MK’s Book Reviews: Anna and the French Kiss

Finally got around to reading the book I’ve seen all over the internets lately (I follow a lot of young adult-minded people, most of whom are probably actual teenagers, mostly on Tumblr.)

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MK’s Book Reviews: We Were Liars

God. This book.

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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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MK’s Book Reviews: Love Letters to the Dead

I loved this book. You should read it.

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On Themes

I’m nearly done with The Secret Place. It’sĀ one of those books that you want to rush through and savor at the same time. Rush through, because you just want to know what happens, savor because Tana French is just such a beautiful writer and her book worlds are so well-drawn and heartbreaking you don’t want […]

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Book Review: The Interestings

They all seduced one another with greatness, or with the assumption of eventual greatness. Greatness-in-waiting. It’s going to be hard to put my love for this novel into words (and putting things into words is something I supposedly do well…)

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The Secret Place

This just arrived and I CANNOT BE MORE EXCITED. Won’t be getting much more done this week!

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Wanderlusty Wednesday

I’m having one of those days (weeks, actually) where all I want to do is crawl inside a book and live there. Or just go to some remote, beautiful location and read good books and drink cocktails all day. The above book is one of my frequent rereads. I can’t recall ever reading an epistolary novel […]

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On Getting Started

I get a lot of questions when people find out I wrote a novel. One of the most popular is: how did you start? So if you’re thinking of writing a novel, I thought I’d share some advice on how to get started.

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What (I Think) Really Happened in Tana French’s In the Woods

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP

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