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  • The Last Wish – starting The Witcher series

    January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Book Reviews
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    After watching the Netflix series, I read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski--the first book in The Witcher series... and wrote down my thoughts.

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  • Meeting Karou in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone

    January 5, 2021January 5, 2021Book Reviews
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    I'm in love with another Laini Taylor novel. This time it's the first book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series.

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  • My 2020 End-of-Year Review

    December 29, 2020December 30, 2020Bianca's Life
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    Gasp. It's another year done and 2020 was a crazy one at that. In keeping tradition, here's my end-of-year review of things Bianca and books.

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  • Book Review: The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall

    December 22, 2020December 23, 2020Book Reviews
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    Kate Mildenhall's second novel--The Mother Fault--is the story of a mother protecting her family in a dystopian Australia.

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  • Deathless Divide: a perfect sequel by Justina Ireland

    December 14, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    The sequel to Justina Ireland's Dread Nation is here. In Deathless Divide, Jane fights zombies, delusional scientists, sexism, and racism.

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  • An alternative Jack the Ripper story in People of Abandoned Character

    October 25, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    In People of Abandoned Character, Clare Whitfield tells the story of a possible wife of Jack the Ripper.

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  • 5 Strategies to Cope with Lockdown Life

    September 21, 2020December 18, 2020Bianca's Life
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    How are you surviving the COVID-19 lockdown? Here are five strategies that made it a little easier for me.

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  • Ending the story with The Pretenders

    September 15, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    I finally got a chance to read The Pretenders by Rebecca Hanover. It's the longed-for sequel to the science fiction YA novel, The Similars.

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  • Drinking tea for Fairtrade Fortnight

    September 1, 2020December 18, 2020Bianca's Life
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    August contains Fairtrade Fortnight and to celebrate Tribes and Nations sent me some Scarborough Fair tea. While sipping, let's talk all things Fairtrade.

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  • Cloud and Wallfish: in East Germany

    August 24, 2020December 24, 2020Book Reviews
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    Imagine being 11 years old and transported from your suburban American life to 1980s East Germany. That's Noah's life in Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbit.

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  • Welcome to the blog tour: Lobizona by Romina Garber

    August 5, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    Manu grew up hiding as an undocumented immigrant in Miami. Until she learns more about her story and that she is a Lobizona. Join me on the blog tour of Romina Garber's new book.

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  • My review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

    July 24, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    It's taken 18 months but I've tried re-reading An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green to write a proper review. I couldn't finish it on a re-read. Here's why.

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  • Goodbye, Australia. Hello, internet.

    June 21, 2020December 18, 2020Bianca's Life
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    Sometimes you need to say goodbye and leave to refresh and gain anew. This weekend my mother passed away. Our relationship was rarely smooth and this is how we got back in contact while I was living in the United States.

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  • Quidditch is a real sport in the Muggle world

    April 1, 2020December 18, 2020Bookish Things
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    Have you ever seen a Quidditch game? A real one in the Muggle world? I was lucky to attend the Global Games in 2014. Of course, I took Muggle photos.

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  • My Long List of Impossible Things that can’t be done after a war

    March 2, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    We imagine a war ending to be celebrations and champagne, but Michelle Barker's new novel, My Long List of Impossible Things shows that it's anything but.

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  • Book Review: Fauna and a mother’s love for her experimental baby

    February 2, 2020January 13, 2021Book Reviews
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    Fauna by Donna Mazza is a story of motherhood and the sacrifices a family will make to have a child. It’s also a future-set science fiction.

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  • The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman

    January 4, 2020December 18, 2020Book Reviews
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    A collection of speeches, book introductions, and editorials by Neil Gaiman. All bundled together as The View from the Cheap Seats.

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  • New Year – New Leap Planner Unboxing

    January 3, 2020December 18, 2020Organization
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    I'm starting 2020 with a new Leap Planner and unboxing. It's less goals and more productivity. Fingers-crossed it works.

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  • 2020 – how did that happen?

    December 31, 2019Bianca's Life
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    2020 is nearly here and promises to be just as bookish. Here's my 2019 year in review and plans for 2020. Spoiler: it involves books.

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  • Who will you rely on in the zombie apocalypse? Highway Bodies by Alison Evans

    December 22, 2019December 21, 2020Book Reviews
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    More than zombies, Highway Bodies by Alison Evans is a story of dealing with death, friendship, battles, and ... zombies in Melbourne.

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