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Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

September 16, 2020

In case you didn’t catch the The Middle Grade Reread Challenge post, here’s a little TL;DR. Last month, I challenged myself to read five book that I hadn’t read or even thought of since my middle grade years, and I gave myself a month to do it. The books I chose are as follows: Here, There … More Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

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Setting Study: Bayern from The Goose Girl

September 9, 2020

The Books of Bayern is a middle grade fantasy quartet by Shannon Hale, centering around the country of Bayern. The Goose Girl is the first of the series. The protagonist, Ani, is from neighboring country Kildenree, betrothed to a Bayern prince she has never met. En route to Bayern, Ani’s lady in waiting starts a … More Setting Study: Bayern from The Goose Girl

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Let’s Talk Tropes: Instalove

September 4, 2020

Look, in a single book, there’s only so much time that two character has to fall in love with each other. Books take place in a single time-frame, and often, it’s one that spans days, weeks, or maybe months. Rarely years. Even Wheel of Time, a massive fourteen-book series, only takes place over the course … More Let’s Talk Tropes: Instalove

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The Middle Grade Reread Challenge

August 3, 2020

I’ve always been a book nerd, even when I was young. The kind that read on the schoolbus, that always went to the library during a free period, that sneakily read books by the light that seeped under the crack of my bedroom door at night. Some of them, such as the likes of The … More The Middle Grade Reread Challenge

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