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Philippa Gregory’s written MANY a bestselling novel and been proclaimed “the queen of royal fiction” by USA Today. You might be familiar with The Other Boleyn Girl which has been adapted into a movie, or perhaps with The White Queen, the inspiration for the critically acclaimed miniseries now airing on Starz. But what many people […]

Confession: I am a book playlist nerd. I’ve been a music nut since I was a teenager, and it’s playlists that get me through all my nitty gritty manuscript revisions. Further Confession: Playlists are my ultimate procrastination tool. Because some days, instead of rewriting 10K of text, I really just need to arrange every song […]

When Dimple Met Rishi, one of my most anticipated summer reads, finally released this week! It’s the charming story of two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to set them up despite the fact that they couldn’t be more different. It’s adorable, funny, and basically everything you would ever want in a YA rom-com. If you’re not sold […]

Dimple Shah from When Dimple Met Rishi is thrilled when her parents agree to let her attend a summer program for aspirating web developers. Dimple is as incredibly caring as she is intelligent, which is why she’s intent on developing a game that will help her father keep better track of his health and monitor his […]

I just finished reading In a Perfect World, the new Trish Doller novel, and I have to tell you guys that I am officially obsessed with this book. It tells the story of Caroline Kelly, an Ohio teenager who’s suddenly forced to relocate to Cairo, Egypt the summer before senior year when her mother gets […]

I’ve been reading (or really rereading) Lord of Shadows and thinking a LOT about parabatai. Emma and Jules’ relationship in Lord of Shadows takes some complicated turns, but at the end they’re always going to be parabatai, and that’s a bond that lasts forever. Honestly, parabatai are one of my favorite things about the world […]

Prepare for the perfect storm! If you like:   Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge or Storm of the Century by Stephen King Try: Savage by Thomas E. Sniegoski Why? In Savage, a small New England island is hit by a devastating storm that has a violent effect on its animals. If James Patterson’s Zoo and Stephen King’s […]

I have finished reading Lord of Shadows and I am not ashamed to say that I am OBSESSED with The Dark Artifices series. I’ve always been a huge fan of Cassandra Clare, but I think she’s really outdone herself with these characters in particular because I just can’t stop thinking about them! One of the things […]

Happy Monday! This Memorial Day week, if you’re not enjoying the outdoors and barbecuing or gallivanting around on a summer vacation (or even if you are and need a brief respite from your crazy family to escape to a fictional world), we’ve got you covered as always! Kicking it off today, we’ve got some historical […]

Guys. I cannot even begin to express how totally, and completely in love I am with Lord of Shadows. I mean, check out this book description: Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire […]