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February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Book Review: Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis

Scales and Sensibility is a regency romance which takes place in an England that will feel very much like the England of most regency romances (which is to say, historically accurate-ish but with a gloss of wishful thinking over everything). The main difference of course, is the presence of dragons.

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January 30, 2022January 30, 2022

Book Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess is a recent release by debut author Sue Lynn Tan. It’s been getting some good buzz which means this is the right book for a lot of people. Unfortunately, I am not one of those people.

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January 21, 2022January 25, 2022

Tropetacular: Enemies to Lovers

In this monthly feature, I’ll examine popular book tropes, discuss whether or not they’re something I enjoy, and discuss the ways they can go right or spectacularly wrong.

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December 1, 2021January 19, 2022

NaNoWriMo 2021 Recap

Well, it is December 1st, which means National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is over and it’s time for a recap!

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October 14, 2021January 19, 2022

I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year!

With the pandemic being what it is and the Seattle area already experiencing very cold weather, I’ll probably be snugged up at home for most of November anyway. So why not spending my time writing the first 50k or so words of a new fiction project?

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May 25, 2021January 19, 2022

Five Mini Book Reviews

I’m currently tearing through books at a slightly alarming pace. Blame Book Bingo.

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March 30, 2021January 19, 2022

Four Mini Book Reviews

I wanted to briefly jot down my thoughts on a few books I’ve read in the past couple of months and wanted to write about, but couldn’t due to Surprise House Move 2021.

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January 14, 2021January 19, 2022

Book Review: The Empress of Xytae

The Empress of Xytae is the fourth book in the ongoing Tales of Inthya fantasy romance series written by Effie Calvin.

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January 4, 2021January 19, 2022

The Best Books I Read in 2020

My reading in 2020 was pretty eclectic. Fiction across numerous genres, academic works on dance, cocktail recipe books, pop sci, and really, whatever else I could get my hands on.

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