Top Ten Books I've Read in 2014 - Top 10 of 2014 Week — by Barbara on Monday, 22 December 2014

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2014 has been a great year for me. I got back into reading more strongly, and I rediscovered the amazingness of books, and discovered a hila...

Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge 2015 — by Barbara on Friday, 19 December 2014

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This 2015 challenge is hosted by Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books , and Rachel @ Hello Chelly  and is all about fantasy! The challenge is to set a ...

Fairy Tale Retelling Challenge 2015 — by Barbara on Wednesday, 17 December 2014

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2015 is all about challenges! There's so many books I want to read (seriously, the year is loaded with great titles), and these challeng...

Waiting on Wednesday - The Rose Society — by Barbara on Wednesday, 17 December 2014

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Once upon a time, a girl had a father, a prince, a society of friends. Then they betrayed her, and she destroyed them all. Hell yeah, she de...

Salt & Storm - Review — by Barbara on Tuesday, 16 December 2014

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What would you give up? What would you give up to be a real witch? Salt & Storm  by Kendall Kulper is an underdog champion. I was intrig...

#03DCA5 (aqua) #F4D86B (yellow) — by Barbara on Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye's "When Love Arrives" — by Barbara on Sunday, 14 December 2014

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BNV 2013, Washington DC, Finals Round #1 — by Barbara on Sunday, 14 December 2014

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Zora Howard's "Before Bed" — by Barbara on Sunday, 14 December 2014

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Tonya Ingram's "Unsolicited Advice" (after Jeanann Verlee) — by Barbara on Sunday, 14 December 2014

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The Darkest Part of the Forest (sampler) - Review — by Barbara on Friday, 12 December 2014

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The Darkest Part of the Forest  by Holly Black has the atmosphere of a dark fairy tale. Like the real fairy tales that weren't about hap...

A Court of Thorns and Roses (sampler) - Review — by Barbara on Friday, 12 December 2014

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We need hope or else we cannot endure... Sarah J. Maas is at it again with the first book in a new series,  A Court of Thorns and Roses . I ...

Shatter Me - Review — by Barbara on Thursday, 11 December 2014

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Moving forward is the only way to survive... It's 7:00AM, my roommates are just waking, and I haven't been able to sleep all night. ...

2015 Debut Author Challenge — by Barbara on Thursday, 11 December 2014

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We all have those trusted authors, right? The ones whose books we'll buy before we even know what they're about. We love them and th...

2015 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge — by Barbara on Thursday, 11 December 2014

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In 2015 I'm trying to get involved in more reading challenges. There's so many books out there and my TBR pile is just insurmountabl...

The Walled City - Review — by Barbara on Thursday, 11 December 2014

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The Hak Nam Walled City. A recipe of humanity's darkest ingredients - thieves, whores, murderers, addicts - all mashed int six and a hal...

Waiting on Wednesday - A Wicked Thing — by Barbara on Wednesday, 10 December 2014

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In 2015, I'm going to be participating in the 2015 Debut Author Challenge hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl , and one of the books I'...

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Impulse Shopping — by Barbara on Friday, 5 December 2014

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So I was watching  Pride and Prejudice (2005) today (watch it. It's amazing.) and I was swooning (already) over this scene which, coup...

#d4c7f9 — by Barbara on Friday, 5 December 2014

Impulse Shopping — by Barbara on Friday, 5 December 2014

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So I was watching  Pride and Prejudice (2005) today (watch it. It's amazing.) and I was swooning (already) over this scene which, coup...

Pinocchio Episode 6 - Thoughts — by Barbara on Friday, 5 December 2014

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What is a university girl with a gap between exams to do with her time? BINGE WATCH KOREAN DRAMAS, OF COURSE! I've got three shows to ca...

The Conspiracy of Us (sampler) - Review — by Barbara on Wednesday, 3 December 2014

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Another sampler! Can you imagine a book sample sale? Is that a thing? It would be pandemonium. People fighting over ARCs, beloved pages flyi...

Partial Hiatus — by Barbara on Wednesday, 3 December 2014

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Things have been messy lately. My mind feels like it would look like a bowl of strawberry pudding that exploded in the microwave. It's f...

Waiting on Wednesday - The Heart of Betrayal — by Barbara on Wednesday, 3 December 2014

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In the farthest corner, I will find you... Perhaps that quote seems unsettling without context, but these were one of the last words we hear...