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Book Ramble - One of Us is Lying

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and this is my book ramble for  One of Us is Lying  by Karen M. McManus, a solid  PROBABLY WON'T REREAD.  "That's the kind of person you can get away with killing: someone everyone else wants dead." TRIGGER WARNING: Death, alcohol, drugs, mentions of suicide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R - F R E E  T A L K  Right off the bat, I have to say: I  had  to read this book. It's the Breakfast Club with a murder in it, how could I not? And of course, they make a joke about it in the book (Simon saying that they're all walking 80's movies stereotypes). It was such an interesting concept to me, a combination of some of my favorite things: retellings, mystery, and murder (in  stories . Obviously I do not condone actually murder.  Please don't murder people. This has been a PSA. ) S

Book Ramble - The Raven King

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and  I was not ready for the Raven Cycle to end!  This is my book ramble for the last book of the series,  The Raven King , which, like the rest of the series, is 100% a  GET ME ALL THE MERCH! "He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn't want it to be over." TRIGGER WARNING: Deaths, demons, violence Songs I Listened to While Writing:  Give Me Love by Ed Sheeran; Say No to This by Jasmine Cephas-Jones and Lin Manuel Miranda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R - F R E E  T A L K  (if you've read the previous three books) I picked that quote because that's  exactly how I felt going into this book!  I was not ready for the Raven Cycle to end. In the course of four books, I had become emotionally and mentally invested in

Ten Books Tied to Specific Times in My Life

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and these are ten books that represent different times in my life. 1. The Warrior Cats Series by Erin Hunter - First Grade to Ninth Grade The Warrior Cats were my ish (I don't curse) when I was little. I used to have shelves dedicated to this series. I got the latest Warrior Cats book for my birthday, Christmas, even Valentine's Day. I am not kidding you when I say that I had an actual binder that I had dedicated to information about the clans and characters that I copied down from the Warrior Cats Wiki, which I frequented. I read the fanfiction on the forum. I was in  deep .  This series meant a lot to me, and every time I see a picture of one of the books I get hit with nostalgia (as much nostalgia as a nineteen-year-old can muster). When I had to move a year ago, I had to donate a lot of my books, and sadly the series went with them. It'll always mean something to me though. 2. The Hidden Staircas

Book Ramble - Hunting Prince Dracula

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and this is my book ramble for  Hunting Prince Dracula  by Kerri Maniscalco, which I'm rating as a  GET ME ALL THE MERCH! "I needed to heal myself before I could address anything or anyone else." TRIGGER WARNING: Lots of gore and death; vivid descriptions of murder victims If you didn't know,  Hunting Prince Dracula  is the sequel to  Stalking Jack the Ripper , which I have a  book ramble for here!  While each book has different mysteries that don't interconnect, there are mentions of the effects that the previous case still has on Audrey Rose. So yes, this can be read without reading the first book, but I personally recommend reading this after. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R - F R E E  T A L K Alright, I have a confession to make: Thomas Cresswell may be warming up to me. I know t