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When Emma Curran wins a prestigious fellowship at her university, she is thrust into the glittering world of the elite. There, she meets and falls for Jasper Balfour, the charismatic leader of a secret society whose rituals hide something far darker beneath their privilege. When the group stages a Read the Post
This year is flying by. It’s already April, and summer will be here before we know it. Speaking of the weather, it snowed here on Friday the 13th. Isn’t that day supposed to be lucky? I don’t know; all I know is that I was not prepared when I stepped outside to walk to the bus stop. It snowed all Read the Post
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is: Buzzwords or Phrases That Make Me Want to Read the Post
In 1956, a teenage girl working on a small island off the coast of Reykjavík goes missing. The investigation leads nowhere, and the case eventually goes cold. Thirty years later, during the city’s 200th anniversary celebrations, a journalist reopens the case in the hopes of finally uncovering what Read the Post
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that one of my guilty pleasures is podcasts. I subscribe to around fifty of them, but I don’t listen to every episode that comes out. Some I only download if the topic catches my interest. But then there are the others, the ones I Read the Post
Every year, it feels like spring shows up a little earlier than it’s supposed to. Over the weekend, I went for a walk and noticed cherry blossom trees already in bloom. It's only March 2! How is this happening? Didn’t the groundhog see his shadow? Aren’t we still supposed to be firmly planted in Read the Post
After losing her job and turning down her boyfriend’s proposal, Rhea Wolfe learns that the grandmother she never knew has died and left her an inheritance. That inheritance turns out to be a rundown video store in the small town of Arcadia Falls, as well as the revelation that Rhea herself has Read the Post
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's topic is Quotes From/About Books. There are endless Read the Post
Glaciologist Rachael Beckett is on a research expedition in Antarctica when disaster strikes. After losing contact with her base camp and failing to get a signal on her satellite phone, she realizes she’s completely cut off from the rest of her team. It’s the depths of winter, a storm is raging Read the Post
In the struggling town of Beartown, hockey is everything. The town’s junior hockey team is the best it has been in years, and a championship win could finally put Beartown on the map and revive the struggling town. But when a serious accusation is made against the team’s star player, both the future Read the Post
