✦ a digital literary archive ✦

  • Book Review: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

    Hey, everyone! Today’s review is for Ali Hazelwood’s debut romantic-comedy, The Love Hypothesis. About the Book As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn’t believe in lasting romantic relationships–but her best friend does, and that’s what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily

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  • Book Review: A Winter’s Promise (The Mirror Visitor #1)

    Hey, everyone! Today’s review is for the first installment in Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor quartet, A Winter’s Promise. About the Book Long ago, following a cataclysm called “The Rupture,” the worl d was shattered into many floating celestial islands. Known now as Arks, each has developed in distinct ways; each seems to possess its

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  • Book Review: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

    Hey, everyone! Today’s review is for Sarah J. Maas’s fantasy romance, A Court of Silver Flames! About the Book Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she’s struggled to find a place for herself

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  • Book Review: We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

    Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review, and this time it’s for Hafsah Faizal’s debut YA fantasy, We Hunt the Flame! About the Book People lived because she killed. People died because he lived. Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to

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  • Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

    Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review, and this time it’s for Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé’s YA contemporary thriller, Ace of Spades! About the Book Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah ç-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.  When two Niveus

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  • Book Review: Blackout

    Book Review: Blackout

    Hey, everyone! I’m back with a new book review. And this time it’s for the newly released Blackout, a young-adult anthology of interconnected Black Love stories set during a blackout in New York City. Blackout hits shelves today (June 22, 2021), so a huge thanks to EpicReads for my early review copy of the book!

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  • Should You Read The Raven Boys? (Review)

    Hey, everyone! (It’s been forever, I knowww). I’m currently doing a re-read of The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater, and I couldn’t help but think back to my experience reading The Raven Boys for the first time. To make a long story short, I was severely underwhelmed by it and honestly quite disappointed that

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  • On My Fear of Finishing TV Shows

    I love watching TV. Next to reading, it’s one of my favorite pastimes. Sometimes, I think I binge television shows more than I read. But, as much as I love it, I have a reoccurring habit that I can’t seem to drop: I can’t finish TV shows. I know it sounds crazy. The point of

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  • My Experience at BookCon 2019 + My Weekend Trip to NYC

    Hey, y’all! Happy June. This past weekend I was in New York City for BookCon! It was my first time in NYC and my first time at BookCon. I had a really great time at the convention and in New York in general. I wanted to share some of my experience during this weekend getaway……

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  • So…You’re An English Major?

    “You’re majoring in English? So, you want to teach?” is the main follow-up question I get asked when people find out my major; from both other students and strangers. It’s automatically assumed that the only reason I’d major in English is to become a teacher. English teachers are awesome and I’m immensely grateful for the

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