Shaina Reads

"We enjoy magnificent advantages over our forebears in the quest to remedy unfairness. We know much more than they did about human behavior, we possess amazing technologies to track, address, and prevent problems, and we have a greatly enhanced capacity to coordinate actions that affect millions of people. But for it to matter, we must act. The arc of history does not bend...

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I was all set to get a review of Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado written and posted today, and wham—hello, severe sore throat, hacking cough and endless napping, nice to meet you. There's a slim-to-moderate chance this could be mono (sharing drinks will get you every time), so send all the non-Epstein-Barr vibes you can! I'll hopefully find...

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Happy Thursday, everyone! It's time for Thrifty Thursdays, a weekly book meme dreamed up by Sal over at Motion Sick Lit. He hasn't been posting lately, but here's hoping he comes back to us soon! Thrifty Thursdays is designed to get book bloggers hunting for new and/or interesting reads on the cheap. Scoping out your favorite independent bookseller is especially encouraged! Sal's rules for the feature...

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All book covers courtesy of Goodreads. The R.I.P. X Challenge, hosted by The Estella Society, has had me devouring all of the spooky, mysterious fiction I could get my hands on in September and October. I successfully completed their Peril the First challenge this month, and I wanted to share some thoughts on the books that helped get me there. A quick note: the...

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100% impulse buy. 0% regrets. A photo posted by Shaina (@shainareadsbooks) on Oct 8, 2015 at 12:31pm PDT I'M BACK, Y'ALL. Mount GRE has been scaled, and though I was hoping for a better math score, I'm above average for everywhere I'm applying. Perfectionist me can go pout in a corner while sane, rational me calls this good. I still have the actual...

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Welcome to Hour 5 of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon! The first 1/6 of the event is in the books (hehehe), and I hope you're all still going strong. Now might be a good time to break out a tasty snack. Just sayin'. I first participated in Dewey's in October of 2014, and it is not an exaggeration to say that my experience is the...

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Guys. I'm done with the GRE (for GOOD) and the Readathon is finally here! This is the happiest Saturday that ever was. I'll be storing all my updates, mini-challenges and readerly ramblings here. We'll see if it actually gets updated during the day. Also, check back here during Hour 5 for a most awesome mini-challenge. Happy reading to all, and to all a...

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Oh, y'all. It's about to be a week. I'm hanging out with Shannon on Planet GRE, but I'm not catching the shuttle back to Earth until Friday afternoon. The test anxiety is setting in, but I know all I can do is keep practicing, eat and sleep plenty, and do my best when the time comes. With any luck, I'll never have to...

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Life has gotten a little crazy, and for a while I'm going to have much less time to craft the original, well-thought-out content that you've all come to know and love (*cough*). Thankfully, the fantastic book bloggers I follow put up oodles of excellent posts every week. This feature will help keep my blog rolling and serve as inspiration to dive into my...

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