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Flip the Script Review
I absolutely adored Lyla Lee’s I’ll be the One. I’ve already read it twice so I was so psyched to read her second novel delving into the world of K-dramas and it did not disappoint!
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Pretty Little Secrets Review
This super special takes place in the winter break between Unbelievable and Wicked, allowing the Pretty Little Liars to have some holiday fun. As this is four novellas in one, it is a surprisingly wholesome with happy endings for all. Well. . . as happy as things could be in Rosewood with the new A watching. Just watching, A is allowing them their holiday hijinks because it allows them time to gather blackmail for all the naughty things they got up to.
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Pretty Little Liars: Unbelievable Review
Wow, what a ride but it was worth it as we find out who A is and seemingly find out Ali’s killer.
When we last left the liars, they were all at their lowest points: Emily is sent to flat land Iowa, Aria’s homeless, Spencer’s plagerism is exposed and she pushed Melissa down the stairs in a fit of rage, and Hanna is in a coma!
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Pretty Little Liars: Perfect Review
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Pretty Little Liars: Flawless Review
I’m back my pretties with the second book of the Pretty Little Liars series. Like I said before, someone was taking their sweet old time reading and returning it. Anyway, I sped through it and it suspensefully takes off from the cliffhanger Shepard left in the first book.
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The Dark Artifices Lookback
Ah yes, Clare’s biggest trilogy to date and admittedly my least favorite. Maybe I’m just getting burnt out, or maybe I’m just not connecting to the characters but I won’t be revisiting this series as much as the other two.
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Author Highlight: Jen Lancaster
So here’s a new one, she may not be as well known or high profile as authors I’ve put in the notable section but damn if she isn’t funny. And well known in her own mind.
I’ve read only two of her memoirs, Bitter is the New Black and Pretty in Plaid but they give you a good overview of who she is. Loud, opinionated, obnoxious and arrogant but she’s honest about it. She’s pretty unashamed that she can be a bitch and she’ll rip you a new one to your face but it’s all hilarious. In fact, she’s so brutally mean that I almost started believing this was some sort of satire. But she says it’s true.
Which I can only admire her chutzpuh in admitting she can be an awful person and show all her failures, tantrums and messes to the viewing masses. But then again, she’s making money off of it so. . . genius.
Or maybe it’s because she’s from New Jersey.
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Book Highlight: K-Pop Revolution
Stephan Lee delivers a highly satisfying sequel/conclusion to K-Pop Confidential with Revolution as Candace becomes the head of big changes in the K-Pop industry and S.A.Y. Entertainment. Or so she thinks?
With the bombshell she dropped on live television, Candace’s life is left in what seems to be ruins but with the widespread support she gains for her radical honesty, S.A.Y. Entertainment saves face by hiring a new fresh CEO and bringing Candace back in the fold to continue her dream to become a K-Pop idol.
Yeah, I was on Cadence’s side in being intially suspicious of this about-face. It seems too perfect, too easy but new CEO Lena seems so young and millenial and understanding I was eased into it too. I mean the woman offered them candy and mental health checks, it seemed like they were really making an effort to listen to what new consumers wanted for the new K-Pop industry.
But Lee keeps it intriguing and fastpaced. The previous book covered training to be an idol, this details what it takes to be an idol starting their debut, All-Kill signals, MV and Music Show competitions. You thought training was tough? Being an idol can eat you alive. Not only with the constant work hours, and practicing intense in-sync choreography. But there’s the reality show, (unlike the US it doesn’t promote catfights but does encourage each girl to fit a role), brand representation and in Candace’s case, school.
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Kelly Thompson Interview
Kelly Thompson is an Eisner-award winning writer of comics and graphic novels. Here, she kindly takes the time to talk about her work in revamping classic characters, taking Marvel icons to new heights as well as her novel, The Girl Who Would be King and upcoming endevours. 1. How did you get started in the comic industry?
I actually went to college to study comics, I graduated from The Savannah College of Art & Design with a degree in Sequential Art. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything, but it’s absolutely not necessary to have that experience in order to break in to comics. How I ACTUALLY broke in was by starting to write reviews and op-eds about/for comics for a few popular comic websites and blogs – and that, paired with me working on my own stuff – so I’d have work to show when the door cracked open – was how I (eventually) got here.
2. What is your daily routine on the job, if you have one?It really varies unfortunately. I sort of work all day every day, which is a terrible and not sustainable way to do this in my opinion. I try to create structure and follow that, but I’ve come to accept that it’s something I’ll be searching for and/or trying to conquer my whole life. It’s nice to work from home and have the flexibility to set my own hours for the most part, but it’s also requires a lot of responsibility and discipline, which is not my greatest strength.
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Book Highlight: Song of the Lioness
Ah, The Song of the Lionness. The quartet that helped put Tamora Pierce on the map as premiere fantasy novelist with a feminist hero for the ages. It also founded the expansive Tortall universe.
Since the books have been around since the 80s I’m not going to repeat what happens in them. Everyone has probably read it by and if not, here’s why.
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