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Musing Monday: Weird Books

This week MizB asks bloggers to muse upon the question: What is the weirdest/strangest/craziest book you’ve ever read? This is might be a tad unoriginal, but my “weird book” pick is a Murakami novel....

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On “DNF”ing

Guys, I did it. The unthinkable. I Did Not Finish a book – The Picture of Dorian Gray, to be specific.  I never do this; I usually see each book I read through to the end, regardless of how terrible it...

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Musing Mondays: Book Series

For this week’s Musing Monday, the folks over at Should be Reading ask bloggers to consider the question: “Do you have a favorite series? Do you have a favorite book out of that series?” As an adult...

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A Few Words on Voting

I am currently reading Will Schwalbe’s The End of Your Life Book Club for the Devourer of Books Book Club, and while reading it today I came across a very timely quote by Will’s mother Mary Anne...

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Musing Mondays: Skipping Ahead

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading. This week’s prompt asks readers to muse upon the question, “Do you read the ending before you start a book? Do you ever skip ahead to read...

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Happy New Year! 2012 in Review

I know, I know, it’s January 5, so the year is HARDLY new any more, and you’re all probably exhausted by the ubiquitous 2012 recap posts, but this is my blog and I do what I want! As we enter …...

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Taking on Chunkster Books

I started reading Les Miserables about a week ago, and tackling this nearly-1500-page tome got me thinking about chunkster books: how to classify them and methods of reading them. What is a chunkster...

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Losing My Les Mis Mojo

I started reading Les Miserables in early February, and I’ve been chugging slowly along at a pace of 100 pages per week. Sometimes I love it, and sometimes I want to yell at Victor Hugo, “No, I will...

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It’s a Love/Hate Thing

Last week Book Riot posted a companion piece to its November 2012 list of readers’ top 50 favorite novels. The new article lists the 50 most hated books, compiled from reader submissions. As a lover of...

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Do You Audio?

My college boyfriend and I have been doing the long-distance thing since we graduated and moved back to our respective hometowns a little over a year ago. We live about 2.5 hours apart, which makes it...

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“I Don’t Understand People Who Don’t Read,” and Other Nonesense

A few months ago, when I was working on my Best Bookish Tumblrs post, I spent a lot of time reading through one particular blog, Bookfessions. A lot of the “confessions” are relatable things like,...

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Pick Up a Banned Book this Week

Imaging walking into your school’s library looking for a book to challenge your ideas, change your perspectives, and perhaps make you consider things you had never even thought of before. Your eyes...

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The Classics Club One Year Review

Hello lovelies! November 14 marked my one-year anniversary of joining the Classics Club, and I wanted to do a quick post about my progress. As most of you probably know, the Classics Club is a group of...

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Negative Reviews: To Post or Not to Post?

There’s been a lot of discussion about whether or not to post negative reviews floating around the bookish internet lately. Buzzfeed announced that its new Books section won’t feature negative reviews....

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Guest Post: How to Throw a Bookish Wedding

Hello darlings! The lovely Andi of Estella’s Revenge is off getting hitched, and I’m taking over her blog for the day! Head on over to check out my guest post on how to throw a bookish wedding! I may...

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Diversify Your Shelves: Recommended Reading

If you’ve been paying attention to the bookternet recently, you’ve probably noticed a lot of discussion about the need for diversity in books. When the line-up for BookCon was announced a little over a...

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