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I love this trope, sub-genre, setting: Boarding Schools!

I Love This Trope, Sub-Genre, Setting is a new feature on my blog in which I discuss a trope, sub-genre or setting that I love and tell you about books that are shining examples of said trope, sub-genre or setting.  Feel free to play along and please let me know about your favorite books in this realm and whether you like this trope, sub-genre and/or setting as much as I do! Today I am spotlighting the setting of:  Boarding Schools , which I would define as any book that largely takes place at a boarding school and, more often than not, in which the characters are full-time students at a boarding school! Don't get me wrong, I loved my family and I liked high school but I also always had these dreams of going to boarding school (specifically, on the east coast).  I think it's because boarding school seems like more of a precursor to college than regular high school and something about that independence appealed to...

Top Ten OTPs

Top Ten Tuesday  is hosted by the fab ladies at  The Broke and the Bookish ! 1.   The Love Me With Lies series by Tarryn Fisher Olivia and Caleb are my number one OTP. Always. 2. The Others series by Anne Bishop My newest favorite OTP is Simon and Meg . . . slow burn!! 3.   The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater Pynch. 4.   Kill and Tell  by Linda Howard This is one that has stayed with me forever -- a nurse (Karen) and a cop (Marc) in New Orleans trying to find her father's killer. 5.  Persuasion  by Jane Austen Anne and Wentworth -- to wait so long! 6.   Out of Control (Troubleshooters #4)  by Suzanne Brockmann Another one that has stayed with me for years -- something about the nerdy SEAL, Kenny "Wildcard" Karmody and Savannah the heiress in the jungle still captivates me -- I re-read this every year! 7.   Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling...