Learning from the Masters: The Meet-Cute Part II

Last week I talked about meet-cutes–the moment when the protagonist meets her potential romantic lead. Today I want to give another example…

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Likeness

In which I attempt to put my feelings about my favorite book of all time into words.

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Martian

Since the movie just came out, I thought I’d add my review to the mix of ones out there. Is it worth the hype?

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MK’s Book Reviews: The Raven Boys

So if you follow me on Twitter or even read all my posts on this blog, you know I’ve been reading this and loving it. I just finished it last night and…

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Friday Things

Happy fall!

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MK’s Book Reviews: My Life Next Door

So after this book, I was in need of an antidote, in the way of some lighter fare. I chose Huntley Fitzpatrick’s My Life Next Door.…

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Learning From The Masters: On Subtlety

So I want to talk about one of my favorite things in fiction… Subtlety. I’ve already written about how one of my biggest pet peeves in books is showing and telling. I also wrote a post on how to not do that.  I think the best novels are ones that show you everything that’s happening–then leave it to […]

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MK’s Book Reviews: Stephen King’s It

Okay. I am not a horror fan, not a violence fan, and definitely not a clown fan. Why did I read this book?

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MK’s Book Reviews: All The Light We Cannot See

You’ve likely heard of this book, as it was everywhere this summer. It also won a highly coveted prize. Is it worth the hype?

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MK’s Book Reviews: On the Road, The Original Scroll

So after letting it languish on my shelf for years, I finally tackled this…

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