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lowkey considering DNFing. the way this book is split up into chapters based on category more than chronology is bothering me

reading for book club! v excited about that. i have mixed feelings about this book so far—it’s def not a book i would’ve picked out on my own, but i have a pretty specific taste in books, so that doesn’t surprise me much. we’re flip-flopping through time again (w/in the same chapter!), which is annoying :/

struggling a bit w this one but idk why

slowly but surely (i’ve been on a fiction kick lately! and v motivated by library bingo)

also update + also enjoying

update! enjoying

started reading yesterday! much denser of a read than my last several books

so far a lot less sex and a lot more violence. may have shed a tear or two.

dnf’d my last book and started this one on the ferry to nantucket. moving through it v quickly. it’s much more explicit than i expected, and kinda cheesy, but still v much enjoying. i’m a sucker for an enemies-to-lovers trope.

kinda boring, kinda interesting? i think we’re mostly just establishing context rn, so hopefully it’ll pick up soon

never updated this. also giving up for now bc i’ve read like three nonfiction books since beginning this one

new book about boston tragedies !! feeling a bit more unsure about this one (it’s not about a fire and it’s starting off pretty slow), but i’m trying to go into it w an open mind!

still thoroughly enjoying myself! it’s such a sad story but soooo fascinating. i really like how this book breaks the story up into chapters based on subject (i just read about the trials related to the fire!!)

newest book about boston tragedies!! enjoying(?) this one also. the descriptions of the fire and its victims are crazyyyy.

so far still an interesting book! it’s absolutely wild seeing names of streets i’ve frequented being described as engulfed in flames. latest reading soundtrack was olivia rodrigo’s new album.

newest bedtime story!!! only a little bit in and we have already referenced the author of my beloved great molasses flood book, so i think i’m in for a good time.

damn the reviews really weren’t kidding when they said most of this book is not about the massena blood libel

thoroughly enjoying myself and wishing i had the language to explain why without sounding like a sadist

lovely bedtime story <3 it’s so fascinating to me how relevant my slightly boring henry ford book is to this one!! he’s brought up so often, and looking ahead, i’m gonna read about the dearborn independent all over again. i love when my media connects w each other <333

also whenever it talks about jews, irish americans, and african americans together in the 1900s, im like omg it’s “ragtime” the musical

i’ve been so bad at updating goodreads lately. this is off to a slow start but sounds promising.

loveeee the cover art for the version w the yellow background. been reading this on the bus sometimes. it’s fine so far, but the author did just bring up a doctor being fat, bald, and hairy completely unprovoked ???

me vs my very unfortunate, morbid obsession w the blood libel

the book ends around 330. the page count includes acknowledgments and citations. i am almost there!

slowly but surely

been slogging through this one for quite a while… the pacing has been insufferably slow, but it has such great reviews, and two of my fav authors recommended it in the reviews, so i am pushing through. i think it’s starting to pick up now?

good reads won’t update my progress!!!!!!!!!

the slowest of slow burns. also, each chapter ends with the same cadence/cliff hanger–esque paragraph, and i find it very funny

slowest of slow burns. also, each chapter ends with the same cadence/“cliff hanger”-esque paragraph, and i think it’s really funny

still literate!! wow!!

reading on the bus/train again. enjoying this one, tho i’m pretty confident ik how this will end