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Abby is 15% done with These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)
Okay I started this 2 days ago actually but I love it. My friend warned me that I’d hate something in this book and I have fear 😂 Mafi, plz don’t make me mad. Plz make it reasonable rage
Feb 10, 2026 07:33AM Add a comment
These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom, #2)

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Abby is 63% done with This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)
Oh Mafi’s writing, I know we haven’t gotten along in the past (re: Shatter Me), but I love this. I’m so glad I do too! Best recommendation of 2026 so far! Thank ye, Andrea 😘
Feb 05, 2026 10:33AM Add a comment
This Woven Kingdom (This Woven Kingdom, #1)

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Abby is 50% done with Covet (Crave, #3)
This reread is hard lol. The writing from first person perspective grits on me often. Almost there 👀 I felt guilty that I didn’t finish #4, so I reread #2 and now #3 to get back into it. My special superpower is that I have the memory of an ant and thus forget much of what I read. Rereads are like new books sometimes lol. This is one of those books
Jan 11, 2026 09:57PM Add a comment
Covet (Crave, #3)

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Abby is 40% done with A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)
This book has 0% plot and is just driven by Poppy’s rageful whimsy and IDK why but I’m here for it? Her deep-seated aggression and violence against life speaks to me. 😂 I have no expectations for the book which helps IMMENSELY when I expect no plot. It’s just rage, questionable bloody trees, wolves, and vampires. And lots of murder… 😂
Nov 26, 2025 07:09AM Add a comment
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire (Blood and Ash, #2)

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Abby is 45% done with From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
Okay, I’m enjoying this. I understand people saying it reads like a first draft. It really does — the plot is very character-driven from scene to scene with no true direction. There’s way too much info dumping—it’s like a failed attempt at high fantasy. And the MC’s name is a tragedy. Penellaphe? 😭 a truly cursed maiden. It is now a joke in my life from henceforth. So I’m here for the ride! 😂
Nov 16, 2025 05:38PM Add a comment
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

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Abby is 19% done with From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
I can safely say that our FMC has the survival instincts of a naked mole rat. RIP.
Nov 14, 2025 05:22PM Add a comment
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

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Abby is 9% done with From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)
I am a mildly unwilling participant in the reading of this series but I’m here to give it a shot 😂
Nov 14, 2025 04:31PM Add a comment
From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

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Abby is 27% done with A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)
This is currently a struggle bus for me with the different POVs. IDK man. It’s still very interesting.
Nov 08, 2025 05:28PM Add a comment
A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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Abby is 24% done with Lost and Lassoed (Rebel Blue Ranch, #3)
The verbal warfare is chefs kiss. Makes me want to punch both of the MCs 👌
May 12, 2025 07:50AM 1 comment
Lost and Lassoed (Rebel Blue Ranch, #3)

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Abby is 71% done with Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Why I’ve decided to do this to myself for a reread a decade later is beyond me. 💀 I’ve got a running list of metaphors and similes to remind me that Older Me 10 years later dislikes this book for very different reasons.
Oct 21, 2024 04:15PM Add a comment
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)

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Abby is 66% done with The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
I love this and I didn’t think I would!! I wonder why I took so long to pick this up.
Sep 09, 2024 08:21PM Add a comment
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)

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Abby is 73% done with The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)
I am a terribly mannered spectator at this point, not sure if I deserve to read this book because I’m viciously critical of it. Once we got to the SJM euphemisms, I just couldn’t anymore. 💀
Aug 14, 2024 09:48PM Add a comment
The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)

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Abby is 58% done with The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)
This book made me pick up a horror novel side read just to wash the taste of it out.

Side note, someone please explain what a “purely masculine scent” is??? Because SJM uses this language too. Purely male. Predatory. Alpha male. Purely alpha male.

Blegh. The thing I like about this is it’s incorporating Irish mythology, which is my niche interest of mine as a writer… So we will not DNF this. Maybe.
Aug 12, 2024 07:57AM Add a comment
The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)

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Abby is 26% done with Incidents Around the House
Never thought I’d actually pick up a horror novel, but here we are. Fighting parents, the poor kid who has to deal with them, and Other Mommy. 💀

I do love the child’s point of view here. Great choice. This is an excellent study in writing different POVs. It does NOT help that my audiobook narrates the child voice, especially when I’m washing dishes and hubby comes up behind me… 😂
Aug 12, 2024 07:53AM Add a comment
Incidents Around the House

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Abby is 37% done with The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)
In today’s episode of Finding Nemo, our love interest squawks, “Mine! Mine! Mine!”

If a dude can “brand” you by touching your shoulder, we have issues, ladies.

The possessive alpha male trope isn’t my cup of tea if you couldn’t tell, especially if it’s way overdone. 😖 this is also WAY too reminiscent of ACOTAR—in a bad way. I generally don’t point out similarities but geesh.
Aug 08, 2024 01:43PM Add a comment
The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)

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Abby is 25% done with The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)
It’s overly vulgar for no good reason, and the MC is a little piss ant. 😂 but I think I appreciate her character at this stage of my life, because she’s kinda like an angry groundhog that is smol, has questionable ideals, and becomes violent when threatened. because same girl

I’ve been warned of the uncomfortable naughtiness of this book, like ACOTAR, so I’m just waiting. 😂😅
Aug 05, 2024 11:06AM Add a comment
The Wren in the Holly Library (Oak & Holly Cycle, #1)

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Abby is 70% done with House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
Ugghhh. I love her books but the horror element makes it go from 0 to 100 very quickly especially if your first innocent thought about this book is that the side chicks are fertilizer. 🤢🤢🤢
Aug 02, 2024 11:58AM Add a comment
House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

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Abby is 58% done with House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)
I’m not keen with the trope of consistently cheating husbands in this series, but at this point I’m wondering if it’s a red herring to spoof readers.

IDK I think these side chicks are being made into flower fertilizer. Sounds about right 😂😅 this book is still spoopy in all the best ways. Except instead of gothic ocean murder, it’s giving a wistful yet violent vibe of rotting flower insanity
Jul 31, 2024 08:10AM Add a comment
House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

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Abby is 83% done with House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
Again, for the upteenth time, I love Erin Craig!! This is such a beautiful book (but also super nasty because horror lol). This book is like an alluring seaside shanty gone terribly wrong…
Jul 17, 2024 07:38AM Add a comment
House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

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Abby is 33% done with House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
I love Craig’s novels, and this one is NOT disappointing. So glad I picked this up. Spooky gothic/ocean vibes, beautiful prose, and magic.
Jul 08, 2024 12:17PM Add a comment
House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

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