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Best of 2019 – Emoji Files 2019, Part II: Got Me in the Feels

Happy new year, reader friends! Yesterday I began posting my annual best-of series of posts, which I’ve dubbed The Emoji Files, since I group my favourite reads of the year according to the emotional impact they had on me. Yesterday was the Swoony Awards, so if you missed that, make sure you check it out here.

Today, I’m going to be introducing you the reads that really ‘Got Me in the Feels’. These are the books that made me really emotionally invested in the story, often (but not always) to the point of tears.

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1 January 2020

Best of 2018: The Emoji Files, Part III – The WOW Awards

It’s time for Part III of my Best of 2018 series The Emoji Files, and today I’m bringing you The WOW Awards. There are a few ways a book can make it onto my WOW list. The obvious one is plot twists and surprises (hello, Thirst of Steel and No Less Days in particular!) or high intensity and adrenaline (also Thirst of Steel…

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3 January 2019

Best of 2018: The Emoji Files, Part II – Got Me in the Feels

Welcome to the second post in my Best of 2018 series—a series I’ve dubbed The Emoji Files, since I’ve grouped my favourite reads according to their emotional impact. The first post in my Emoji Files series was The Swoony Awards, so if you missed that, make sure you check it out here. But today, ‘m going to be giving you…

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2 January 2019