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how fictional characters have shaped my life

Tiffany Julia December 28, 2013

“I don’t know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likable characters with whom you can have some simple identification. Books are in the business of creating great stories that make your brain go all like ahhbdgbdmerhbergurhbudgerbudbaaah.” ― John Green I’m just coming off one of my most emotional reads since TFiOS—The Darkest Minds series…

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mini book reviews – 12.07.13

Tiffany Julia December 7, 2013

These are just some of the last few books I’ve read that I found to be fantastic reads and felt like I needed to share. I’ve been horrible lately about reading. I have stacks of books from BEA that I need to get through and I’ve been really lazy about it all. I’ve realized that I spend way too much time watching morning talk shows and reruns of Boy Meets…

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i solemnly swear to participate in nanowrimo 2013

Tiffany Julia October 30, 2013

NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month is November every year. And every year, for about the last four years, I’ve promised myself that I was finally going to participate in it. As you can guess from the tone of that previous sentence, I have yet to participate in NaNoWriMo. I think last year I tried. About two weeks into November I began and I got about one page typed, single…

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book expo america 2013

Tiffany Julia June 2, 2013

I feel like I fell off the face of the planet for a bit and went to book nerd heaven. Seriously, I feel kind of jet-lagged. For this past three days, I’ve been getting up hella early to go down to the Jacob Javits Center, as I signed up to volunteer for BookExpo America. (Think Comic-Con but for writers and books.) I was signed up for all three days of the…

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book love: the fault in our stars

Tiffany Julia April 15, 2013

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (2013)ISBN: 9780525426004 I finished this book awhile ago. Like, I ordered it from Barnes & Noble and it arrived the same day (a Thursday I believe) and I spent a few hours on Friday just reading the whole thing. I didn’t blog about it right away because there were so many feels that I couldn’t even think straight about it. I still can’t think straight…

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book love: written on the body

Tiffany Julia April 5, 2013

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (1994)ISBN: 9780679744474 So, I recently finished Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson. When I made my previous post about the opening lines of the novel, I had just begun rereading the book. I originally had to read it for my Contemporary British Novels class when I was in university and well, I read it but didn’t read it. You know what I mean right?…

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