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Relax & Read: The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am

If you’re an avid reader, chances are you spend A LOT of your free time in bookstores (or on your Kindle, buying novels), and if you go to the bookstore A LOT, you probably have that one favorite section you always find yourself drawn to. New Authors is the first section I go to. Maybe… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am

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Relax & Read: History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life

Yesterday, after posting on my website, I returned to Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites where I was swarmed with this name: Amanda Todd. If you’ve been on the Internet recently, then you know exactly what I’m about to talk about. This 15-year-old Canadian, posted a video to YouTube about bullies, and—five weeks later—she… Continue reading Relax & Read: History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life

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Relax & Read: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

If you’re anything like me, the month of October is filled with pumpkin spiced lattes, witchy movies, cuddling with your black cat (okay, maybe not this one), and reading spooky novels that haunt your dreams. However, sometimes I’m not in the mood to read or watch something truly terrifying, but I do love reading novels… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Forest of Hands and Teeth

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Relax & Read: The Mortal Instruments

Reading can get expensive sometimes! Especially when you LOVE writing inside the books like I do, because you have to own every one of them. But, hey, at least you get to keep them forever! (I think I may need a bigger bookshelf.) Anyway…I thought I’d excite everyone by reminding them that the paperback version… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Mortal Instruments

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Relax & Read: Embrace

Happy October, readers! As promised on my very first post (which, by the way, I’ve had a WONDERFUL time with all of you since then) here’s my review of Jessica Shirvington’s YA novel, Embrace: What better way to celebrate the month of October but with the sinister romance of an angel? Violet Eden, a seventeen-year-old… Continue reading Relax & Read: Embrace

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Relax & Read: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Sunday is the perfect day to spend all afternoon in bed, curled up with that novel you’ve been meaning to read. And if you don’t already have one (or a billion!) on your reading list, I’m here to help! I first read Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in 2005 when I… Continue reading Relax & Read: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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Relax & Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

I’m really excited to be recommending this truly touching novel as my first book recommendation. I’m a HUGE advocate of reading a novel BEFORE the movie adaptation, so I’m here to discuss the epistolary novel (which is a fancy way of saying it’s written in letter-format) and not the movie that’s released in one week… Continue reading Relax & Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower