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A Love Letter to Soft Boys in YA

To All the Soft Boys I've Loved Before... Thank you for making me feel loved. For telling me that I'm a fairytale. For taking me on journies through the stars. For being nerdy with me. For all of the magic you've given me. Thank you.  Love, Nox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and today I want to talk about soft boys that I love in YA. Since what I refer to as  The Wattpad Era of 2012 , it's seemed to me that angst-filled, brooding bad boys are the general preference of the bookish community. You have your Darklings, Kaz Brekkers, Cardans, etc, etc. And yeah, these kinds of characters have their appeal (although with the examples I gave I really only like Kaz)! There's something about someone who is closed off to everyone except that  one person.  And if I knew anything past what I learn...

Classics I Want to Read!

Hey everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and today I want to share which classics I'm hoping to read this year! Since I'm an English major, a large part of my courses involves classic literature classes. So far I've had to read books like  Beowulf ,  Paradise Lost ,  Le Morte d'Arthur  (only a few of the books in it),  Our Eyes Were Watching God , etc. It's safe to say that classics are important in my major. At the beginning of this year, @she.gets.lit.erary on Instagram shared their list for #getclassicallylit, and even though there's only four months left this year, I decided I'm going to try and read at least 12 classics by the end of 2019. Here's my list! Dracula  by Bram Stoker Emma  by Jane Austin I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings  by Maya Angelou The House on Mango Street  by Sandra Cisneros Like Water for Chocolate  by Laura Esquivel The House of the Spirits  by Isabel Allende In the Time of the Butterflies...