Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2019

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Every year Goodreads gives readers around the world the chance to vote for books in various categories (fiction, horror, and cookbooks to name a few) to determine the best in each one. And every year I recap the results. Why? Because I love to see what other people enjoyed reading as well as finding more books to add to my TBR pile. If you are interested in learning more about any of the books here, simply click on the title of each one and it will take you to the Goodreads page for that book. Here are the results:

Best Fiction:

The Testaments

 

Winner: The Testament by Margaret Atwood

Picking up fifteen years after the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, this sequel received 98,291 votes.

Runner Up: Normal People by Sally Rooney – 40,081 votes

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Purchase Normal People on Amazon

Best Mystery & Thriller:

Winner: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

A criminal psychotherapist must try to unravel a murder mystery featuring a famous painter who won’t say a word. This book received 68,821 votes.

Runner Up: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite – 52,097 votes

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Purchase My Sister, The Serial Killer on Amazon

Best Historical Fiction:

Winner: Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A focus on the world of rock and roll in America during the 60s and 70s. This book received 82,483 votes.

Runner Up: Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 29,362 votes

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Purchase Nickel Boys on Amazon

Best Fantasy:

Ninth House

 

Winner: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

A university freshman must investigate the secret societies at Yale University. This book received 53,430 votes

Runner Up: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – 35,351 votes

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Purchase The Starless Sea on Amazon

Best Romance:

Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The first son of the White House and a British Prince who don’t like each other… or do they? This book received 76,688 votes.

Runner Up: Verity by Colleen Hoover – 35,868 votes

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Purchase Verity on Amazon

Best Science Fiction:

Winner: Recursion by Blake Crouch

A neuroscientist who believes she can create memory saving technology and a cop investigating the strange phenomena of “False Memory Syndrome”, Crouch’s novel received 41,261 votes.

Runner Up: Dark Age by Pierce Brown

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Purchase Dark Age on Amazon

Best Horror:

The Institute

 

Winner: The Institute by Stephen King

The Insitute: “You check-in, but you don’t check out”. Six children with supernatural gifts are trapped inside with no way to escape. King’s novel received 75,717 votes.

Runner Up: Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky – 22,865 votes

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Purchase Imaginary Friend on Amazon

Best Humour:

Winner: Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Life by Ali Wong

A series of letters Wong writes to her two daughters on all the things they’ll need to know to get through life.

Runner Up: Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler – 17,229 votes

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Purchase Life Will Be the Death of Me on Amazon

Best Nonfiction:

Winner: Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis

Rachel Hollis’ latest book focuses on the different ways women can reach their full potential in life. Her book received 31,276 votes.

Runner Up: Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark – 29,382 votes

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Best Memoir & Autobiography:

Winner: Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

Van Ness is well known for his work on Queer Eye, and his autobiography now gives fans an in-depth look at all he endured in his rise to fame. Over the Top received 28,977 votes.

Runner Up: Know My Name, Chanel Miller – 23,817 votes

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Best History & Biography:

Winner: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Woman Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

Rubenhold’s book tells a story that is well known all over the world, but tells the other side of the story. Rather than looking at Jack the Ripper, Rubenhold tells the story of his victims. This book received 31,783 votes.

Runner Up: Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham – 19,711 votes.

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Purchase Midnight in Chernobyl on Amazon

Best Science & Technology:

Winner: Will My Cat Eay My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty

A book that answers all the death-related questions you’re afraid to ask. Doughty’s book received 29,594 votes

Runner Up: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez – 28,859 votes

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Best Food & Cookbooks:

Winner: Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski, Mindy Fox, and Ted Allen

Queer Eye’s, Antoni Porowski, created a cookbook full of healthy, simple meals. This cookbook received 23,387 votes.

Runner Up: The Adventurous Eaters Club: Mastering the Art of Family Mealtime by Misha and Vicki Collins – 21,108 votes

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Purchase The Adventurous Eaters Club on Amazon

Best Graphic Novels & Comics:

Winner: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Two friends reunite every year for two months to work on a pumpkin patch – the best pumpkin patch in the whole world. But now this year is their last year as the two friends are seniors, how will they spend their last season together? This graphic novel received 29,624 votes.

