talked about SJ from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin" target="_blank">DEAR MARTIN</a> in an earlier book tag, so I'm going to take this opportunity to also talk about Bobbi Morse from the <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28963593-mockingbird-vol-1" target="_blank">Mockingbird comics</a>. My entire review for the first volume was "Bobbi Morse, please marry me."<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>23. Best 2018 debut you read?</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22524101-my-so-called-bollywood-life" target="_blank">MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE</a>! I'm realizing that I really didn't read enough debuts this year, or at least not books that I'm sure are debuts.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>24. Best worldbuilding/most vivid setting you read this year?</b> Definitely the whole Wayward Children series. So many unique settings, and all of them were so vivid!<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>25. Book that put a smile on your face/was the most fun to read?</b> I read a lot of amazing fluffy books this year, so one that I haven't talked much about yet (here): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35704397-the-way-you-make-me-feel" target="_blank">THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL</a> by Maurene Goo! I had high hopes for this after <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145133-i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love" target="_blank">I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE</a>, and it exceeded all my expectations.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>26. Book that made you cry in 2018?</b> I was full-out <i>sobbing</i> at a few points in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38650956-the-spy-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON</a>. Other books that made me tear up: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24974996-dear-martin" target="_blank">DEAR MARTIN</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35960813-final-draft" target="_blank">FINAL DRAFT</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27817603-no-ordinary-sound" target="_blank">NO ORDINARY SOUND</a> (which I didn't expect tears from <i>at all</i>), <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25558608-a-torch-against-the-night" target="_blank">A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT</a>.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>27. Hidden gem of the year?</b> Um, all of my favorites, pretty much! Not including the 2019 releases on my favorites list, I'd say <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38650956-the-spy-with-the-red-balloon" target="_blank">THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22524101-my-so-called-bollywood-life" target="_blank">MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35704397-the-way-you-make-me-feel" target="_blank">THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31246717-the-summer-of-jordi-perez" target="_blank">THE SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ</a> all fall in that category!<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>28. Book that crushed your soul?</b> I didn't actually read that many soul-crushing books this year! There were definitely a couple of soul-crushing moments in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a>, though.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>29. Most unique book you read in 2018?</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28465052-dear-data" target="_blank">DEAR DATA</a>, no contest. This is about two women who collect data about a different part of their lives every week and draw data visualizations on postcards that they send to each other. I've never read anything like it, and I doubt I ever will.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>30. Book that made you the most mad?</b> I got very mad at <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21921032-a-matter-of-heart" target="_blank">A MATTER OF HEART</a> by Amy Fellner Dominy. I don't know why I finished reading this. The message for most of the book (that thankfully gets corrected at the end) is that the main character views her life as less important once her disability starts affecting it. I really didn't need that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>1. A book you didn't get to in 2018 but will be your number 1 priority in 2019?</b> Don't put too much faith in this question - in 2016, I said it was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22055262-a-darker-shade-of-magic?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC</a>, which still took me months to get to, and last year, I said it was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985241-before-the-devil-breaks-you?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">BEFORE THE DEVIL BREAKS YOU</a>, which I still haven't read. But I'm going to go ahead and say <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952596-blanca-roja?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">BLANCA & ROJA</a> by Anna-Marie McLemore, which I was very highly anticipating for most of this year.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>2. Book you are most anticipating for 2019 (non-debut)?</b> Maurene Goo's last two books have been instant favorites, so I'm really looking forward to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36992163-somewhere-only-we-know?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW</a>! I also have to give a shout-out to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40886114-queen-s-shadow?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">QUEEN'S SHADOW</a> by E.K. Johnston because I have been hoping for a Padme Amidala book <i>forever</i>, and it's finally happening!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>3. 2019 debut you are most anticipating? </b>The whole concept of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41150487-red-white-royal-blue?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE</a> sounds like everything I've ever wanted.<b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>4. Series ending/a sequel you are most anticipating in 2019?</b> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36111663-the-map-from-here-to-there?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE MAP FROM HERE TO THERE</a> by Emery Lord! I didn't expect <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22429350-the-start-of-me-and-you" target="_blank">THE START OF ME AND YOU</a> to get a sequel, but I'm <i>so excited</i> that it's happening!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>5. One thing you hope to accomplish or do in your reading/blogging life in 2019?</b> I want to read more throughout the year. I feel like I would read 3 books in a week and then not read for a month, especially at the beginning of the year.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>6. A 2019 release you've already read and recommend to everyone?</b> Two of my favorites are 2019 releases: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30340865-our-year-of-maybe" target="_blank">OUR YEAR OF MAYBE</a> by Rachel Lynn Solomon and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33299465-you-asked-for-perfect" target="_blank">YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT</a> by Laura Silverman.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time for another book tag! It's getting pretty close to the end of the year, which means that it's the perfect time for this wrapping-things-up tag. I also did <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2017/11/end-of-year-book-tag.html" target="_blank">this tag last year</a>, but I think it's a great thing to do every year!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Are there any books you've started this year that you need to finish?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are quite a few, especially ones that I've put down for who knows how long, but the two that I'm really planning on are <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18656072-the-ice-cream-queen-of-orchard-street" target="_blank">THE ICE CREAM QUEEN OF ORCHARD STREET</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34236194-more-than-we-can-tell" target="_blank">MORE THAN WE CAN TELL</a>.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you have an autumnal/wintery book to transition into the end of the year?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was struggling to think of something for this, but then I remembered that I have <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36426163-toil-trouble" target="_blank">TOIL & TROUBLE</a>! It's a perfect anthology that I have to read before Halloween. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is there a new release you're still waiting for?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some of my most anticipated books of the year still haven't been released! <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32970644-pulp" target="_blank">PULP</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31332356-the-resolutions" target="_blank">THE RESOLUTIONS</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32469736-the-disasters" target="_blank">THE DISASTERS</a> are all coming up in the next two months. