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Book Riot Linkage!

Did you all know I write for Book Riot? Probably. I don't really mention it on here though. But it's Thursday! And I'm sleepy! So here're some posts I've written for them that I like:

What to Read After Seeing Suffragette. I want to read all of these. I have read none of them. BUT! I did a thorough investigation of whether they sucked or not before adding them to the list.

6 Books You Can Discuss At Thanksgiving, By Wine Glass. I wanted to do something topical. The wine glass addition was my brilliant oldest brother's idea. All these books should probs be read though.

8 Classic Novels Retitled As Clickbait. ONE OF MY MORE POPULAR POSTS is that ironic or not; I'm too scared to use that word.

Gifts for the Charlotte Bronte Fan in Your Life. I'm legit a big fan of this post and will go to my grave thinking it did not achieve the recognition it deserved. THERE ARE SO MANY WEIRDASS CHARLOTTE BRONTE GIFTS OUT THERE.

Where We All Cry About the Library of Alexandria. I get so sad about that damn library.

5 Classics That Should Definitely Become CW Shows. I'm terrible at coming up with plot, so a ton a ton a ton of the credit here goes to Jenny at Reading the End. She has the opposite type of skills when it comes to plot. Meaning she is super-great at it.

AND FINALLY:

On Asking Authors to Sign Books With My Favorite Word. I love doing this, even though it made Donna Tartt look at me look I was an idiot.

HAPPY DECEMBER, ALL.


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