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The Role of the Book Reviewer in Publishing Today
Here’s the deal: publishing would be a lot more boring (and a lot more broke) without book reviewers. We’re the unpaid hype squad, the...
Nicole Hassen
Aug 252 min read


“The Hate U Give” — Angie Thomas’s Literary Mic Drop
YA novels get such a bad rap for being all love triangles and moody diary entries, but Angie Thomas looked at that stereotype, cackled,...
Nicole Hassen
Aug 223 min read


Reviewing The Seven Year Slip: Banter, Grief, and a Magical Lease I Don’t Trust
Who knew signing a lease could also sign you up for time-travel heartbreak? Because apparently when Ashley Poston writes about...
Nicole Hassen
Aug 193 min read


Welcome to The Creative Reviewer
I was always told I was “mature for my age” or that I “knew a lot of things,” but honestly, I think it’s just because I’ve always read a...
Nicole Hassen
Aug 192 min read
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