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7 years ago @ http://ivycladideas.bl... - October Wrap-up · 1 reply · +1 points

I had a really good October but it was rather frantic. I had so much to do in and out of uni (parties, including my own birtday party), essays, articles, trying to Sort My Life Out (visas, flight tickets, etc.) and basically no time that I used for writing (lol) but I did read an okay amount so that's something.

7 years ago @ http://ivycladideas.bl... - Freedom! ...Sort of...... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great job on your dissertation! I hope that May is a bit calmer for you and you can read fun things. AFter all that work, you deserve it!

8 years ago @ http://ivycladideas.bl... - Six Summer Reads · 1 reply · +1 points

I'm so into this list! I'll give you the sun is great, I should probably reread it. I think summer books have to be absorbing and transporting, so that you are utterly immersed. I love Little Women! Have you seen The March Family Letters? I think one of my favourite sumer books is Huntley Fitzpatricks complicated (albeit heterosexual and largely white) romances--they're all set in summer!

8 years ago @ http://sailingthroughb... - Since when do books ha... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think there is definitely an association between seasons and books, but it's hard to sy whether that is created by culture or publishing...probably a bit of both I guess. There is the idea of 'spring cleaning' and 'summer fun' and it's really interesting to think where these concepts came from.

8 years ago @ Happy Indulgence - When Dimple Met Rishi ... · 1 reply · +1 points

I really liked this too! It was so nice to read a book with more than one Indian character in it. I did have a couple of issues, but overall, it as really fun, and I loved how they got to know each other over the story. great reveiw!

8 years ago @ Happy Indulgence - Duels and Deception Re... · 1 reply · +1 points

This sounds really cool! I like 19th century stories; one of my favourite ones is Sorcery and Cecelia, but I was also recently reading Mad Miss Mimic which was pretty awesome too. I love historical fiction that is more light hearted, so this sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the review!

8 years ago @ - Salt to the Sea · 0 replies · +1 points

I loved this book, but it's so tragic. Even Alfred was written really well. Ruta Sepetys is amazing, and her writing is so heart breaking :( But I loved how she spread light on this unknown history. Thanks for this lovely review!
-shanti

9 years ago @ - Merry Christmas to all... · 0 replies · +2 points

I hope you had a lovely Christmas, Jillian, and that all sorts of adventures await you in Hong Kong. You are a fabulous blogger :) <3

9 years ago @ Happy Indulgence - The Star-Touched Queen... · 1 reply · +1 points

I own this book, (okay, techinically I gave it to my twin for her birthday) and I want to read it, but I am worried about it being confusing. Still, this was an awesome review, thanks for writing it!

9 years ago @ Happy Indulgence - Chatterbox: Why We Nee... · 1 reply · +1 points

I went to a really diverse inner city primary school in New Zealand, before we moved to rural India and were homeschooled, and I totally relate to your experience. I wasn't bullied for looking different, but I did want to look like Barbie when I grew up, because I thought you couldn't be beautiful without long blonde hair. It's just so important to understand other people's experience, and books don't represent that far too often. Some of my favourite culturally diverse books are Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox- set in an alternate 1920's ish New Zealand with a brown protagonist, The Wrath and the Dawn, Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson (post apocalyptic Toronto and Caribbean mythology) and Book of a Thousand Days.
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