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The Princess Diaries #1-3 ReRead
After finishing Stephanie Plum I decided to dive into a new reread with The Princess Diaries since my memory is a bit spotty after the first two books.We all know about Mia Thermopolis and her eventual reign of Genovia’s throne whether it is from the beloved series or the movies starring Anne Hathway. So here…
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What Greek myth to adapt next?
Now I won’t deny I love greek myth adaptations, I’ve read Percy Jackson, The Goddess Test, Goddess Girls, Oh My Gods, so on and so forth. They’re epic in its largeness, its weirdness and dysfunction. They’re also human, explaining the origins of Earth and humanity as the Greeks believed they came to be.
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Thoughts on Joan Didion
I’m going to keep this short since this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I’m not sure what makes Didion so incredible. I just read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and they were fine. They were essays/news articles about interesting people Didion interviewed or simply her reminscing over her…
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Can you name this forgotten book series?
This has been driving me crazy. But it’s an elementary school series, think fifth grade, and it features a group of real life kids. Usually different in each book. And their adventures in whatever place the story is set. Like a haunted tour of San Francisco. The Iditorod Trail in Alaska. Disneyland and so forth.…
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Movie Novelizations
What is the point of them? To read them before the movie? But what if you don’t want to get spoiled? To read them after the movie to. . . relive it? But you can just rewatch it. So really, does anyone know the point of them? I mean I know the company’s point is…
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Covers era
So it could be said that one can distinguish a book by its cover. Not that it can you tell the story inside, but one can usually distinguish the era. In the area of children’s fiction, ther covers tend to be phto-realistic, some have funky covers with psycedelic print or heart-shaped cuts. The 50s tend…
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YA Protagonists and Relatability
After reading the Black Widow duology, I started wondering. When writing tie in or spin offs or side adventure books involving popular characters like Marvel heroes or whatever, are the original young adult characters really necessary? I wrote in the Black Widow review that I had been expecting more insight to Natasha’s past and her…
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Stephanie Plum #1-5 Reread
So I decided to reread the Stephanie Plum books since I think I gotten into a funk where I just skim and skip to the funny parts I remembered. So this time I reread it and I paid attention.
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New Historical Women?
As if you can’t tell already, I read a lot of historical fiction and historical nonfiction about the forgotten women of the past who are just now getting the spotlight. I just read The Last Grand Duchess by Bryn Turnbell. It was fine, nothing particularly relavatory or new if you already know the Romanovs. But…
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Book Updates?
Covert Affairs is a fun spy book that is a bit like a more modern Totally Spies as three young adult girls go around the world rescuing heiresses, foiling cults and going gun to gun with the Brazilian mob. I found it very enjoyable and great light reading. And apparently this is an update because…
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