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[From The Mancave] Giveaway – $25 from The Book Depository

From The Mancave is the tagline to connect readers to book-related multimedia, giveaways, and swag. It’s a feature that really only exists a few times a year.

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$25 Birthday Giveaway From TBD


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #75 – Finished Series I’ve Yet To Start

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought this would be a fun way to share a condensed version of potential rambles and thoughts that I have.

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This Week’s Theme:
Finished Series I’ve Yet To Start


Initial Thoughts:

Slow reading does not bode well for the vast number of series I’ve yet to start despite even owning some of them. I’ve only listed series that I’ve given thought to reading, not those that I probably won’t ever touch (e.g. ASOIAF, Harry Potter, Narnia)

This list focuses on finished series; otherwise, I could have totally included picks like Throne of Glass and Red Rising or something.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #74 – Characters I Didn’t Click With

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. I thought this would be a fun way to share a condensed version of potential rambles and thoughts that I have.

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This Week’s Theme:
Characters I Didn’t Click With


Initial Thoughts:

The defining characteristics for characters to be “click”-worthy generally involve their presence to make me empathize with their conflict and connect with them on their journey. I don’t have to necessarily enjoy how they act but it’s more asking yourself “is there a sense of coldness or feeling of being in arms-reach to the character” that’s on display here for me to not feel fully invested in their dilemmas.

I will speak of this from two fronts: books and films, as I do, with unpopular opinions abound.


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