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5 Ways Harry Potter Scarred Me For Life

There is no other series that has touched my heart more than Harry Potter. Unfortunately, It also ripped it to shreds too. I’m only mildly embarrassed to share my 5 Ways Harry Potter Scarred Me as a Child. Just remember, this is a no judge zone.

5 Ways My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Can Make You a Better Storyteller

Kat Kennedy breaks down five ways in which My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic can make a novel better, richer and more dynamic. As an experienced reader across several genres, and tired of reading the same things over and over again – she turns to My Little Pony and it’s series director Lauren Faust for a fresh look at growing great novels.

How To Respond To An Author or Troll Attack

Today on the blog we have the Cuddlebuggery Endorsed Troll Response Method and detailed advice for ethical dealings with trolls and harassing authors.

“Dysfunctional Families”: On YA and Responsible Parenting

Today we have a guest post from The Book Lantern’s Katya on Dysfunctional Parents in YA and what responsibilities parents have in regards to what reading material kids have access to.

We Do Dick Jokes

Kat Kennedy lays down the law, extols her enjoyment of penis jokes and invites people who hate Cuddlebuggery to please go elsewhere to burn their effigies.

Umm… No! 5 GoodReads Myths Debunked

Stephanie Sinclair takes a moment to ponder why GoodReads reviewers have the reputation that they do. Conclusion? They aren’t just a bunch of meanies out to take over the world, but Starbucks coffee houses too. Who knew?

Four Concept Books That Need To Be Awesome

Kat’s list of four concept books, yet to be released, that NEED to be awesome. They NEED to live up to their promise – because, if they didn’t, then the world may implode and reason may fail and the Earth may stop turning. Also, Kat will be really pissed.

I Like Big Banners And I Can Not Lie

Kat likes big banners. And she can not lie. And the rest is too horrible to speak of. Proceed at your own risk.

10 Things Book Bloggers Worry About

Kat Kennedy’s list of 10 Crazy Things Book Bloggers Worry About. Come see what ridiculous, inane things pass through her head and the head’s of her friends on a daily basis in the world of book bloggers.

Book Bloggers Plagiarising -What Happens Now?

Kat Kennedy muses on the unique circumstances that have surrounded the plagiarizing by book blogger, Kristi from The Story Siren. Where do we go from now and how does this affect us? How did it break down in such a way and what made this different?

How We Would Have Ended it – Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

What if Bella rejected Edward in Twilight? Stephanie Sinclair toys with this interesting ending in Cuddlebuggery’s segment of How We Would Have Ended It.

15 Things Learned from Reading Young Adult Lit

Kat Kennedy’s list of fifteen things that can be learned by reading lots and lots of YA novels. From romances, to strangely repetitive themes and oddities throughout the genre.

Five Reasons Why I Think Your Cover Sucks

A book cover is an author’s first shot at catching a reader’s attention. Well, we can’t all be winners. Sometimes we lose before we even begin. Stephanie Sinclair muses about the top five reasons why your cover sucks.

How We Would Have Ended It – Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

How We Would Have Ended It. Kat Kennedy re-imagines the end of Fitzpatrick’s debut novel, Hush Hush. If Nora was 50% bitchier and found Patch 40% less attractive. Predictably it contains, on average, 80% more casual violence, swearing and made-up words.

Women are F*cking Badasses

Kat Kennedy, whilst swearing frequently and displaying general delusions of grandeur, muses on the excuses made for weak female characterization and whether it holds up under scrutiny.

15 Things I Thought While Reading Your YA Book

Kat’s list of thoughts while reading Young Adult books. Warning: May include some insanity. And then a little extra for good measure.

The Growing Pains of the Book Blogging Community

Kat Kennedy discusses the growing changes and issues in the book blogging community. Why are we changing? How? And what does this mean for our future growth? We have challenges to face an decisions to make about how we handle them. But who has the most to lose? All this and more in today’s Musing Musers post.

Musing Musers: Five Ways I Could Be More of an Asshole

Critical Book Bloggers aren’t always very popular in the publishing […]

Musing Musers: “Y U No Like My Book?”

Stephanie Sinclair muses about authors who ask the famous question: “Y U No Like My Book?”
Also, there is a campfire jam session. Bring the marshmallows.

Musing Musers: Blacklisting

Kat Kennedy tackles the contentious issue of the Goodreads Do-Not-Read embroiled in accusations of blacklisting in her usual, tactful, thoughtful, erudite manner. Also she swears a lot and there are naked men.

Shit I’m Sick of Reading Part 2

Stephanie Sinclair muses about the trending trope: Insta-love.

Musing Musers: Women and Romance Novels

Vida has released the 2011 statistics for women’s representation in […]

Conclusion to Project: Hindsight (Yeah, it’s over)

Last year I started a little project called Project: Hindsight […]

I’m not pretending to be a professional

I think we all know where this post is going. […]

Authors: Please write like this

The recent GoodReads drama has brought on a whole slew of […]

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