Last week, I had an assignment due for my creative writing class asking me to write a short story using the following prompt: The first time I heard (insert song here) by (insert artist here), I was (doing this action) at (this place). It was a lot of fun to pick a song and look …

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It’s Monday, What are you Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog to discuss what we are reading this week, as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed Last Week:Perfect Mistake by Kate Brian: I absolutely loved this book…I’m wondering when the next in the series is coming …

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Nanny ReturnsAuthors: Emma McLaughin and Nicola KrausISBN: 9781416585671 I was super excited to read Nanny Returns because I absolutely loved The Nanny Diaries (see my review here). I was shocked and surprised when I found myself skipping through pages and shaking my head while reading this one…more on that in a bit. Nanny Returns tells …

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I just heard on Twitter that author J.D. Salinger passed away. It’s really interesting because he didn’t write the kind of books I usually read, but I absolutely loved The Catcher In The Rye. I remember reading it junior year of high school and just falling in love with the story. His writing will definitely …

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As I mentioned, I’m taking a creative writing course this semester. I’ll be sharing some tips and assignments throughout the semester. One of the first things my professor mentioned was that first sentences are extremely important. They have to hook your reader and intrigue them to keep reading. Our first assignment was to write 10 …

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This summer, I read ALL of Jennifer Weiner’s books. I read Certain Girls and then became obsessed and picked up every book of hers I could get my hands on. She is a local Philly girl and writes about my beautiful city in all of her novels. She is also completely real and writes about …

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It’s Monday, What are you Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by J. Kaye’s Book Blog to discuss what we are reading this week, as well as books completed the previous week. Books I Completed Last Week: Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughin and Nicola Kraus: Seriously disappointing. The first book The Nanny Diaries was much …

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