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‪🎃October reading wrap up🧛‍♀️‬
‪Total books: 5‬
‪Pages: 2,147‬
‪I’ve been in a reading slight slump and been busy‬

Up to page 184. So, quick update.

Book needs a better editor. It’s riddled with spelling mistakes and grammatical issues.
Some of the serious scenes I find utterly hilarious with how cringey they are.

You know what Beef Pho. I will stir with Happy thoughts. Thank you for the reminder.

Oh my goodness. Yesss

Off to go cry happy tears in a corner.

It’s early and I’m extremely tired.
But I’ve been thinking while I get ready for work is about what food plants I want to plant next year.
I’m thinking Jalapeños. Like… a whole bunch of them.

Just so people are aware.

I was informed that apparently this author is problematic.
I didn’t know that at the time I read this and posted this.

Awe, Thank you. I wanted to DNF so bad but for some reason I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

They do and the last one I read took me all of September to read and ponder over because it had 18,700 ish pages(kindle).

It is.
But it always happens when I read a plethora of classics/poems.

As for the characters… meh.

I’m not deep enough into the book to have much of an opinion about them yet. They are kinda just there.

But… this is about it for the first 130 ish pages.

It has a nice blend of world building, story progression, background information on the characters, etc all happening simultaneously.
However, it is progressing slowly and I do wish it would quicken.

Now, there are some aspects I enjoy. The world building is… good (so far).

The magic system is good, but not really explained and those that are not accustomed to this type of fantasy will be utterly lost.

Back to world building: there is a lot going on but it’s not all at once.

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But… on top of that the book is Sooooooooo repetitive and I’m only 130ish pages in. That alone is annoying. Like… if I had a dollar every time the the word “red” has been used. I could pay this months phone bill.
There are also repetitive scenes with slight differences.

Like….

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Reading thread 🧵 for the Bookclub’s CR:
So, this weekend we are told to finish Part One before Wednesday. Which part one has 270 pages (and it’s do able). I just don’t feel motivated to do so… yeah.

I’m too burnt out to even bother reading.

#booksky
2025 Reading Challenge book 92
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Frankenstein
October 1-October 19
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Cover of first edition

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was published OTD in 1953.

“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”

#booksky 🐡

The stylized cover of Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which is black and white with bold pops of yellow and orange.

Don’t judge a book by its cover, but this is a pretty cool cover! The book was great, too, Tchaikovsky ( @aptshadow.bsky.social ) is one of my favorite sci-fi writers… his stuff is always a nice combo of tech & humanity.

#BookSky
#SciFi

I know I’m extremely late to the party, but I enormously enjoyed @tkingfisher.com’s Nettle & Bone. Just a terrific read about human characters who happen to be Princesses and Witches on a crazy road trip to kill a dude who has it coming. 5 stars from me, will read again.

#booksky

I forget social media is a thing.

New week, new book (Short stories)

New week, new book (Short stories). #Booksky 📚💙 #Fiction #Reading

Image shows my books displayed on a table

Looe Book Fair is going strong
#Looe #Cornwall #Readers

I’m reading Hallopeen to try something new. And so far it’s full of nothing but millennial jokes. Like… The first part is full this wannabe Bloody Mary ritual. Instead of Bloody Mary it got changed into ”say I C.U.P three times and pumpkin men will show up to fuck you”.
*sigh*
And the puns suck

‪🧃September reading wrap up🍎‬
‪11 Books‬

‪Thus bringing my overall total to:‬
‪201 books read thus far. ‬
📚 💙

‪☀️August🌻reading wrap up‬

‪August was a shitty and depressing month for me like it is every year. ‬

‪Total: 8 books‬
💙📚

I haven’t been on here for a bit. So… here is an update.
I’ve reached 190 books read.
Entered a reading slump this month.
Kids have started school.
Kids have appointments.
I’m tired.

That’s it. Catch y’all whenever.

Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

I’m only 40 pages into my current read and… I am kinda enjoying it.

The last 6-7 books I haven’t liked and have straight up DNF’d.

🍦July reading Wrap-Up🍦

📚Total: 33 books read
📄 Total pages: 4,493
⭐️Average rating: 2.68
Worst book of the month: The Devils

I thought about putting it in the 220’s but for some reason that number makes my brain overthink. So, I might just put it at 200 because… come fall and winter I normally just stop reading all together.