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Tag Archives: books

Two-Sentence Reviews | Ten Most Recent Reads

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Hello all! Lately my attention has been focused on my #bookstagram (find me @booksandbark!), but today I’m linking up with Top Ten Tuesday to review my ten latest reads. I’ve […]

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6 Books to Read in 2021

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I know I say this every year, but: I really never thought I’d be writing this post for 2021. For newcomers, my “6 Books to Read in [Insert Next Year]” has […]

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5 Books I’ll Be Thinking of to Get Me Through Finals

December 2, 2020by booksandbark Leave a comment

It’s getting colder, holiday lights are coming up, and I’m scrolling through gift lists online, which can only mean one thing: finals are coming up. For me, a social science […]

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Ten Books I Loved But Never Reviewed (On This Blog)

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On August 3, an explosion in Beirut killed at least fifty and injured thousands. If you have the ability, donate to the Lebanese Red Cross to help with relief efforts. —In […]

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Good Talk // A South Asian-American Mixed-Media Memoir

July 28, 2020by booksandbark 2 Comments

Coming up on the 2020 election, I’ll be including an action that you can take to make a difference at the top of every post. Today, I encourage you all […]

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Yearly Recap, 2019 & The 2010s.

December 31, 2019by booksandbark 2 Comments

Since I didn’t blog nearly as much I would’ve liked to this year, I thought I’d use my yearly wrap-up to talk a bit about the last decade. This’ll be […]

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6 Books To Read in 2019

January 8, 2019by booksandbark 4 Comments

I started this feature back in 2017 and have always had fun writing it. Since I discovered a lot of favorite books and authors in 2018, I decided to write yet […]

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Yearly Recap, 2018

December 31, 2018by booksandbark Leave a comment

It’s almost 2019. Wow, it feels weird saying that (and yes, I do know I say this every single year). READING RECAP I read a lot in 2018 (more than any other […]

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Mini-Reviews // Summer 2018 (Part Two)

September 10, 2018by booksandbark 1 Comment

I got a lot of reading done this summer (almost 30 books!) so while that means I won’t be writing in-depth reviews of all the books I read, I’m choosing […]

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One-Sentence Reviews // Summer 2018

August 31, 2018by booksandbark 3 Comments

I read a lot of books this summer. By that, I mean nearly thirty books in a little over three months (a record for me!). This summer, I’ve both discovered more […]

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5 Ways Nonwhite Characters Are Exoticized

August 7, 2018by booksandbark 2 Comments

As a brown woman, I’m constantly struck by the ways in which nonwhite characters are exoticized and othered in works of writing. It’s really, really difficult to read a supposedly #diverse […]

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Book Review // The Witch Elm

August 1, 2018by booksandbark 6 Comments

This book is brilliant. I’m a huge fan of Irish mystery writer Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad books, which each center on a different murder detective’s journey to solve a mystery […]

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Mini-Reviews // Summer 2018 (Part One)

July 29, 2018by booksandbark 2 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot this summer, and I love it. I don’t get the chance to read a lot during the academic year, and many times, that carries over into […]

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I Started A #Bookstagram

July 21, 2018by booksandbark 2 Comments

Hello friends! I know I’ve been absent from this blog for quite a while now. I’ve been out of school since the end of May, but I’ve been spending my time […]

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Mini-Reviews // War and Spies

January 13, 2018by booksandbark Leave a comment

I’ve been reading a lot during the break! Specifically, it seems, books about war and spies. Reading more of these books is one of my goals for 2018, since I love […]

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6 Books To Read in 2018

January 1, 2018by booksandbark 6 Comments

It’s 2018. Wow, it feels weird to say that. Last year I did a post of 6 books to read in 2017, and according to magical blog stats, you liked […]

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2017.

