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I fear I've been in a bad mood for a while now and I'm in what I call a "mini-reading slump," so I don't think I'll be finishing this now

I’ll come back to this another time but for now, I’m putting this down

If I don’t like this book, all of you will enter my Peppersoup!

I'm thinking of DNFing this book; I really am just not that interested

Shelving this to read at another time. I’m not ready for it yet and I’m also trying to avoid a reading slump

I’m bored with this and I’m still not sure what it’s about.

This is so brilliant! The politics in this is written in such a sublime but intriguing way. I thought I was going to like this but I never imagined that I would be enjoying it this much. So many layers to unfold, I’m already looking forward to reading the book 2

I am ready to be blown away

Hard to pick this book up because it just isn't interesting to me yet, and to be honest, I'm verging on bored. I'm still optimistic though

Got around to creating a Substack account and putting up my first blog post so if you want to find out what my favourite 2025 reads were and what I thought of them, you can check that out here.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenext...

This book is long and it feels just as long. I can’t wait to be done with it because I am bored and tired of reading this

I thought I would go into this novel supporting Anna and being on her side, but how can I justify her cruelty? I do not pity her whatsoever, and now, all my pity lies with Karenin.

Wonderful first chapter, I am intrigued. I'm now trying to figure out whether there is a parallel message to our current state of affairs or if I should enjoy the fiction for what it is, fiction. We will see. I'm also trying to take this in slowly and absorb as much as I read along because I really want to enjoy this book.

Having very mixed feelings about this book. I’m kinda enjoying it for now but I also don’t like the book exactly.

Anyhoo, more to come.

Trying this again because I’m convinced I didn’t give it my full attention the first time I read it

Uhhhh, I was expecting something completely different than what I'm currently getting from this book but okay

What a page turner