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The Songkiller’s Symphony – A Review
Hello, everyone! Today I have a special book review for you. I was fortunate enough to receive an Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) of the first book in a brand new epic fantasy series by author, Daeus Lamb. I received the novel early, in exchange for a review with my honest thoughts and opinions. I’m excited Continue reading
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5 Books on my TBR for Summer
Hey, everyone! How goes it? Are you keeping afloat in this sea of uncertainty? It feels like monsters, mayhem, and certain death is lurking around every corner…or so we’re told. Besides all of that though, we’ve made it into the thick of summer – which means swivel fans running nonstop, long lazy days too hot for Continue reading
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2019 Completed Reading List
Hello friends. How has life been treating you? Are you settling into the new year? I’m finally, here to bring you my annual list of books read in 2019. Hard to believe it’s my fourth year of compiling this list on my blog. Time really flies! At the risk of sounding like a broken record… Continue reading
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2018 Reading List, & Reflections
Here we are once again, at the start of a brand new year. A clean slate, if you will, filled with new possibilities, new adventures and uncertain, uncertainties. As the saying goes, time flies! And that statement rings truer still, at the closing of each year. We count down the days of the year, with ticks Continue reading
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5 Classics I Did Not Enjoy
I love classics. Many of my favorite stories were written a hundred, or more years ago. There is something special about the books written long ago, that can never be replicated in modern ones. You might read a dozen books written in modern times, and dislike more than half, whereas, if you read a dozen classic books, Continue reading
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The Books I Read In 2017
Here we are at the close of yet another year. Time literally feels like it’s flying by in a high-speeding rocket, and I can barely hold on to the days! That may sound a bit dramatic, but I’m sure we all feel the same, don’t we? Anyway, reading-wise, this (past) year went fairly well. Though I Continue reading
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Noteworthy Quotes
I don’t often write down, or make note of quotes from books, but on occasion when I find one that I really love, I underline it (*gasp*). I used to be afraid of marring or damaging my books in any way, and I still try my best not to crack their spines; but then I Continue reading
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth, by Jules Verne
Professor Otto Liedenbrock is an eccentric, and esteemed boffin, (person engaged in scientific research), of Hamburg, Germany. One day, he discovers a slip of paper, fallen from an old manuscript, written in an ancient runic code. Sure, that it will lead to an incredible discovery, he stops at nothing until he cracks the code. When the Continue reading
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The Mermaid’s Sister, by Carrie Anne Noble
One, of them was delivered by a stork, another was delivered in a seashell, and a third, was found beneath an apple tree. Such is the story of the three orphans, that Auntie shares with Clara, Maren, and their best friend, O’Neill. Clara, and her sister Maren, lead quiet lives in their cozy cottage on Continue reading
