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Sometimes you gotta ignore your 418 book TBR and read a random supremely hyped book just to see what people are yelling about (very mid so far and not really what I was expecting)

rereading before I read my ARC of the sequel!

The problem with generally only liking super depressing books is that when you need something to cheer you up you don’t have a lot of rereads to choose from 😭 so this is what we’re going with

the tonal shift between book 2 and 3 is actually insane

rereading because I have an phonetics exam today (keep me in your prayers) and if I have to expend a single brain cell on anything else I will explode

I'm in love omg

Oh, this is going to be so sad I can't wait omg

"Eat your bones like a good boy."

10/10 line

end my suffering

I made a video about my best and worst books of 2025!

watch it here: https://youtu.be/9K9_U_oRu6E?si=EhLSR...

WOW i fucking hate Jake, this guy sucks

“Kid. Can’t you just hop into the kitchen…” Bud clocked female scorn burgeoning in his daughter’s eyes. “I mean that in a strictly feminist sense. Like, regardless of your gender you should know how to boil some water.”

LMAO

literally what is happening, strongly considering DNFing

"Why not escape reality, when it was so unbearably cruel to wives and sisters and mothers?"

i'm not crying, you're crying

no way, they did not just kill off my favorite character I refuse to believe it

oh shit, it's about to go down

"misandrist spiders" was not on my 2026 bingo card but I'm not complaining

that awkward moment when the wind in the magical forbidden library keeps pushing you into the arms and heaving chest of your crush/rival/fellow scholar

Giving this series another shot and i'm enjoying book two a lot more so far!

Rereading…everyone pray for me bc i love this book so much I just might burst into tears immediately

reread for book club! listening to this audiobook at work may not be my brightest idea

"...many words have now been written when perhaps one would suffice. No." lmao what a bitch, i love him

Another book club read and WOW we are off to a disturbing start. Was not prepared for that bit with the dog

IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS i read a preview of the indie pub months ago and thought it was so good but it like immediately got picked up for tradpub and I couldn’t read it until now 😭

Finals season is beating my ass (this weekend I clocked in: 4 hours writing a paper, 7.5 hours on a phonetics problem set, 3 hours on workshop readings, 0 hours on studying for my Russian final 😭) but I have high hopes for this book!

Absolutely raw-dogging this ARC because it has no reviews on NetGalley and only one on Goodreads that doesn't even have a star rating. Pray for me.

the amount of horror I've been reading cannot be conducive to good mental health but this looks like it will either be super freaky or corny as hell and I need that rn

let it be known that I am reading this for book club...no other reason

Feels like classic YA fantasy in a really nice nostalgic way so far. Hopefully, this is exactly what I need rn!