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simonevanheijst December 8, 2019

Book covers that make me think of Winter

Hello reader friends! Remember how during the fall I made a post about book covers that made me feel all autumnal? Well this post is dedicated to all the books that make me think of winter! Wintersong – S. Jae Jones With a title like Wintersong, how can this book not top the list of winter book covers? I think it’s super pretty because it has a snow globe on the front, and I love snow globes. I have yet to read this book, though. I should definitely pick it up in the upcoming months, because it sounds like a…

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simonevanheijst December 7, 2019

The End of the Year Book Tag

Hello book friends and other readers! I thought it was time for another tag. A bookish one! I will try my hand at the end of year book tag today. If you’re going to use this tag as well, don’t forget to link back to the original creator! The end of the year book tag was made by Drizzle and Hurricane, but I found it over on Jenn’s blog, Jenniely! Are there any book you started this year that you need to finish? Oh yes. I’ve been a little bad at actually finishing books lately. The ones I started this…

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simonevanheijst November 15, 2019

My Favorite Science Fiction Short Stories

A couple of years ago I took a science fiction literature course, which was probably the only lit class I’ve ever enjoyed. It was a very fast paced class, but it was a lot of fun, too! We only had to read short stories, and every week we had a different theme. This post is dedicated to some of my favorites from that class! All of the stories listed in this post can be found in either the Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction or volume 1 of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. The Machine Stops – E.M. Forster “Imagine,…

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simonevanheijst November 7, 2019

Theme Thursday: dragons in literature

Time for another Theme Thursday! This time I’m going to analyze dragons in literature. This means that I’ll go a little into the history of dragons in books, and I’ll talk about my favorite dragon books! Why do dragons exist? Dragons are creatures that are found in all cultures across the globe, which is incredibly fascinating. There are multiple theories that explain why dragons are found all over the globe. One of those theories is that early humans interpreted snakes as dragons, because a significant portion of the world population fears snakes. Early depictions of dragons resemble snakes more than…

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simonevanheijst October 22, 2019

Authors I Want To Meet

My last blog post was all about the beautiful worlds that authors create, so this one is about the minds behind them! There are a few authors I would love to meet one day… Here’s to hoping they’ll one day visit my area! For some reason authors I love skip over D.C. in favor of other towns, and I never understand because so many people live in this area; the turn out would be amazing! Alas, I know that authors don’t have much say about where they’re going, but here’s to holding out hope anyway! V.E. Schwab – one of…

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