Category: Opinion Piece
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My 2023 TBR
With the new year approaching, I decided to make an official list of books to read in 2023. Honestly, I can’t even buy any new books at the moment because my TBR shelf is full, top to bottom. There are one hundred fifty-one books on that shelf currently, and my goal for next year is…
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Book-Themed Recipes
I’m an avid reader, but I’m also a cook, and I love to try out the food from different books or series that I enjoy reading. Here are my top five picks! 1. Butterbeer From: Harry Potter There seem to be dozens of Butterbeer copycat recipes out there, but the basic ingredients are all the…
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My Top 10 Least Favourite Tropes
Earlier this year, I wrote a Top 10 Favourite Tropes article talking about the tropes I most enjoy when reading – done well, of course. [Click here to read that article.] Here, I will discuss the top 10 tropes I don’t like to read, even when done well. Not to say that any of these…
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Books That Inspire Me
I became a reader the way all readers seem to. My mom read to me every night in my youth, and at school I borrowed books from the library to read on my own. I absolutely loved reading, and I think that connection stemmed from my connection with my mom. She and my dad were…
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My Top 10 Favourite Tropes
Ever since I was a child, I’ve used reading as a method of escape from the mundane everyday. My favourite stories include some element or otherness in the world, or how the world would be in other circumstances. Because of this, while I can enjoy several different genres, my favourites are Fantasy and Science Fiction.…
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Writing a Good Book Review
Writing a book review can be done by anyone (so long as you’ve actually read the book in question). They can be as short as “I liked it” to as long as a full essay about the ups and downs of the specific book, and the quality of book reviews differs as much as the…
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Shapeshifters in Fiction
Next on the list in my “…in Fiction” series is shapeshifters! These are less commonly used, though most of these supernatural/magical creatures are shapeshifters in some way. Therefore, I will discuss them as their own entity as well as in a subcategory of another creature (ex. Vampire “bat”, Werewolf, and Shapeshifting Magic). “Shapeshifter” Shapeshifters To…
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Dropping Hints & Good Storytelling
I love stories. As an avid reader of books and watcher of TV and movies, the thing I absolutely love it when a story gives you clues. It’s something that differentiates the good stories from the great ones. It makes a book worth rereading because you know that there will always be something you missed…
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Witches & Warlocks in Fiction
This article is the fourth installment of my In Fiction series. Check out my articles about Vampires and Werewolves as well! The terms witch, wizard, warlock, and sorcerer are only a few of the many names given to describe humans with magical abilities. In fiction, any of these can be used and reimagined, but they…
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Magic in Fiction
Magic is a wonderous force that is used in nearly every Fantasy book out there. It can exist in any way, shape, or form because magic is anything without a scientific explanation—even science can be magic if we don’t understand how it works yet. This seems like a big topic, so I’ll try my best…
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