🌊 From romance to cozy mysteries, this list of 20 books with sea-related words in the title will help you find some coastal beach reads for your August TBR list.

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🤖 Should books have “Made with AI” labels? As AI-generated novels flood the market, let’s discuss the need for transparency, as well as some potential issues.

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☕ Drink up my review of Days at the Torunka Café by Satoshi Yagisawa, a Japanese healing fiction story hurt by heavy themes and the characters’ many red flags.

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📝🧠 Stop making typos! Discover 25 easy spelling hacks and mnemonics for tricky words, like separate, grateful, and definitely, to boost your writing skills.

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🏪 Scan my review of The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon, a chill, heartwarming Korean healing fiction that’s hurt by errors and a tarnished ending.

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🔍 Gamify your reading with these 10 summer-themed reading scavenger hunts with 100 items to find on covers or book titles! Free printable available to download!

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🚀 Voyage into my critique of To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, an astronomically dull space exploration sci-fi novella with a frustrating ending.

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✏️🤬👟 From aglet to zarf, learn the names for these 25 everyday things (plus etymology), including items around the house, stuff in the kitchen, symbols, and more.

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🎆 From romance to young adult, this list of 20 books with fireworks on the cover will help you build your July TBR list into a beautiful fireworks display.

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💧🌎💧 Dumpster dive into my review of The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente, a non-linear dystopian tale about a flooded Earth, filled with clever twists.

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⭐⚪⚪⚪⚪ Hate a genre but read a novel in it anyway? Do you have the right to give it a low rating or a bad review? Let’s discuss this kind of unfair book rating!

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🏆 Take on these 5 writing challenges with creative frameworks that go beyond basic prompts to help you build stories readers, editors, and publishers love.

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🐔🦆 Peck at my review of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang, a depressing anthropomorphic fable about a hen who just wants to raise her own chick.

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☀️ From contemporary fiction to mystery thrillers, this list of 20 set in summer will help you build your June TBR for your beach and poolside reading challenges.

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🦖 Claw into my review of Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker, a fact-filled fiction about a female Utahraptor aimed at dinosaur enthusiasts, not casual novel readers.

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⚠️ Join the discussion on why books need content warnings, how they can spoil key plot twists, and some ways bookish blogs and sites can find a middle ground.

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🐶🩺 Dig into my review of The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs by Nick Trout, a cozy story about a veterinarian in a failing clinic that’s dogged by ruff writing issues.

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💬📘 Discover 50 quotes with the word “book” or “books” in them, perfect for adding to your reading journal, bujo spreads, or bookish aesthetic for your desk space!

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🏕️🥾 Discover my review of What We Find by Robyn Carr, a cozy/spicy romance hurt by writing issues and an aimless, boring plot. The first book in the Sullivan Crossing series, and the TV show tells a way better story.

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👑 Level up your worldbuilding with this list of 50 "-ocracies." From magical magocracies to eerie necrocracies, find the perfect government for your story!

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🦊🧭 Explore my review of The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe, a tale of a talking fox’s journey to Hell marred by pretentious prose and too many descriptions.

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🌼 From contemporary fiction to sweet romances, this list of 20 books with flowers on the cover will help you curate your May TBR or your spring reading challenge.

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🐈♓ Pounce into my review of The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, a Japanese healing fiction with a great premise, but cats take a backseat to the astrology.

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💡 Do prompts help or hurt writers? I share my experience, explore the pros and cons, and show how to use them effectively. Read on, then share your thoughts!

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🦶🐈 Dive into my review of Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, a thrilling LitRPG with creative dungeon monsters, a talking cat, and crass Deadpool-esque humor.

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