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These books fall into three different categories: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27258116-echo-after-echo" target="_blank">ECHO AFTER ECHO</a> is an old ARC that I <i>still</i> haven't read, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33299465-you-asked-for-perfect" target="_blank">YOU ASKED FOR PERFECT</a> is a new ARC that I want to read well before release date, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22886868-the-shepherd-s-crown" target="_blank">THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN</a> is a book that I've been putting off reading for <i>years</i>. I think it's finally time for me to finish the Discworld series.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favorite book of the year?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There's nothing that I'm absolutely <i>expecting</i> to be a new favorite, but I have very high hopes for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37880094-the-lady-s-guide-to-petticoats-and-piracy" target="_blank">THE LADY'S GUIDE TO PETTICOATS AND PIRACY</a> by Mackenzi Lee. I'm not totally sure that I'll get to it before the end of the year, but based on how much I loved Felicity in the first book, I'm definitely going to enjoy it. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have you already started making reading plans for 2019?</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My only plan so far is to make a very low Goodreads goal, because I have not done too well on this year's so far. And according to my post last year, this is the goal I set in order to <i>not</i> have any end-of-the-year panic. Ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>How is your reading year going?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-59446191755410594582018-10-22T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-22T05:00:06.868-07:00Short Books for Your Goodreads Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've been talking a lot about how I'm behind in my Goodreads challenge, and it occurred to me that there are probably other people in the same boat. What better way to catch up on your challenge than reading short books?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've put together a list of some of my favorite short books in each of eight categories. I didn't put individual page counts, but the range is with the category name and I listed them from shortest to longest. Every single book here is fewer than 300 pages, and most are under 250. No matter what kind of short books you want to read to catch up, you'll (hopefully) find something you'll like!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nonfiction (88-290 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Novellas (100-226 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Comic Books (111-256 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Books in Verse (156-210 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Middle Grade (182-286 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Classics (184-251 pages)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">YA (210-288 pages)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>What are your favorite short books?</b> Tell me in the comments - I need some advice for this, too!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-48963973884756489762018-10-21T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-21T05:00:08.374-07:00Cozy Fall Book Tag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time for another tag! I'm nowhere near being out of fall book tags to do, fortunately. I've found a whole bunch of Booktube videos with this tag, so I decided to give it a go!</span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1443433956l/23395680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="200" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1443433956l/23395680.jpg" width="131" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Crunching leaves: The world is full of color. Choose a book that has reds/oranges/yellows on the cover.</b></i> I think <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23395680-illuminae" target="_blank">ILLUMINAE</a> by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff fits this best - it definitely has all of those colors! Maybe not in the most strictly autumnal setting, but that's okay.<i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Pumpkin spice: What's your favorite fall comfort food?</b></i> I do love pumpkin spice, but as far as comfort food goes, I have to go with cornbread stuffing. Absolutely delicious! That's the season-specific one, but I also couldn't write this without bringing up my mom's buttermilk pancake recipe that she makes once in a while, including every Thanksgiving morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last week, I saw an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFF7z5O_c8&t=786s" target="_blank">older BooksandLala video</a> where she went through the books she'd read on Goodreads and saw which ones had low average ratings but high personal ratings. I thought that looked really fun and wanted to give it a try!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't find any absolute shockers for this list. The lowest-rated book I gave 5 stars to was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13521.Son_of_a_Witch" target="_blank">SON OF A WITCH</a> by Gregory Maguire, which I read over six years ago and remember nothing about. And in those lower ratings, I found a <i>lot</i> of books I'd rated 2 or 3 stars. Even so, there were certainly some books I expected to be rated a <i>little</i> higher! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First up, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31145148-the-love-interest" target="_blank">THE LOVE INTEREST</a> by Cale Dietrich, with an average rating of 3.20 stars. For a book that I remember being so hyped, I was surprised that it was rated so low! From what I can see in reviews, the consensus seems to be that it was <i>too</i> hyped and didn't quite live up to people's expectations. A lot of people brought up a plotline that I had slight problems with, too, but I really enjoyed reading this and gave it 4 stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next is one I understand more: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25528808-that-inevitable-victorian-thing" target="_blank">THAT INEVITABLE VICTORIAN THING</a> by E.K. Johnston is another one with an average rating of 3.23 stars. The general verdict from the reviews is something I totally understand: not enough worldbuilding. Even so, I loved the setting and the premise so much that I really enjoyed reading this and gave it 4 stars. I would definitely still recommend it, especially because there's really just nothing else like this out there.</span><br />
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<a href="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468531060l/31019571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468531060l/31019571.jpg" width="210" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My last big surprise was 10 THINGS I CAN SEE FROM HERE by Carrie Mac, which has an average rating of 3.58 stars. This is another almost-favorite that I gave 5 stars. It's another one where reviews seem to be all over the place, but I can't really think of anything in the negative reviews that I would have agreed with <i>that much</i>. I absolutely adore this book, partially because it gets representation of anxiety <i>so right</i>. No matter the average rating, I still highly, <i>highly</i> recommend this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>What are some of your favorite unpopular books?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-17546641157178543452018-10-19T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-19T05:00:13.090-07:00Why Don't I Blog More?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's an interesting comparison: if all goes well with the rest of Blogtober, even considering that I didn't have a post yesterday,<b> I will <i>easily</i> have posted more times this month than the rest of the year combined.</b> I knew I was bad at consistently posting, and that I hadn't blogged a lot this year, but I honestly didn't think that it was <i>that</i> much. So, therefore, a question: why?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This has been far from my best blogging year, and <b>it hasn't been my best reading year, either.</b> I wrote about how far I am behind on my Goodreads challenge in another blogtober post. If I haven't been reading as many books, then I don't really have as much to write about. That much makes sense. But I've been in reading slumps and still blogged before!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've also been super busy this year. <b>I finished another year of college, had a summer internship, and I'm doing <i>another</i> internship this semester.</b> And frankly, if I have to choose between being academically successful and blogging more, I'm going to choose the academic success. But I don't think that choice is really a thing at this point, so that doesn't explain my lack of blogging, either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are about a million contributing factors, but I guess it all boils down to the fact that <b>I haven't been setting aside time to blog.