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Aaron Ishmael is 11% done with Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Premise: "A child finds the perfect world through a magical doorway, only to be cast back into a reality that doesn’t understand them. At a school for others like them, they uncover a threat to the doorways—and to the worlds they long to return to."

Interesting angle of a trope back in the day. Like all these portal stories like Narnia and the mental trauma these kids to thru when they come back here.
Dec 14, 2024 07:04PM Add a comment
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 4% done with Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last
All these Self help books I like to read, I might as well peruse one that I already have a significant stake in 😁
Mar 04, 2024 12:48PM Add a comment
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last

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Aaron Ishmael is on page 242 of 386 of Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
It's on this page I "believe" I figured out what the big twist is for the book. How they do the impossible thing. Seeds are connecting. And if I'm right ... It's pretty thematically brilliant.
Feb 29, 2024 01:35PM Add a comment
Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is on page 117 of 386 of Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
This book is awesome. Caters to my superhero genre, world building, intrigue & problem solving mysteries. I had only finished the prologue and just knowing the TITLES of the next two books, and what they mean, got me hyped in anticipation. Wow. Well done Sanderson. You've snagged my attention.
Feb 22, 2024 09:17AM Add a comment
Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 14% done with Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Im already floored this is a low-stakes fantasy novel that's so far about building a coffee shop and Im already super interested 😀
Jan 21, 2024 04:55PM Add a comment
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 81% done with Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)
Gearing up for the third act climax and boy I am consistently excited with this adventure story.
Nov 08, 2023 09:14AM Add a comment
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is starting Snuff
Fight club author guides us into the world of pornography? Sure, why not.

The premise alone is hilarious 😂

"Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With 600 men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room."
Aug 25, 2023 05:49PM Add a comment
Snuff

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Aaron Ishmael is on page 10 of 226 of The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To
Read this book a long time ago. Pulled on my nostalgic strings for some reason, how he depicted school, that awkward teenage phase really well. Diving back in with a somewhat matured mind to figure out why.
Mar 09, 2023 10:23AM Add a comment
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

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Aaron Ishmael is 53% done with The Nineties
Filling in the holes when I was young and wasn't paying attention. A fascinating read so far👌
Jan 23, 2023 07:16AM Add a comment
The Nineties

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Aaron Ishmael is 79% done with City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)
Well this took a turn... in a good way! Didn't see it coming but makes sense given the story so far...
Dec 27, 2022 09:10AM Add a comment
City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 23% done with City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)
Barely a few chapters in and immediately hooked. Think the sixth sense but ghost Bruce Willis is ur BFF and there's more nuance magic system into how ghosts work in this world. Love it ❤️

Although it's in first person pov, and it limits VE Schwabs magnificent prose i know from Addie, I'm at awe at her comfortable story telling pace, how she infodumps with ease.
Dec 23, 2022 08:27AM Add a comment
City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is on page 76 of 605 of She Who Rides the Storm (She Who Rides the Storm, #1)
Giving this book my focus. No series. Just one stand alone fantasy heist novel. I met a few "she's" in this book so far. Haven't seen the storm yet...
Nov 18, 2022 11:30AM Add a comment
She Who Rides the Storm (She Who Rides the Storm, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 5% done with Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)
My God. Two chapters barely in, and it's already grasped my attention.
Nov 23, 2021 07:31PM Add a comment
Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2)

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Aaron Ishmael is 30% done with Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)
This book is... better than good. Its mainly dialogue, and I'm listening to it and they reveal so much about the plot, character, story thru chapters of interviews & recordings. A really good skill this author has with just dialogue. And still incredibly engaging because it starts with a little girl who falls in the earth and onto the palm of a giant silver hand :)
Nov 19, 2021 06:04PM Add a comment
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is 47% done with Becoming
It's surprisingly spooky how relatable her and barack is in my own life and the life decisions they were making juggling time, kids, jobs etc. I'm really glad I'm reading this book now. It's guiding me in a good direction :)
Apr 23, 2021 08:56AM Add a comment
Becoming

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Aaron Ishmael added a status update
Looking for more books that deal with the following:

- Descriptions of Dragons
- Political Intrigue & Warring Factions (that 'mental chess' thingy)
- Characters with obscure occupations (roller coaster engineer, surrogate to billionaires, cemetery real estate agent etc)

(doesnt have to be all in the same book. just touching on a topic)

suggestions welcome!
Apr 06, 2021 07:17AM Add a comment

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Aaron Ishmael is 56% done with Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)
This book is chocked full of sci-fi premises all orbiting around Genetic alterations with ppl who cant sleep. Very intrigued on the capitalistic & economic knowledge this story leans on.
Jan 27, 2019 11:06AM Add a comment
Beggars in Spain (Sleepless, #1)

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Aaron Ishmael is on page 67 of 513 of The President Is Missing
Like it so far.
Jan 06, 2019 01:56PM Add a comment
The President Is Missing

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