Review | Vicious by V.E. Schwab (Vicious, #1)

1/30/2016

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Release Date: September 24, 2013 Publisher: Tor Category: Adult Genre(s): Paranormal(?), science fiction, (urban?) fantasy Pages: 364 (hardcover) Format / Source: Hardcover, purchased Find the Book: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities.

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Cover Reveal | Right of First Refusal by Dahlia Adler

1/13/2016

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Hello, all! Today, I'm delighted to be helping out with the cover reveal for Right of First Refusal by Dahlia Adler, an upcoming new adult contemporary romance that's the second in the Radleigh University series.

It's true that I don't ordinarily take on publicity posts at all, much less publicity posts for books that seem so far out of my comfort zone. But there's a story—a very small one, but a story all the same—behind this one.

I've only ever read one new adult book

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Talk Less, Smile More

1/08/2016

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My good friend Alyssa, who blogs at The Devil Orders Takeout, tagged me months ago for the Tag of Happiness. I've brought onto the blog today because I thought it would be a good way to reflect on what I'm grateful for—the small joys that make existing a little easier than it would be otherwise. A little mixtape of good things, so to speak. As I forge on into this terrifying, wonderful new year, I'd like to keep these things in mind to return to on the

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2015 End of Year Lit Survey

1/03/2016

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*rises from the grave, wreathed in mist and very much deprived of sleep*
irrelevant photo of snow, a rare phenomenon in my neighborhood First things first: I'd like to wish everyone a belated very happy new year! 2016 seems full of promise and light to me, and I hope it stays that way—not just for me, but for you all as well. Thank you for supporting Fairy Skeletons for yet another year and for putting up with me, which I know can be a feat at times.

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