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Can’t believe I ever thought Roosevelt was a non controversial president?? 😡

never not suspicious of a possessive blonde 🙃

Why do people say this is low romance? The subplot has been on the backburner for 100+ pages now to make room 😂

slump begone we are BACK BABY 🤩 (but I totally read this section too quickly, I’m *completely hooked*)

Have to admit I’m not excited about alchemy in general, but the writing is wonderful

If Lydia has no haters then I am dead

My 2nd read - This audiobook’s Lydia makes me want to icepick my ears. Also can’t believe I’m just over halfway? Feels like 80% of the plot has been covered

Time to rally 😭 Libby’s gonna yank it from me tomorrow

I think I’m through the crying parts 🤞🏼

Having to microdose this book, it’s a heavy hitter 😮‍💨

*existence is a prison*

‘She drinks, and drinks, sure that here at last she will finally feel glutted, finally feel full, finally find the limits of her hunger. But she doesn’t. Instead, it only opens wider, each bite like a stitch unpicked until the darkness is a chasm.’

Saving the remaining pages for one last run 😮‍💨 Knowing 2 more books are planned is making my heart so uneasy 😖💔

If I had a dollar for every instance of ‘insouciance’ in a 2025 book lol

It’s hard to find good stopping points - I want to be devastated, and yet I care so much I’m so scared to be 😖

Why did I start this book right before bed -_- feeling like 5★ the way it’s sunk its teeth in me at 4A…

Yooooo Dr Tang is a real one 🌟 zooming through this 🎧

It is once again 2am, and after nods to both ATLA & everyone’s favorite green ogre, I think I should call it for tonight (still a 10 btw)

*just that gif of the man clapping, agape*

Fingers crossed for how the book deals with the tired ‘whoever doesn’t want the throne is the best suited to lead’ cliche?🤞🏼It feels like there’s no way this book isn’t a 10/10 for me - I’m trying to take my time and get too excited 🙂

The writing! 😍 the characters! the murder mystery! Were Neema & Cain written just for me?? gah it’s 2am on a school night (again)

If it’s notable that a department has ‘a lot of women’ I’m expecting something like 70%… not ‘31%’ T-T

This section was not for me, looking forward to the next which is all about numbers.

Interesting & quietly inspiring, but the first yikes came after a section about a man’s ‘integrity, commitment, and advocacy’ which concluded, doesn’t this make you want to achieve excellence in every aspect of life including work & home?
No… it makes me think about finding what I can make a difference in & trying to be a good person? Put down the capitalist hustle juice, Casey Cep 🇺🇸🥤

So far so good 🎧 ‘The overarching point is that what we think of as distractions aren’t the ultimate cause of us being distracted - they’re just the places we go to seek relief from the discomfort of confronting limitation.’

Seemed like it was trying too hard out of the gate, but somehow I lost 5 hrs and now I’m sucked in 🫣

This is such a difficult listen 😮‍💨 man

I’m sorry wtf the is wrong with the author’s parents?? The backstory of ‘here’s why I’m a go-getter’ was of when she suffered a shark attack, became septic, and her parents didn’t believe anything was wrong/told her to get over it? 😵‍💫 the anecdote not resolving her parents grievous errors sets the storytelling stage for I’m guessing many other unsettling/odd takes.

Maybe reading two people fall in love despite it all will fix me