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Joined March 2017

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Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup
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I read this for a summer class I'm taking. It's a very well written and an amazing story, but it doesn't sit well with me to put a rating on real experiences Solomon Northup endured, especially considering the nature of what he braved. Suffice to say, this is an emotional, eye opening read, and I heartily recommend it.
#solomonnorthup #history #autobiography #memoir #nonfiction #classics #biography

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Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup
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"My object is, to give a candid and truthful statement of facts: to repeat the story of my life, without exaggeration, leaving it for others to determine, whether even the pages of fiction present a picture of more cruel wrong or a severer bondage."
#solomonnorthup #classics #history #autobiography #memoir #nonfiction #biography

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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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Love the imagination and creativity of the magic system! I wanted to see how on Earth paper magic could be useful and it certainly delivered! Ceony has a lot of spunk and Emery is very well fleshed out. Kinda reminded me of Howl's Moving Castle, but less castle and movement involved, and way more paper. However dislikers of flashbacks, stay away.
#charlienholmberg #thepapermagiciantrilogy #fantasy #historicalfantasy #urbanfantasy #youngadult #ya

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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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" 'What's on the third floor?' Ceony asked. Perhaps something uplifting lingered there. Perhaps she'd find a window to leap from."

#charlienholmberg #thepapermagiciantrilogy #fantasy #urbanfantasy #historicalfantasy #youngadult #ya #na #newadult

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Howl's Moving Castle | Diana Wynne Jones
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Got two Howl's Moving Castle shirts a couple days ago! I absolutely love the book and its animated movie adaption, so when I saw these two beauties, I couldn't resist buying them. I got lucky with the one on the right- it was the last one left of its kind in the store, but thankfully it's my size!
#dianawynnejones #fantasy #youngadult #ya #kidlit #middlegrade #studioghibli #hayaomiyazaki #anime

vumblereads Oh my!!! Nice purchase! 5y
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We Are Okay | Nina LaCour
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An amazing, emotional novel. I‘ve never read anything by Nina LaCour before and I‘d like to try some of her other works now. Her prose is lovely, exquisitely capturing the warm waters of California and the frigid cold of New York. So many waves of nostalgia hit me while reading this. Perfectly captures the transition from high school to college.
#ninalacour #youngadult #ya #newadult #na #lgbtq

AliBG Such mixed reviews on this book! I love her short story from SUMMER DAYS SUMMER NIGHTS, but other folks have been pretty critical about this book, that nothing "happens." What's your take on that critique? It's still on my TBR for now, but I'd love to hear your POV. 7y
everlyreads @AliBG It's fair to say that not much "happens" in the traditional sense (except in the main character's numerous flashbacks). It's a hugely character driven novel, so most of the 'action' is on an emotional level. By the end of the novel a lot has changed for Marin in the span of 3 days. Some people aren't really fans of that type of story, but I tend to like them if they are well written. 7y
AliBG Thanks @everlyreads - that confirms my hunch that I'll probably like it! 7y
everlyreads No problem @AliBG - glad I could help! 7y
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"A secret that no one knows but you is the most powerful secret there can ever be."
#neilgaiman #americangods #fantasy #urbanfantasy #speculativefiction #mythology

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" 'Say Nevermore,' said Shadow.

'Fuck you,' said the raven."

Really enjoying American Gods! I've been meaning to read a novel by Neil Gaiman for a couple of years now and so far I'm not disappointed. #neilgaiman #fantasy #urbanfantasy #speculativefiction #mythology #americangods

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I flew through this one. It's a good light read (that gradually becomes more serious), but is still average compared to other YA romance books in terms of writing. However Maddy and Olly's relationship is remarkably sweet and adorable. Everything, Everything reminds me of John Green's works, so if you like his novels, I recommend giving this one a try. Overall, I enjoyed it!
#nicolayoon #ya #youngadult

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We Are Okay | Nina LaCour
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"It was May already. We'd all be leaving one another, going to other places in the fall; and now that the season was changing, rushing toward graduation, everything we did felt like a long good-bye or a premature reunion. We were nostalgic for a time that wasn't yet over."
Congrats to all recent and soon to be high school/college graduates! My brother is graduating soon and I can't wait to attend the ceremony.
#ninalacour #ya #youngadult #lgbtq

AliBG This quote! I teach high school and watch this happen every year. 7y
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Didn't enjoy it as much as Huck Finn, but this is still a fun romp! It's mostly entertaining and lighthearted (except when it's not). It reminded me of my childhood in a strange way, reading about these boys playing bandits and looking for fun in places you wouldn't think to look. Although these boys certainly found more than they bargained for...
#marktwain #kidlit #classics #satire #adventure #bildungsroman

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"Be careful because I may drown? Be careful because I may get sick? Be careful because once you become a part of the world it becomes a part of you, too?

