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Book Talk: What I’m Reading…8/24/18
Book Talk: What I’m reading…8/24/18 Traci Kenworth Currently, I’m reading: Laini Taylor’s Days of Blood & Starlight (I’m liking this), Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone (so terrific), Nora Robert’s Shadowspell (such a great story), Ursula Le Guin’s The Farthest Shore (my first story by her), Stephen King’s The Outsider (Gritty), Grace Draven’s Phoenix Unbound (not…
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Writerly Things…8/19/18
Writerly Things…8/19/18 Traci Kenworth Another busy week as my son prepares for college. We weren’t sure he’d be able to go as the FAFSA didn’t come in until this past week. It should be deposited by Mon. or Teus. with us (it’s already at the school) so he can start getting what he needs. The…
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Book Talk…8/17/18
Book Talk: Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone 8/17/18 Traci Kenworth Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor 2011 Hachette Books. Amazon Blurb: The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor. Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged…
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Writerly Things…8/12/18
Writerly Things…8/12/18 Traci Kenworth It’s been a busy week. I’ve been working on getting my manuscript ready for PitchWars, failing that, submission. It’s working out better than I thought and I’m fixing the problems I noticed along the way. For me, I had a problem with description. As in, too much of it. I had…
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Book Talk…8/3/18
Book Talk…8/3/18 Traci Kenworth This week I’m reading for study purposes: Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Susan Collin’s The Hunger Games, Paul Andruss’s Thomas Rhymer, and Jaime Questrall’s By a Charm and a Curse. In other reads: Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and the Bone(this one is…
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Writerly Things…7/15/18
Writerly Things…7/15/18 Traci Kenworth I got the list of 2018 mentors for Pitchwars last night as you can see from yesterday’s reblog. I was excited to find two mentors that have the same taste in favorite books and a few more with the same authors. Of course, I still need to see what each of…
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Book Talk: Legendary, a Carvel novel by Stephanie Garber
Book Talk…7/13/18 Traci Kenworth Legendary: A Caravel Novel by Stephanie Garber. Flat Iron Books 2018. As always, Amazon blurb: The instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Stephanie Garber’s limitless imagination takes flight once more in the colorful, mesmerizing, and immersive sequel to the bestselling breakout debut Caraval A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A…
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The Girl in the Tower paperback release!
The Girl in the Tower was reviewed the year before last. Loved it! It is a Russian fairytale! Book two came out this past fall.
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Book Talk 1…6/29/18
Book Talk 1…6/29/18 Traci Kenworth Sneakpeek: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson. May 2108. Razorbill. Netgalley. Amazon blurb: “A fun, fast read…it will resonate with readers who dabble in any sort of arts, dark or otherwise.” –NPR.org “With a singular and hilariously cutting teen voice, UNDEAD GIRL GANG is sure to be one…
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Book Talk…6/22/18
Book Talk…6/22/18 Traci Kenworth Tiffany Sly Lives Here by Dana L. Davis. Harlequin Teen 2018. I won a copy from Uwe Stender’s and Dana L. Davis’s giveaway on twitter. Amazon’s blurb: “I’ve got seven days to come clean to my new dad. Seven days to tell the truth…” For sixteen-year-old Tiffany Sly, life…



