Katie Malley > Recent Status Updates

a little treat for wedding trip 🤩

better than IEWU but ya know…. still coho!

please note i am reading this for work… don’t think less of me….

a little bit cringe but very sweet and cute!!

oh my god…. only one essay in so far and can tell this book is going to be an all timer. wow.

ok honestly not my fav of hers (the tropes were a bit much this time - too grumpy/too sunshine) but ofc the last 50 pages made me cry. so i did enjoy it.

you know what…. yeah ok consider me more locked in. more pro-violet (even though “my weak joints” is really grinding my gears… like girl you’ve been training for a YEAR and still have the joints of an elderly person??? okay….)

but loving the revolution plot / assassination attempt in the first hundreds pages? tea!

consider me gripped. still a little annoyed (particularly w the usage of phrases like “ass” and “my stomach dropped/was in the ground”) w Violet, but you know what? i am having fun!!!

fun but already having a hard time with the “i am so small and teensy” trope happening

mehhhhh. western vibes were fun but idk. odd pacing and def a rushed ending imo!

i am GAGGED! this book is so good so far i am actually loving and devouring it

reading sprint pre-dune pt 2

ok so basically have now read through the plot of the first movie… so good. really interesting to see what stayed true to the film/what is different in the book and how the minor tweaks/changes reflect on different themes, namely the focus on the ecology of Arrakis in the book versus the political focus in the movie. REALLY GOOD!

OMG. JESSICA?????????? THE BIBLICAL ALLUSIONS???????? THIS BOOK????????

i am ADDICTED to this………… really thought i would not enjoy it but this world building is genuinely unlike anything i’ve ever read - the detail in the ecology, to politics, to religion creates such an immersive atmosphere it’s so so good. ugh. dune supremacy so far i fear.

Oh this book is so good. It feels so nostalgic - like something I would’ve read as a kid but it’s perfect for me reading it now. There are so many lines I’ve underlined that while the lesson may be on the nose, it’s still so good to read??? I feel like this is healing something in me, idk I love it