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Keeping a Writing Mindset When You Can’t Actually Write
If you’ve been around here lately, you probably already know that due to the current business of my life, I’ve haven’t been writing lately. Words have not been going down on paper. However, I’ve been doing my best to keep myself in the writing mindset. I don’t want to return to writing and then suddenly…
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Book Review: The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden
by Karina Yan Glaser When Mr. Jeet, the Vanderbeekers’ upstairs neighbor, suffers from a stroke, the Vanderbeeker children have to do something. They have to try and help Mr. Jeet get better! In an attempt to prepare a surprise for Mrs. Josie and Mr. Jeet when Mr. Jeet is released from the hospital, the Vanderbeeker…
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February Recap
Goodness! February went fast! Then again, it is a shorter month. But still! Reading Recap I read sixteen books in February. Several of them were about the RMS Titanic, since I am writing a paper on the Titanic for school. All of the research I am doing may or may not lead to me writing…
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Book Review: Tiger Queen
by Annie Sullivan Kateri waits for the day when she will be able to claim her mother’s crown. All she has to do is defeat a few more suitors in the arena and she will have proven her right to rule. Once she is queen, Kateri will be able to avenge her mother and baby…
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Book Review: Words on Fire
by Jennifer A. Nielsen Audra lives in Lithuania in 1893, under the rule of Russian Cossacks, who are determined to stripe Lithuania of what makes it Lithuanian. Audra avoids the soldiers by staying at home with her mother, even though she wishes to go with her father on his trips as a magician. Her parents’…
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Book Review: If We Survive
by Andrew Klavan Will Peterson came to South America on a mission trip to build a wall. He did not intend to get caught in the middle of a terrorist revolution. And with the revolutionaries winning, they don’t have to be afraid of killing Americans and the possible repercussions. Which means that Will and his…
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January Recap
And just like that January is gone and February is here! 2020 is off to a fast start! Reading Recap: I read twenty books during January. However, several of them were pictures books, which only sort of count. I read eleven books that I hadn’t ever read before. Right now, I am only counting books…
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Book Review: Aladdin, Far from Agrabah
by Aisha Saeed Jasmine dreams of two things: exploring the world outside of the palace walls, and someday ruling over Agrabah, which means convincing her father to abandon the tradition of a male ruler. Trying to make these dreams possible means that Jasmine has no time for suitors trying to win her hand and the…
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Why Writers Should Write Book Summaries
I am horrible at telling people about what I am writing. Like, literally horrible. And it doesn’t matter who is asking me. It can be my family, a friend, or someone at a writer’s conference. What I end up doing I when I am asked is typically mumble something about it being about a boy…
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Book Review: Not If I Save You First
by Ally Carter Maddie and Logan were best friends. Logan’s dad was the president and Maddie’s dad was the head of his Secret Service. Of course they were best friends. Or they were until Maddie’s dad resigned after the first lady was nearly kidnapped and Logan was harmed in the crossfire. Next thing Maddie knew,…
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