Because there is no denying it now. I'm in the world.

And, too, the world is in me."
#nicolayoon #ya #youngadult

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Blue Lily, Lily Blue | Maggie Stiefvater
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"But what she didn't realize about Blue and her boys was that they were all in love with one another. She was no less obsessed with them than they were with her, or one another, analyzing every conversation and gesture, drawing out every joke into a longer and longer running gag, spending each moment either with one another or thinking about when next they would be with one another."
#maggiestiefvater #theravencycle #trc #urbanfantasy #ya

Epicfied I love the audiobooks 7y
everlyreads @Epicfied Me too, the audiobooks are the best 7y
Epicfied @everlyreads I was singing "blue Lily lily blue" after haha 7y
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"One thing I'm certain of: Wanting just leads to more wanting. There is no end to desire."
#nicolayoon #ya #youngadult

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" 'And we'll hold our orgies there, too. It's an awful snug place for orgies.'

'What's orgies?'

'I dunno. But robbers always have orgies, and of course we've got to have them too.' "

That's it, that's the book. I laughed out loud when I read this part. Review to come soon!
#marktwain #kidlit #classics #satire #bildungsroman

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The Dream Thieves | Maggie Stiefvater
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If you're on the fence about reading The Dream Thieves because you thought that The Raven Boys was too slow, I'd encourage giving the second book a chance because the stakes are raised, the cars are faster, and Glendower is still, well, dead and being quested for. And it shouldn't be called the Dream Thieves, it should be called The Heart Thieves, cause if sure stole mine! #maggiestiefvater #theravencycle #ravencycle #urbanfantasy #ya #willpatton

litmuggle I just finished The Raven Boys I can't wait to read the next book. 7y
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Finished this for class! This edition has some nice illustrations, so I thought I'd share one with y'all. Overall, it was an entertaining play. And when I say entertaining, I mean it was like watching a train wreck. After reading Oedipus Rex, it wasn't as shocking as it could have been though. Gorgeous turns of phrases and rhymes. #jeanracine #frenchlit #tragedy #theatre #plays #classics

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Days of Grass | Tanith Lee
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Not my favorite Tanith Lee novel, but still an entertaining and immersive read. Great twist at the end! Tanith Lee has a way of softly unfolding a mystery and letting you believe you have all the answers, then subsequently sucker punching you in the gut. #tanithlee #scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction

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Started reading this for class today! It has a lot of funny moments so far. When I was in high school, my brother performed in this play as Lucas, so it's interesting seeing how the English performance compares to the original French. #moliere #classics #frenchlit #plays #theatre

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The Dream Thieves | Maggie Stiefvater
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"Blue was a fanciful but sensible thing, like a platypus, or one of those sandwiches that had been cut into circles for a fancy tea party." #maggiestiefvater #urbanfantasy #ya #ravencycle #theravencycle #willpatton

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"Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so, because it began another week's slow suffering in school. He generally began that day with wishing he had had no intervening holiday, it made going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious." Happy Monday, whether you go to school, work, or have off! #marktwain #satire #bildungsroman #kidlit #classics

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The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater
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Four boys: one with a necrophliaesque obsession, one (or two) with Daddy Issues, one inseparable from his pet Chainsaw, and another that is more 'smudgy' in appearance, all wreak havoc in Henrietta, Virginia in the necrophiliac's Camaro. What-Is-A-School-Dress-Code wants in on the fun. And fun is had. #urbanfantasy #maggiestiefvater #theravencycle #ravencycle #willpatton #ya

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Days of Grass | Tanith Lee
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"What a strange life she is living, this creature who has inadvertently shared her darkest secret with me. Half a life Above in the city with the sky, half Below Ground. Like Persephone, alternating between the cornfields and Hell, in the myth." #tanithlee #scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction

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When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore
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Love this book! Absolutely stunning writing and characters. I won't be forgetting the story of Sam and Miel anytime soon. Would recommend to magical realism fans and lovers of candy-in-your-mouth prose. #magicalrealism #ya #annamariemclemore #lgbt #transgender #lgbtq

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