December 28, 2017by booksandbark 2 Comments

A lot of things happened in 2017! So, as per my usual yearly recap, I’d like to share some of the exciting stuff that happened in 2017 with you guys, and […]

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Exploring NYC // Bryant Park and the Subway

November 21, 2017by booksandbark Leave a comment

Every year, Bryant Park puts on a holiday winter market. I went on November 12 and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. Because of my hometown’s ideal […]

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July, August, September

September 28, 2017by booksandbark 5 Comments

I recently realized that it’s been over two months since I’ve written for this blog(!!). That is possibly the longest I’ve ever gone without hitting the “Publish” button on Books and […]

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Book Review // Illuminae

March 12, 2017by booksandbark 5 Comments

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. With enemy fire […]

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End-Of-High-School TBR

February 21, 2017by booksandbark 16 Comments

In a little over five months, I’ll be headed off to college, probably with under five physical books and a Kindle in tow. Looking at my bookshelf (or my entire […]

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class of 2017, x

6 Books to Read in 2017

February 12, 2017by booksandbark 11 Comments

I didn’t blog a lot about reading in 2016, but I did read 28 books! Here are some of my favorite books of the past year (that you should read, too). […]

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book reviews, class of 2017, x

Why I Blog

February 3, 2017by booksandbark Leave a comment

This blog was never supposed to be a book blog, but somehow, it turned into one. Because of this, I know a majority of my readers are book nerds, who […]

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class of 2017, Thoughts & Musings, x

2016.

December 31, 2016by booksandbark 12 Comments

2016 was an unusual, unexpected year. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. Icons in art, music, and film unexpectedly passed away from the first days of January to […]

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class of 2017, Thoughts & Musings, x, yearly recap

A Cheesy Post Of Things To Remember In High School

June 3, 2016by booksandbark 4 Comments

Written April 5, 2016. Proceed with caution: cheesy post ahead. I’m graduating in a year. Which is absolutely ridiculously crazy, because I am 99.8% sure that I just entered high school about […]

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To Lose A Great Author

February 19, 2016by booksandbark 3 Comments

4.28.1926 – 2.19.2016 “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” IN MEMORY OF HARPER LEE. *** While I will never […]

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The End of Brilliant 2-0-1-5

December 31, 2015by booksandbark 6 Comments

It’s kind of hard to believe that 2015 will be over in just a few short hours. It feels like the kind of year that should have lasted longer, that […]

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2015 bucket list, 2016 bucket list, x, yearly recap

A Bookish 2015 in Review

December 30, 2015by booksandbark 3 Comments

I read a total of 58 books and 18,617 pages in 2015. That’s an amazingly large number of books, considering I had my first AP class and AP test at […]

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2015 bucket list, books!, x, yearly recap

Bookish Barkings // Bookish Birthdays and Odd Music

November 7, 2015by booksandbark 5 Comments

Bookish Barkings is back and so am I! Well, for now. I know I’ve been absolutely AWFUL at blogging and replying to comments of late (I’m very sorry to all of […]

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Book Review // Carry On (Or Do You Mean HARRY On?)

October 25, 2015by booksandbark 5 Comments

Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen. That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but […]

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A Letter To The Universe

October 18, 2015by booksandbark 14 Comments

Tomorrow I will turn sixteen. No, scratch that. In approximately twenty-four hours, I will turn sixteen. I like to count down to the very minute, the very second. Only then am I […]

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Bookish Barkings // Édition Deux: I READ THE RAVEN BOYS

October 2, 2015by booksandbark 2 Comments

Welcome to Bookish Barkings, edition two! First up some bloggish announcements. Um… I have the best followers ever?! I don’t know. Right now, I kind of want to be LAZY and sit here […]

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Bookish Barkings // A New Feature Because School

September 4, 2015by booksandbark 11 Comments

I’ve missed you, my little barklings (yes, I have finally come up with a name for you lovely creatures)! I really have! But school has kept me so very busy and I’m […]

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Bookshelves: To Like Or Not To Like?

August 29, 2015by booksandbark 14 Comments

I HAVE VERY MIXED FEELINGS ON BOOKSHELVES. I realized this this morning when I woke up and found myself looking at my bookshelf (it has been placed near the foot […]

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Mini Book Reviews // Summer Book Haul

August 15, 2015by booksandbark Leave a comment

Welcome to Mini Book Reviews! Since I read faster than I can write reviews, I have decided to do mini-reviews for some of the books I’ve read over the summer. Want to […]

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Book Review | All The Bright Places // Sadness + Road Trips + Friendships Based On Quotes

August 12, 2015by booksandbark 2 Comments

First off, TRIGGER WARNING for suicide, depression, and other related forms of mental illness. These feature greatly in the review and in the book itself (like featuring IN THE NEXT […]

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What Do You Mean I’ve Been Blogging for Two Years?!

