Abbreviations #106: The Guest List, Yearbook + The Lost Carnival

The Guest List is a mystery/thriller read, and it is also very much outside of the usual genres I gravitate towards. There are two reasons that I picked this book up: 1) I have been seeing it everywhere on Instagram (and a little bit on YouTube as well) and 2) the premise reminded me of my favorite…

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Abbreviations #105: Surprise Me, The Simple Wild + Cover (Story) Girl

Sylvie and Dan are caught off guard when they are told they will be living extraordinarily long lives and thus will be married far longer than either imagined. To keep things exciting and fresh in their relationship, they make the decision to go about surprising each other. But when Sylvie discover…

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Self-Isolation Projects

Today's post is mostly for me, though I'll be glad if it inspires or encourages anyone who happens to read it. I've only recently found myself surfacing from a nearly three week long slump where I had no motivation to do anything other than actual tasks for my job, reading fan fiction …

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Abbreviations #104: The Duchess Deal, Romancing the Duke + The Princess Plan

The Duchess Deal is a historical rom-com written by Tessa Dare, that centers around a marriage arrangement between vicar’s daughter turned seamstress Emma Gladstone and the Duke of Ashbury. This arrangement is meant to be beneficial to both parties, as Ash will have the wife he needs to beget an he…

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Paranormal Book Club: Sweet Evil

The Paranormal Book Club is a casual book club I'm in with my friends Rachel , Kristin & DJ , and it came into being because we decided we wanted to revisit (or experience for the first time) a few older YA paranormal books and series together. We read our first book together in 2019 (it was…

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