</b> And even though I've really missed blogging, I'm kind of glad I wasn't forcing myself to do it. It's like a reading slump: if you force yourself to read through it, it doesn't always work out in the best way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So here's yet another blogging goal that I may or may not follow through with: <b>I want to set aside more time to blog, and write more posts that I really care about.</b> Some of these Blogtober posts have been <i>so</i> fun to write, and I really want to do more like them! It's really gotten me excited about blogging again, and I can't wait to see what the future has to offer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>Do you have a consistent blogging schedule?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-14964992973987276762018-10-17T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-17T05:00:08.922-07:00Authors I Need to Read More Of<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few days ago, I made a post about <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/authors-i-need-to-read.html" target="_blank">authors I haven't read yet that I <i>really</i> need to read</a>. But that got me to thinking - there are a <i>lot</i> of cases where I've read some of an author's books, but not all of them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't count authors where I just haven't caught up with their series, because I already - take a guess - made <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-unfinished-series.html" target="_blank">a post</a> about that! Also, this is in <i>no</i> way a complete list - these are the authors who I should really have read more of by now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Kasie West</b> is one of my all-time favorite contemporary authors. But can I really still say that if I haven't read any of her last <i>four</i> releases? I actually picked up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30285562-lucky-in-love" target="_blank">LUCKY IN LOVE</a> a few months ago, but it just wasn't the right time for me to read it, and I haven't so much as started <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30256248-by-your-side" target="_blank">BY YOUR SIDE</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068742-love-life-and-the-list" target="_blank">LOVE, LIFE, AND THE LIST</a>, or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36127456-listen-to-your-heart" target="_blank">LISTEN TO YOUR HEART</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've been mentioning <b>Alexandra Bracken</b> a lot in my latest posts. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20983366-wayfarer" target="_blank">WAYFARER</a> was in my <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-unfinished-series.html" target="_blank">unfinished series post</a>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33785202-the-dreadful-tale-of-prosper-redding" target="_blank">THE DREADFUL TALE OF PROSPER REDDING</a> was one of my <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/were-these-books-really-my-most.html" target="_blank">alleged most anticipated new releases that I still haven't read</a>. And even besides those two, I haven't picked up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37688046-the-darkest-legacy" target="_blank">THE DARKEST LEGACY</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've read two books by <b>Ryan Graudin</b>, both in the WOLF BY WOLF duology. And I still haven't wrapped that up - I haven't read the novella, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29105145-iron-to-iron" target="_blank">IRON TO IRON</a>, yet! I also still haven't read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18196040-the-walled-city" target="_blank">THE WALLED CITY</a> or <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33152795-invictus" target="_blank">INVICTUS</a>, which is just shameful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Firebird trilogy is one of my all-time favorites. And yet, even though I have <i>so</i> many other <b>Claudia Gray</b> books on my TBR, I still haven't read any of them! At the top of that list is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31423196-defy-the-stars" target="_blank">DEFY THE STARS</a>, plus the Star Wars books <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209239-bloodline" target="_blank">BLOODLINE</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34860402-leia" target="_blank">LEIA: PRINCESS OF ALDERAAN</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25067046-lost-stars" target="_blank">LOST STARS</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This one isn't quite so bad, since <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36998181-the-afterward" target="_blank">THE AFTERWARD</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40886114-queen-s-shadow" target="_blank">QUEEN'S SHADOW</a> don't release until next year, but I still feel like I haven't read as much <b>E.K. Johnston</b> as I should have! The one that <i>has</i> been released that I definitely need to get to is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21524446-a-thousand-nights" target="_blank">A THOUSAND NIGHTS</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've read three <b>Mindy McGinnis</b> books. Two of them have made it onto my all-time favorites list. And yet somehow I haven't used that as a reason to read all of her other books <i>immediately</i>. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30254032-heroine" target="_blank">HEROINE</a> won't be out until next year, but in the meantime, I can start her two duologies with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13112869-not-a-drop-to-drink" target="_blank">NOT A DROP TO DRINK</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25314447-given-to-the-sea" target="_blank">GIVEN TO THE SEA</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've only read one <b>V.E. Schwab</b> book, which leaves basically everything she's ever written on this list. I already talked about finishing the Shades of Magic series on <a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-unfinished-series.html" target="_blank">my unfinished series post</a>, but that still leaves <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13638125-vicious" target="_blank">VICIOUS</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23299512-this-savage-song" target="_blank">THIS SAVAGE SONG</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35403058-city-of-ghosts" target="_blank">CITY OF GHOSTS</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've read so many amazing <b>Cat Winters</b> books, and there are so many more I still have to get to! Her released books that I still need to get to are her adult titles, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547848-the-uninvited" target="_blank">THE UNINVITED</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25566506-yesternight" target="_blank">YESTERNIGHT</a>, and she has a book out next year, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38101643-the-raven-s-tale" target="_blank">THE RAVEN'S TALE</a>, that also looks amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>We all know the struggle of finding a good place to read.</b> I haven't worked out one perfect reading spot yet, but I've worked out the pros and cons of a bunch, and I thought I'd share them with you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>My bed:</i> super comfy, and I can spread out a lot. But I somehow never settle in one spot and I also might not get up all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>The library:</i> literally surrounded by books, and no distractions. But you can't bring food in, and it can sometimes be creepily quiet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>Outside:</i> fresh air!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Fall weather is perfect!</span> Maybe you'll see some dogs! But also wind can mess things up really fast, and you'll probably have to deal with people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>Coffee shop:</i> pretty much every bookstagram aesthetic, and for a good reason. Nice and cozy, and you probably have snacks while you eat! But you probably have to pay, and it can get a bit noisy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>The floor:</i> actually, how did I even end up here? It's not really that comfortable, but getting up doesn't seem worth it, so I guess I'll stay here for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i>During class:</i> it's honestly more interesting in most cases. However, it's not exactly what you're supposed to be doing, and I will not take any blame for you getting in trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>Where are some of your favorite places to read?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-79232962803274445512018-10-15T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-15T05:00:02.231-07:00Autumnal Covers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today is all about book covers - specifically, book covers that seem autumnal today! This is a very seasonally appropriate theme. The weather here just got cold enough to really feel like fall a few days ago!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't have actual reasons for most of these - they just gave me an autumnal vibe when I saw them. And I haven't read all of these, so I wasn't basing this on the contents of the book at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>What are some of your favorite autumnal covers?