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  • 6 Of Our Favorite (Y)oung Adult (YA) Stand Alone Fantasy Books

    6 Of Our Favorite (Y)oung Adult (YA) Stand Alone Fantasy Books

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    A while back we shared 6 Amazing (Y)oung Adult Stand Alone Novels that you should check out. Both of us read lots of speculative fiction, so we thought we’d also share some of our favorite Fantasy (Y)oung Adult novels as well. TANYA PATRICE Uprooted, Naomi Novik Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the…

  • Books That Got the A(X)e This Year (So Far)

    Books That Got the A(X)e This Year (So Far)

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    Kim and Tanya
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    The decision to not finish a book is not an easy one for us, and we certainly don’t mean any disrespect to the authors. There can be many reasons, we’re not into reading that type of book right now, it’s not a category that we like, we just can’t understand where the book is heading,…

  • 2022 Monthly Book Award Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

    2022 Monthly Book Award Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

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    Tanya Patrice
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    Welcome to the check-in for the 2022 Book Awards Reading Challenge. Every month, our task is to read a book (or books) that WON an award in that month. Check in here or with our Goodreads group, or on Instagram with the hashtag #AwardReadingChallenge. HOW IT WORKS Your task is to read at least 1 book…

  • 2022 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

    2022 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

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    Kim
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    Welcome to the September check-in for the 2022 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge! This month’s task is to read a book (or books) that include one or more of the September key words. Check in here (in the comments), in our Goodreads group, on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyKeyWordGXO. The September Key Words are……

  • 2022 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

    2022 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge [September Check-In]

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    Kim
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    Welcome to the monthly check-in for the 2022 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge! This month’s task is to read a book (or books) that fits the theme/motif for this month. Check in here (in the comments), in our Goodreads group, on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #MonthlyMotifGXO. The September Motif is… “TITLE PLAY” Read a book…

  • Booked Out [August 2022]

    Booked Out [August 2022]

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    Kim and Tanya
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    How was your month in books? Which book was your favorite? Did you participate in any reading events? Work on any of your reading challenges? Here’s a look at what we’ve read this month. KIM August is always crazy with transitions between summer and the school year. I taught a couple sections of summer courses…

  • 4 More Favorite Books Told From Multiple Points of View (POV)

    4 More Favorite Books Told From Multiple Points of View (POV)

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    Tanya Patrice
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    Books that tell the story from multiple points of view can sometimes give so much more than if we see it from the eyes of a single person – when done well! When it’s not, then it’s a confusing mess. We have shared in the past 4 Favorite Multiple Point of View AudioBooks, and now,…

  • 3 Dual (T)imeline Novels to Get Lost In

    3 Dual (T)imeline Novels to Get Lost In

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    Kim
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    Lately I’ve been reading a lot of books told with dual timelines. Kind of a weird coincidence. These are all new releases too. In any case, I enjoyed them all and recommend them if you like this format. Our Crooked Hearts, Melissa Albert If you loved The Hazelwood then definitely check out this new release…

  • 3 YA (S)peculative Fiction Books To Read This Fall

    3 YA (S)peculative Fiction Books To Read This Fall

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    Kim
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    It’s August but all I can think about it Spooky Season. Yep, it’s capitalized because it’s that important. I am so excited for the best reading season of the year! Tanya already posted the Book Bingo for Wicked Good Reads and I have been thinking about all the books I want to read this Fall.…

  • (Q)uintessential Summer Book Tag [10 Years]

    (Q)uintessential Summer Book Tag [10 Years]

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    Tanya Patrice
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    The Quintessential Summer Book Tag was created by the Bookish Kat and we’re putting our own spin on it by reminiscing about my favorite books from 10 years ago or that was published in 2012. Iced Drink – A Refreshing Book Cinder, Marissa Meyer Sixteen-year-old Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society…