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3 on a theme: snakes (and songbirds)

It’s always so amazing to me when I read several books in a row with a similar element. Recently, I read three books that all involved snakes!
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3 on a theme: Eleanors

It’s been a while since my last 3 on a theme, but this was a good one: three books read almost concurrently. And such a simple theme: characters named Eleanor.
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3 on a theme: tarot cards

Three YA books where tarot cards are used in very different ways…
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3 on a theme: teen “boot camps”

Three books that deal very realistically with the phenomenon of the “boot camp” and how corrupt and dangerous these places truly are.
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3 on a theme: isolated cottages

An isolated cottage in the UK, usually by the seaside, surrounded by dark trees. There something mysterious going on, and naturally, there’s no cell reception either… When I’m not reading YA, I lean towards adult thrillers, and I’ve been sensing a theme… At first I thought it was the word “wood” in the title, because…
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3 on a theme: you’re my reincarnated love (and my name is probably Daniel)

Usually my 3 on a theme posts involve books read close together or even concurrently. In this case, however, it was more a feeling, much like the heroines of these stories, that I had read this before. In Fallen by Lauren Kate, the main character Luce finds herself drawn to Daniel, a broody type who…
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3 on a theme: living houses

I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. It’s a common trope, the haunted house. But not so common when the house becomes its own character……
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3 on a theme: books within books

I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. Well, I started this blog post with three recent titles, then I kept finding more. I’ll try to…
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3 on a theme: brotherly (and sisterly) love

I am often reading between 3 and 5 books at the same time, and occasionally there’s a theme that might not be remarkable in one book… but when I see it in three books, I take notice. I’ve become accustomed to YA books that heavily rely on romance. So YA books that do not have…