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-54611121048646432062018-10-14T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-14T05:00:10.570-07:00Today in My Reading History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've looked at this information from time to time on Goodreads, but I never thought to make it into a blog post until now! It all revolves around one question: <b>what was I reading on this date in previous years?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm pretty excited for this because I can do it at random times in the future and the post will be different every time! Let me know if that's something you want to see! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm writing this post in advance, <i>but</i> I know when it's going up, so these are all accurate to posting date, October 14th! (Except maybe 2018 - I doubt I'll finish these books before the post goes up, but you never know!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2018, I'm reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34323570-furyborn?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">FURYBORN</a> by Claire Legrand and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35120779-unbroken?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">UNBROKEN</a> ed. by Marieke Nijkamp! I'm only about a chapter into FURYBORN, which I actually only picked up now because my library loan on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35098412-the-queen-s-rising?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE QUEEN'S RISING</a> expired, but so far, so good! I'm taking a little bit of a break from UNBROKEN, but I really like all the stories that I've read so far, and I'm going to pick it back up soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><i>On this date in 2017, I was...</i></b>not reading. The semester had swamped me. I hadn't read a book for almost two weeks (and that, even though it was <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774001.Amelia_Bedelia" target="_blank">AMELIA BEDELIA</a>, was for school - I gave it 4 stars). The next book I read would be another children's book, this one for fun: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13609203-caroline-takes-a-chance" target="_blank">CAROLINE TAKES A CHANCE</a> by Kathleen Ernst, which I also gave 4 stars. I read from that book until the end of the series in one day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2016, I was reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22744933-kiss-cam" target="_blank">KISS CAM</a> by Kiara London! I got this as an ARC and read it in two days. I gave it three stars, because even though there were a bunch of cute parts, I just kept thinking to myself: "this is not a good idea, and the characters are going to regret it." That did not make for a fun reading experience. You can read my review here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2015, I was reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51738.Just_Listen" target="_blank">JUST LISTEN</a> by Sarah Dessen! At least, I'm pretty sure. Goodreads says I didn't start it until the next day, but I'm not really the most accurate when it comes to start dates. I gave it 4 stars because it was a really great book, but I was a bit underwhelmed from everything I'd heard about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2014, I was reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/716423.Children_of_the_City" target="_blank">CHILDREN OF THE CITY</a> by David Nasaw! For such a small book, this sure took me a while to get through - I was reading it for almost all of October! I ended up giving it 4 stars. It was absolutely fascinating, and it introduced me to other history books that I've also really enjoyed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2013, I was reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13418329-good-omens" target="_blank">GOOD OMENS</a> by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett! Again, I'm pretty sure - same thing with Goodreads saying I started it a day later. This is a good one! There's going to be an Amazon Prime series of it soon, which I'm really excited for, but I definitely need to reread this before seeing it! I gave this 4 stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>On this date in 2012, I was reading...</b></i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5907.The_Hobbit" target="_blank">THE HOBBIT</a> by J.R.R. Tolkien! Another one that took me quite a while to get through! I gave it 4 stars, but honestly I think that's because I didn't hate it and thought I should have liked it more than I did. I don't recall particularly enjoying my reading experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This was really fun! I'd say this is a good day in my reading history - no favorites or 5-stars, but a bunch of books I really liked! I'm really excited to do more of these posts and see what went on on other days!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><i><b>What were you reading on this date last year?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-20712412348160042602018-10-13T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-13T05:00:06.729-07:00Authors I Need to Read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>When there are so many books on your to-read list, it's inevitable that there are some authors you've accidentally (and hopefully temporarily) overlooked.</b> Time for me to shame my own reading habits again! This time, it's with authors whose books I've wanted to read for a while and still haven't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In addition to the rule that I can't have read any of the authors' novels, <b>I added the requirement that they have to have released multiple books that aren't in the same series.</b> This is because there are <i>so </i>many recent debuts that I haven't gotten to, and this list would be about eight times longer if I included all of those!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Lily Anderson:</b> I've had <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114524-the-only-thing-worse-than-me-is-you" target="_blank">THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN ME IS YOU</a> on my shelf for literal years. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about her other two books, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33602144-not-now-not-ever" target="_blank">NOT NOW, NOT EVER</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35707056-undead-girl-gang" target="_blank">UNDEAD GIRL GANG</a> (which I also have a copy of, come to think of it). And yet I still haven't read any of her books! I really need to fix this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Ashley Herring Blake:</b> I have absolutely no excuse. I've gotten her books out of the library more times than I can remember, and three of her books (<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26626118-how-to-make-a-wish" target="_blank">HOW TO MAKE A WISH</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31351689-girl-made-of-stars" target="_blank">GIRL MADE OF STARS</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35604722-ivy-aberdeen-s-letter-to-the-world" target="_blank">IVY ABERDEEN'S LETTER TO THE WORLD</a>) have been on my to-read list for <i>ages</i>. I have no idea why I haven't read any of them yet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Anna-Marie McLemore:</b> I actually <i>have</i> read things by Anna-Marie McLemore: her short stories in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29748943-the-radical-element" target="_blank">THE RADICAL ELEMENT</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35140599-all-out" target="_blank">ALL OUT</a>. But considering how much I loved those two and how excited I am to read the rest of her books, it's just sad that I haven't gotten to any of them yet. The two I'm most excited for are <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33158561-wild-beauty" target="_blank">WILD BEAUTY</a> and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952596-blanca-roja" target="_blank">BLANCA & ROJA</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Roshani Chokshi:</b> I'm seriously surprised that I haven't read any books by her yet. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25203675-the-star-touched-queen" target="_blank">THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN</a> is just sitting on my Kindle, unread! And I've also been really excited for <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36222611-aru-shah-and-the-end-of-time" target="_blank">ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME</a> and, coming soon, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863498-the-gilded-wolves" target="_blank">THE GILDED WOLVES</a>. I really need to get on this soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Rachel Hawkins:</b> Rachel Hawkins has not just one, but TWO popular series that I need to start. (And that's not even all she's written!) <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8475505-rebel-belle?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">REBEL BELLE</a> has been on my to-read list for <i>ages</i>, and her latest release, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35997816-royals" target="_blank">ROYALS</a>, is one that I was looking forward to for a while. So why haven't I read any of her books? Beats me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Who are some authors you really need to get around to reading?