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The Empyrean Series Book 2 Matcha & Motifs Book Review 4/5 ***INCLUDES SPOILERS!!!*** Against the odds, Violet Sorrengail has made it to her second year as a rider bonded to not one dragon, but two dragons. While enduring brutal training, dragon riding and torturous trials, Violet must keep her secrets close and her wits sharp
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 4/5 This was a thought provoking read. Going into it, I thought I knew what Youn was going to say, and although I resonated and felt a lot of what was written, there was so much art and depth to her writing style and poetry. I especially loved the deep
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If I could drink up the hue of you, I would be a plant beaming chlorophyll. Oh, a color so refreshing that you could turn carbon dioxide into glucose. You are the speckles of moss on the north side of a tree. The stark contrast of fresh basil on a steaming plate of spaghetti. The murky liquid of matcha tea poured into a
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The Empyrean Series Book 1 Matcha & Motifs Book Review 5/5 20-year-old Violet Sorrengail was raised to be a Scribe, but when the commanding General, aka her mother, forces her into the Rider’s Quadrant, she must train and fight for a chance to become a dragon rider. With the odds stacked against her and the
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I want so much more than delicate elastic fingersprimed and polished. Give me the hands that have dug the ground harvested the rice, raised the children, and buried the dead. The generous hands that have cut the fruit and spoon fed the young ones. The hands that combs hair, dresses daughters,and scoops fire. When I look at my grandmother’s hands I know they’re capable of making
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The bend of my knee curves once unable to run forever like a river
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We are all subways stuck in their tracksrunning parallel lines on a graph or horizontal streaks of rain on the windshield of a moving train But some bodies car crash lips bruising supple nectarines we try so hard thatwe tend to forgetwe haven’t met all the people who will love us yet And they ask us what is it about being
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 4.5/5 Not only did Millie Calloway just get fired from her job, but she’s also fresh out of prison on parole. Desperate, she begins working for the Winchesters as their in-house housemaid and it’s nothing like she expected. Nina Winchester makes it her mission to make Millie’s life a
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 5/5 Aspiring big-shot writer, Monique Grant, gets the story of everyone’s dream. Evelyn Hugo, an acclaimed movie star, wants Monique to do a tell-all. Between the many husbands and failed marriages, everyone is dying to know who was the love of Evelyn Hugo’s life. Taylor Jenkins Reid rivals fame and
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Matcha & Motifs Rating 5/5 Ilya’s Enforcer’s first mission is to capture Paedyn, the Ordinary, who is on the run after committing treason, after killing their king. As they uncover Ilya’s and each other’s secrets, Paedyn and Kai must decide whether they will follow their duty or their hearts. ***CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!*** You know how I
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A beginner’s guide on how to become a reader. Picture this: someone asks you what you like to do for fun, and your response is, “I read”. This could be you. You could be a reader. Whether that’s to consume a new form of media, benefit your brain, or indulge in escapism, reading is all
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Matcha & Motifs’ Rating: 4.5/5 A significant sickness left the Kingdom of Ilya devastated and with a gift: survivors were given abilities from heightened senses to extraordinary powers, and they are known as Elites. Decades later, the annual Purging Trials are beginning, a series of deadly games to display the Elite’s skills and a celebration
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Matcha & Motifs Rating: 4.5/5 In this story, which spans the 1960s to the early 2000s, two unlikely women find they’re all each other has in a war-torn Afghanistan. Someone told me this was a good book, so I read it. I don’t know why I went into it blind, mainly because I remember reading
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Matcha & Motifs’ Rating: 2.5/5 In an effort to read more works by Asian authors, I’ve picked this one up. We’ll Prescribe You a Cat is an award-winning bestseller Japanese book about cats’ unique effects to heal and uplift. It’s been translated into over 30 languages, sharing its joys with many readers. How much culture
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Matcha & Motifs’ Rating: 5/5 Across the ocean in Wendlyn, Celaena finds herself gambling, drinking, and fighting, unable to fulfill her mission of killing the prince. She’s soon discovered by one of Queen Maeve’s members and ends up in the presence of a queen where she strikes a deal: master her fae powers in exchange
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To be loved by a writer is to learn that somehow there are multiple lifetimesand that miraculously they will find you in every one.That they would know you in any body, and see your soul coming from miles away. To be loved by a writer isto learn that nothing could compare to the brown leaves smothered in the earth’s dampnessof your
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Matcha & Motifs’ Rating: 5/5 After becoming the King’s Champion, Celaena’s newest target is an old acquaintance. The king’s sources point to a rebellious uprising right in the city of Adarlan where Archer Finn is at the center of it. Between solving the mysteries in the castle, taking orders from the King, and running away
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I’ve lived for a while now, and in that time I think I’ve loved a lot. In the same way that one has laughed a lot or cried a lot. In the same way that one has asked the question, “what is love,” a lot. I think the world has tried to answer this for
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Matcha & Motifs’ Rating: 4/5 Adarlan’s infamous assassin, Celaena Sardothien, is offered two choices: die as a prisoner in the salt mines of Endovier or become the King’s Champion. A glorified title for the King’s lackey, Celaena can’t pass up the chance of freedom after a lifetime of service. Recruited by Prince Dorian Havillard and
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 4/5 After a year of peace on the Moon, the growing unrest in the Celestial Empire makes its way to the front steps of Xingyin’s home, forcing her to embark on another journey to end a war and save her home. ***CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!*** Plot Oh, I so adore this series.
