Author: allison burris
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My Nana sent me a picture of a Christmas tree formed entirely from the contents of someone’s library. Naturally, I had to make one myself. I even have some advice for you if you want to make your own. I wasn’t planning on having a Christmas tree. We usually celebrate the holiday with my parents,…
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I’ve probably mentioned before that I am a big Meg Cabot fan. In fact, I’m rereading all the Princess Diaries books now so that I can read the final book in the series (Royal Wedding), which just recently came out (this year? last year?). So when I found out that Cabot had written an adaptation of…
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature brought to you by the very creative people over at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic was to come up with a list of things loosely related to Thanksgiving (like ten authors or books we’re grateful for), but I wanted to do something a little bit…
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Kate Forsyth’s book is an interesting look into the history of fairy tales themselves. The book focuses on Charlotte-Rose de la Force who is the author of the first written account of Rapunzel in Louis XIV’s France. She is told the story by a fellow nun, when she is forced into exile at an abbey.…
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I’ve had this book on my radar for quite some time. On an Amazon wish list to be exact, and it fell into obscurity. But when I suddenly rediscovered this book, I knew I had to read it. For what could be better than taking two interesting, fantastical creatures from different worlds and putting them…
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I wanted to take a second and thank all my readers and followers for their support. I’m so excited to have reached 100, and I love thinking up and creating new content for you. Thank you also for being patient with me and the lower post frequency this month as I furiously make my way…
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There’s nothing like a glass of warm wine on a chilly autumn night. Even better if it’s just a little on the sweet side and has more than a hint of cinnamon. Much of the food in this novel is related to class and status. The Trueba family is wealthy and they can, and do,…
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature from the Broke and the Bookish. Okay so I’m not very good at keeping up with the kinds of things that are being made into movies. I usually don’t know what’s playing unless I’m looking at a showtime schedule, and even then my favorite theater right now plays…
Allison Burris 