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2023 Year in Books: The Ups & Downs
Book Reviews / Rambles

2023 Year in Books: The Ups & Downs

Posted on: January 7, 2024June 6, 2024

I read 56 books in 2023, here are the best and the worst of them.

Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2) by Cassandra Clare – Review
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Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2) by Cassandra Clare – Review

Posted on: July 29, 2020May 7, 2024

I just finished my reread of Lord of Shadows fifteen minutes ago and I scurried to get out the laptop […]

Quotes

No Death

Posted on: July 28, 2020April 28, 2024

“As long as there is love and memory, there is no true death.” ― Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight 

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare – Review
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Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare – Review

Posted on: July 28, 2020May 7, 2024

Just last week I ordered the paperback box set of The Dark Artifices. Sure, I do already have a hardcover first […]

A History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld by Cassandra Clare and Cassandra Jean – Review
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A History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld by Cassandra Clare and Cassandra Jean – Review

Posted on: July 1, 2019July 15, 2020

Author: Cassandra Clare Illustrator: Cassandra Jean Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s UK Publication date: November 1, 2016 Pages: 208 Price […]

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – Review
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson – Review

Posted on: June 24, 2019May 7, 2024

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux First publication date: 1999 Pages: 198 Price: $15.99 CAD (paperback) at […]

We Should All be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  – Review
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We Should All be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Review

Posted on: May 3, 2019July 16, 2020

                               We Should All Be Feminists  […]

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart – Review
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart – Review

Posted on: November 10, 2018July 16, 2020

 “A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.”

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  • Top Tunes – August 2024 August 24, 2024
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  • Milan, Italy July 16, 2024
  • Yamaska National Park, Roxton Pond, Québec July 6, 2024
  • La Mauricie National Park, Shawinigan, Québec July 5, 2024
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