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Tag: books

Current Obsessions

Posted on 16 May, 2015 by Ikhlas

So I’m going through a phase of being obsessed with a few things. I call it my binge-phase. I just want to binge consume ALL of these things (or do them- whichever makes sense). MAKING CARDS Some of you might know about this obsession of mine. I love arts and crafts. LOVE them. I have…

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The End of an Era

Posted on 7 November, 2014 by Ikhlas

So yesterday was my last day at work, and what I like to think of as an end to an era. Can an era be only two years long? Apparently it can, because as I hugged one of my managers goodbye at the end of my closing shift last night, that’s exactly what it felt…

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Book Funk

Posted on 23 September, 2014 by Ikhlas

I have a confession, dear friends: I’m in a book funk. This is definitely not the first time this has happened, but it seems like the longest book funk I’ve ever experienced. Usually I whip through my pile of library books and am constantly on the search for new books, but lately I’ve sunk so…

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Meeting Morgan Rhodes

Posted on 18 July, 2014 by Ikhlas

For those of you who follow me on instagram, you might already have seen a preview of this post. But I’m here to tell you exactly how I met Morgan Rhodes, bestselling author of the Falling Kingdom series! About 2 weeks ago, I was sitting in the backroom at work on my phone when I saw that…

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The Lack of Coloured People in Teen Fiction

Posted on 13 July, 201413 July, 2014 by Ikhlas

So I just recently finished reading a teen book on beauty and how young girls are pressured to look a certain way. It was a great topic for a book and the author made some interesting points about the way girls from such a young age are forced into this particular mindset. But after finishing…

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