Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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CHANNELS MENTIONED:
Elle: @ellethinks
Mara: @bookslikewhoa

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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
1:09 - Why opening lines?
3:04 - Why dedications and epigraphs?
5:55 - Video structure
8:56 - The one that speaks of theme
12:32 - Setting the scene through sound
16:49 - Iconic for literature
18:50 - Nerdy and laugh-out-loud funny
21:53 - Author who knows her genre
25:52 - Favorite all-around
29:30 - Outro

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BOOKS MENTIONED:
A Natural History of Dragons, Marie Brennan
The Curse of Chalion, Louis McMaster Bujold
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
Cruel Winter With You, Ali Hazelwood
Assassin's Apprentice, Robin Hobb

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ME, ELSEWHERE:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/160245301-mariana-mas-books
Instagram: instagram.com/marianamasbooks
My channel in Spanish: youtube.com/@marianaylavida