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Disliked the first book but they improved; ridiculously melodramatic but still pleasurable in the end. OMG ALL THE TEENAGE FEEEELS.

Meh.

I just finished The Curse of Chalion and gave it 4 stars.

I was kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I liked the complex world-building and the (relatively) thoughtful morality. I was excepting something s lot more cliche but this was a lot of fun. I binge-read the whole trilogy over the course of about two days!

I just finished Death at Gallows Green (Victorian Mystery, A) and gave it 3 stars.

I just finished Death at Bishop's Keep (Victorian Mystery, A) and gave it 3 stars.

Kills so many shibboleths I loved it hard.

Not as amazing as the first book, but still fun!

What fun!

Repetitive and dry even though I love this sort of book...

Probably one of the best books about nursing I've read recently.

I am a serious sucker for retellings like this and I LOVE Robin McKinley. So yeah. Pretty great.

Isabel Allende is NOT a murder mystery writer. Would have been two stars but for expectations.

Meh.

I am enjoying this series less with every book, sadly.

Liked this, but wished it went further in unpacking why such snake-oil remains mainstream.

Rejecting my April TBR, I reread The Tombs of Atuan. Because love, that's why.

Just when I get invested in what happens to Holly Sykes, it's 7 years in the future and she is nowhere in sight. This is kind of annoying, but I will soldier on.

I guess this is what you get for free fantasy novels on the Kindle. A sword is never just a sword; it is a "gleaming blade," a "shimmering weapon," or a "fearsome tool." The heroine is a Mary Sue complete with baby dragon. Also, a there's a furry. I finished reading it hoping for closure, ideally with one of the irritating leads killed off...just a cliffhanger to get me to read the next book. No!

I can't believe I had never read William Styron before. All his books now must be read by me.

Well that made me want to cry.