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Booktube-A-Thon TBR

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Hello! This year I decided that I wanted to participate in the annual Booktube-A-Thon which is a read along that spans from July 24th to July 30th, and the main goal is to read as many books as you can within that time frame. You can follow along with the read-a-thon across Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram (just look up Booktubeathon!) to complete video and photo challenges, join in on reading sprints, and play fun games throughout the week! This read-a-thon is hosted by Ariel Bissett and she has created seven challenges for people to complete for the read-a-thon, so I wanted to show you the books I planned on reading for this coming week!

Because I am doing this so last minute, I am not filming any videos about the read-a-thon, but I will be updating everyone on my reading process on my Twitter and Instagram along the way. Wish me luck!
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Happy World Book Day

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FullSizeRender (1)In honor of World Book Day, I wanted to share a few things with you all! 

First, I wanted to share some of my favorite novels that have impacted my life throughout the years. 

  1. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank – This book’s message and the emotions it evokes will always be relevant to any time period. Anne Frank’s thoughts about war, peace, and love are so intelligent and awe-inspiring to me. I will always recommend readers to pick up this diary because it can teach anyone a lesson about life and how precious it is. 
  2. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys – This WWII novel highlights the largest maritime disaster in history, something that has been hidden away over time. This raw story will rip at your heart strings and open your eyes to the horrors that people had to live through when trying to survive during WWII. 
  3. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – This retelling of Achilles / Patroclus’ lives is so beautifully written. From the prose to the details of Achilles and Patroclus’ lives together, I was swept up in this beautiful world within the first few pages. This only strengthened my love for mythological retellings, and I will always treasure this book highlighting arrogance, war, and a love that will endure all time.

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Beth Revis’ Paper Hearts Blog Tour

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I was lucky enough to read and review Beth Revis’ AMAZING Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice, and I absolutely loved everything about this book. It is full of humor and raw advice for writers (especially YA writers). If any of you are upcoming writers and would like to read some writing advice or just learn about Beth Revis’ writing process, pick up this book!

Bird by Bird meets Save the Cat in this new writing advice book by NY Times bestselling author Beth Revis. With more than 100000 reads on Wattpad, this newly expanded and rewritten edition features 350 pages of content, including charts and a detailed appendix. 

 

Fight the blank page.

When it comes to writing, there’s no wrong way to get words on paper. But it’s not always easy to make the ink flow. Paper Hearts: Some Writing Advice won’t make writing any simpler, but it may help spark your imagination and get your hands back on the keyboard.

Practical Advice Meets Real Experience

With information that takes you from common mistakes in grammar to detailed charts on story structure, Paper Hearts describes:

  • How to Develop Character, Plot, & World
  • What Common Advice You Should Ignore
  • What Advice Actually Helps
  • How to Develop a Novel
  • The Basics of Grammar, Style, & Tone
  • Four Practical Methods of Charting Story Structure
  • How to Get Critiques and Revise Your Novel
  • How to Deal with Failure

…And much more!

BONUS! More than 25 “What to do if…” scenarios to help writers navigate problems in writing from a NY Times Bestselling author who’s written more than 2 million words of fiction.

Tip 2: Trust your reader.

It’s often hard to find the balance between telling the story and explaining everything else. Sometimes, it feels like you have to explain everything about the character’s background, or why she made a decision, or how he plans to do something. Usually, this is all the stuff that needs to be cut from the story when you start revising. Trust your reader to pick up the clues for the characters’ motivations. Trust your reader to follow the plot without rehashing it. Trust your reader to solve the mystery without flashing the clues like a blinking neon sign. Trust your reader to be smart.

ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT PAPER HEARTS AND BETH REVIS AND AN EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY

Learn more at BethRevis.com

Paper Hearts, Volume 1: Some Writing Advice on Goodreads

Purchase Paper Hearts, Volume 1: Some Writing Advice

Amazon – Kobo – Barnes & Noble – The Book Depository

Follow along with the rest of the tour at the Paper Hearts Tour Headquarters, or follow Beth Revis on Twitter!

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