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Our Favorite Indie Bookstores

  • Post published:September 11, 2020
  • Post category:books/life

Almost a week ago I held a giveaway over on Instagram, and asked everyone to mention their favorite independent bookstore in the comments. Not only did people list a million…

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Books That Make You Feel Okay When Struggling

  • Post published:August 27, 2020
  • Post category:books/life

“As a wolf, I’m a diamond in the rough. I crack jokes. My whole life is about trying, about speaking up in order to be seen, about howling with laughter…

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My Summer Book Thoughts 2020

  • Post published:August 13, 2020
  • Post category:books

I’ve been away for a couple months, mostly thinking and processing. Social media has been a bit paralyzing recently, so I took a step back. Life is wild, and weird,…

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Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

  • Post published:May 15, 2020
  • Post category:books

Well, hi there! Long time no see! I’ve been missing for a bit for obvious reasons (probably don’t need to explain), and haven’t done a ton of reading. But now…

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Review: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

  • Post published:February 13, 2020
  • Post category:books

Saint X Summary Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island…

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Everything I Read in 2019

  • Post published:January 9, 2020
  • Post category:books

Okay, not everything. (You can check out my Goodreads for that.) But I’m hoping that by the end of this post, you will get a sense of how the year…

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Review: The Captain and the Glory by Dave Eggers

  • Post published:November 21, 2019
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Impeachment szn is here, and boy is it depressing! Here’s the cure: Dave Eggers’ new novella. (At least I think it counts as a novella, feel free to politely correct.)…

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Review: The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

  • Post published:November 5, 2019
  • Post category:books

The Grace Year Summary SURVIVE THE YEAR. No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men…

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Review: Frankly in Love by David Yoon

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

Frankly in Love Summary High school senior Frank Li is a Limbo–his term for Korean-American kids who find themselves caught between their parents’ traditional expectations and their own Southern California…

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Review: The Reason You’re Alive by Matthew Quick

  • Post published:September 10, 2019
  • Post category:books

The Reason You're Alive Summary After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes…

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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).

Originally from Atlanta, I now live in the U.K. where I am pursuing my Masters.
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