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Recommended Reads: JELLICOE ROAD


I’m a bit obsessed with this mysterious, emotional, and deeply plotted story, and the intense love stories within it. With these lovable realistic characters, and their sharp dialogue and light-hearted wit during tense and brutal situations. As many reviews point out, the beginning is confusing. At about the 20% mark I had to start over and reread everything. But I persevered, and it was so, so worth it. Bonus points for one of the best bad-boy love interests ever.

JELLICOE ROAD
by Melina Marchetta

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Something New

I’ve started something new. A standalone (maybe?) with haunted characters and troubled pasts and secrets. A love story, of course. Some animal companions. I have yet to see the cool car, but I know it’s in there somewhere. Only about 1,000 words so far. The story is a jumbled mess in my head, and the couple pages of disorganized notes and ideas are only making things messier. A start is a start though. I can work with that. :)

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Recommended Reads: NETTLE & BONE


I loved everything about this dark and hopeful one-of-a-kind fairytale. It’s witty, exciting, and emotional. Sweet, but not too sweet. Twisted, but not over the line. Moves at a tight pace while allowing important moments for the characters to breathe. And oh, the characters. They were exceptional.

NETTLE & BONE
by T. Kingfisher

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Shepherd – Discover The Best Books

Check out my book recommendations page on Shepherd, a new place to discover your favorite books.

Shepherd is a gold mine for book lovers. I got pleasantly lost perusing the “best books” lists and ended up with about fifty open browser tabs of books to check out. My TBR is now quite a bit longer, thanks to Shepherd.

Bookshelves are also a great place to find books. Here’s the Magic-Supernatural one to get you started.

I took a few liberties with my own book recommendations list. There isn’t exactly a romance in The Gaslight Dogs, and two of my picks are sci-fi, not fantasy. But what’s important is they all have that perfect blend of elements that make them 5-star reads. I hope you check them out and get lost among the great books on Shepherd just like I did. :)