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Chyina Powell
Feb 20, 20244 min read
Using Plottr To Outline Your Novel
What is Plottr? For many writers, having an outline is helpful. For even more writers, having a notebook or journal where you keep all...
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Chyina Powell
Jan 20, 20242 min read
Witches, Princes & Mothers, Oh My!
This is a short book review of the novel When Wishes Bleed. Don't worry or shield your eyes as I won't be including any spoilers in this...
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Chyina Powell
Jan 11, 20242 min read
An Old Lady Solves A Murder
Okay, first things first. I read this book for a book club I am a part of and I am so glad that I did. It was funny and cringey in all...
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Chyina Powell
Dec 8, 20232 min read
Upgrade: A Book Review
Upgrade is a science fiction novel by Blake Crouch that features a would-be scientist turned government agent named Logan Ramsey. Logan...
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Chyina Powell
Nov 24, 20232 min read
My Favorite Scar: A Review
I received an advanced reader copy of the novel My Favorite Scar free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My Favorite...
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Chyina Powell
Nov 18, 20233 min read
How Lucky: A Book Review
How Lucky is a novel by author Will Leitch that centers Daniel, a man with SMA, who is regulated to a wheelchair and using technology to...
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Chyina Powell
Nov 11, 20233 min read
The Throwback List: A Review
Sometimes I get really excited for books, and I think that works to by downfall. True, some books live up to those expectations, but many...
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Chyina Powell
Nov 3, 20232 min read
What Does Silence Cost You? A Book Review
The Fountains of Silence is a historical nonfiction book set in Spain during the time of Franco. It is quite a thick book, but I promise...
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Chyina Powell
Oct 27, 20234 min read
Inkubator, A Literary Conference In Cleveland
Inkubator is an annual conference hosted by an organization called LitCleveland. Oddly enough, I had never heard of this organization (or...
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Chyina Powell
Oct 20, 20233 min read
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and...What Else?
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a contemporary novel by Gabrielle Zevin that centers two game developers (Sam and Sadie) through...
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Chyina Powell
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Beware: None Of This Is True, A Book Discussion
None Of This Is True is a novel by the amazing Lisa Jewell. And she has really done it again. I bought this book after reading a small...
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Chyina Powell
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Could You Hide Your Identity?
The Personal Librarian is a historical fiction novel that tells what may be an account of the life of Belle Marion Greener, better known...
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Chyina Powell
Sep 29, 20232 min read
Reading Blackness: A Review
Poignant, relevant, true. These were the first three words that came to mind, even as I was reading Black Lives, American Love by D.B....
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Chyina Powell
Sep 26, 20235 min read
Bookish Places To Check Out In Cleveland
I had the delight of attending a conference in Cleveland this past week and while there, I got to meet all sorts of people. Some were...
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Chyina Powell
Sep 15, 20233 min read
Who Wants To Win A Time War
This Is How You Lose The Time War is a novel by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. It is a science fiction novel and the latest book club...
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Chyina Powell
Sep 8, 20232 min read
A New Book For Your Winter TBR!
It is nowhere near the winter holidays but that doesn't mean you can't be prepared in advance! I received an ebook ARC of Love in Winter...
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Chyina Powell
Sep 1, 20232 min read
What If Death Just Stopped?
That's the question that Jose Saramago asks in his novel Death with Interruptions and I have got to say that this was a really great...
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Chyina Powell
Aug 25, 20232 min read
The Butcher and the Wren
The Butcher and the Wren is a thriller about murder, as most thrillers are. It takes place in Louisiana and we watch as a medical...
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Chyina Powell
Aug 18, 20232 min read
Secrets Never Die...or Do They
My copy of Secrets Never Die was received for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. It is a YA thriller about a...
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Chyina Powell
Jul 14, 20233 min read
De-compartmentalizing Self
This is an introspective post that poses questions.
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