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Tag: book recommendation

  • Harry Potter and the One Line Pitches

    I need to practice “Elevator Pitches”, so, I figured, what better way to do that than by crafting some for one of the worlds most popular series’ of our time. These are probably going to end up being more of “explain a plot badly” lines, but it’ll be fun! 😆…

  • Book Recommendation: The Bridge

    The Bridge by Jeri Massi is quite possibly one of my favorite books ever! It has been a hot minute since I last read this book (don’t worry though, it’s on my list of ‘books-to-re-read-asap’!), so my synopsis for it might end up a little janky – but here’s what…

  • Book Recommendation: And Then There Were None

    Book Recommendation: And Then There Were None

    And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is the ultimate ‘whodunit’ ‘locked island’ murder mystery that has inspired mystery aficionados’ in the creation of more novels, movies and games for decades. Summoned to a mysterious island by an acquaintance, whom all of them they just ‘can’t seem to quite…

  • Book Recommendation: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien is a well-known cult classic, about a group of unlikely heroes that band together to defeat an evil tyrant, but here’s why you should read The Fellowship of the Ring specifically. Reason #1: It’s a classic epic quest story, with a…

  • Book Recommendation: NARNIA!

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis. This is one of the first books I ever read! It’s a great book to read at any age, whether you’re 7 or 77. It follows the lives of siblings Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy and their adventures in the…

  • Book Recommendation: The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgens Burnett follows the tale of little Mary Lennox, or as the other children so ‘Mistress Mary, quite contrary’, who after becoming an orphan moves to London to live with her mysterious absentee uncle. Miss Mary, who became used to the hot temperatures of her…

  • Book Rec: The Host

    The Host by Stephenie Meyer is quite possibly my favorite novel ever! I really struggle with that question “What’s your favorite book?” But if you forced me to give an answer, then it would be a hard tie between The Host and Jane Eyre (with all of the LOTR books,…