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-62994028815506273162018-10-12T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-12T05:00:03.805-07:00Movie Adaptation Review: The Hate U Give<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I am <i>so</i> lucky to be in a place where THE HATE U GIVE was released early!</b> I've been wanting to see this movie for the longest time, and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see it on opening weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Getting the basic stuff out of the way first: <b>the movie was <i>excellent</i>.</b> Definitely one of the best movies I've seen. It was so powerful, and emotional, and just <i>beautifully</i> done. It's a story we need right now, and I'm glad it's able to reach as many people as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>There were changes made from the book, but they were all so good!</b> The movie adaptation doesn't need to be <i>exactly</i> like the book to be a good adaptation. Personally, I thought that the modifications were some of the most powerful and thoughtful parts of the movie, and they all fit in so seamlessly to the original plot that they didn't feel like additions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of my favorite parts about the whole thing was the environment I saw it in. <b>I haven't been in a theatre that packed since I went to the opening night of The Last Jedi.</b> Seriously, the only two things I can think of that measure up to that crowd are Star Wars and Harry Potter. Everyone was so engaged with the movie, crying and laughing together, and I couldn't imagine a better movie-going experience. (I can't say a lot of specifics because <i>major spoilers</i>, but it was great.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you have the chance to see this movie, I <i>highly</i> recommend it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Are you going to see The Hate U Give?</b> Once you do, tell me your thoughts in the comments!</i></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-68277621410520303462018-10-11T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-11T05:00:00.322-07:00Can I Beat My Goodreads Challenge?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>I've usually had a good track record with my Goodreads challenges.</b> It was a <i>little</i> bit of a struggle last year, but in other years, I've made it with time to spare and actually increased my challenge in a couple of cases. I was <i>so sure</i> that last year was just a fluke and I'd be back to breezing through my challenges without making any special effort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I honestly don't remember what I set my challenge as at the beginning of the year. I had to lower it pretty quickly when I got horribly behind, and as of right now, <b>my Goodreads challenge is to read 100 books.</b> I know that's a lot for some people, but I haven't set it this low since 2013. And every year since then, I've ended up reading at least 140 books. My highest goal was 170 in in 2015, which I broke by reading 174 books. My highest number was actually the next year, when I set my goal lower but wound up reading 180 books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And now, when my goal has been lowered to 100 and we are (at the time of writing this post - maybe I'll have read another book in the meantime) 76% of the way through with the year. <b>I've only read 49 books.</b> That is, for me...not great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, what are my chances of meeting my reading goal? I'm not overly optimistic. I haven't yet decided whether I'll give myself a break and lower the challenge <i>again</i>. I think I'll see how the next couple of weeks of reading go, because, believe it or not, my reading <i>has</i> picked up over the past month or so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In any case, it's definitely made me think about my reading challenge for next year. The plan right now is to set it at something very low (for me), like 50 or 60, and then increase it as I go along (hopefully). And yes, I know there is an option to not meet my challenge. I'm just not going to let that be a real option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A side note - I've basically dropped out of all of my other reading challenges for this year. They're just not going to happen. And really, that's fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't think that any book-lover can truthfully say that their life hasn't been changed by books. But what about specific books? For me, that was a bit harder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I saw this video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAY-rHGmfs4" target="_blank">Sasha @ A Book Utopia</a>'s channel, and when I first saw it, I didn't think that I'd have anything specific to say. But then, as I was writing <a href="https://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/my-unfinished-series.html" target="_blank">my post about my unfinished series</a>, I thought about how much Discworld has affected me, and that got me thinking about other books that have shaped my life. Here are four of the most important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7003080-the-wee-free-men" target="_blank">THE WEE FREE MEN</a> by Terry Pratchett:</b> This is the series that helped inspire this post. I first read this series in third grade. I picked up A HAT FULL OF SKY in a bookstore in Florida, where my parents were trying to distract me from the fact that the reason we were across the county with no notice was because my grandpa had a stroke, and I didn't know it was the second books. When we got back, my mom got me the first book. I still have that beat-up, battered copy on my bookshelf. I <i>loved</i> it, and now, I can't imagine my life without Terry Pratchett books.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature at <a href="http://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/top-ten-tuesday/" target="_blank">That Artsy Reader Girl</a>. This week's theme: Longest Books I've Ever Read.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I don't read a <i>ton</i> of long books, but I certainly have read a few! I'm glad that this isn't a post I've done in the past, though, because the list wouldn't have changed all that much. Most of the books in my top ten longest have been there for a <i>very</i> long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">OK, some rules for this. Firstly, I'm not counting multiple books in the same series. Otherwise, this would be <i>almost entirely</i> books in the same couple of series, and that's no fun. If there are other books in the series that are at least as long as the ones on this list, I'll give them a quick mention in the slot for the one that <i>is</i> included. Secondly, I'm just going with whatever the page count is on my shelf on Goodreads. With some of these, there's a lot of editions with <i>wildly</i> varying page counts, and I don't have time to try and figure out exactly how many pages my copy of the book had.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1371.The_Iliad?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE ILIAD</a> by Homer - 683 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I read this as a summer assignment before my senior year of high school, and honestly, I might have skimmed through a few sections because it was getting a bit repetitive. This is also in verse, so not the entire page was taken up by words.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28260587-empire-of-storms?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">EMPIRE OF STORMS</a> by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #5) - 693 pages:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I cannot believe I read nearly 700 pages of this. I enjoyed most of it while I was reading it, but pretty much immediately on finishing it, my thoughts turned to <i>what the hell did I just read</i>. And I'm not going to finish the series.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6620479-the-year-i-turned-sixteen?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE YEAR I TURNED SIXTEEN</a> by Diane Schwemm - 720 pages</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">: I wasn't sure whether to count this because it was originally published as four separate books, but it was rereleased as this <i>giant</i> one, so I'm going to say it's one book. I don't really have a lot of memories of this book besides one <i>giant</i> spoiler, so I'll just say that I was disappointed.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25494343-lady-midnight?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">LADY MIDNIGHT</a> by Cassandra Clare (The Dark Artifices #1) - 720 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This felt so much shorter because I was just flying through it! I love this book so much, and I'm glad that there are over 700 pages of it for me to enjoy. Other long books in this series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30312891-lord-of-shadows" target="_blank">LORD OF SHADOWS</a> (701 pages).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8755785-city-of-heavenly-fire?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE</a> by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #6) - 725 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This is going to count as a separate entry because even though it's not the only book on this list from the Shadowhunter world, it <i>is</i> the only book from this specific series. I really don't remember a lot about this.