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Another buddy read with my husband! I've never read this one but he loves the book AND the movie

My parents found my old Pokemon card so I was absolutely LOCKED IN to this audiobook for so many hours while I was organizing those LOL

This is already even better than the first oooo

(also every time I remind myself that this is technically a hockey romance I do have to giggle a little bit because this entire world is so ridiculous)

Got to read a ton of this while sitting at the RMV then also by listening to the audiobook (which is fantastic btw) while playing the new pokopia DLC and im enjoying it IMMENSELY

Page 1: you cannot read this as a standalone!!!
Me: fuckin bet

This has been the same 3 scenes/ideas over and over and over and over and over for nearly 300 pages like girl I GET IT. im hoping the ending is good though or this was several useless hours of my life im never getting back

Idk how i feel about this book as a whole yet but wanted to note:
why do all "weird" books about girls coming of age have to focus so much on piss and shit? If its to go against gender norms or something idk how well it works - ive read it in like 5 or 6 books now and im always like do yall really think teenagers are this obsessed with piss and shit and period blood??

I wasnt expecting this to be such a quick/easy read but im REALLY enjoying it so far!!

I've had no time to read so this is taking me ages but I love it so much

On one hand I appreciate that rina Kent's books are all very similar because I enjoy them, on the other i cant believe im SO excited that this book strayed SLIGHTLY from the normal formula lmaoo

rereading this one as a buddy read with my husband whose never read it! This is one of my top favorite books of all time so I'm very excited!

Im feeling lukewarm on this one but everyone says its TERRIFYING so maybe the second half will be better

Im really enjoying this but good lord its so long I feel like ill listen to 2+ hours and then barely get to move my bookmark in my physical copy lmao

This is so "It" coded

I'm really enjoying this but its not absolutely blowing me away like it seemed to for a lot of people

As someone who used to be very ingrained in the kpop fandom, this book is DEEPLY disturbing mostly because its not as insane an idea as you'd hope it would be

I'm kinda enjoying that this is just straight up JoxDeanxSam fanfic like the author didn't even bother try changing it but its nice cause theres no need for world building or anything like that so i read 100 pages in like 45 min lmao plus I love Jo so im a big fan so far

this is so fascinating it's like saving private Ryan, Lord of the flies, and maybe the troop?? all got mixed together

I dont read a lot of war literature so I wasnt sure if even the horror/supernatural elements would be enough to make me enjoy this but WOW im already loving it from just these first few chapters!

I can't tell you the last time I woke up at 6am and immediately downloaded a preorder onto my Kindle so I could read it whenever I get a chance on release day - needless to say I'm very VERY excited for this one!!

This is such an easier read than I thought it was going to be - I really do forget I have an MA in literature and used to read Dostoevsky for fun lmao

I thiiiiiiink I see whats going on here but I could also be totally off so

"Part of the problem is that everyone is in such a hurry. People haven't found meaning in their lives, so they're running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. They find those things are empty too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it's hard to slow yourself down."

Really loving this one so far!! I've been intimidated by it for ages so im glad im genuinely enjoying it now that ive finally gotten myself to start!

my husband and I are buddy reading this for Pride Month!!

(also fun fact, Baldwin's books are why we met 8 years ago <3)

The internet is telling me to get to chapter 20 which I really don't believe in the "just read 200 pages and then it gets SO GOOD!!" because this has been so boring so far, but I hear this gets absolutely insane so I want to at least see what this "chapter 20" thing is

Im so confused how these guys managed to jump through that much mental gymnastics to figure out exactly 100% perfectly what happened just from ONE name

Im ngl im debating DNFing just for how dumb that whole sequence was

"Material things held little or no significance. When people die, you always hear the expression 'you can't take it with you when you go.' Morrie seemed to know that a long time ago.
... Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car/new piece of property/new toy.... people are so hungry for love that they are accepting substitutes from materials objects."