Runner Up: Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman – 28,460 votes

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Purchase Heartstopper: Volume Two on Amazon

Best Poetry:

Winner: Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson

A poetry book and a powerful memoir, Anderson uses free verse to call for action for a necessary change in our society. This book received 18,911 votes.

Runner Up: the mermaid’s voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace – 18,710 votes

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Purchase the mermaid’s voice returns in this one on Amazon

Best Debut Novel:

Winner: Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

McQuiston received two Goodreaders Readers Choice awards this year: Best Romance and Best Debut Novel. In the category of Best Debut Novel, McQuiston received 60,565 votes.

Runner Up: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides – 44,936 votes

Best Young Adult Fiction:

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Winner: Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis

Two teens fall in love, but can never be within five feet of each other. Can they make their love work? This novel received 36,232 votes.

Runner Up: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas – 34,932 votes

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Purchase On the Come Up on Amazon

Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:

Winner: The Wicked King by Holly Black and Kathleen Jennings

The second book in The Folk of the Air saga follows Jude as he continues on his journey in the High Court of Faerie. This YA novel received 48,181 votes.

Runner Up: Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell – 39,909 votes

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Best Middle Grade & Children’s:

Winner: The Tyrant’s Tomb by Rick Riordan

The fourth book in The Trials of Apollo series, The Tyrant’s Tomb, Apollo must learn how to become a true hero or forfeit his life. This book received 33,333 votes

Runner Up: Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab – 30,557 votes

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Best Picture Books:

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Winner: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers, and Josie Carey

Do you remember all those songs you used to love to hear on Mister Roger’s TV show? Well, now you can read them over and over again as they have been reimagined in poetry and put together in this beautiful children’s book. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood received 29,860 votes.

Runner Up: Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o – 26,891 votes

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Purchase Sulwe on Amazon

Have you read any of these books? Do you have any on your TBR list? I know there are a whole bunch I can’t wait to check out!

Balancing School, Work, & Writing

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Time Management

Finding a balance between everything in your life is hard. Devoting enough time to this thing or that thing can sometimes seem impossible, how do you decide what gets precedent and what gets put on the back burner? How do you decide which task is more important? Which one to focus on? Time management, I have learned, is key.

When you’re given a list of tasks or duties, you need to decide which ones to focus on or prioritize. For me, I have school, work, and writing (squeeze a little housework and sleeping in there too). Of the three, the two that take precedent are school and work; and out of those two: school.

School has to be my top priority because I need to finish my education in order to meet my future career goals. Work has to remain a priority because a) it’s work; and b) I need work to pay for school. Basic human needs and functions come next, like sleeping and eating.

Wouldn’t we save so much time in life if we didn’t need to sleep? I would actually have time to write regularly if we didn’t need sleep. When you get right into the middle of something and the flow is going really well, but you’re eyes are closing and you can feel your brain slowing down… I find sleeping to be mildly inconvenient (but so, so nice).

It is unfortunate and disappointing that at this moment in my life writing has to be put on the back burner a lot. I try to squeeze in time whenever I can, but find it hard sometimes when I have a looming list of things to get done for school.

This is where the time management I mentioned before comes in.

When I have a lot to do, the first thing I do is write everything down. I always write due dates and important dates down in my agenda (as well as my writing schedule), but when I have SO MUCH to do, I also just like to make a list of everything that needs to be done.

From here I rearrange the list so the most important task is at the top (this is usually whatever assignment is due first), all the way to the bottom where the things that can wait go. This allows me to see how much time I have for each task. For instance, if I have an assignment due tomorrow and a writing post going up next Sunday, I’m going to make sure the assignment is done first. I’d rather be doing the writing post, but unfortunately the assignment needs to be done.

