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"I'll never say another word to you out loud"

Mary Potchatko's "male" voice is fantastic. And the fact that in my mind, the character Logan looks like an amalgamation of Brandi Carlile & Kate Moennig rather than a dude as described is IRRELEVANT.
I'm snowed in my house and enjoying the fuck out of this.

Liz Shipton is my personal cure for reading slump

(In positive news, the TBR still shrinks if you nope a bunch of books in a row)

This is the best cozy fantasy I've ever attempted

Did I borrow this Russian short story because SNL Comedian Colin Jost recommended it in his memoir?
Yes

Nooooooooo; now I'm concerned that the end is approaching too faaaast

Starting over was completely worth it

"Is that ... a rowboat?"

I'm having trouble locking in on this one. Almost tempted to start over; I feel like I zoned out and missed important things

"What had happened was..." -- I adore this as an opening line

At this point, I'm committed to finishing. But I've called every "twist" long before it happens, and at this point the best I can hope for is that the remaining trudge to the end is sprinkled with *something*

My stank face is emerging.
To bastardize Gianmarco Soresi -- a building with a weak foundation doesn't improve by the 8th Floor.
Listen, at a baseline I'm more than ready to accept science fiction shenanigans; but this gal isn't doing me the courtesy of throwing in a proverbial flux capacitor.
Entire plotlines are hanging by frayed threads, while we weirdly over-explain certain micro-elements.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

...the bookclub bucket needs more curating. But if Kellie finished it, so can I

A steady, subtle unfolding

"While it is true that only light can drive out darkness, there are some forms of light that only darkness can reveal"

Promising, engaging, and I might prefer audiobooks from the 90's when the reading is at normal speed instead of "If you don't play this faster, you'll feel like you're having a stroke"

Can't put it down; still don't know how I feel about it

Can I finish before bookclub on Friday?

The beginning was rough; I was not struck at the right time. So glad I got back to it--at about 20% through, I was in love with this book. And now-- Oh My God.

I'm struggling, and I feel like I shouldn't be?

I love time travel
I love Alix Harrow
I love subtle and understated
"Roadside Attraction" is a perfect opening short story

Getting into a plain-old contemporary romance is iffy, IME.
But then sometimes it's woooooorrrrrrrrrrth iiiiiiiiiiiiiit

I waited for this hold for so long, and then the narrator not only has a lisp, but it's an irregular lisp. This is maddening.

I needed something *light*
Light on the suffering and death 🤣