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[Book Events] Simon and Schuster Canada 2016 Fall Preview

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A Quick Introduction

This past Saturday, June 25, 2016, I had the fortunate opportunity of attending Simon & Schuster Canada’s Blogger Meet-Up #2! Joining the 9 bloggers in attendance were authors Erin Bow (Scorpion Rules), Kevin Sylvester (MiNRS), and Kevin Sands (The Blackthorn Key), all present to talk about their upcoming sequels — for which the meet-up was aptly named “Blogger  Meet-Up 2: The Sequel”.

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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #114 – Conversation Starters Between Readers (or just Shit Readers Say)

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Conversation Starters Between Readers

Initial Thoughts:

While I’ve only been part of the reading community for a short period of time, I’ve come to realize I use the same conversation starters when talking to people (typically in person).  For the sake of this post, I lumped readers/bloggers into one synonymous term.

This is loosely like the Shit X Say but more geared towards starting that conversation rather than making passing comments.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #113 – Favourite 2016 Releases So Far

Top Ten Tuesday is an original weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

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This Week’s Theme:
Favourite 2016 Releases (So Far)

Initial Thoughts:

This topic would be fun to write….had I actually read ten worthy books to talk about seriouslyyyyyyyy.


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