This can make things difficult when I have a list of assignments as long as my arm to get done and another list of writing posts as long as my other to also get done (which is why writing down when you need things done by is key). Going forward over the next several weeks I will really be testing myself to see how my time management is.

Can I keep on top of all my schoolwork? Probably. Can I keep on top of my regular work? I have no choice. Can I keep on top of my writing? Hopefully. And I can’t wait for the day where this list is shrunk down to my writing because my regular work and the answer being Yes, Absolutely.

Do you have any time management tips for your fellow writers? Do you remove all distractions? Do you set aside dedicated amounts of time to work on certain things? Do you set certain goals for yourself to help you achieve things? Or do you just wing it and hope for the best?

Let me know and hopefully we can help each other out!

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Featured Author: Eric Litwin

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Eric Litwin was born in 1966 in New York City.

Know as Mr. Eric, Litwin not only writes books, but he also plays several instruments, including the guitar and harmonica. He combines all of these things to create his best selling children’s books.

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Among these books are the New York Times best sellers, Pete the Cat. Litwin is responsible for the first four books in the series and created some seriously groovy tunes to go with them.

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

I’m currently working towards my degree in Early Childhood Education so I have read Mr. Litwins books A LOT. Some kids books you get sick of reading over and over, but these ones are honestly entertaining. Maybe it’s the fact there’s music involved too?

Whatever it is, he’s clearly doing something right because his books have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. He is also a well-respected voice for interactive literacy and music – two things proven to work well together, especially for children’s learning.

If you have children, or work with children, I highly recommend Eric Litwin’s, Pete the Cat, books. They are highly entertaining for children and not quite as repetitive as “Baby Shark”.

 

Check out Mr. Litwin’s website for more information!

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Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2017

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Goodreads Readers Choice Awards 2017

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Best Fiction:

Little Fires EverywhereLittle Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng

You can read more about Little Fires Everywhere on Goodreads

Runner Up: Bear Town, Fredrik Bagkman

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Buy Bear Town on Amazon

Best Mystery & Thriller:

Into the Water, Paula Hawkins

You can read more about Into the Water on Goodreads

Runner Up: Origin, Dan Brown

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Buy Origin on Amazon

Best Historical Fiction:

Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate

You can read more about Before We Were Yours on Goodreads

Runner Up: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders

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Buy Lincoln in the Bardo on Amazon

Best Fantasy:

Fantastic Beasts.jpgFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, J.K. Rowling

You can read more about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay on Goodreads

Runner Up: Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman

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Buy Norse Mythology on Amazon

Best Romance:

Without Merit, Colleen Hoover

You can read more about Without Merit on Goodreads

Runner Up: Come Sundown, Nora Roberts

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Buy Come Sundown on Amazon

Best Science Fiction:

Artemis, Andy Weir

You can read more about Artemis on Goodreads

Runner Up: Waking Gods, Sylvain Neuvel

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Buy Waking Gods on Amazon

Best Horror:

Sleeping Beauties, Stephen King & Owen King

You can read more about Sleeping Beauties on Goodreads

Runner Up: Final Girls, Riley Sager

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Buy Final Girls on Amazon

Best Humor:

Talking as Fast as I Can.jpgTalking As Fast As I Can, Lauren Graham

You can read more about Talking As Fast As I Can on Goodreads

Runner Up: I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons, Kevin Hart

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Buy I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons on Amazon

Best Nonfiction:

How to be a Bawse.jpgHow to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life, Lilly Singh

You can read more about How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life on Goodreads

Runner Up: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Buy Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions on Amazon

Best Memoir & Autobiography:

What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton

You can read more about What Happened on Goodreads

Runner Up: Hunger, Roxane Gay

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Buy Hunger on Amazon

Best History & Biography:

Radium Girls, Kate Moore

You can read more about Radium Girls on Goodreads

Runner Up: Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

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Buy Killers of the Flower Moon on Amazon

Best Science & Technology:

Astrophysics For People in a Hurry, Neil DeGrasse Tyson

You can read more about Astrophysics For People in a Hurry on Goodreads

Runner Up: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, Angela Saini

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Buy Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story on Amazon

