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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #126 – Villains in Books

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

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This Week’s Theme:
Villains in Books

Initial Thoughts:

I’ll be honest: I find myself enjoying villains more than their heroic counterpart as they’re simply more interesting to me. (Not saying I’m interested in evil things though.) What I appreciate is when villains are bad (but good) but actually but (but actually good).

It’s all in perspective.


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[Top Ten Tuesday] – #125 – Fall 2016 To Be Read

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

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This Week’s Theme:
Fall 2016 To Be Read

Initial Thoughts:

My Fall 2016 reading road map seems pretty set in stone as my reading commitments re: ARCs are typically guiding my schedule. That being said, I’m still hoping to keep myself open to have a series binge in November sooooo.

But these books are listed likely in the order they will be read unless random things come up, e.g. “mood”.


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[Book Events] Raincoast Teens Read Preview (2017 Winter/Spring)

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Raincoast Teens Read Preview
(2017 Winter/Spring Edition)

On September 10, 2016, I attended the Raincoast Books preview event and was joined by other influencers in the community — bloggers and store buyers inclusive — to glimpse forthcoming 2017 titles.

For worldwide readers, if you’re unfamiliar with what/who Raincoast Books is, they’re the Canadian distributors for publishers like Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Tor/Forge, FSG, HMH, among others. So thank you to Raincoast Books for extending an invitation for me to attend!


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