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Falling Victim to the Hype Machine

Before I started book blogging, I wasn’t really exposed to that much hype surrounding new releases. Sure, there were books like The Hunger Games that seemed to reinvent YA fiction, but if it wasn’t a New York Times bestseller that my library ordered in, I wasn’t likely to know that it existed. Now, however, my wishlist is overflowing...

#WeNeedDiverseBooks

“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” – Maya Angelou By now, I’m sure you all have heard about (or seen) that #WeNeedDiverseBooks has been a very popular topic on Twitter this past week....

Movie Review: Divergent

Divergent is a movie that I had been eagerly anticipating for quite some time – even if it has been quite a while since I read the book. On the way to the theater, my friends and I were discussing the scenes that we were excited to see and, in my case, the actors that we were excited...

This Month In Books: March 2014

I can’t believe it’s March already — it feels like New Years was just yesterday! Although March is an awful month for university because of midterms and assignments, it’s an excellent month for book releases. As always, if you’re interested in one of the books, click on its cover image to be taken to its Goodreads page. March...