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how is there 9% left 😅

I love the mixed media portions of this. I like that they're so substantial.

I JSUT WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPENNNN

Oh my god STANDING OVATION.

Nothing like proving your own incompetence by refusing to help the person who publicly called you incompetent.

dude, you're not gonna like this, but you're gonna have to exhume that body

This is really good!

Thinking about how to smuggle this book into the bathroom at work so I can keep reading . . . maybe in my pants? My shirt is pretty baggy today.

This is a one-sitting book that I’m being forced to consume in more than one sitting.

I'm accidentally reading two books right now about a woman with a famous writer for a parent going back to her home town, and she's also a writer working on a book. I know I'm going to get details mixed up, whoops.

This is definitely partly based on Michelle McNamara and the Golden State Killer.

I started this last weekend while doing my X-Files Lego, but it’s not working out very well. I’m going to give it until 10% and then I’m out.

Sudden urge to re-read The Count of Monte Cristo. Big commitment, there. Probably would have to do a chapter or two at night. Should I do it?

The way Jane's eidetic memory has shaped her life and her perception is fascinating.

Forgot my book at work again last night so I started this. Really liking it. The other books by this author never interested me but she sure can write.

THIS CONVERSATION IS SO IMPORTANT

NOT AUNT EUGENIA

To be honest, I’m sort of expecting a DNF.

i knew it!

Main character is learning about capitalism . . . even a person who has been living under a totalitarian dictatorship knows it's a bad idea for people's wellbeing. This is an extremely relevant book but only nerds will read it.

Tried a bunch of audiobooks last night and none of them stuck. So now I’m busting out the big guns. (Also the library is about to take this back.)

Do I want to DNF this? There is absolutley nothing wrong with it. If I would have marathoned the whole thing it would be done now, but I stopped and now the idea of going back to hang out with this character is not appealing. Maybe I'll give it until the "boyfried" dies. (Not a spoiler—it's in the blurb.)

The mental load on this one is a bit heavy, but I'm finally at a place where I can just sink into it.

definitely cross off good from the title; i have many words we could use instead

girl, get some self respect

I always forget Royce is the small one and Hadrian the big one. I feel like it should be the other way around.

I love how they are always meeting genuinely good people along the road. Warms my lil heart.

And relatedly, young Royce . . . sucks. A lot. Major character growth from the events of this book to the beginning of the original trilogy.

Off to a great start. Things are feeling very *familiar* IYKWIM.