Best Food & Cookbooks:

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives, Ree Drummon

You can read more about The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives on Goodreads

Runner Up: 5 Ingredients, Jamie Oliver

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Buy 5 Ingredients on Amazon

Best Graphic Novels & Comics:

Big Mushy Happy Lump, Sarah Andersen

You can read more about Big Mushy Happy Lump on Goodreads

Runner Up: Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies, Greg Rucka

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Buy Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies on Amazon

Best Poetry:

The Sun and Her Flowers, Rupi Kaur

You can read more about The Sun and Her Flowers on Goodreads

Runner Up: Depression and Other Magic Tricks, Sabrina Benaim

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Buy Depression and Other Magic Tricks on Amazon

Best Debut Goodreads Author:

Hate U Give.jpgThe Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

You can read more about The Hate U Give on Goodreads

Runner Up: Caraval, Stephanie Garber

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Buy Caraval on Amazon

Best Young Adult Fiction:

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Runner Up: Turtles All the Way Down, John Green

You can read more about Turtles All The Way Down on Goodreads

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*As Angie Thomas’, The Hate U Give, won two of the reader’s choice categories (congrats Angie!), information given here is listed for the runner up novel

Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction:

A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas

You can read more about A Court of Wings and Ruin on Goodreads

Runner Up: Lord of Shadows, Cassandra Clare

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Buy Lord of Shadows on Amazon

Best Middle Grade & Children’s:

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Rick Riordan

You can read more about Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard on Goodreads

Runner Up: The Trials of Apollo, Rick Riordan

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Buy The Trials of Apollo on Amazon

We're All WondersBest Picture Books:

We’re All Wonders, R.J. Palacio

You can read more about We’re All Wonders on Goodreads

Runner Up: Malala’s Magic Pencil, Malala Yousafzai

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Buy Malala’s Magic Pencil on Amazon

Congratulations to all the winners, runners up, and everyone who had a book featured in the Goodreads Readers Choice Contest for 2017!

All the pictures included in this post came from Goodreads. Make sure you check out the books on this list and if you’ve read any of them let me know what ones you think are worth the read!

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RIP Rob Stewart

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Today I attended the funeral for Rob Stewart.

Rob was an environmentalist and filmmaker with a passion for sharks and a unique ability to make other people care about the same things he did.

The first time I heard of Rob Stewart was back in ninth grade when my science teacher showed the class Sharkwater. It completely changed my world.

I was lucky enough to get to meet Rob once at a screening for his second film, Revolution. I was about fifteen at the time and beyond terrified to speak to him. How often do we get to meet someone we idolized and looked up to?

Despite my nerves, Rob was incredibly nice. He spoke to me for a few minutes, signed my copy of his book, and took a photo with me. It’s a moment in my life I’ve never forgotten and will cherish even more now.

When I heard the news Rob had gone missing I thought it had to be a joke. One of those horrible hoaxes you hear about on Facebook or Twitter. But then I realized it was his own page that had posted and it wasn’t a joke.

For those three days I constantly checked Facebook, the news, anywhere I could to see any updates about what was going on. I hoped beyond hope that he would be found safe.

When the news came on Friday that he had been found I was heartbroken. It didn’t feel real. I just couldn’t believe that this man who had had so much affect on the world and who still had so much left to do, was suddenly gone.

My heart goes out to his parents, sister, the rest of his family, and his friends.

It also goes out to everyone who admired Rob and all the work he did to affect change.

I would also like to thank his family for opening his funeral to the public. Being given the chance to hear everyone speak of him and say goodbye was something I didn’t think I would have the chance to do and it meant more than they will ever know.

Rest in Peace Rob Stewart

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R.I.P. Alan Rickman

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This morning I woke up to the news that Alan Rickman had passed away.

Now, fourteen days into 2016 and the world has been hit by one celebrity death after another. Everyone is affected differently and everyone is hit differently.

This one hit me hard.

