MK’s Book Reviews: Replica

Do you need a new book?

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Learning from the Masters: on Writing Dual Timelines

Do you ever decide to write a book, then at some point during the revisions, look at it and say, wow, I made this really hard on myself?

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The Fall Books I Can’t Wait To Read

Happy first day of fall!

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MK’s Book Reviews: Panic

I’ve written about how much I love Lauren Oliver‘s writing before, so it was no surprise that I loved this book…

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MK’s Book Reviews: Before I Fall

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s time for a book review! Today: Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver

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Good Reads Lately

Been a little while since I updated you all on my reading list. Here are some recent good reads (and incidentally, you can follow my other good reads on Goodreads).

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Learning from the Masters: Kissing Scenes

So in my contemporary YA work in progress, I’m finally finally at the point where the people I want to kiss, do. Yay! I wrote a draft of that scene. And then reread it. And it was … meh. I wanted the literary equivalent to fireworks, only less clichéd. I did not produce that. And though I know […]

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Good Books (as of late)

I get asked for book recommendations a lot. Mostly because I read like a fiend. (And maybe because I have decent taste.) My goal with this blog was to post glowing reviews after every wonderful book I read. But I read fast, and I review more slowly. So here is a super-abbreviated version of reviews […]

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