Fan Review: Shadow and Bone TV Show – Mostly Spoiler Free!

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I have now watched the first season of Shadow and Bone twice all the way through and guys, I have a lot of feelings, And a lot of those feelings are so good.

As I mentioned a few days ago, Leigh Bardugo is easily one of my favorite authors and the Grishaverse means so much to me. I have been so excited, on the edge of my seat, waiting for it to be adapted at some point in time – its been optioned in one way or another ever since it was released in 2012. But I was also incredibly nervous. While YA contemporary adaptations seem to be consistently successful, YA speculative fiction – fantasy, science fiction, dystopian and so forth – seem to do not so great. So while I was really excited to see this world I love so much come to love, I was also incredibly nervous.

I honestly had nothing to worry about.

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Short N’Sweet Book Review: What’s Not to Love by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

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Welcome to the Short N’ Sweet Book Review! For the almost nine years that I’ve been reviewing books on this blog, I’ve written long, wordy reviews that, let’s be honest, not a lot of people are probably reading. This year I decided to shorten those reviews and get straight to the point – what is this book about, who wrote it, where you can find and a short review on what I loved, liked and maybe thought could be better.

Today’s review features an enemies-to-lovers, cuthroat competition between two smart and ruthless teenagers and the fourth novel, What’s Not to Love, from the dynamic duo, Wibbroka, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka!

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Celebrate Teen Literature Day! Books to Recommend Reluctant Readers!

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I absolutely adore teen literature. From the first time I picked up The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot back in 2000 (a book series that is infinitely better than the movies even try to be – fight me), I was hooked and I continue to be hooked. A HUGE reason that What A Nerd Girl Says is exists in the first place is because, as a twenty-four year old YA lover, I was just so tired of people crapping on it all the time! Since 2012, I have been fully immersed in the YA community so the idea that teens aren’t reading just seems absolutely wild to me! I feel like all that I see is teens reading, reading, reading.

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Shadow and Bone Comes Out Tomorrow!!!!

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After all of this time, I can’t believe that its almost time! Shadow and Bone, the Netflix TV show, combining the stories of the Grisha trilogy and the Six of Crows duology, both by Leigh Bardugo, will be hitting the streaming platform tomorrow, April 23rd, and I just honestly can’t believe we’ve finally reached this day. Both of these series are easily favorites and I’ve been a fan and friend of Leigh’s since meeting her back in 2013. I remember that the book series was optioned at the time, I believe by David Heyman, who is known for grabbing onto Harry Potter movie rights before anyone else. As with a lot of options, it just never panned out and I thought that was that.

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Short N’Sweet Book Review: The Roommate by Rosie Danan

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Welcome to the Short N’ Sweet Book Review! For the almost nine years that I’ve been reviewing books on this blog, I’ve written long, wordy reviews that, let’s be honest, not a lot of people are probably reading. This year I decided to shorten those reviews and get straight to the point – what is this book about, who wrote it, where you can find and a short review on what I loved, liked and maybe thought could be better.

Today’s review features a fantastic sex positive, super sexy but also sweetly romantic novel, The Roommate by Rosie Danan!

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Top Ten Tuesday – My Favorite Colorful Book Covers

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The Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly challenge post previously hosted by The Broke and Bookish and now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl. You can follow along for each weekly post here. This week’s topic is about color and colorful book covers. I decided I would share my favorite colorful book covers – the ones that you can’t help but stop and stare at because they’re just so gosh darn gorgeous. If you haven’t had a chance to check out these titles, click the book titles to check them out on GoodReads!

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