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The Book Blabberer
Book Reviews! Thoughts on Writing! Other assorted odds and ends about the written word and the layers of discourse that surround it! Huzzah!


Double Review: The Strategy Series
👸🏼👸🏼👸🏼👸🏼 I’ve been in a bit of a slump for the past couple weeks. I think my depression is acting up. I’m gonna try to push through, though, and get this double review done. It might not be up to snuff compared to some of my other reviews, but it’ll be done; and if that’s all I can manage right now, that’ll be alright. I felt like these books got better as they went along, though like the first one they didn’t quite impact me enough to leave a lasting impression. I wo
Dec 10, 20252 min read


Review: Pawn, by J.C. Ahern
Rating: ♟️♟️♟️♟️ I’m switching up my review format. No more First Responses or One Sentence Summaries. Just not feeling it anymore, so I’m not doing it anymore. I got this book for free because I agreed to review the second book in the series. It wasn’t an ARC (at least, I don’t think it was an ARC… it’s been a minute since I got it…😬), the author just wanted some more reviews to drum up conversation around the series. Overall, I’m glad I agreed to the review, because this
Dec 4, 20253 min read


Review: the Back Half of the Bridgerton Series
I'm going to do something a little unorthodox in this review and lump the last four books of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series together. I read the first two in a single day, and the last two the next day, and while I intended to give each one it's own review, I've just been too exhausted and anxious lately to get anything down on paper. Luckily my feelings for each of these books were pretty similar, so I don't feel it too misleading to group them as I have. First, the Ratings
Dec 3, 20252 min read


Review: To Sir Philip, with Love, by Julia Quinn
Rating: 💌💌💌💌 First Response: Heavy Sound of Music vibes with this one. One Sentence Summary: Eloise Bridgerton has been corresponding with Sir Philip by letter, and the relationship has developed all the way to a proposal of marriage! Tell Me More: Stay with me for a minute, 'cause I'm gonna make a wild comparison. This book reminds me of A Game of Thrones . Wild, I know, but hear me out! To Sir Philip, with Love follows Eloise Bridgerton as she is courted by her paramou
Dec 1, 20252 min read
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