I’m picturing a moment where the wind is in my hair and the sun is on my face, and I’m driving further than I ever imagined. In this moment, I’m thinking of the things I decided to bring with me. My dog Comfy but stylish shoes My water bottle (hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!) A plant My […]
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fairy lights and books surround me a comforting darkness a sanctuary for my thoughts, awful singing and sketches clothes on the floor music in the background words on pages trying to strew them together so they’ll make the slightest bit of sense the longer I look the more I hate what I’ve done failed drawings […]
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Betrayal, lies, lost love, and new beginnings, all of which make up the pulse-pounding and romantic new release from Kami Garcia, Broken Beautiful Hearts. After dabbling in fantasy with her Beautiful Creatures series and transitioning to contemporary fiction with The Lovely Reckless, Garcia provides readers with an addicting and fast-paced story based on some of […]
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Happy New Year, Germies, and welcome to our 3rd annual reading challenge! The past two years I’ve given you checklists to complete over the course of the year with different genres and authors and such so that you might read a little more diversely than you would have without it. This year, I’ve gone a […]
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Earlier this year, I sat in a darkened theater, on the edge of a plush theater seat, my hand clutching at my heart as I watched the warriors. On the island of Themyscira, I saw these warriors do things I’ve never seen women do. Led by the indomitable Robin Wright, they didn’t fight like the […]
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Teen Read Week is here, and I had the pleasure of interviewing Kendare Blake, author of the Three Dark Crowns series. Kendare Blake has authored several book series, and she generously shared her expertise and knowledge of the inner workings of writing as well as the journey her writing has taken her on. Make sure to […]
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First there were four, and now there are three. Three teenagers, Emma, Henri, and Alex, are all stranded on a deserted island that has no clean source of water, no substantial source of food, and, as the three have concluded, no plausible way to get rescued from the tropical dungeon. With their pasts still haunting […]
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I recently had the opportunity to interview Colleen Oakes, author of the Wendy Darling and Queen of Hearts series, and pick her brain about all things writing, fairytales, and Peter Pan. Both series are wildly imaginative re-tellings of beloved, classic stories, and her writing centers around strong female characters — even when that strength is demonstrated in wildly different […]
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Authors aren’t supposed to read our own reviews. I learned my lesson the hard way after my first book came out — that reading a bad review is akin to lighting a match, marveling at the beauty of it, and then snuffing it out on my tender arm skin. It hurt, and while it wasn’t […]
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