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Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-buy authors

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN. Today's Top Ten Tuesday features my top ten auto-buy authors. Is this a rehash of my Lady Writer Supergroup? POSSIBLY. Maggie Stiefvater   OB-VI-OUS-LY. Stiefvater gave me murder horses in The Scorpio Races. She gave me Ronan Lynch in The Raven Cycle. She gave me miracles in All the Crooked Saints. I will go… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-buy authors

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Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions

She's a baaaaandwagon, make you work hard, make you spend hard, make you want all of her love. Good ol' Top Ten Tuesdays catching me unawares like they do every week! This is a good one. It's like confession for readers. Forgive me, Jane Austen, for I bear some very unpopular opinions.   I hate The… Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions

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The Cheesy Goodness Book Tag

Sad story: I found a lump of leftover mozzarella in my fridge. That's not the sad part. I could have SWORN I'd used all the mozzarella earlier in the week. Elated, I set about making a cheese sandwich. I reached for the bag of mozzarella. My fingers closed around a hard-edged lump. It was an… Continue reading The Cheesy Goodness Book Tag

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My Life in Books Tag

Credit to The Book Nut, whose post I'm using for inspiration.   Pick a book for each of your initials I FINALLY FOUND SOME GOOD ONES: Life of Pi, Emma, and Lunch in Paris.     Count your age along your bookshelf My 25th book is.... Neat...and only a little insulting.   Pick a book set in your… Continue reading My Life in Books Tag

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Lauren’s Go-To Reads: Actual Influences

I have books from childhood that I love and books that I constantly reread. This list consists of books that have impacted my actual life in big ways. On my spiritual health I read A Woman's Place by Katelyn Beaty and Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey while wrestling with mixed messages from the church regarding women. As much as I hated… Continue reading Lauren’s Go-To Reads: Actual Influences