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Burn bright
National Book Lovers day was August 9. I don’t care for these made-up holidays, usually. In fact, I rather despise some of them (Star Wars Day, I’m looking at you). However, I will jump on any opportunity to celebrate my lifelong love of reading and what it has wrought for…
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Dueling Libraries
A little over a year ago, I finally started taking advantage of my local libraries — yes, there were two available to me (Weber and Davis County). The Weber County Library served me very well for over a year. It was the most convenient, and I checked out hundreds of…
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Failure is totally an option — go ahead and embrace it
Failure has traditionally been the scariest f-word in my book. Combine it with that other frightening f-word, fear, and you have the plot line of my life up until about seven months ago. I have lived in fear of failure since I can remember. Even as a small child who…
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The lie that tells the truth
By now you’ve probably heard the controversy surrounding The Black Witch by Laurie Forest. If you’ve been under a YA-lit rock, here’s a quick summary: an early reader went through and picked out every single example of racism, ableism, homophobia, and any hint of dismissiveness about nearly every marginalized group.…
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What?! You haven’t read that?!
Bosslady posted a link to the trailer for IT. I commented that maybe I should read the book. Her response was, “What?! You haven’t?!” Reading The Stand at 13 and prattling about many other King novels must mean I’ve read all of them, right? This isn’t the first time she’s…
Brazen Bibliophage 