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Good god. Rereading this and I forgot how ridiculous Eragon is. In an attempt to remain politically independent, the kid goes and swears fealty to every political body that exists. I have secondhand embarrassment.

There are some interesting insights here, but the whole "Gen Z isn't engaged in public protests!" thing feels very stale post-2016. Also, some of the conclusions here are iffy at best. Just because a high percentage of Gen Z regularly attends religious services doesn't necessarily mean they're religious...it means most are still teenagers who may have no choice but to attend services.

Alright, I know I've barely gotten into this, but "boy who hasn't seen a girl in years falls in love with first girl he sees" is one of the worst tropes.

This book is going to get banned anywhere and everywhere. I am so ready. LET THEM BE GAY.

This is already messing me up.

My top 5 books of the year list is up! (It doesn't really match the Goodreads Choice Awards. At all.)

IDK how I feel about this? I think I'm just a little too far out of my fandom phase to truly feel this.

I want more dragons, less boy drama.

I have no idea what to make of this.

I haven't visited the Goodreads home page for awhile and... It looks like a warzone here. (And what's up with the font rendering?)

"His eyes... they’re as bright as the sun I haven’t seen in over a year, and they are the most mesmerizing shade of gold with flecks of crystalline blue. In one, there are five flecks. In the other, three. Five. The number of our senses. Sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. Three. A trinity. We have a spirit, soul and body... Those eyes have somehow made my blood sing." My own eyes hate me for reading this.

I'm honestly just bored. There is a freaking dwarven crafting contest with full sabotage allowed, where a protagonist made a bulletproof chain mail tie while being defended by a Valkyrie. And I'm bored.

There has been a Captain America reference. Can I go home now?

I'm off for the summer and actually have time to read but there are so many books where do I start I don't even know what's new and good I'm so out of the loop I'm so overwhelmed HELP

I can finally go back to reading this loveliness.

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I should have posted this here sooner, but in case anyone's wondering, here is why I'm not reviewing like I used to.

Rereading this because I was recently reminded that I need it back in my life.

"I'm back to wanting to punch him. Hard." And I never left.

"He pulls emotions out of me that I'm not used to feeling. For some reason, when I'm with him, the things that drag me down feel thin and week, and I feel strong." Girl, get a grip. This is the second time you've met him.

If anybody's interested, I went nuts today and reviewed not one, two, but nine movies over at my blog today.

There's already been a mention of an "incredibly hot new guy." Maybe I should just stop now and save myself a lot of trouble.

Sometimes I feel like I have one too many X chromosomes to be reading an Andrew Smith book.

"In art, there is always emotion, but we cannot sculpt from emotion alone. If we did, our work would be chaotic; it would lack focus."

"Howie opened his eyes to the familiar, glorious sight of the delectable Uma Turman, gazing saucily down at him from his ceiling." I don't even have time to be weirded out by this sentence because I'm now too busy jamming to Fall Out Boy.

It's happening. I'm starting to side with the adults instead of the 16-year-old characters. Oh God. I'm becoming an actual adult.

Jalen needs to get a grip and stop thinking about sex already. I mean, we can't all be ace, but still.

The sheer amount of attitude in this main character is astounding.

26% of the way through, and the only conflict so far has been sibling bickering. I could get that at home, if I wanted. Let's get to something actually interesting.

The Fetch sat down beside her and she felt blood rush to her cheeks. It was a dangerous subject to think about while he was next to her in the dark." Girl, control yourself. Does this actually happen to people? Count me OUT.