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reading for sapphic book club. so far my hopes are not high.

honking my clown nose

“Hockey had never made Shane sad for a minute of his life. … [Ilya] was more aware of hockey’s flaws than Shane was.” what are you TALKING about??? the half-Japanese closeted guy isn’t aware of hockey’s flaws??????? Shane bb we’re going to get you out of here <3

I’m reading this for a book club, with some apprehension. Thus far I do not like what they’re doing to Mina’s character.

yeah I’m rereading lotr again. the circumstances demand it

I’m enjoying this greatly. Unusual medieval-esque fantasy. Also Pell is reminiscent of Harrow in terms of being a young follower of a very shabby and diminished house of death, with the fate of said house resting on her shoulders. They’re pretty different people (Pell is way more innocent) but I enjoy the overlap in role.

decided I needed a murderbot book for emotional support

“Not every book has an embarrassment of review riches, and sometimes the reviews will just be stinkers, which makes our job very difficult—though nothing could be as scathing as a Philip Hensher critique that ended ‘on the evidence of The Book of Kings, he could not write “Bum” on a wall’, which still makes me laugh every time I read it.”
I cackled!

almost gave up in the first few chapters bc of the prose but Zeitan’s pure rage hooked me

yes I’m continuing my Redwall rereads. highly recommend rereading childhood faves in These Times

Absolutely love the worldbuilding so far!!!! I know it’s comp-ed to Howl’s Moving Castle but so far it has some real Spirited Away vibes

“Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.”

It’s time, folks! Time for an oft-promised Pride and Prejudice reread!

My Philip Pullman binge continues into 2020 I guess

I was worried for like the first 25% of this but OH BOY AM I IN IT NOW MS BARDUGO HAS DONE IT AGAIN

YEAHHHHH BOI HERE WE GO

Continues to be delightful

This is UTTERLY DELIGHTFUL

The sheer DRAMA of it all! Plus 18th century daddy kink?? Thank you Prof Yoon for making me read this I am delighted

I love Madeline Miller. Like???? This is so good so far. Also someone I follow on Tumblr compared the descriptions of Circe's magic to how they feel when creating and honestly I absolutely see it.

reading w/ Emily and Nishan and! it's so good! why do I relate so much to Elio and his bi inner monologues

I AM CRYING IN THIS CLUB FOLKS. WHAT A BOOK.

This is so fun and I absolutely adore Monty already