August 3, 2015by booksandbark 22 Comments

Well, today is apparently my second blogoversary with Books and Bark! That snuck up on me. FAST. But I still can’t believe that I’ve been blogging (consistently) on Books and Bark […]

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2015 bucket list, awards, blog care, x

Top Ten Tuesday // Because Diversity Is Awesome

July 20, 2015by booksandbark 13 Comments

Look at that! Is it already time for another Top Ten Tuesday? This week’s theme is DIVERSITY and books that celebrate such things. Now, I am quite diverse myself (well, not […]

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blog hops, books!, x

Winning Camp NaNoWriMo… FOR THE TENTH TIME

July 19, 2015by booksandbark 8 Comments

If I’m not very much mistaken, this year’s Camp NaNoWriMo marks my tenth “win” in the NaNoWriMo program. Yet… in my entire three years with the program, I have only produced […]

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NaNoWriMo, writing, x

YOU ARE NOT ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY BRAIN // Or, When Characters Are Annoying

July 17, 2015by booksandbark 6 Comments

Sometimes, I just want to walk up my MC and go BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS PERSON IN MY BRAIN IS OR WHAT THEY WANT FROM ME. One […]

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Top Ten Tuesday // My Newest Bookish Babies

July 13, 2015by booksandbark 25 Comments

AHHH I LOVE Top Ten Tuesday! I just discovered it last week, but it’s pretty amazing and I love the prompts and the community. Plus, all of my bookish blogger friends […]

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blog hops, books!, x

Top Ten Tuesday // Hyped Books I’ve Never Read

July 7, 2015by booksandbark 26 Comments

So, YES: I am finally hopping onto this bandwagon and participating in Top Ten Tuesday! (Mostly because I have NO IDEA what else to write about and every other blogger I know […]

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Book Review | Every Last Word // OCD and OMIGOSHes

June 17, 2015by booksandbark 7 Comments

Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her […]

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Why Sherlock Holmes And I Need Platonic Relationships // A List

June 4, 2015by booksandbark 27 Comments

When I write my books, there normally isn’t any romance in them. At all! I mean, I guess if you really wanted two characters to end up being together, you could stretch it (a lot), but for the most part, the relationships in my books are completely […]

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bookish things, recommended reading, Thoughts & Musings, x

What’s Up With Genre Shaming? | Defending YA

February 14, 2015by booksandbark 15 Comments

More and more frequently, I find myself reading blogs claiming that a certain genre aren’t “real books” or “real literature.” Young Adult is probably the most frequent recipient of what I’ve […]

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2014 In Review

December 30, 2014by booksandbark 2 Comments

Happy penultimate day of 2014, everybody! Now, I’m not a big fan of recap posts full of blog stats and the like, but I’ve decided to do a (short… hopefully) recap […]

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2014 Bucket List, blog hops, books!, x, yearly recap

Book Review | Broken Skies (GO. READ. IT.)

December 26, 2014by booksandbark 5 Comments

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it! I was planning on writing a Christmas post, but, um, I have time management issues. And feels. So […]

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Wonder

December 22, 2014by booksandbark 8 Comments

Sometimes, I wonder. I wonder about my future. My past. How my life would be different if things had not happened the way they happened. I wonder about my books, my […]

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Thoughts & Musings, writing, x

Top Books of 2014

December 20, 2014by booksandbark 2 Comments

I sadly didn’t jump on the bandwagon with Top Ten Tuesday last week because of finals, but I still wanted to share my top books of 2014! Considering I’ve only read […]

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Books! And Candy! (Another Tag)

December 18, 2014by booksandbark 2 Comments

If you hadn’t caught on, I’m using finals as an excuse to finish up the bookish tags I’ve been, um, tagged in. I was tagged in this one by Engie @ Musings […]

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