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Officially read cover to cover! I found the chapters on accounting and budgeting useful, but much of it did not apply to my org. It was helpful to understand how different the financial structure of other nonprofits can be

Read: Ch3 (Internal Controls), Ch8 (Purchasing Goods), Ch9 (Contracting Services), Ch14 (Manage Risks)

Enjoyed this book but also feel like I retained nothing—I feel like I should take some time to review my class notes and make like a take-home for myself

Read: Part VII (Working Capital Management), Part VIII (Financially Intelligent Companies)

I have mixed feelings on this. It was entertaining but so sad…I’m not sure what I read it for? What was the purpose of telling this in-between story? Felt somewhat fan-service with the recurring characters and didn’t add much to the overall lore of the universe. I found the writing to be plain at pivotal emotional moments. It will be spectacular on the big screen but overall felt aimless

They say you find this book exactly when you need to…and there’s a lot of change coming…so do your worst, Matt Haig

“If you value your friend when he fights your battles for you…you must value him when he is gentle, too. Otherwise you do not value him at all.”

Rory is in fact a consent king!!

I knew something was up with that one but I did not expect the last ten pages…I literally closed the book and just said “Shit” out loud.

Love a post-party reading sesh please pray that I make my 9am class tomorrow

Took time and effort to get into this. The setting is austere, the writing and dialogue haughty but with oddly anachronistic curses and casual sex. Not really a fan

Rory is soooo annoying but the wax scene was fun…maybe he will win me over. And I’m obsessed with the gargoyle

Read this in the sand in Venice Beach and felt so performative it was beautiful

I understand why this book is so famous, it actually fundamentally changed the way I think about negotiations in the first chapter. I hate to admit it but I’m a convert

I got ratioed

I’m definitely not advanced enough to need investing advice 😭

Read Chapter 7 (Manage Cash Flow), Ch11 (Invest Funds), Ch12 (Manage Banking Relations), Ch13 (Borrow Funds)

Has not gripped me yet even though it starts with a bang. Given my lackluster feel about the writing so far, I think I’m going to put this away and wait to see it play out in the movie for maximum effect

Unsure if I’m not attached enough yet to young Haymitch, or if I’m just too used to the more descriptive writing styles I’ve been reading of late

I will never not giggle to myself when writing my financial management reading updates

Audit chapter? Booooo - but reminded me to check GENup’s Form 990
Budget chapter? Excellent, no notes

Read something else to take the edge off finishing Throne of Glass. It was fluffy and cute but lacked a climax. Worst of all IM STILL SAD

I can’t believe it. I’ve finished it.

It lacked some of the grandeur for the very final battle, but there’s beauty in both Aelin and Dorian being almost ordinary, just cunning.

Endings are so hard with so many characters to say goodbye to—Dorian’s felt particularly sparse. I can’t believe the people they’ve become, and I want to read it all over again just to experience their journeys one more time

I sobbed

I can’t believe how much of this I have read. Hoping I’m learning something 😭

AELIN OF THE WILDFIRE HAS DONE IT AGAIN

Had to physically slow my reading down after the battle it felt like I was watching it on fast forward

You do not yield
You do not yield
You do not yield

So much to say here but…well I might be done with this book more quickly than I thought

Saw this in my bookshelf and realized I hadn’t added it. When the prince was chased by a group of squealing girls shirtless I decided I just couldn’t do it

AAAAAAAAAAAAA WE’RE STARTING

After a months-long endeavor to get to this point, after rereading all the first 7 books…the CHILLS I got when finally reading BRAND NEW WORDS

THIS IS MY WHITE WHALE

So great to finish out just this book once I finished EOS tandem read. I’m glad I did it so I didn’t lose steam!!

Final battle was somewhat anticlimactic compared to like the ENORMOUS BATTLE SCENES of book 5, but I loved that in the end, Yrene made it all possible. I got chills seeing the army that they’re bringing to Aelin’s aid

Kinda overwhelming number of tables but got some good tidbits

Couple things in here that would’ve been helpful when I was putting together all the income and expense statements for GENup the other night

“What if we go on, to more darkness and despair?”
“Then it is not the end.”
That those words brought him out of darkness, from 3 books ago, from a time when Aelin’s inner queen was just shining through, as he finally stopped hating her…

Also when Sartaq was sucked away out of Nesryn’s hands I almost passed away. What if in the end, Nesryn’s the one who raises the army?

“I’m going to call in old debts and promises. To raise an army of assassins and thieves and exiles and commoners.” And god damn DID SHE

SO MANY THOUGHTS. I got chills when the witches showed up. Lysandra is used in so many interesting ways. Knowing Maeve’s heritage from tandem read enhances this fight. Surprises to the final page

GAH Yrene/Chaol is the only enemies to lovers I enjoy!! They bring out the fire in each other because they both care so deeply and feel safe around the others to express themselves!! We love to see a man groveling especially when it leads to her bullying him into kissing her

They’re in the honeymoon stage now Sarah will inevitably rip them apart in some terrible way

This last battle kinda started feeling like the fourth season of an anime, where the characters are so overpowered it’s kinda unfair. I prefer the choreographed team battles — but I see this is laying the groundwork to Aelin burnout so I’ll be patient

ANSEL FINALLY RETURNS and wow I’ve almost finished the book

I found out while listening to the first chapter that I didn’t get back to valet in time and I in fact was locked out of my car. so I’ll forever associate this book with that now.

I appreciate that Grace is overcome not with fear upon encountering Rocky’s ship, but giddy scientific curiosity! And that he is consistently battling with grief for his fallen comrades. Both easier to express through his internal monologue than silent expressions in a movie

And all the flashbacks to decision-making with Stratt almost feels like bonus content

Sarah is making some interesting matchmaking decisions. My sweet Dorian—where did this crazy witch-lust come from??

The whole crew is generally getting more vicious which I don’t love, and there’s so many characters and deep lore, I’m struggling to track it all. what on earth does “Nameless is my price” mean?

SEA DRAGON BATTLE???? ARE YOU KIDDING?? I read and reread to fully appreciate the grandiosity and aesthetic. Very proud that I noticed Aelin laying the groundwork this time around

Also we finally got to the beach sex scene and I can’t believe she turned the sand to glass. Absolutely absurd scene but so much more fun now that I’m older

It’s 2:30am I’m so screwed