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Review by thespicelessreader - Awakened This is a tricky one for me to review as I can safely say that for the first 85% of the book I...

Awakened by Laura Elliott
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⭐⭐.5
Solid read up until the last 15% where the story completely devolved into a fever dream. Intentional by the author? Maybe. Deeply unsatisfying as a reader? 💯
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d611...
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Erotica, but also now romance.
It used to be much easier to find a spiceless or low spice romance read, now it feels like romance has become synonymous with sex/spice. I feel like what I think of as romance is now more often categorized as chick-lit.

I'm still pretty early in but liking it overall.
R.F. Kuang writes what I guess I would call Hard Academia? Like hard sci-fi it's more rooted in reality. So, in this case, a competitive research college setting, which really appeals to me. Add in a trip through the levels of hell, sign me up.

Paused Reads
10% 🕊️📱 Bad Indians Book Club, Patty Krawec
10% 🕊️🎧 Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree
44% 💸📱 All in Her Head, Elizabeth Comen
45% 🏛️🎧 Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Juno Dawson
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#nowreading / #nowlistening
93% 🏛️🎧 Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
22% 💸🎧 Katabasis, R.F Kuang
38% 🕊️🎧 Awakened, Laura Elliott
80% 🟢🎧 Emperor of Ruin, Django Wexler
80% 💸🎧 When the Moon Hits Your Eye, John Scalzi
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Sorry for the fall off the planet folks. The last drop of summer was here and I got into an ARC slump. Plus I got approved to be a volunteer librarian for @thestorygraph.com so all of my spare bookish energy has been dedicated towards geeking out over clean data.

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Question for the publisher peeps out there.
How does one go about encouraging a publisher to create audiobooks or e-pubs for out of print titles?
I feel like the world would adore Monica Hughes' children's sci-fi stories if only given the ability to access them.

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Cliché, maybe, but the Chronicles of Narnia will always be close to my heart.
Also, the Tripod Series by John Christopher. And the Isis Trilogy by Monica Hughes for sparking a love of Science Fiction early.

#nowreading / #nowlistening
10% 🕊️📱 Bad Indians Book Club, Patty Krawec
10% 🕊️🎧Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree
14% 🕊️🎧Awakened, Laura Elliott
71% 🟢🎧 Emperor of Ruin, Django Wexler
77% 💸🎧When the Moon Hits Your Eye, John Scalzi
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bookish checkpoint 🕯️

🎾 last book you read:
💥 All Princesses Die Before Dawn
🤩 your current read(s):
🎧 Brigands & Breadknives
👏 last book added to your tbr:
📖 The Shadow of the Torturer
✨ next anticipated read:
📖 I Who Have Never Known Men

Quote with yours! #booksky #books 💖📚

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Had to read it in high school and stuck with me so strongly that I sought out the "The Illustrated Man" a decade later. I still adore it for having the collection book ended by another short story.

💯 Give me data or give me death!

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the beta announcement! I'd kick myself if I missed the opportunity to be on the ground floor of a story that needed a spreadsheet for its creation :P

Thankfully I can use @thestorygraph.com 's content warnings to scope out or flag graphic sexual content in general. But sometimes it would be nice to know more specifically what I am getting into and if its something I would need to or want to avoid.

ahahahah, ok fair, that would not be nearly as fun.
If I can't make a graph or chart with the data at the end its lost half the fun.

That being said, I love the idea and can't wait for your short story to fully come together!

I love this idea!
I actively avoid spicey books when I can help it, but there have been times when a non-romance book will throw a random scene in that will catch me off guard. (Looking at you The Wicked Years). Thankfully its a preference and not a trigger, but I imagine it would be hella useful.

As someone who finds spreadsheet creation and maintenance to be a soothing and creative process I am deeply intrigued by your story premise.

All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion
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A beautifully rendered snapshot of a family on the brink of change. A story of painful endings and beautiful new beginnings.
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Love manga and manhwa.
Gutted that most of my collection had to go into storage to make room for the baby.

Now most of manga consumption is through the library. Either digitally or whatever volumes I can get in person.

That makes a lot of sense actually.
No surprise, I don't generally go in for romance or spicy books, so that would honestly make it easier to mute certain accounts and not worry too much about missing out on titles I would actively be interested in.

Really appreciate your insight!!

Coming at me with logic... How dare 😅
fiiiiiiiine, I guess I'll read my ARCs first before I start in on an 50+ hour long relisten before launching into the 32+ hour finale.
oooh but what if I did a relisten of the original, and THEN the full GraphicAudio....
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Can I ask how you are choosing to mute? Is it more ad by ad, or authors/publishers who are spamming their ads regularly? I still want to hear from indie authors but i feel like so much discussion and content is getting buried

UGH this is only making me want to read it more.
Why do you torture me like this?!?!? 😜

TBH a tiny part of me wants to do a complete reread from the beginning.

Question for #arcreader friends who use @netgalley.bsky.social
They have an option to include your LinkedIn, do any of y'all actually post your reviews there? Or is it only if you are reading personal development-type books?

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Finished a book I seriously did not enjoy, and despite having access to the perfect palette cleanser ARC all I want to listen to is the @graphicaudio.bsky.social adaptation of Perhaps the Stars by @adapalmer.bsky.social
But its +32 hrs long, and I have other obligations. 😭
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Review by thespicelessreader - The Library at Hellebore This one was a slog for me. I did to myself on some level. I knew it was a horror book going i...

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw
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Gore for gore's sake and at the cost of any kind of plot or character development.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a7f7...
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Eeeep, i used the wrong emoji. As much as i wish i has a physical copy of Bad Indians Book Club, i do in fact have an epub ARC.

Updated 2025/08/05

Source
🏛️ = Library
🕊️ = ARC
💸 = Purchased
🛋️ = Physical TBR
💝 = Gifted
🟢 = Spotify

Format
🎧 = Audiobook
🎥 = GraphicAudio
💥 = Comic/Graphic Novel
📖 = Physical
📱 = eBook

Feel free to use or let me know your go to emojis!
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#nowreading / #nowlistening
90% 🕊️🎧The Library at Hellebore, Cassandra Khaw
10% 🕊️📖 Bad Indians Book Club, Patty Krawec
03% 🕊️🎧Brigands & Breadknives, @travisbaldree.bsky.social
23% 🟢🎧 Emperor of Ruin, Django Wexler
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JRW: Thread 3.0
Full ratings breakdown of what books I got up to and how I felt about them. Full reviews can be found at on my StoryGraph.
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/thes...
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JRW: Thread 2.0
I have @thestorygraph.com Plus and love the custom charts.
Making sure I try and prioritize femme and non-binary voices and accessing books from a variety of spaces.
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