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Mini-Reviews: Books in 2025 [Long List]
I was ready to write bad angsty poetry on my never-ending reading / blogging slump in the first half of 2025. But luckily, the second half got me out of slump valley in record time. Here’s a quick record of everything I read and (mostly) liked in the past year. Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. This book reminded me a lot of Madeline Miller’s Circe, as if retelling a mix…
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Books set in Ominous Places
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt (ten books in special settings or time period) was so cool and could have gone a thousand different ways. Yet, what I ended up thinking of were books set in ominous places. I was thinking of places that are remarkable and likely very dangerous, not somewhere you may want to venture — at least, not outside of a book. 1 / The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann…
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Ten Talisman Quotes
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday prompt is to recall profound/ witty/ [insert your chosen adjective] things that book characters have said. It made me think of quotes that have seemed miraculous to me, full of insight and capable of bringing great healing. I call them “talisman” quotes. 1 / Your Sacred Friend “When someone who I have given a great deal toAnd who has been a source of great hopeBetrays…
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Ten Changes in Reading Habits
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday has an interesting theme – how our reading habits have changed over time. This actually proved to be a fun walk down memory lane. Let me count the ways, then! Continue reading Ten Changes in Reading Habits
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Ten Lesser Known Books
This week’s Top 10 Tuesday is about listing books that you have picked up – or avoided – because of the hype around them. I fall in neither group — I’m a little wary of Hyped Books, so while I add them to my TBR, but save them for a later day. Instead, it’s the lesser known books which catch my eye… hoping to find some hidden gem perhaps? So — here’s a list of some obscure books that I really…
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Top 10 Zippy Reads
Top 10 zippy reads? I am all for it these days – and that’s the theme for this week’s Top 10 Tuesday meme. Here are my recs, with equally zippy blurbs! The Throme of the Erril of Sherill by Patricia A. McKillipTropes: Knight quests, Riddles, Puns, Folktales The Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodTropes: Snarky, Retelling, The Odyssey, Ulysses hero-not-hero Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne…
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Ten Memorable Book Quotes
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl. Every Tuesday, you pick ten books on that week’s topic. This week, we have a freebie and I am going with some memorable book quotes. Hope these stay with you the way these have stayed with me. Continue reading Untitled
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Ten Deliciously Dark Reads
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