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    NIKI FLORICA

    The Quiet Quill

    Books, Blessings, & Quiet Contemplations 

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    Child of the Dragon Prophecy, by Effie Joe Stock: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Mar 5
    • 2 min

    Child of the Dragon Prophecy, by Effie Joe Stock: Review

    A future foreseen. A past forgotten. The savior child of the Dragon Prophecy is born. Find the full blurb here! Being part of the launch...
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    Earth Quaking, by H.A. Pruitt: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Sep 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Earth Quaking, by H.A. Pruitt: Review

    Whisked from their lives into a quest to save the world of Anelthalien, Kindle, Ella, Andrew, and Tad have been hanging on to their...
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    Sisters of Sword and Song, by Rebecca Ross: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Aug 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Sisters of Sword and Song, by Rebecca Ross: Review

    "After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older sister, Halcyon, who has been serving in the queen’s army. But when...
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    Life of Pi, by Yann Martel: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Life of Pi, by Yann Martel: Review

    "A boy. A tiger. And the vast Pacific Ocean." Ah, where to begin? I recently read this book after watching the film and fell in love with...
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    Support Chip and the Book of Rose Leaves!
    nikiflorica
    • May 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Support Chip and the Book of Rose Leaves!

    I've really been looking forward to this Saturday Spotlight post and shining a light on Alexandria Miracola's coming story, Chip and the...
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    Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Dec 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen: Review

    The five Bennet daughters of Longbourne Estate have their life's goal laid out by society and their meddling mother, in equal parts—to...
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green: Review

    Once a lord, now an infamous outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest seeks justice for the poor by robbing the rich and cruel. Along with...
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    Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Unblemished, by Sara Ella: Review

    Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is, until...
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    Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Oct 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson: Review

    War is fracturing a once-unified people, darkness looms on the world's horizon beyond the sight of most, and the Knights Radiant—an...
    5 views0 comments
    The Blood Spell, by C.J. Redwine: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Blood Spell, by C.J. Redwine: Review

    Blue de la Cour, alchemist's daughter, sees life in absolutes. From conducting dangerous alchemy experiments for street urchins in need...
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    Between Burning Worlds, by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Aug 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Between Burning Worlds, by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell: Review

    Laterre is a planet on the brink of explosion. Unrest is mounting in the impoverished Third Estate, the Patriarche's attempts to smother...
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    Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Aug 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell: Review

    On the planet of Laterre, the oppressed Third Estate lives to provide for the privileged higher classes beneath a sky that never clears....
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    Wonder, by R.J. Palacio: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Wonder, by R.J. Palacio: Review

    Fifth grade is a challenge for any normal kid, but ask Auggie Pullman and he would tell you that he is far from normal. Born with a...
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    Counted With the Stars, by Connilyn Cosette: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Jul 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Counted With the Stars, by Connilyn Cosette: Review

    Sold into servitude to cover her family's financial disgrace, Kiya's life of Egyptian luxury is replaced by enslaved humiliation. When...
    5 views0 comments
    A Darkling Plain, by Philip Reeve: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Jun 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Darkling Plain, by Philip Reeve: Review

    London has been a ruin for decades, but when Tom and Wren Natsworthy discover rumours of stirrings in the wreckage, they can't resist an...
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    Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review
    nikiflorica
    • May 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Infernal Devices, by Philip Reeve: Review

    Fifteen-year-old Wren Natsworthy has grown up in Anchorage, the Traction City-turned-static on the dead North American continent. Her...
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    The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien: Review

    Bilbo Baggins is a very respectable hobbit: he lives in a fine, cozy hobbit-hole and never does anything unexpected. So when the wizard...
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    Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Mar 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve: Review

    London is on the hunt—one of the great Traction Cities that prowls the desolate Hunting Grounds in search of towns to devour. To young...
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    The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Mar 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Forgetting, by Sharon Cameron: Review

    In the city of Canaan, seemingly peaceful life is overshadowed by the Forgetting—the terrifying phenomenon every twelve years in which...
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle: Review
    nikiflorica
    • Feb 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle: Review

    "In merry England in the time of old, when good King Henry the Second ruled the land, there lived within the green glades of Sherwood...
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