Alan Rickman was a major part of my childhood. He was Professor Snape. He is Professor Snape.

He brought to life this character we hated and loved and loved to hate and hated to love. He delivered some of the most iconic lines in Harry Potter and delivered them in a way (and at a pace) that we will never forget.

Alan Rickman was a brilliant actor in everything he did. My heart goes out to his friends, his family, and his fans who are feeling this loss today.

Thank you Alan Rickman, for all the work you did over the years and for giving us the best Professor Snape there ever could have been.

You will be remembered. Always.

R.I.P.

NaNoWriMo: Halfway Point!

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We’re half way through NaNoWriMo! How are you all doing so far?

I’m doing something a little different for NaNo this year. I’m not working on a new novel, I’m using this month to finally finish rewriting Brave Young Boys.

So far it’s not working so well.

I sort of went through a period (basically the whole month of October) in which I hardly did any writing. I wanted to write, but at the same time I just didn’t feel like it. Do you ever have those times?

Then I recently started a new job which has given me less time to write (hence why I’ve been so absent lately), but I’m definitely feeling more like I want to write so it’s sort of balancing itself out.

I’m getting caught up on reviews, fanfiction, blog posts, and am working on NaNoWriMo!

I’m determined to finish this novel by the end of this year, preferably, by the end of this month.

Let me know how you’re doing with NaNoWriMo so far!

Are you struggling? Pulling ahead?

Do you have periods where you feel like writing, but also don’t feel like writing?

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Friday November 13, 2015

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Pray for the World

Friday November 13, 2015 is a day that no one is ever going to forget.

Over a hundred people were killed in Paris yesterday in a horrific attack that took place all over what is usually called the City of Love.

It is a tragedy. It is something that will change, not just Paris, but the entire world. So many people lost their lives and my heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims.

My heart also goes out to the people of Beirut, Lebanon who also suffered a horrific attack recently. The bombings happened on Thursday and everyone is still reeling from the nightmare they faced. I can’t imagine what it must have been like.

Unfortunately it doesn’t end there. Japan was hit with a major earthquake and tsunami and I think most people probably know that Mexico was recently hit with an earthquake and a hurricane. Both these places have suffered horribly and once again I can’t imagine what they’re going through.

And finally, though it is just as awful as all the others, Baghdad, like Beirut, was hit with several suicide bombings. The people are shaken, but from what I hear are standing strong.

The media doesn’t cover all of these with as great detail as the others so a lot of what I learn about these tragic events I learn online.

From what I understand the people are standing strong in all of these places. They’re scared and don’t know what might be coming next, but they’re standing together to show that this won’t tear them apart.

There is nothing anyone in the world can do that can really help take away that pain, but I hope the people of Paris, Baghdad, Beirut, Japan, and Mexico know that the rest of the world is with them. We are all thinking of you and praying for you and we will do whatever we can to help you get through this.

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Featured Author: Elisabetta Dami

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elisabetta damiElisabetta Dami was born in Italy in 1958.

At the age of eighteen, Dami started working as a proofreader for Dami Editore, the publishing house owned and started by her family.

She has a wide collection of works, but her most popular (and my favourites of hers) is her Geronimo Stilton series.

The first book was published in the year 2000 and are targeted at children six to twelve years old. Since being published over 100 million copies have been sold all over the world in many different languages.

Dami has written over 100 books.

I love the Geronimo Stilton books. I remember being in elementary school and I had the same teacher for two years and she used to read us these books every day.

I don’t remember everything about them, it was a long time ago and I’ve read a lot of other books since then, but I do remember looking forward to that time in the day when she’d grab one of the books and sit at the front of room.

I think part of the appeal was that she never asked one of us to read it she would always just do it herself which definitely made it more enjoyable as she could pronounce everything.

These books are great for children of all ages, not just the age group they’re aimed at. I’d definitely recommend these for anyone with kids, whether you’re a parent, a siblings, a babysitter, or ever a summer camp councillor.

I guarantee the kids you know will enjoy these books.

Have you read any Geronimo Stilton?

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