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1162543.Breaking_Dawn?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">BREAKING DAWN</a> by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight #4) - 756 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> I read this in elementary school, which was...maybe a bit too soon. I do remember that it was my favorite in the series, which makes it good that it was the longest!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127459.The_Sweet_Far_Thing?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE SWEET FAR THING</a> by Libba Bray (Gemma Doyle #3) - 819 pages:</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> This book is <i>so much longer</i> than the others in the series, and to me, it was a little bit of a let-down. I understand why it ended the way it did, but I wasn't very happy with it while reading, which made that my overall impression of the book.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13206900-winter?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">WINTER</a> by Marissa Meyer (Lunar Chronicles #4) - 827 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Another really long book that I absolutely flew through! I remember when I first got it, I was so surprised by how small it looked - the pages were <i>so thin</i>! It actually took me a while to get used to that and not try to turn about four pages at once!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX</a> by J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter #5) - 870 pages:</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Ah, yes, the absolute brick of the Harry Potter series. This book isn't my favorite of the series, but in all the times I've reread it, I haven't found anything to cut out that would make it closer in length to the other books. It's this long because it needs to be. Other long books in this series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136251.Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows" target="_blank">HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS</a> (759 pages), <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6.Harry_Potter_and_the_Goblet_of_Fire" target="_blank">HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE</a> (734 pages).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6307964-a-storm-of-swords" target="_blank">A STORM OF SWORDS</a> by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) - 1178 pages</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">:<b> </b>These are the longest books I've ever read by far, and I really don't see any other books getting close in the foreseeable future. Other long books in this series: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10664113-a-dance-with-dragons" target="_blank">A DANCE WITH DRAGONS</a> (1125 pages), <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13497.A_Feast_for_Crows" target="_blank">A FEAST FOR CROWS</a> (1061 pages), <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10572.A_Clash_of_Kings" target="_blank">A CLASH OF KINGS</a> (1010 pages), <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13496.A_Game_of_Thrones" target="_blank">A GAME OF THRONES </a>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lately, I've become much more of a standalone person. It's not something I've had a conscious tendency towards - it just happened. But it means I've been neglecting my in-progress series! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The rules I used when putting this list together: there has to be at least one book released that I haven't read. No comic series. And the rest of the series has to still be on my TBR. If I hadn't put that last rule in there, this list would have been about three times as long - there are <i>so many</i> series where I read the first book, put the rest of the series on my TBR, and then lose interest when I don't pick up the second book for a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now that I've gotten that out of the way, <b>here are 9 series I still haven't finished.</b> </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">AN EMBER IN THE ASHES</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 4 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm glad that I didn't write this post before June, because it took me <i>two and a half years</i> to finally read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25558608-a-torch-against-the-night" target="_blank">A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT</a>. When I did catch up, it was going to be so I could read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30809786-a-reaper-at-the-gates" target="_blank">A REAPER AT THE GATES</a> when it released! I guess that hasn't happened, but the good news is that this series is even better than I remembered and I will <i>definitely</i> be reading it soon.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">WAYWARD CHILDREN</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 9 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These books are so short that I have no excuse to not be totally caught up, and yet here we are! I don't have any good reason that I haven't read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27366528-beneath-the-sugar-sky?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">BENEATH THE SUGAR SKY</a> yet, but hopefully I'll get to it soon!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">THE LADY JANIES</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 10 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It took me a <i>long</i> time to pick up <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22840421-my-lady-jane" target="_blank">MY LADY JANE</a>, but I enjoyed it so much that I thought I would get my hands on the sequel as soon as I could. That didn't happen. I don't feel <i>too</i> bad since <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36301023-my-plain-jane" target="_blank">MY PLAIN JANE</a> only released in June, but hopefully I'll have it read <i>well</i> in advance of book 3!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MASK OF SHADOWS</span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 1 year, 1 month ago</span></span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm actually okay with this - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29960680-ruin-of-stars?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">RUIN OF STARS</a> was pretty much just released, and I only read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33918885-mask-of-shadows" target="_blank">MASK OF SHADOWS</a> so fast because I had an ARC. I'm really excited to finally get to this! At some point. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 1 year, 3 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I told myself that I'd read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653880-the-ship-beyond-time?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE SHIP BEYOND TIME</a> before I went to the Heidi Heilig event a couple weeks ago. That didn't happen. At this point I might need to reread <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30653880-the-ship-beyond-time?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE</a> before diving into it, but that'll be fun!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">SHADES OF MAGIC</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2 books left to catch up; last read 1 year, 3 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was basically the last person in the world to start this series, and I will <i>definitely</i> be the last person to finish it. I haven't even read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764879-a-gathering-of-shadows?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">A GATHERING OF SHADOWS</a>!
And if the gap between me reading books two and three is as long as
this one, we'll have a while to wait before I check this one off the
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">RED QUEEN</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 1 year, 8 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I read the first three books in this series, plus the two prequel novellas, in the span of about a month. That was right when <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30226723-king-s-cage" target="_blank">KING'S CAGE</a> released, so there had to be a break before <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27188596-war-storm?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">WAR STORM</a>.
But I loved the series so much that I'd finish it as soon as I could,
right? Wrong. I still don't know when I'm going to get the chance to
pick this one up.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">PASSENGER</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1 book left to catch up; last read 2 years, 9 months ago</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is definitely the most embarrassing. I bought and read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20983362-passenger?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">PASSENGER</a> on release day. So, when <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20983366-wayfarer" target="_blank">WAYFARER</a>
came out, I, naturally, bought it on release day....and didn't read it.
