Category: Books
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Christmas Gift Guide: Part Two
Let me guess, you forgot to buy something for dear Aunt Sally or your friend from high school. Don’t worry, I’ve been there. Over the next few days I’ll be posting some book recommendations for different types of people. All are available on Amazon with two-day shipping. Perfect for those OOPS! moments. Don’t miss Part…
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Christmas Gift Guide: Part One
Let me guess, you forgot to buy something for dear Aunt Sally or your friend from high school. Don’t worry, I’ve been there. Over the next few days I’ll be posting some book recommendations for different types of people. All are available on Amazon with two-day shipping. Perfect for those OOPS! moments. For the person…
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Book Review: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Rating: 4/5 Much has been written about the world after an apocalyptic event. Everyone from Orwell, to Huxley, to Collins, to Atwood has weighed in. And yet Mandel manages to create something new.
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Focus On: Maggie Stiefvater
Ordinarily my “Focus On:” series centers around genres or key elements within books, but I’ve been loving one author so much this month that I thought she deserved a whole post. Firstly, you’ve heard me talk about The Scorpio Races before. It is one of the most masterfully done YA novels that I have…
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Review: The Penguin Book of Witches
It’s no secret that I love reading books about witches and I’ve reviewed a fair few of them here on the blog (A Discovery of Witches, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, and others). When Penguin offered me a copy of the new Penguin Book of Witches edited by Katherine Howe, I jumped at…
The Library of Alexandra 