Carly Schultz > Recent Status Updates

After reading so much Malazan this year, I can't adequately describe how nice it feels to curl up with a cozy Brandon Sanderson novel and just fuckin read. This is so cute and I already love it and it has the best art of any special edition yet.

DNF @ 58%.
I don't do dead cats, and I was just going to skip the cat torture scene, but then I kept skipping and skipping and it just kept going and going and I said you know what? Drew said this book isn't even good. I don't have to do this.

Unfortunately I'm finding this a bit of a slog but I am officially buckling down and committing to finishing it by the end of the month

I've been really on the fence about this so far (meaning bored but still hoping she'll pull something together) but the random romance and sex scene this deep into the book has turned this into a hate read

Thanking God, Jesus, and the holy spirit that I've finished my ARC TBR pile and can finally get back to the good stuff

I have fallen victim to one of the classic blunders (judging a book by its cover) and am sad to report that the writing inside is not of the same quality

Very cool concept, extremely annoying writing!

Rachel I love you but we are spending way too long on this setup, wdym I'm 1/3 through the book and she isn't a vampire yet????

"Beauty has always been one of the only ways women can access power, and I can't fault them for wanting more of it."

Do I remember why I put this on my TBR? No. Am I enjoying it? Not really. Am I extremely annoyed by how often the word summer is being used? Ohhhh my, yes. But I am intrigued enough to continue!

This started off with nice normal British thriller trappings but it just keeps getting weirder and weirder! I'm thrilled!

Really loving what I am loving but really not loving Nimander et al and wow that is a lot of the book so far

If I don't see Karsa Orlong soon I'm gonna bite someone

Calling it now after prologue + chapter 1 (and dramatis personae tbh because there are only 105 characters listed and I know most of them): I think I'm REALLY going to like this one

We're back in Darujhistan, baby!!!

Not as unsettling as We Used to Live Here (yet) but I did have to stop listening to it when I was home alone last night

"It is probably not a good idea to start imagining headlines about your art before you make it."

My mom after recommended this book to me: "Nothing happens in this book. I mean that. Know that from minute one. Nothing happens in this book."
So I think my expectations are appropriately set

Why yes the character I relate to most in this series IS a sapient goat, shut the fuck up!

This is stressing me the heck out. I guess that means I'm thrilled!

New Gilly let's freaking gooooo

This is my first time reading this (it came out the year I started college so I missed it, despite my early teen years being full of dystopian lit) and I AM OBSESSED

50% day!
This one has been a slow start for me, but we're getting somewhere.

I can't believe I have to keep listening to this for 3 more hours

Never have I ever read a book that did such a 180. I'm literally rolling my eyes. I don't really even want to finish it

Hmmm did this just get weird and off-putting? Time will tell!

I spent so long wishing for all of the characters to converge and now that they have there are just too many characters and I miss getting page time with all my crushes. A couple of paragraphs of Karsa and naught but passing mentions of Anomander Rake. This book is thus far bereft of hot men.

I'm obsessed with this. Homegirl is basically doing The Sims rags to riches challenge after she got isekai-ed into her favorite grimdark fantasy world. Oh, and she can't die!

This is so bleak I believe it is actively harming my wellbeing!
I will finish though

Happy crossing 50% day to me!