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“We are all of us more complicated than the roles we are assigned in the stories other people tell.” Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping … Continue reading Book Review: Educated by Tara Westover
"Happiness is excitement that has found a settling place, but there is always a corner of it that keeps flapping around." It’s Year 2 of our book club’s Valentine Book Exchange (see here for Year 1) and our theme this year is “Take Me On A Date”. My date is the awesome Lindsey of @unopenedpages … Continue reading Valentine Book Exchange 2020
"No one has ever seen the light by being told there are darker places out there." When 16-year-old poetry blogger Tessa Dickinson is involved in a car accident and loses her eyesight for 100 days, she feels like her whole world has been turned upside-down. Terrified that her vision might never return, Tessa feels … Continue reading Book Review: “100 Days of Sunlight” by Abbie Emmons
"Words empowered by justice can never be silenced." A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history. Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians … Continue reading INTL Blog Tour: Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (ARC)
“A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader's. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it.” ― Ian McEwan, Atonement Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2020 has been … Continue reading Princess & Pages Year in Books 2019
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