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Feeling *very* conflicted so far.

Tyrion just sacrificed himself for *Young Griff* and even though I know the story's not over, I just cried!

Why does it seem like every novel set in rural UK/Europe has the newly arrived city girl (usually an American but sometimes Brit authors put a Londoner in the same scene) getting stuck on the road by a herd of farm animals?

I love reimagined-historical fiction, but the problem i sometimes have is that I forget it's not actually accurate. I'm immersed enough already that I keep forgetting there weren't really dragons helping during the French Revolution...

I don't think I've ever disliked the main girl in a YA rom-com as much as I dislike Pru so far. The fact that it's her first-person POV that we're following makes it hard to continue.

Guessing the mom is the Peter pan annotator? Leaving this hear so I can see if I'm right later on...

Off to a bad start, I hate when authors use scenes from the ending in the prologue, regardless of the reasoning.

Started reading aloud to my toddler as a distraction during chapter 2, my ten year old son woke up near the end of chapter 2 and wanted me to keep going! We made it to the start of chapter 7 when I had to put it down to actually start our Saturday!

'I love it when the sky makes me feel insignificant'

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It really bothers me that the author doesn't know (or remember maybe) that the new moon rises at sunrise not midnight.

lost interest at about 40%, shelving adding back to the TBR for sometime later - I binged too many dystopian YA all at once so this one just couldn't keep my interest.

lost interest at about 40%, shelving adding back to the TBR for sometime in the not-so-near future

We are capable of big lives. A big history. Why settle? Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? We are born to dream and make the things we dream about.

'I felt so much that I didn't feel anything'

So far it's a collection of narrative essays from her past, before her monumental 41st year when her life changed. Every chapter feels like it's an introduction and so I expect the next chapter to be the start of whatever it is I feel like I'm waiting for, but it's just a new essay about a different moment or theme.

'you can't make anyone be an adult. especially an adult.'

'Sometimes, all you have to do is tell people the truth. They won't believe you. After that, they'll leave you alone'