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With the holiday season rolling around, the annual gift shopping once again commences! Gift shopping is often tiring and costly (we’ve all been there), but this year, it doesn’t have to be. Everyone can take pleasure in the gift of a great book. There are many fantastic books out there, so there’s something for everything. It’s …
When I purchased Code Name Verity, I actually did not know I was purchasing it — it came wrapped in pretty wrapping paper with a note on it that said, “Read This Book If You Have Enjoyed: The Book Thief, We Were Liars and Gone Girl” (for anyone who’s wondering, this adorable gift was from Book Culture in NYC! Check out …
It irks me when I don’t finish books, but in the case of H2O, I just had to do it. H2O has quite good reviews, but if I’m honest, I can’t figure it out. There were a few reasons why I couldn’t engage with H2O ‘s environment and plot — first and foremost, the writing style …
Well, it’s finally happened. I finished the To All The Boys series, and I won’t lie: I miss it already! Always and Forever, Lara Jean is my favorite book in the To All The Boys series. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is where Lara Jean’s sweet, funny, romantic story began and P.S. I Still Love You kept the love …
In Wonder by R.J. Palacio, Charlotte Cody’s end-of-the-year precept reads, “It’s not enough to be friendly; you have to be a friend.” When I initially read Wonder in fourth grade, the meaning of this quote was quite obscure to me. Friends hold friendly interactions, and a friendly person is a friend — was it not true? This …
PS I Still Love You is the sequel to the funny, romantic, and sweet To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, so there’s no way that I could not love it. As an individual book, though, I did not enjoy P.S. I Still Love You as much as I did To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. Had it not been part …