Crystal ✬ Lost in Storyland

Reader 📚 Writer 📝 Tea Drinker 🍵 I blog books and life. Follow my writing adventures and more @kestlong.

[Crystal ✬ Lost in Storyland @lostinstoryland]

A look back at June and July

#monthlyrewind #SundayPost

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The best books I've read in 2020 (so far) list is up!

#bestof2020

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Marie @dh_books asks, "Is book bloggers' work really valued?"

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#letsdiscuss2020 #bookbloggers

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Lory @LoryECBR asks for your opinion on first-person narratives. Do you read them? What are your thoughts?

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#letsdiscuss2020

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I cried when I finished this book.

On Silence and Speaking Up: #Parachutes by Kelly Yang

#yalit #kellyyang #ownvoices

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@BookMeanderings Love The Dragonbone Chair and the Tawny Man books. And you have other books that are on my TBR: The Sword of Kaigen, The Wolf of Oren-yaro, Dresden Files, Lightbringer series (have read book one), Lord of the Rings.

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Discovering Sisterhood & Our Own Stories: my review of #TheBoundless is live as a part of the @The_FFBC tour! https://t.co/6cAAswdrO9

#yalit #fantasybooks #fairytaleretelling #boundlessblogtour #thebeholder

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"As an adult I love to read stories where I feel represented, and so it feels even better to know that my children get the same high quality stories as well."

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Children's books about racism and social justice

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[🚀 Mark Siegel ☀️ @marksiegelbooks]

It’s not politics. It’s being clear when it comes to good and evil.

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Are the stars really better off without us?

"In the vacuum of space, #LeviathanWakes throws together people with variegated ideologies as they struggle to understand the larger picture."

#TheExpanse #sciencefiction #sff

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[Camillea is working on #TikbalangWIP @CamilleaReads]

BOOSTING! We cannot stand by silent any longer.

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@ShootingStarMag Happy (belated) birthday, Lauren!

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In which I talk about:
✨ Drafting a novel
✨ Book adaptations
✨ Two great books I read in May

#bookblogger #SundayPost

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Cam @camilleareads interviews author @M_L_Wang on storytelling themes and character development.

"The best character building advice I can give . . . is build from the inside out."

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I got Oona Lee! Which #5Worlds character are you? 💫

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What's your favorite fictional monster?

Louise @humanrinds shares why she loves monsters!
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#TheEmpressofSaltAndFortune is a intricate, layered story. I look forward to more from @NghiVoWriting. Thanks @torbooks for the review copy.

"Even as Rabbit chronicles In-yo’s rise to power, she reveals . . . a culture that has silenced women."

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@kalventure Nice. Hope you enjoy it!

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@kalventure @moonlightmoths @BookathonBlog I need to reread Lightning Thief! I'm currently reading:
🗡️ The Last Wish
✨ No Time to Spare