bailey elizabeth smith > Recent Status Updates

just getting started, so just initial thoughts. the storytelling is very addicting and consumable, I can’t wait to see what unfolds next! though I’m sometimes taken out of it because it’s a little too heavily influenced by dune. I’m very obsessed with dune, so this can either be a good or a bad thing. don’t love elegy, but I do like theren. off to a good start though!!

I was never huge on the great gatsby, so I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this, but I’m really enjoying the way it’s retold!

liking it okay so far! not feeling super locked into it, but it’s perfectly fine

this book threatens to continue, but the end is finally in sight 😩😩😩

oh wow, what a shock. I’m so surprised by this plot twist. 🫩

still talking in circles, darling

say darling one more time

might try another arc and come back, this is not holding my interest at all.

I don’t know, this just feels so overwritten and the world building is so vague. I should have known when the author was described as an “instagram sensation”

so far this is incredible. the author does the narration for the audiobook and does a fantastic job. so insightful and eye-opening, and written in such a digestible way with its gut-wrenching information.

haven’t made much progress because I key getting distracted. hoping it’ll pull me in more when I try reading more later!

so far so good!! love the writing style!

“you said so yourself, books give our minds wings. knowledge ought not be feared.”

“the scent of old pages rose to greet him, stale and earthy. a few more pages whisperer, and his world disappeared.” loving the use of language, but it’s ironic that I’m reading this on my iPad with that quote 😅

feeling much more in the mood for this! already has me feeling very emotional 😭😭

I don’t really know what’s happening, but I’m gonna continue to try and figure it out! I kind of wish I had the audiobook for immersion

if they don’t save the watchers I won’t sleep at night

reading these books pain me and liberate me. it’s very different reading about modern times in our earth perspectives, but I suppose it makes sense for the final installment.

pokopia took over for a bit, trying to lock back in and finish up!

thank goodness I made it to the epilogue 😫😫😫

how is this still going

they did not just do the “I’m looking for a man finance (armor), 6’5, blue eyes” bit I’m gonna drown myself in the river

this kingdom may not kill me?? more like this book will most definitely be the death of me.