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yoli is 15% done with The Poet X
Listening to the version read by the author. It’s really good, but the subject matter maybe more heavy than I can read right now.
Sep 24, 2023 09:26AM Add a comment
The Poet X

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yoli is starting Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
This was just a lot of syrupy sweetness with low stakes conflicts and a good set up for book 2 in the series. We briefly touch on class and commerce, the power of money/poverty, slimey men, and familial love.
Apr 17, 2023 06:14PM Add a comment
Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)

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yoli is starting Educated
Stopping at Part 1 Ch 12 because her brothers cruelty is getting to be a bit too much
Jan 07, 2023 06:52PM Add a comment
Educated

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yoli is on page 140 of 378 of The Heart of Christmas (Carhart #0.5; Tallants #3.5)
The first story gets a bit religious, but was sweet.
Jan 14, 2022 06:11PM Add a comment
The Heart of Christmas (Carhart #0.5; Tallants #3.5)

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yoli is on page 38 of 432 of Sweater Design in Plain English
When the student is ready the teacher appears! It is definitely very much in plain English, and very much appreciated by me.
Feb 04, 2021 01:00PM Add a comment
Sweater Design in Plain English

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yoli is 6% done with A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)
This is a modern woman in older times, and a lot of telling. We will see how far I get into this.
Jul 02, 2020 11:18AM Add a comment
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)

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yoli is 5% done with Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
This may be too dark for me right now. Dystopian literature in a pandemic seems risky, although the story is very engaging. I am excited to be getting better at my Nigerian geography and foods after the Akata series too!
Jul 01, 2020 08:17PM Add a comment
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)

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yoli is starting Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions, #1)
Starting this again 2 years later as the written book.
May 16, 2020 07:26PM Add a comment
Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions, #1)

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yoli is on page 100 of 272 of Love Warrior
This is not an easy book to read. Doyle is raw, honest, and has very clearly been through a lot of pain. Parts of her story hit a little too close to home, and parts of her story are entirely outside of my realm of understanding.
Apr 04, 2020 08:10PM Add a comment
Love Warrior

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yoli is on page 266 of 516 of The Night Circus
skimmed the last 120 pages last night and will sit down to read them tonight. I’m anxious to go back and reread the ending properly, and then potentially flip through again bc I think the nested stories and pull quotes will yield even more plot lines. I adore how the book itself is like Le Cirque des Rêves!
Feb 19, 2020 05:30PM Add a comment
The Night Circus

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yoli is on page 93 of 516 of The Night Circus
It’s really hard to understand what is happening since there is such a strong surrealist, magical realism element happening. I have not read a book like that in a while, so it’s a conscious effort to let the story unfold without rushing it and skimming ahead! The visuals and descriptions are amazing.
Feb 15, 2020 05:54AM Add a comment
The Night Circus

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yoli is on page 94 of 288 of The Glass Castle
By withholding judgement on her parents' parenting or mental states, Walls forces us to do the same. Honestly, I feel like it's the only way I'm making it through the book!
Nov 25, 2018 02:08PM Add a comment
The Glass Castle

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yoli is on page 116 of 337 of A Man Called Ove
It’s dryly funny, but also incredibly sad. I hope it gets funnier?
Sep 01, 2018 06:46PM Add a comment
A Man Called Ove

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yoli is on page 117 of 298 of Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
Clean slate! Time to return to the library because someone else wants it. I think I need to just buy it now, to both finish and for referential purposes.
Sep 16, 2017 07:38AM Add a comment
Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

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yoli is on page 52 of 358 of A Rogue in Texas (Rogues in Texas, #1)
I totally understand the mail protagonists feelings that Texas is hot like hell, he's not too far from Galveston so perhaps old Houston area, and I can affirm that it is hot as Hades.
Jul 13, 2017 07:01PM Add a comment
A Rogue in Texas (Rogues in Texas, #1)

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yoli is on page 99 of 224 of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Someone else has this on hold, but I will warn you that it is rather emotionally charged. It'll be good to come back to it, especially as it's getting into papers and miscellaneous other more sentimental items.
Mar 08, 2017 06:19AM Add a comment
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

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yoli is on page 54 of 279 of Modern Romance
Grammar again, grammar again!
May 05, 2016 06:30PM Add a comment
Modern Romance

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yoli is on page 26 of 371 of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
There was so much introductory stuff...but listening to Covey meta-analyze self-improvement literature in the past 200 and divide it between the earlier Character ethic vs the more recent Personality ethic has been incredibly enlightening. I've always sensed that you need to dig deeper to really affect change, and I can sense that Covey is setting me up for tutorials on that.
Nov 27, 2015 10:59AM Add a comment
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

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