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Drumroll please…. I am finally reviewing Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour!! This book was FANTASTIC. I laughed, I cried, and I even...
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On love and loss and birthdays
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Book review: Luster
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Book review: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
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2021 in books: a bullet journal spread
After years of following bullet journal instagrams and saving ideas on pinterest, I decided to start a bujo of my own in 2021! I wasn't...
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Favorite books of 2020!!
2020 was THE year for those of us who cope through reading. I was super excited to actually exceed my Goodreads goal of 50 books this...
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Book review: Red, White & Royal Blue
Maybe it’s the fact that my TBR pile is roughly 36 books tall right now, or maybe it’s my individuality complex, but either way I waited...
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evermore: a comprehensive analysis
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I won’t lie… The Alice Network by Kate Quinn has been sitting on my TBR list for over a year now. However, this just means it was extra...
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