Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone

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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi ~ 525 pages ~ published 3/6/18 by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers

Goodreads Synopsis:

They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.

Now we rise.

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.

But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

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August & September Subscription Boxes: OwlCrate and The Book(ish) Box

August and September kind of snuck past me, and I never posted anything about the subscription boxes I got! Whoops! So, I am going to do a giant, combined post today. I ended up doing OwlCrate (as per usual), and The Book(ish) Box for both August and September. If you are interested in subscribing to OwlCrate, you can use my code.

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WWW Wednesday: October 3, 2018

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words! All you have to do is answer the following three questions:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

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Monthly Wrap-Up: September

This month I read a total of 11 books, but a lot of them were audio books. It always looks like I am constantly reading, but it is really because I drive a delivery van and I always have an audio book going haha

Let’s get to it!

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WWW Wednesday: September 26, 2018

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words! All you have to do is answer the following three questions:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

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Mini Book Reviews: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Series + Movie Review

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When I heard that the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before series was being made into a Netflix movie, I knew that I wanted to read the series before watching it. I was able to get the series box-set for super cheap before I left my job at the bookstore, so this was the perfect time and opportunity to read it in its entirety! I’m going to do three mini reviews, and then talk about my thoughts on the movie as well. Let’s get to it!

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