Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Blogging
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So recently I realized that I’m a huge fan of fantasy reads. Great! Got that out of the way.
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A friend of mine online recently took some polls on which fantasy series her followers have read. If you’re reading fantasy, you know there are way too many series to keep up with. There’s practically a series for every conceivable version of the fantasy genre which makes for a lot of reading. While I was…
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Winter is the last book of The Lunar Chronicle series. As I was approaching, my dear friend Renee at @somekindoflibrary mentioned reading Fairest before Winter. Well, I read the book and I actually don’t feel any more empathy towards Queen Levana. In truth, I hate her more.
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Over the weekend, I took the time to read two different thrillers; Misery by Stephen King and You by Caroline Kepnes. Both are supposed to be super suspenseful and great reads. I did have a great time reading both of these books, but what I found interesting is that both thrillers included characters blaming others…
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Fantasy is a new genre for me. I realized that I loved all the fantasy I’ve been getting my hands on and I promised myself that I would really explore it. But how do you start reading a genre that you don’t know about? Do I start with the classics or go for a well-known…
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Welcome to a new week and welcome to FALL! Well, I know fall officially started last month, but I don’t feel fall until October. I grew up in New York where summer lasted through all of September and you don’t really feel fall until mid-October. Because of that, I feel like the only time I…
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Hi everyone and welcome to Friday! We made it! I know that weekends are meant to be a little bit more fun and relaxing, but this weekend I find myself wanting to know more about who I am. Well, I know who I am, but I want to know more about where I came from.…
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I feel like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. I feel like I’ve stumbled across my final transformation into the person I’m supposed to be. I’m upgrading. When I first started Simone and Her Books, the intention was to write about books and talk about them. It was for my goldfish brain to dump every…
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Hello everyone! I’m sorry for the absence these past couple of weeks. TBH, it feels like I’ve been absent in more ways than one the whole summer. There’s been so much going on in the real world that the Internet world needed a step back. All that being said, I’m finally back to the swing…
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There are some wonderful books out that most of the reading world will love. It deserves all the stars and their only flaw being too beautiful. Most people read these books and most people give it four or five stars. It didn’t offend them. It was easy-to-read. It led to 80% of the audience to…
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