we're all mad here
Ohhhh, I can already tell that this week’s That Artsy Reader Girl topic is going to be HARD. I can think of, like, one book with a number in the title? No, two! Oh my gosh, and all of you definitely know what one of them is. This is probably going to be predictable, but…
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I will never actually copy & paste the scene that I’m thinking of from my old high fantasy series, but wowza, it was just Helm’s Deep almost identically. (I won’t share it because that is some olddddd writing, and I’m not about to subject anyone to that.) For a long time, I had a rule…
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Disclaimer: I’m mostly talking about YA here. I can probably count on one hand how many adult fantasies I’ve read in the last decade, although none of those few had men for their MCs, either. I truly don’t think that if I had to put together a top ten fantasy books that feature men MCs,…
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This is somehow going to be the hardest That Artsy Reader Girl topic ever. It shouldn’t be because there are so many reasons why I love reading, but that’s it right there, that’s why it’s the hardest. How do you narrow down something so monumental into ten reasons? And they’re definitely not going to be…
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This could just be blatantly calling out every duology that’s been turned into a trilogy, but I’m labeling it as a #marywrites because I have some writing-specific thoughts, y’all. However, yes, I am going to say outright that I’m thinking about Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin, and it is 100% the reason for why…
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Yes, everyone in the world is doing this tag right now, and it definitely gave me a mid-year complete panic when I was looking through others, which of course meant that I had to share that panic with you! I’ve seen a lot of people do it, but the most recent one (at the time…
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Honestly, thank heck next month is Pride. After this hellish month, I need a reason to celebrate. I ended up five-starring all but one book this month, and four were preorders that I was very excited about, so that makes me even happier. I’m also wandering my way back toward writing, so it’s really just…
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Am I ready for this? I’m really not. I’ve been having so much fun revisiting this world, and I’m so sad that it’s over now. I reread the entire Shadow & Bone trilogy last month to prepare for the chaos that was me absolutely losing my cool over the Netflix adaptation, and then slowly dug…
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On Thursday, I was hit by a sudden blast from the past and had a desire to do a weekend readathon. I talked about what books and why here, and it’s been a really long time since I last did one of these! It would probably have made more sense to do this next weekend…
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Wow, I truly cannot remember the last time that I did one of these posts. Like, at minimum, 2019. I used to do weekend readathons all the damn time. They were a lot of fun, and while last year should have been a good time for it, I worked from home a lot, so I…
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