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Book Review: “Wonder Woman: Warbringer” by Leigh Bardugo

★★★★★ I have to admit, at first I was skeptical on this one. I knew it was a YA novel with teenage characters and so, going in, I thought it was going to be painfully teenagery. I'd never read a Leigh Bardugo novel so I had no idea what to expect. I was more than… Continue reading Book Review: “Wonder Woman: Warbringer” by Leigh Bardugo

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Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

★★★★★ I am a huge lover of cultural anthropology, mythology, folklore, and fairy tales, and this was by far the best book I have read in a long time! It's categorized as YA Fantasy/Folklore/Fairy tale but it does not feel YA at all when you read it. A lot of Russian cultural research went into… Continue reading Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

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Book Review: “Practical Magic” by Alice Hoffman

★★★★ This might be a lengthy review because there is so much I have to say about this book! (Good and not so good) I just wanted to lay there out there from the beginning. Let me start by saying that I have watched the movie Practical Magic every single fall season multiple times for… Continue reading Book Review: “Practical Magic” by Alice Hoffman

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Book Review: “Magic Lessons” by Alice Hoffman

★★★★★ I started the Practical Magic series with this book, the author's latest to date, because I wanted to read in chronological order instead of published order. This was my first Alice Hoffman book. I've been a fan of the Practical Magic movie since it came out in the 90's but somehow never read the… Continue reading Book Review: “Magic Lessons” by Alice Hoffman

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Book Review: “Vulpini” by Meg Pelliccio

★★★★★ First off, I have to say that I love the cover for this book. It's charming and whimsical and subtly gives hints to the delights you'll find inside. From when I first started reading, I fell in love with the author's melodic form of writing. She does such a great job with descriptions that… Continue reading Book Review: “Vulpini” by Meg Pelliccio