And kept not reading it. Oops? I say that Alexandra Bracken is one of
my favorite authors and yet I haven't read her last <i>three</i> books. I really need to get on that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>1 book left to catch up; last read 3 years, 1 month ago</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This one makes a bit of sense because it's actually only been about a year since <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985241-before-the-devil-breaks-you" target="_blank">BEFORE THE DEVIL BREAKS YOU</a> was released. I actually just talked about that in <a href="https://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/were-these-books-really-my-most.html" target="_blank">my post</a> the other day about how bad I am at actually reading my most anticipated books in a timely manner. I will definitely get to this one soon - and actually, if I can manage to get a copy, this is the <i>perfect</i> time of year for it!<i> </i><b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>1 book left to catch up; last read over 7 years ago</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But Clara, why is PASSENGER the most embarrassing when you have a series that you've left unfinished for <i>more than twice that amount of time</i>? Because I actually have a reason for this one. I am in deep, <i>deep</i> denial that Terry Pratchett is dead and that <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22886868-the-shepherd-s-crown" target="_blank">THE SHEPHERD'S CROWN</a> is the last Discworld book ever. There is going to be some serious crying when I finally do read this, because this series has meant so much to me for so long and I don't want it to be over. I do, however, very much need to read this book. Someday.<i> </i><b> </b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>What are some series you still haven't finished?</b> Which ones of these should I get to first? Tell me in the comments!</i> </span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-201950163929259862018-10-07T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-07T05:00:00.325-07:00Hispanic Heritage Month: Books with Latinx Main Characters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15th to October 15th.</b> What better time to share some of my favorite books with major Latinx characters? The month might be almost over, but these books are good to read all year round.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the process of putting this list together, I realized that <b>I haven't read <i>nearly</i> enough books featuring Latinx main characters.</b> I thought I might have more luck if I included books with non-Latinx main characters and Latinx love interests, but that only gave me a couple of extra titles. Because of that, I've rounded out this list with some books that are on my TBR that I really want to get to soon! And if you have any other recommendations, please let me know!</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What are some of your favorite books featuring Latinx characters?</span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Tell me in the comments!</span></i>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-90349636957734630642018-10-06T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-06T05:00:00.799-07:00Were These Books Really My Most Anticipated?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since July, I've made a post every month with my most anticipated books of the month. And then I don't read any of them, because 2018 has not been a great year for my reading. But I wondered: <b>how many of my past most anticipated books have I read?</b> I know I probably don't read <i>everything</i> I say I'm going to, but just how bad is it? I found four previous most-anticipated lists to see just that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I got the idea to actually write about this from a post I found on <a href="https://feedyourfictionaddiction.com/" target="_blank">Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction</a>'s blog, which I unfortunately can't find at the moment - it was a while ago, but it certainly made an impression to inspire a post this much later!</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2016/06/10-books-i-cant-wait-to-get-my-hands-on.html" target="_blank">10 BOOKS I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON</a> (most anticipated reads: 2nd half of 2016) - 9/10</span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I made this list in June 2016, looking ahead at the rest of the year. Since then, I've read nine out of the ten books - not bad at all! I didn't read all of them anywhere near release date (the most recent one I just read this summer), but the only one I haven't read is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18584855-heartless?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">HEARTLESS</a> by Marissa Meyer. It's still on my TBR, but not quite so close to the top anymore. I'll get to it eventually!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I made this list at the end of 2016, and since then, I've read eight out of the ten books! Again, not bad at all! The one on that list that I still need to read is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31178738-the-pearl-thief?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE PEARL THIEF</a> by Elizabeth Wein. I talked about why I haven't read that in <a href="https://lostinmylibrary.blogspot.com/2018/10/finally-fall-book-tag.html" target="_blank">yesterday's post</a>, but I will <i>absolutely</i> get to it...eventually. (I also had A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN on this list, which I have since taken off my TBR for reasons that would get this post totally off-track. So I guess you could say this is an 8/9 in some ways.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I made this list right at the start of 2017, and there's a little bit of overlap with the last list. I didn't do quite so well on this list - only 7/10. I still need to read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31707102-and-we-re-off?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">AND WE'RE OFF</a> by Dana Schwartz and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25092254-cold-summer?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">COLD SUMMER</a> by Gwen Cole. (I also had WAIT FOR ME by Caroline Leech on this list, which I've since lost interest in and taken off of my TBR.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is where it gets sad. And I'm kind of glad I didn't have a post (or at least I think I didn't) for most anticipated releases of 2018, because I would have probably done even worse. There are <i>eight books</i> from this list that I still haven't read: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30285562-lucky-in-love?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">LUCKY IN LOVE</a> by Kasie West, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30239341-how-to-disappear?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">HOW TO DISAPPEAR</a> by Sharon Huss Roat, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33295690-dress-codes-for-small-towns?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">DRESS CODES FOR SMALL TOWNS</a> by Courtney C. Stevens, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33785202-the-dreadful-tale-of-prosper-redding?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE DREADFUL TALE OF PROSPER REDDING</a> by Alexandra Bracken, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33152795-invictus?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">INVICTUS</a> by Ryan Graudin, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25985241-before-the-devil-breaks-you?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">BEFORE THE DEVIL BREAKS YOU</a> by Libba Bray, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29523636-dare-mighty-things?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">DARE MIGHTY THINGS</a> by Heather Kaczynski, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413926-retribution-rails?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">RETRIBUTION RAILS</a> by Erin Bowman. So many of those are still near the top of my TBR! Maybe by this time next year I'll have made a little more progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back to book blogging means <b>back to book tags!</b> I really have missed this I love book tags, and I love fall, so the Finally Fall Book Tag (which I found on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-AYG7gzxM" target="_blank">Reagan @ Peruse Project's channel</a>) is a perfect fit!</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In fall, the air is crisp and clear. Name a book with a very vivid setting.</span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm not quite sure whether this counts as <i>one</i> vivid setting or about twelve, but I was totally sucked into the world of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25526296-every-heart-a-doorway?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">EVERY HEART A DOORWAY</a> by Seanan McGuire. Both the children's home and the fantasy worlds were so wonderfully crafted.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nature is beautiful, but also dying. Name a book that is beautifully written but also deals with a heavy topic like loss or grief.</span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32969999-a-semi-definitive-list-of-worst-nightmares?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">A SEMI-DEFINITIVE LIST OF WORST NIGHTMARES</a> by Krystal Sutherland is a <i>beautifully</i> written book - it feels almost like a fairy tale - but it centers around mental illness, and doesn't shy away from how dark that can be. It also feels very much like a fall book for me, so it's a great fit for this tag.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fall is the back-to-school season. Name a nonfiction book that has taught you something.