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Review: A Court of Wings and Ruin

December 25, 2017

SJM is a master at bringing so many supporting characters to life with limited space. She shares their stories at the perfect time and then their reactions to events, their words--however few--mean so much more with how she sprinkles them in. 

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Review: The Opposite of Loneliness

December 15, 2017

One of my favorite things about Keegan and this book is her amazing talent to bring you immediately into a story (which is incredibly important for short stories and essays because you are working with such limited space).

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Review: The Andy Cohen Diaries

December 10, 2017

I did appreciate how "real" Andy made himself--bad parts and all. There was no sugarcoating stuff. But, overall, just a "meh" for me.

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Review: The Husband's Secret

November 20, 2017

I'm late to the Liane Moriarty fan club but I've enjoyed the three books I've read from her so far. Quick, suspenseful, and they usually leave you guessing until the end.

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Review: Hi, Anxiety

November 14, 2017

I appreciated the author's humor when writing about difficult topics and it is her humor that saved me and kept me reading.

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Review: King's Cage

October 25, 2017

I enjoyed this book a lot more than “Glass Sword,” but it didn't quite capture everything from the first book, which I loved.

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Review: Southern Charm

October 6, 2017

And, let's be honest, because I'm a Real Housewives franchise fan so of COURSE I'm gonna read a book by one of the RHONY ladies. I mean, OBVIOUSLY.

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Review: Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later

October 1, 2017

It was part nostalgic, part hate-read, part "guilty" pleasure--even though I felt no guilt.

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Review: Glass Sword

September 30, 2017

I didn't feel connected to any of the characters--I'm not sure why I felt so disconnected after how much I enjoyed the first book in this trilogy.

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Review: Big Little Lies

September 24, 2017

Rape as a plot point is lazy. You can display the same emotions, get to the same end, without using this constantly. It's cheap, it's unoriginal, and I'm just done with it.

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Review: Bad Feminist

September 18, 2017

A hard-to-put-down book with equally hard-to-read essays. She went from making me laugh to making me shake in frustration to nodding in vigorous agreement.

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Review: Most Talkative

August 30, 2017

Andy's natural tone feels more like he's talking to a good friend than an author writing a book.

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Review: Truly Madly Guilty

August 29, 2017

It just felt too long. Too much buildup, too much aftermath. I would have loved the book if it was shorter because the core of it was really interesting.

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Review: The Art of Asking

August 19, 2017

This book read more like a series of autobiographical essays centered on the themes of asking for help (obviously), SEEING people (not just looking at people), vulnerability, trust, and love.

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Review: A Court of Mist and Fury

August 13, 2017

SJM is a master of character development. This book was a slow build yet so thrilling at the same time. Sorrowful, yet somehow joyous. This book even made me appreciate ACOTAR that much more. She added so much detail, made little things make sense.

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Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses

July 30, 2017

Once I got about halfway through it really picked up. This is a book that if you stick with it--which honestly isn't hard even though it's slow, SJM writes amazing characters--it's worth it in the end.

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Review: We Should All Be Feminists

July 19, 2017

It has made me think about so many things--one of which being how I'm raising my daughter AND my son.

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Review: Brave is the New Beautiful

July 15, 2017

I want every woman I know to read this. We are all brave. We all have stories, we all have struggles. We are in this TOGETHER and should lift each other up instead of comparing.

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Review: Modern Girls

June 24, 2017

And the ending! If ever there was a book begging for a sequel, it was this one. I want to know what happened next!

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Review: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

May 23, 2017

So funny and relatable.

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