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About blogging: Blogging takes a lot of work. I think my grammar is shit. Haha, I really do wish I had an editor, or just a friend who would review my work before I post it. English is hard, especially since it’s not my first language (says the person who now knows English better than
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 3.8/5 The daughter of the Moon Goddess, Xingyin, is forced to flee her home when her secret existence is detected by the Celestial Magesties. Things go wrong and Xingyin finds herself in the heart of enemy territory, the Celestial Kingdom, spending her days with the Crown Prince all while hiding
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As a little recap on some of the reads this past year, here are my top 6 books. My goal was to read 24 books, and from that is this: Number 6 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden I think I’m relatively new to this whole genre. I didn’t start falling in love with the realm
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 4/5 Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars after a tremendous dust storm forces his crew to evacuate. Now, he must face this barren wasteland alone and find his way home. This is actually my first science fiction that’s purely science fiction and not YA sci-fi, and surprisingly, I found
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In the spirit of my favorite holiday season, Christmasssss, here is a list of gifts that I would love and I know your fellow book lover would love also! 1. Books Specifically, something from their to-read list. Check out their Goodreads or hey, buy them a popular book in genres you know they love. Maybe
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Matcha & Motifs Review 4/5 The Hardcastles are throwing a ball at their private estate, Blackheath, in honor of Evelyn’s return from living abroad. But here is where their daughter will die. Aiden Bishop will have eight chances to solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle by living the same day in eight different hosts. With
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 4/5 Nell Young is a bright and passionate intern at the New York Public Library, but that was before her prestigious father casted her out of the academic cartography world. Seven years later, Nell receives news that her father recently passed, and in his prized portfolio is the same gas
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 3.5/5 This was a lovely read, it felt out of the ordinary for me just a tad because I haven’t read such a funky type of plot in a while. It reminded me a lot of Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (which I also had such a hard time
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 4/5 Iris Winnow returns home with her brother to a city that pretends war isn’t happening. Despite authorities trying to silence their voices, Iris and Attie are determined to continue reporting the truth about the war, and decide to venture westward closer to the front. Meanwhile, Roman wakes in Dacre’s
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 5/5 As the gods wake from their slumber angry and ready to wage war, all Iris Winnow wants to do is get the columnist position at the Oath Gazette. She’s struggling to make ends meet after her brother enlisted in the war and her mother fell into addiction. At a
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 3.5/5 After many years of saving housewives with Enzo, Millie is trying to put it all behind her. She’s taking college classes in hopes to earn her degree in social work and help people within the bounds of the law. However, when she’s hired by a tech billionaire to clean
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 5/5 The Women by Kristin Hannah is a historical fiction and coming-of-age story of a combat nurse’s time in-country during the Vietnam War and her battles after coming home. This book was absolutely phenomenal. Frances “Frankie” McGrath is born into a wealthy family on the privileged side of society. Upon
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 4.5/5 As Nesta Acheron is forced into training with the number one person who gets her riled up the most, Cassian, can she confront her spiteful actions and learn to heal? ***CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!*** Nesta I have a lot of feelings about this book. I did not like Nesta. Throughout all
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 5/5 ***CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!*** Can the recently transformed Acheron sisters accept their new bodies and gifts soon enough to assist the inner circle? Can the Courts of Prythian ally together to protect their land and the humans with such conflicting ideals? And will any of this be enough to stop King
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review: 5/5 !!!CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! After being saved and transformed into a High Fae, Feyre might be the key to preventing war, but that’s only if she can overcome her traumas from Under the Mountain. Plot This book is phenomenal! I 100% get the hype now. I am so utterly in love
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And let me just saythat if the trees were to fall from the sky and land standing uprooted into the earth, it would lack the beauty that took time to grow from a seed to a sprout to the gargantuan tree that could kill you and me. So can I just say, the beauty to me isn’t what it is to the ones looking in.Because to
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Matcha & Motifs Book Review 3.5/5 19-year-old Feyre Archeron is a huntress. With the cruelty of winter, Feyre doesn’t think twice about killing a wolf in the woods to provide food and money for her family. When a beast barges in their small cottage demanding retribution for the kill, Feyre is taken across the Wall
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I love journaling! I used to keep small notebooks of all of my favorite quotes from books and Pinterest, and it wasn’t until I saw @bestdressed from YouTube talk about how to get into journaling that I began my first journal. This is what I discovered about myself and my favorite supplies. These are 7
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You’ve probably heard of journaling and how die-hard fans rave about the mental clarity and self-improvement of it all. Well, as a die-hard fan myself, here’s my guide on how to start journaling. Do you like paper and pencil? Would you prefer to keep a digital journal because you like being able to type out
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