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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #69 – Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds

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:
Ten Characters Who Are
Fellow Book Nerds

Initial Thoughts:

Today’s prompt looks at characters who are book nerds and it ranks up there as one of the harder topics to find characters to fit seeing as how I rarely come across characters that concern themselves with the literature. And since I couldn’t fill this list with solely book-related characters, I’ll throw some television ones out there as well.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #68 – Ten Books That Embrace Diversity

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:
Ten Books That Embrace Diversity

Initial Thoughts:

Today’s prompt looks at books that foster diversity in its storytelling. I do have qualms about the title of the prompt (re: celebrating diversity) but more on that after. I’ll be basing this list on books I’ve read and several I hope to read in the future (you know how it is with TBRs).

(I also lied–it’s way more than 10.)


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[Think Aloud] – #20 – What If Bloggers Had Blurbs?

Think Aloud explores book-related discussions encompassing reading, writing, blogging, and perhaps newsworthy content. The focus is to push the boundaries, stretch the mind, and encourage dialogue within this community. Let’s all think out loud.

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Table Topic:
What If Bloggers Had Blurbs?

Abstract:

Blurbs provide a comparative and summative look over-and-beyond the synopsis for marketing purposes; often downgrading the brand to stand on its own. What if blogs, booktube, booklr, bookstagram, and the people behind these brands blurbed the content they write?


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