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SERIESous Tips: 5 Ways to Get Into Audiobooks

Last July, I published a post declaring my love for audiobooks. But it took me a long time to reach that conclusion. As I mentioned in that post, it took me 7 years to get comfortable listening to audiobooks. That’s a long time! Audiobooks are a growing tend in the publishing industry. In 2017, audiobook …

Trope Thursdays: New to Town [4]

Trope Thursdays: A monthly feature where I look at various reading tropes. Each month I will pick a trope and examine all aspects of it. I’ll discuss the classic features of the trope, what I love (or hate) about it and share some books that use the trope in their plots. Welcome Back! First, I’ll …

Monthly Inventory: March 2018

March 2018 I’ve known March was going to be a weird reading month since late January this year and it definitely lived up to that expectation. As I mentioned in my February Recap post, my “big city” library card from my school days expired mid-February. I did my best to read as many books as …

Trope Thursdays: My Family Hurt Yours [3]

Trope Thursdays: A monthly feature where I look at various reading tropes. Each month I will pick a trope and examine all aspects of it. I’ll discuss the classic features of the trope, what I love (or hate) about it and share some books that use the trope in their plots. Round 3 of my …

Monthly Inventory: February 2018

February 2018 Looking back at the month of February, I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to. I blame a few key factors. First, the Winter Olympics were on! I’m OBSESSED with the Olympics, and in particular the Winter ones (the Canadian in me likes the ice sports what can I say!). For those …