Struck by Stories
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Julie is an 18-year-old book blogger, iced coffee addict, ailurophile, future teen/YA librarian, and Mary, a 17-year-old bookworm, anime lover, fan-fiction writer, graphic artist, and co-blogger of Struck by Stories. Follow this blog to get book reviews and information on the best books to read from Julie and Mary.
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy Monday, book lovers! And welcome to my stop on the Where You See Yourself blog tour, hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours!
It’s been yet another long while since my last post back in January (hard to believe that I’m still playing catch-up with school!) but I couldn’t be more thrilled to share this post with you all today! Many of you may know that disability representation is very important to me (especially as a disabled girl myself) so I couldn’t resist having the chance to read this book early for its official tour
Scroll down for book & author info and my thoughts on this fabu ..read more
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy last day of September, book lovers!! I truly cannot even believe that September is almost (officially) over — it feels like the month just started yesterday!!
And while there’s no new book review today, I’m really excited to share that I’m going to be participating in not one, but TWO readathons for the month of October!
Reading Challenge #1: ARCtober (hosted by Four Paws and a Book!) Announcement video:
My (planned) reading list:
1.) The Whispering Dark by Kelly Andrew
Prompts: a highly anticipated ARC, OwnVoices or Marginalized community (Deaf), Ugly Cover, an ARC you heard about ..read more
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy first day of autumn, book lovers!! As I write this post, it’s currently drizzling rain in my small Connecticut town, and even though the leaves have only just begun to change colors, fall is definitely in the air
So, in honor of the first day of fall, I’ve decided that it’s the perfect time to do the Cozy Autumn Book Tag! Shoutout to Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books and Caro at Book Cheshire Cat for inspiring me to join in on this cozy little book tag! This tag was originally created by The Book Belle on YouTube and I’ve linked to her full video below
1.) What book always remi ..read more
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy Wednesday, book lovers! And welcome to today’s Can’t Wait Wednesday post!
Originally created by Jill at Breaking The Spine, Waiting on Wednesday was adapted to Can’t Wait Wednesday by Tressa at Wishful Endings, and is a weekly meme that shines a spotlight on upcoming book releases that readers like me are eagerly anticipating!
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Can’t Wait Wednesday / Waiting on Wednesday post (if I’m not mistaken, I think my last one was back in October of last year! ) but I’m breaking my hiatus to share a 2023 book release that ..read more
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy Friday Saturday, book lovers! My apologies that this post is going up a day late – I unfortunately got a little tied up yesterday and didn’t have time to finish editing this post until late last night
Anyways, with my college summer vacation approaching its end this week (sadly ), this past week I though to myself, what better book to read to get in the back-to-school spirit than Hooky, a graphic novel about two young witches who accidentally miss their one and only bus to magic school, only to be thrust in the middle of their very own magical adventure?
Fun fact: I first read this boo ..read more
Struck by Stories
1y ago
Happy Friday, book lovers! And oh my goodness am I excited right now because today, I’m going to be sharing my thoughts on The Charmed List by Julie Abe, a magically cozy fantasy book and Julie Abe’s brand-new YA debut!
Before I get into my review, I just wanted to give you all a quick update that I am now planning on posting a new book review/blog post EVERY Friday at 10:00 AM (EST) for the near future!! I’ve really missed posting reviews the last few months and I’m truly looking forward to getting back into the swing of things
Anyways, I truly cannot even begin to express how much I enjoy ..read more
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1y ago
Happy Monday, book lovers! You know what today also is? COVER REVEAL DAY!! That’s right, today I’m going to be revealing the cover for A Lesson in Love and Death by W.H. Lockwood, a cozy dark academia horror romance book!!
Special thanks to R&R Book Tours for organizing this cover reveal! And now… scroll down to see the cover!
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A Lesson in Love and Death
by W.H. Lockwood
Series: Endymion College #1
Publisher: Self-Published
Release date: September 26th, 2022
Genres: Contemporary, Dark Academia, Adult, Gothic, Horror, Romance
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Anna James dreamed of on ..read more
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1y ago
Happy Tuesday, book lovers! And welcome to my stop on the Claw and Order blog tour, hosted by Rockstar Book Tours!
Special thanks to Rockstar Book Tours for accepting me on this blog tour! Also, quick PSA that since this is book two of The Pack series, there might be some slight spoilers for the first book in my review! And, if you’d like, you can click here to view my full thoughts on book one, The Pack!
Claw and Order
by Lisi Harrison
Series: The Pack #2
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release date: June 21st, 2022
Genres: Contemporary, Dark Academia, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Mystery
Source: eARC ..read more
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1y ago
Happy Saturday, book lovers! Today, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on book one of The Pack, a new middle grade book series by the author of the beloved Monster High books!
I don’t know about you, but back when I was in 4th grade, Monster High was my LIFE! In fact, I’m not even ashamed to admit that I still once in a while go back and watch the old Monster High animated movies
Anyways, all of this is to say that as soon as I discovered that Lisi Harrison was coming out with a new middle grade book series with a (slightly) similar premise, I just knew I had to check it out!
Without further ado ..read more
Struck by Stories
2y ago
Happy Saturday, book lovers! I hope you all have been doing very well because today, I’m finally, finally making my big return back to book blogging!!
While I passed all of my classes (HOORAY!!), this past semester at college was more than a little draining, which is why I’ve sadly been a little MIA The good news though is now that I’m finally on break, I can at long last get back to doing what I love best — book blogging!
For those of you who might have heard, yesterday was kind of a really big day as it marked the official Netflix release of arguably my most anticipated mini series of 202 ..read more