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2015, meme, top ten tuesday

[Top Ten Tuesday] – #76 – Things Book Bloggers Say and their Subtext

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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:
Things Book Bloggers Say
and their Subtext

Initial Thoughts:

So I don’t know about you but its perhaps a rite of passage to use some of these one-liners in your reading/blogging career because they say so much with so little. We obviously mean no harm with these common phrases but one has to wonder if there’s some underlying meaning in them. Or maybe I’m reading too much these words (no, I refuse to believe that).

Just as a note: even if you have used these phrases, I’m making fun of myself more than I’m poking fun at you or the community. Self-inflicted satire, you know? But you probably are guilty for some of these–admit it.

Credit goes to Josephine @ Word Revel for talking through my crazy with me for this weeks prompt.

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2015, blog awards & tags, Miscellaneous

[Miscellaneous] Awards/Tags — The Emoji Book Tag

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Miscellaneous is the tagline to store random posts that don’t really belong elsewhere. They may involve tags, awards, challenges, and other book blogging nonsense.

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What’s Miscellaneous Today?
The Emoji Book Tag

Why hello there –fancy seeing you in these parts of the book blogging/tagging community! Today is the Emoji Book Tag – where you basically pair five most or recently used emojis to books.

A big emoji shout-out to Dimple @ Enthralling Dimple for tagging me!

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2015, ARC review, Book Review

[Review] Madly — Amy Alward

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Book Title                   Madly (Potion #1)
Author:                         Amy Alward
Number of pages:  384

Synopsis:

amy alward - madly - book coverWhen the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn.

Enter Samantha Kemi – an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam’s family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, but they’ve fallen on hard times, and winning the hunt would save their reputation. But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the ZoroAster megapharma company? Just how close is Sam willing to get to Zain Aster, her dashing former classmate and enemy, in the meantime?

(re: Goodreads @ Madly by Amy Alward)

Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:

Ingredients:
– Six cups of an adventure around the world similar to The Amazing Race (a quick read with good pacing)
– Three vials of fantasy with a dash of modern flare (the world-building leans on contemporary technology, alchemy, magic, and fantastical beasts but is underdeveloped)
– One special snowflake and one broody heir to a conglomerate (a romance of instalove)
– A teaspoon of a one-dimension villain (who doesn’t really do much to live up to the title)
– Add a drop of any supporting character to taste (most characters come and go for the sake of plotting)
– Brew with conviction (because a lot of the problems are solved with feeling and instinct)
– No goggles allowed to concoct this potion (there wasn’t much consequence for the MC)

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Initial Thoughts

One day, hype will win me over. Today is not that day.

Full disclosure: I received an advanced reader copy of Madly from the Book Blog Ontario Meet-Up. I extend thanks to Simon and Schuster for providing me with the opportunity to review this book.

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