Author: Julie S.

Uglies Review

Uglies Review

 Julie’s Review: Uglies is a pretty good dystopia where at age 16, everyone gets an operation to make them pretty – as opposed to the uglies they are now. I liked that the novel explored what we as people think is beauty (symmetrical faces, little body fat, etc) but also explored the truth behind the […]

Posted September 24, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 4 Comments
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Top Ten Places I Most Want to Travel To, Guest Post by Sarah Mäkelä

Guest Post: Top Ten Places I Most Want to Travel To by Sarah Mäkelä  I’m probably a little different from most people in my choices. I’m not crazy about beaches or hot weather. I’m entirely fascinated with snow and Scandinavia and Russia. With that out of the way, here we go… Yellowstone National Park – I […]

Posted September 22, 2014 by Julie S. in Author Appearances, Blog Tours, Giveaways / 5 Comments
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The TBR Tag

The TBR Tag I was tagged by Jessica at Strung Out on Books. How do you keep track of your TBR pile? Well, I use the Goodreads to-read shelf, but it has mostly become a shelf to show interest in a book since there are just more books there than I can read in a […]

Posted September 20, 2014 by Julie S. in Memes / 4 Comments
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Sharing the Bookish Love

Sharing the Bookish Love is our newest feature where we share some of our favorite posts we have recently come across on the book blogosphere. If there’s a recent post you want us to share, feel free to let us know.   Thought-provoking Discussions: Oh, The Books talks about reading being stressful. Rabid Reads asks, if […]

Posted September 19, 2014 by Julie S. in Sharing the Bookish Love / 2 Comments
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Cruel Beauty Review

Cruel Beauty Review

 Julie’s Review: I was disappointed with Cruel Beauty, especially with the 5 star reviews staring me in the face when I log into Goodreads. I got this through the summer Sync audiobook program, so free is free right? I gave it a listen, and was expecting it to be a really interesting retelling of Beauty […]

Posted September 17, 2014 by Julie S. in Reviews / 17 Comments
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