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Author: Marissa Cassayre

As Anne Once Said: Everything is Made New in the Spring

March 18, 2023 Marissa Cassayre

Arms and satchels full of books to spread out amongst the grass. Long dresses hiked up in hands and trousers…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Anne of Green Gables, book recommendations, books, classics, Middlemarch, nature, Pride and Prejudice, reading, seasonal, spring, spring books, spring reads, springtime, The Secret Garden

Real Characters in Dystopian Worlds

March 2, 2023 Marissa Cassayre

To quote The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, one of my favorite productions of all time: “The things that…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: duology, dystopian, dystopian novel, marie lu, mute, representation, sign language, Skyhunter

The Romance of Readers

February 16, 2023 Marissa Cassayre

There’s a concept floating around in the reading community called “book boyfriends.”

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: Crooked Kingdom, Giddon, graceling, Mr. Darcy, Nikolai Lantsov, Peeta Mellark, Percy Jackson, Po, Pride and Prejudice, romance, Ruin and Rising, Siege and Storm, the hunger games

Everyone is Welcome to Adventure

January 31, 2023 Marissa Cassayre

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary describes fiction as a form of literature in which anything imaginable can happen to any person imaginable. This…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: A Chorus of Dragons, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, adventure, books, Bridgerton, diversity, fantasy, Fiction, inclusivity, possibility, The Ruin of Kings, Turtles All the Way Down

Prepare to be Entertained

January 18, 2023 Marissa Cassayre

New Year’s Resolutions are abundant this time of year and I’m willing to bet you’ve made a few yourself.

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS, FILM + TV Filed under: Babel, Chris Hemsworth, Disney Plus, entertainment, Extraction 2, netflix, new media, New Years Resolutions, RF Kuang, To Be Read list, Tyler Rake, Willow

The Guardians Rise Again

December 30, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

The holidays are a time for capturing the very best of the world: the hope, wonder, and togetherness that we…

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Posted in: FILM + TV Filed under: holiday films, holiday movies, holidays, magic, Movie recommendations, nostalgia, The Rise of the Guardians

A Falsely Royal Underdog

December 18, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

If I were to guess, you probably think Middle-Grade Lit went out of style as soon as you became the…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: book recommendations, fantasy, fantasy book, Middle-Grade books, The False Prince, underrated books

Justice for Thanksgiving Entertainment!

December 4, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

Ask anyone what their favorite Christmas song is or the romantic comedy they always play on Valentine’s Day, and they’ll…

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS, FILM + TV, MUSIC Filed under: agatha christie, book recommendations, Charlie brown, holidate, Movie recommendations, music, show recommendations, thanksgiving, you've got mail

All Aboard the Escapism Train

November 22, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

no matter what kind of story relieves the pressures of real life, escapism allows us to imagine how our narratives could be different: what might happen if we owned that bakery, pulled that sword from that stone, or were selected as the chosen one.

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Posted in: BOOK REVIEWS Filed under: book hangover, booktubers, daydreams, escapism, fantasy, harry potter, Lord of the Rings, magic, novels, romance, thriller

The Mockingjay Sings Again

November 4, 2022 Marissa Cassayre

It seems the odds are in our favor as The Hunger Games readers everywhere are itching to see the new prequel to the series, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, hit theaters everywhere.

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Posted in: FILM + TV Filed under: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Coriolanus Snow, Francis Lawrence, Lucy Gray Baird, Panem, Rachel Zegler, social media, Suzanne Collins, the hunger games, Tom Blyth, upcoming film

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