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nervous wreck, recovering overachiever, reluctant optimist. also bookish.

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nr deep cuts (holly brickley) and listening along with the music mentioned is definitely an experience. this book is resonating so much, I’m just at 20% but I alr know I will have so much to say or none at all

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this was 4.5 stars for me mostly because i didn’t expect a lot from it. it’s entertaining and satisfying in the way legally blonde is.

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on audio, I have lessons in chemistry (bonnie garmus) which I have ignored for a long time but I’m finding very entertaining. I’m one gardening afternoon away from finishing it but I can already tell it’s my fav for the month

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now torn between deep cuts or starting the Neapolitan quartet as my summer reading. tomorrow’s dilemma! gnyt 🌙

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he has been reading a lot from this author and has been recommending her to ppl who, like him when he was younger, used to like neel g@!man’s writing. I’m glad he found her books and now i have too!

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read nettle & bone (t. kingfisher) as recommended by my husband and now I get to sleep after having finished a fairytale 🥺 hug in a book, 4 stars.

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it made for good comic relief, and makes you wonder if ppl from our age would survive in those times without electricity or medicine or idk, rights 😅 also, not the first I’ve read with a ‘dismantling the system from within’ plot. surprised that there was spice too lol 3.5 stars!

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forgot to log the ministry of time which I finished last week. I find that I can deal w sci fi if it’s still tethered to modern realities. this was somewhat funny tho, reminded me of that show sleepy hollow where someone from the past was resurrected to modern times.

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this was funny and cozy and had all the tropes lol if you don’t take it seriously it could be entertaining. made me crave cheese though. 3.5 stars.

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Finished atmosphere. Ending leaves a little to be desired but overall a good sapphic love story. 3.5 stars

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technically historical? loved how flawed but likeable the characters are, and idk, I just apparently like getting to know small town families. 4 stars.

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tho i didn’t care at all for the war aspect of this book, & how it was the backdrop of it really, I loved how it focused on the characters’ internal lives. I realize I really do like multigenerational family sagas, and I often say I’m not into historical fiction but isn’t this-

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late to this but I get the hype now & the trick is to manage one’s expectations. it was lovely writing & tho the mains fell flat in the beginning, I started caring for patroclus towards the end (always a fan of yearning). I have a lot of nitpicks but stil a 4 star read for me.

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nr the night circus by erin morgenstern on audio and it’s nice on the ears but nothing to write home about YET

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I didn’t clock that this was a collection of short stories until the 3rd story, and by then I knew this was going to be a five star read for me. Elizabeth Strout really knows how to make everyday life so devastating AND devastatingly beautiful. Olive is polarizing but so alive!

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nr olive kitteridge by elizabeth strout. I already read ‘tell me everything’ and loved it so I know I’m in good company. but also, my husband and I realized I love prickly old women protagonists lol

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I just need to get on the right reading brainwave so I could breeze through my current read (which is amazing,l when I’m reading it, I just can’t start every night)

I need to get on this quarter’s classic read soon, I think I’m reading Dorian Gray

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I also listened to this while gardening yday cus I was wanting a no brainer sports romance and I realized (note to self) if I want more sports, I should read one where the mcs are both athletes

also a little absurd to be listening to smut while using an actual hoe 🤣

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icb it’s up for a dozen awards and still hasn’t won but I also get it: it is experimental. you kinda need to be in the right mindset for it and if you are, it’s worth it. kudos to this author, really

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still not done w my cr but I finished this on audio during one of my gardening afternoons & what a trip

my husband warned me tho & when I got to a certain point I texted him “what happened? what’s happening?” yet still let it gaslight me into believing I understood lol 3.75 ⭐️