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Julie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Julie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Julie Navickas
Goodreads Author
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in Lake Forest, IL, The United States
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Lynn Painter, Katie Cotugno, Nora Roberts
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May 2021
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https://www.goodreads.com/julienavickas
The power of place: 6 tips to craft a strong story setting
“But you don’t have to be a David Bowie fan to appreciate the power of the setting.”
Last fall, I instructed a course at my local community college on the power of devising an impactful setting for your story. Before curating the content for this course, I hadn’t thought too deeply about the importance of this fundamental building block in storytelling. But let me tell you, the more I thought a
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5) Not in Love* by Ali Hazelwood Ali Hazelwood takes a bold swing with Not in Love, and I genuinely appreciated how different this one felt from her earlier books. The biggest strength, for me, was the plot complexity. This wasn’t a romance ...more |
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ (4.5/5) I’m not typically a YA reader, but this one absolutely hooked me. I picked it up for a cross-country flight and didn’t look up once. That’s always my test: if a book can make turbulence feel irrelevant and five hours disappear, it’s ...more |
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Paper Towns by John Green is one of those rare novels that changes as you change. I first read it in college. Back then, I loved the mystery. I loved the road trip. I loved Margo Roth Spiegelman—the girl who felt larger than life, who turned ordinary ...more |
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| Birds of California succeeds most clearly on concept. The setup is compelling, and Sam is an easy protagonist to root for from the outset. His motivation is clear, emotionally grounded, and consistent throughout the novel. Internally, Sam grows in me ...more | |
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| Birds of California succeeds most clearly on concept. The setup is compelling, and Sam is an easy protagonist to root for from the outset. His motivation is clear, emotionally grounded, and consistent throughout the novel. Internally, Sam grows in me ...more | |
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| Wildfire is a fun return to the Maple Hills universe, this time set at a summer camp instead of an ice rink. I really enjoyed stepping back into that world and seeing familiar characters from Icebreaker pop up—it gave the book a cozy, connected feel ...more | |
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Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is the kind of romcom that feels tailor-made for a cozy weekend: funny, heartfelt, and a little bit ridiculous in the best way… most of the time. The premise hooked me right away: a female bodyguard assigned to protect ...more |
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| Wildfire is a fun return to the Maple Hills universe, this time set at a summer camp instead of an ice rink. I really enjoyed stepping back into that world and seeing familiar characters from Icebreaker pop up—it gave the book a cozy, connected feel ...more | |
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Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is the kind of romcom that feels tailor-made for a cozy weekend: funny, heartfelt, and a little bit ridiculous in the best way… most of the time. The premise hooked me right away: a female bodyguard assigned to protect ...more |
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