Simone and Her Books
books, reviews, and recommendations
Category: Lifestyle
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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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After watching To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before for the second time, I started thinking back to my high school career and the boys I might have loved before. Then I remembered it. I actually have a story similar to what Lara Jean went through. It made me wonder, what would Lara Jean do?
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I just finished reading Jenny Han’s opinion piece in the NY Times about representation in films and what that opens up for people. You can read the article here. Of course, I thought on what that all meant. What does representation mean to me? With the release of Crazy Rich Asians and To All The…
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I recently read this article on Electric Literature about making the time to read. To quote a quote, it said: As Molly Barton, one of the founders of Serial Box, told Vox: “I was aware that for many people, reading a book can feel rather slow and daunting compared to other media forms at this point.…
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When you’re a reader, you might be interested in certain things. For example, you might want to be able to track the number of books you read. You might want to time yourself on how long it takes you to read one book. You might want to be social and share your reads with someone.…
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