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my first tingle, LFG

it is a bummer that the m/m side of this trio is more antagonistic and less trusting, less emotional, than the two m/f sides. i would say i hope that gets better but i've read reviews of the sequel that lead me to believe i might not even read it. however i am really really liking this installment, hoping chupeco takes it over the finish line.

i knew [REDACTED] was part of it UGHGHGH

this does not seem like it'll be my thing but a friend highly recommended it so here we go!

i have a suspicion about markham. and uuuuugh it's insane, i really thought there was no way the 3rd act separation would be plausible but ugh, it is.

i absolutely love how there's no gendered terms for anyone, it really makes this gender equal version of Regency England believable. still prob going to use this for the 52 Book Club "requires suspension of disbelief" prompt though lolol.

this is really good!! just listened to it for a few hours while driving and am really into this world-- it's sort of manners comedy, sort of steampunk, sort of high fantasy, sort of urban fantasy, and all really cool. can't wait for this OT3 to kick off. XD

RIP maysilee, you fucking ruled.

also i can't help it, does suzanne collins not know that raw potatoes can make you really sick? it's literally the only thing taking me out of the story. :/

june apparently is a slow month for jonathan & co as these 2 updates (today and yesterday) were only a paragraph each, so i'm not even going to advance the percentage.

i have like, full chills listening to this. i'm kind of glad collins hasn't written other stuff-- both because it would be really hard to subject myself to this kind of emotional pain over and over (see also, how long it took me to even read this one) and because it really drives home how she's writing with a purpose. she's trying to show us (americans) ourselves and she continues to do a piercingly good job.

"you snore."
"no i don't. i was faking on the train."
"bad news: you also real snore." lolololololololol

"You are on a high horse, mister. And someday, someone will knock you off it, straight into your grave."

eyyyyy yorick is textually ace, love it

jesus christ this is brutal. feels the same as the beginning of catching fire, the dreadful inevitability.

"though i'm not a drinker myself" 😭😭😭

haymitch is one of my favorite characters in all of literature, gods help me this is going to hurt me, lol

yonaaaaaaa you in danger girl

oh my god this guy is literally an AI. take my graduation photo but get rid of the background people, take this picture of me in front of a landmark but make me thinner... YIKES

the way every man in this book talks down to yona is making me seethe. if she snaps and kills them all i would simply applaud.

this is getting creepy!!

travel mishaps are so stressful, aiee!

i love this. it's making me want to reread beowulf. yorick is so takeshi kovacs coded in only the good ways.

whoa, I'm hooked. this feels like dune prophecy's flashbacks to the OG harkonnen world, cuttingly spare, and also has vibes of altered carbon.

if there isn't a "dog and pony show" joke at the end of this I'll be so disappointed XD

this series is killing me in a good way and also my blood pressure is SO HIGH

"let's be alive for a little bit. if we hate it, we can always die later." --compar

what the FUCK