Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Author: Simone
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I’m so glad February is over. It was an exciting month with a lot happening, but it wasn’t my best reading month. I read seven books. I always end up putting too much pressure on myself to read and when I don’t read “enough,” then it feels like I failed. Don’t you hate that feeling?…
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I didn’t think I would like this book at first. Books with a lot of hype, a lot of readership, and a few awards scare me. What if I read it and I don’t like it? What if it’s all my writing pet peeves? I’ve disliked a lot of Pulitzer Prize winning novels over the…
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I’m a tad bit blocked recently and in more ways than one. Not only am I stuck with what to read next or enjoying my reads, but I’m also stuck creatively with my writing. So, I’ve decided to write about it. There’s nothing better than writing about your issues than thinking about them. Perhaps these…
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Let me tell you how I’m not happy about breaking my TBR to fit this book in, but I will say that I’m happy I read it. I loved Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give, and I knew I would love On the Come Up. If you’re looking to find The Hate U Give Part 2, you’re looking…
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I hate to admit it, but February hasn’t been kind to me. We’re now in the middle of the month and my reading hasn’t been going so well. I’ve read…one book. In some small way, I’m angry. I’m angry at myself for not focusing and reading as much as I can. I’m angry that I’ve put…
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I’m not a big Valentine’s Day person. I’ll usually buy myself candy and watch some romantic movies at home, but my husband and I aren’t fans of the big day. We don’t go out and do something. We don’t celebrate our love since we do that on the regular. So Valentine’s Day is a day…
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So you just finished that widely-loved novel and…you hate it. Well, not hate it but you just don’t get why everyone else loves it. No, it’s not even that. Every time I finish a book and my opinion is different than everyone else, I feel like a salmon going upstream while everyone is going downstream.…
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In an effort to make myself more accountable this year, I’m going to be sharing some reviews and stories to my blog. This includes a category dedicated to nonfiction. As I might have written in the past, nonfiction is just one of those things that slips below my radar every year. I make an effort…
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When I first started this series, I thought this was going to be a Dune-style story of a future where the world is covered in sand, people are trying to live and not doing a good job at it, and the politics is a little funky. What I got was nothing close to that and…
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I’m bringing this back because I love displaying for you all the books I’m excited about publishing. I’m going to take it different this time. Instead of copy and pasting all the syopsis, I’m going to share why I want these books. I think that’ll be fun (and more work, but I’m trying to break…
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