</span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I was looking at this question, I realized I really haven't read enough nonfiction books not required for school lately. However, I absolutely LOVE Daivd Nasaw's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/811662.Going_Out?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">GOING OUT: THE RISE AND FALL OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS</a>. I learned so much about theme parks, movie theaters, and entertainment at the turn of the 20th century!</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In order to stay warm, it is good to spend time with people you love. Name a fictional household that you want to be a part of.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One family I absolutely fell in love with lately was the Garretts from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36449971-the-last-summer-of-the-garrett-girls?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE LAST SUMMER OF THE GARRETT GIRLS</a> by Jessica Spotswood. All of the sisters and their grandmother are so wonderful, and though they have<b> </b>their differences and their problems, they work through it and have a great relationship.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fall is the perfect time for storytelling by the fireplace. Share a book wherein somebody is telling a story.</span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Does a book of stories count? Because when you say "fall" and "telling stories" I think <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34076952-the-language-of-thorns?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS</a> by Leigh Bardugo. These are delightfully dark and perfect for when there's a bit of a chill in the air. Maybe I should try reading them aloud by a fireplace!</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nights are getting darker. Name a dark and creepy read.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I couldn't possibly say anything other than <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24376529-a-madness-so-discreet?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">A MADNESS SO DISCREET</a> by Mindy McGinnis. It's a perfect fall read, it's just the right amount of creepy that I can read it without getting nightmares, and Mindy McGinnis is one of the most talented authors I've read.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Days are getting colder. Name a short, heartwarming read that could warm up somebody's cold and rainy day.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A book that never fails to brighten my day is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19547856-simon-vs-the-homo-sapiens-agenda?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA</a> by Becky Albertalli. I reread it when everything felt hopeless and it <i>still</i> managed to put a smile on my face.</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've actually tried to reread <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16250900-code-name-verity" target="_blank">CODE NAME VERITY</a> by Elizabeth Wein <i>twice</i> since I first read it almost six years ago. Both times, I couldn't get past the 100-page mark. I feel like I'm almost scared to reread it, both because it totally emotionally wrecked me and because I'm scared I won't like it as much. I've promised myself I'm rereading both it and ROSE UNDER FIRE before I finally get to THE PEARL THIEF, so hopefully it will be soon!</span><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>What are your favorite parts of fall?</i></b><i> Tell me in the comments!</i></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-38850084418045109282018-10-04T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-04T05:00:10.336-07:00A New Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday, I made a post about some bookish events that I've been to lately. And I wouldn't have known about either of them if it wasn't for my latest project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let me backtrack a little bit. For a while now, I've wished that there was one place that I could go to find out about all YA bookish events at once. I thought it would be great to have that point of reference so I didn't have to check out tons of individual author websites based on the <i>chance</i> that one of them would be anywhere near me. So, after a while of thinking this, <b>I decided to do something about it</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My latest project is: <a href="http://localendar.com/public/yabookevents" target="_blank">the YA events calendar</a>! I'm in the process of going through hundreds of YA author websites and adding any upcoming events to the calendar. (So far, this is U.S. only - I really want to expand it in the future, but I can't figure out how to make the calendar work for other time zones! Someday.) I also made a <a href="http://twitter.com/yabookevents" target="_blank">Twitter</a> where I post about the day's events every morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>My hope with this calendar is that I can help other people find bookish events near them that they might not have otherwise known about.</b> The calendar is fully searchable, so you can search by location (by state) or by author! It doesn't have ALL events yet (and I'm never going to say that it's 100% complete, because more events will always be being announced), but I'm working on making it as thorough as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, check it out and follow the Twitter! Maybe there's something near you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>What do you think of the calendar - questions, comments, suggestions?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-65286220928888472362018-10-03T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-03T05:00:06.986-07:00September Bookish Events<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the best parts about living in a bigger city for this semester is that I'm closer to a lot of independent bookstores, and with those, more bookish events! I've been able to go to <i>two</i> separate launches in the past month, both for books I was really excited about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At the beginning of the month, I went out to Virginia to visit One More Page books for a <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36426163-toil-trouble?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank">TOIL & TROUBLE</a>! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This witchy anthology was the <i>perfect</i>
thing to get me in the fall mood. I got to hear co-editor Jessica
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witches, and what kinds of powers they'd like to have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Have you been to any great bookish events or independent bookstores lately?</b> Tell me in the comments!</i> </span></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959057724654014625.post-82474708559348432922018-10-02T05:00:00.000-07:002018-10-02T05:00:03.825-07:00Review: The Spy with the Red Balloon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Balloonmakers #2 (companion series)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Diversity: both main characters are queer and Jewish; major characters include queer, Jewish, and black characters</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had pretty high hopes for this book. I really enjoyed the companion novel, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34448522-the-girl-with-the-red-balloon?from_choice=false&from_home_module=false" target="_blank">THE GIRL WITH THE RED BALLOON</a>, and the synopsis for this one seemed even more interesting. THE SPY WITH THE RED BALLOON exceeded all of my expectations, and then some. I'm going to be recommending this at every opportunity for the foreseeable future, because it <i>absolutely</i> deserves it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I liked Ilse and Wolf from page one.</b> They make such a great team, and even though (very slight spoiler) they spend most of the book separated from each other, their connection is really what drives this book forward. I <i>love</i> good sibling relationships in books, and I think this one took it to a whole other level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And the representation in this book! So many Jewish characters! And queer Jewish characters, which is pretty much all I ever ask for. The Jewish characters have varying degrees of faith, which is a really great thing to explore, especially in the context of a war, and it meant so much to me to see all of these things explored without having one presented as the right answer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As if I wasn't in love with this book enough already, <b>it was an emotional roller coaster.</b> I was full-out sobbing at least twice, and, somewhat more surprisingly based on the book's setting, I laughed out loud a lot too. These characters are going to stay in my head and in my heart for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All in all, this is definitely a new favorite. I can't wait to read more from Katherine Locke!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span id="freeText218046281450158559">Siblings Ilse and Wolf
hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the
government just found out.Blackmailed into service during World War II,
Ilse lends her magic to America’s newest weapon, the atom bomb, while
Wolf goes behind enemy lines to sabotage Germany’s nuclear program. It’s
a dangerous mission, but if Hitler were to create the bomb first, the
results would be catastrophic.<br /><br />When Wolf’s plane is shot down,
his entire mission is thrown into jeopardy. Wolf needs Ilse’s help to
develop the magic that will keep him alive, but with a spy afoot in
Ilse’s laboratory, the letters she sends to Wolf begin to look
treasonous. Can Ilse prove her loyalty—and find a way to help her
brother—before their time runs out?</span></span>Clarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014163537005483710noreply@blogger.com0