The Library of Alexandra

Book Review: The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood

The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood Published July 2, 2012 Summary: The Bellwether Revivals takes place mainly at King’s College, and the surrounding area. (Don’t you love it already?) Oscar Lowe is an outsider who works in a nursing home nearby who falls in love with the privileged medical student. As he dives into her…

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June 26, 2012

Book Review, Reviews

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A Video for Your Weekday: You Don’t Know You’re Magical

By now you should all be aware of my intense love for the Harry Potter series so the posting of this strange, adorable, wonderful video should be of no surprise! Isn’t it awesome?

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June 26, 2012

Soundtrack to my life, Week in Review

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Week 2

I’m sorry this post has taken me so long to put up — I’m done with week three of the program and still haven’t published my week two recap! The second week started with more lectures and panels. After all of this I shouldn’t get star struck but when Andrew McCarthy came in for the panel on…

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June 24, 2012

Week in Pictures, Week in Review

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Week in Review: What I Read

Taking It Slow: Transatlantic: Ever since The Paris Review came to the Summer Publishing Institute I’ve fallen in love with everything that they do. This article about the author’s decision to make a slow transition back to life in the US is no different. It’s somewhere between a “longread” and a blog post — the…

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June 24, 2012

Week in Review, What I read

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Book Haul: BEA

Last Friday I had the amazing opportunity to attend the Book Expo of America here in New York City. Most of the major book publishers attend and attempt to sell their books to interested chains, bookstores, librarians and other industry professionals. This year was the first time they allowed non-professionals into the Expo and it…

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June 15, 2012

Book Haul

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