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Review: The Farm by Joanne Ramos

  • Post published:May 2, 2019
  • Post category:books

  The Farm Summary Nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In…

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Review: They Both Die At the End by Adam Silvera

  • Post published:April 30, 2019
  • Post category:books

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera Summary On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news:…

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Review: Instructions for a Funeral by David Means & Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan

  • Post published:March 8, 2019
  • Post category:books

Y’all, if it wasn’t already evident, I’m falling behind. My TBR list is worse off than usual, and this post was originally scheduled for like a week ago. But I’m…

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Review: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

  • Post published:February 13, 2019
  • Post category:books

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Summary The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and…

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Review: The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin

  • Post published:January 24, 2019
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The Anatomy of Dreams Summary When Sylvie Patterson, a bookish student at a Northern California boarding school, falls in love with a spirited, elusive classmate named Gabe, they embark on…

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A Very Spoilery Chat: Queen of Air and Darkness Review

  • Post published:January 15, 2019
  • Post category:books/very spoilery chats

This post may contain affiliate links, meaning that if you buy something, I might earn a small commission from that sale at no cost to you. Read my full disclosure…

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Review: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

  • Post published:January 11, 2019
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Friday Black Summary From the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations,…

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Reading Superlatives 2018

  • Post published:December 29, 2018
  • Post category:books

Hi y’all! I’m not usually one for instagram reading challenges, but I’ve seen a few people doing the #ReadingSuperlativesChallenge by @absorbedinpages and thought it seemed like a fun way to…

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Review: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

  • Post published:December 18, 2018
  • Post category:books

The Dreamers follows several different storylines, though they all have one thing in common: They live in a town affected by a mysterious illness which causes its victims to fall into a deep sleep that lasts days, weeks, and months. And no one knows how to cure it.

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Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

  • Post published:November 25, 2018
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          The Secret History Summary Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover…

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Hi! I'm Grace. This is my space for all things literary, lifestyle, and creative (and the one place I don't obsessively proofread).

I'm a reader and writer who finds almost anything interesting. (I flit around from hobby to hobby -- frankly, it's amazing I've been doing this blogging thing for as long as I have.)

I'm originally from the southern United States, but I now live in the U.K. If you stick around, you'll learn that I listen to a lot of audiobooks and feel very passionate about indie bookstores.
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