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It’s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.” –Toni Morrison, Beloved I am often asked, “What advice would you give aspiring writers?” I usually start by saying what every English teacher I’ve ever had told me, something we writers all know and have heard time and time again: “Read </div> <a class='snippet-fade r-snippet-fade hidden' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/piecing-me-together-blog-tour-with.html'></a> </div> </div> <div class='post-bottom'> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='post-footer-line post-footer-line-0'> <div class='byline post-share-buttons goog-inline-block'> <div aria-owns='sharing-popup-Blog1-footer-0-4567034222454817069' class='sharing' data-title='Piecing Me Together Blog Tour with Giveaway'> <button aria-controls='sharing-popup-Blog1-footer-0-4567034222454817069' aria-label='Share' class='sharing-button touch-icon-button flat-button ripple' id='sharing-button-Blog1-footer-0-4567034222454817069' 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Iron Cast  by Destiny Soria I have very mixed feelings about this one. The prose definitely drew me in as a reader and the concept was interesting and carried out well. I love books that feature strong female friendships and this one is a stellar example. But I thought it was a little too long and despite it being technically excellent, I found that it lacked a certain heart that kept me from falling in love with it. It was more of an intellectual appreciation of the writing skill and that always distracts me from fully loving a book. I don't want to be thinking about that WHILE I'm reading. My Unscripted Life  by Lauren Morrill I haven't liked any of Morrill's books as much as I liked her debut, [book:Meant to Be|11721314],  but this one comes the closest to recapturing the feel of that book. It is fun, fluffy, and romantic. There is a good bit of a wish fulfillment fantasy type story. 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Blackwood's previous trilogy beginning with Jinx  is one of my favorites so I wanted to read this new book as soon as I could. I was immediately pulled into the story here and delighted to find a book about sticking it to the patriarchy with magic and a dragon while fighting for what is right. Chantel is an orphan who attends Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded. Girls who show proficiency in magic and have no other place in the world go there to learn to use their magic. They also have lessons in deportment and are taught to be "shamefast and biddable". Chantel has more trouble with that part. She is prodigiously talented in the area of magic, but when it comes to holding her tongue and deporting, she has to work extra hard. 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class='snippet-item r-snippetized'> Top Ten Tuesday  is a Meme hosted by  The Broke and the Bookish This week's TTT topic: Favorite Romance Tropes (all media) I chose Antagonism to Love I know this trope is usually called hate to love, but hate isn't the right word for how I like these relationships arcs to start out. 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href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2018/01/'> January <span class='post-count'>7</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/'> 2017 <span class='post-count'>64</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/12/'> December <span class='post-count'>5</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/11/'> November <span class='post-count'>5</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a 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href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/'> February <span class='post-count'>8</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> <ul class='posts hierarchy'> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/piecing-me-together-blog-tour-with.html'>Piecing Me Together Blog Tour with Giveaway</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/shorter-musings-ya.html'>Shorter Musings (YA)</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/miss-ellicotts-school-for-magically.html'>Miss Ellicott's School for the Magically Minded</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/wow-ghosts-of-greenglass-house.html'>WoW: Ghosts of Greenglass House</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/ttt-antagonism-to-love-romances.html'>TTT: Antagonism to Love Romances</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/piecing-me-together.html'>Piecing Me Together</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/aminas-voice.html'>Amina's Voice</a> </li> <li> <a href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/02/finding-my-words.html'>Finding My Words</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2017/01/'> January <span class='post-count'>8</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/'> 2016 <span class='post-count'>110</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/12/'> December <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/11/'> November <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/10/'> October <span class='post-count'>14</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/09/'> September <span class='post-count'>5</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/08/'> August <span class='post-count'>10</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/07/'> July <span class='post-count'>10</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/06/'> June <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/05/'> May <span class='post-count'>7</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/04/'> April <span class='post-count'>10</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/03/'> March <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/02/'> February <span class='post-count'>8</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2016/01/'> January <span class='post-count'>10</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/'> 2015 <span class='post-count'>128</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> <ul class='hierarchy'> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/12/'> December <span class='post-count'>8</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/11/'> November <span class='post-count'>7</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/10/'> October <span class='post-count'>5</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/09/'> September <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/08/'> August <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/07/'> July <span class='post-count'>9</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/06/'> June <span class='post-count'>14</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/05/'> May <span class='post-count'>7</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/04/'> April <span class='post-count'>13</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/03/'> March <span class='post-count'>19</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a class='post-count-link' href='http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2015/02/'> February <span class='post-count'>13</span> </a> </div> <div class='hierarchy-content'> </div> </li> <li class='archivedate'> <div class='hierarchy-title'> <a 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