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~350ish pages to go and 3 days to do it before the end of the year can we do it (yes we can!)

might be time to try and get back into this "reading" thing idk

i've only had rocky for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him i would kill everyone in this room and then myself

(i have a feeling that something horrible is going to happen to rocky by the end of this book and it will make me cry)

The opening line just about floored me wtf I was not ready for THAT

for the first ~100-ish pages i was a tad concerned that this was going to be a whole lot of Not Much Happening but oh boy i was wrong

i'm no better than the capitol because i felt like cheering when caeser flickerman showed up

i'm seated.

oh no i fear our protagonist for this one might be a bit stupid

Well that first chapter was... something! 😃

Look I know it's embarrassing but I am STRUGGLING with reading at the moment so I'm bringing my reading challenge goal down just so I can try and motivate myself to at least finish this one damn book by the end of the year (it is good though I'm enjoying it when I actually muster up the energy to read the damn thing)

I have a feeling I will either absolutely love this or absolutely hate this, there will be no in between.

I'm gonna be real: a big part of why this book interested me is that the synopsis reminds me so much of The Return of the Obra Dinn. So, in my curiosity, I do a quick search which confirms that 1) I'm not the only one to make the connection, and 2) as per a tweet, the author himself is also a fan of the game, so I'm presuming there's at least a little bit of inspiration there, and now I'm even more excited.

The road trip and all the comical moments it brings in the final third of this book is probably its one saving grace

I've been debating whether to get rid of this or not - it definitely holds some sort of nostalgia for me but at the same time I remember nothing about it except that I think I hated the ending. But I can't tell if I actually disliked this book as a whole or if my memory is tricking me. I suppose the only way to solve this dilemma is a reread!

I've been debating whether to get rid of this or not - it definitely holds some sort of nostalgia for me but at the same time I remember nothing about it except that I think I hated the ending. But I can't tell if I actually disliked this book as a whole or if my memory is tricking me. I suppose the only way to solve this dilemma is a reread!

holy shit i was expecting this to be a challenge but this is one of the densest books i've ever read - and i'm still in the "normal" part! so compelling though

It's a minuscule part of the book but this town hall scene is very reminiscent of Gilmore Girls and I love it.

holy shit-

jesus christ this book is really going to make me sit through pov chapters from [redacted]. the way that this duology continues to give me nothing i want is truly astounding 😍

I'm not normally the kind of person to start a new book while in the middle of the other one but it's become clear my tired reading-slump brain cannot handle adult fantasy at the moment and I desperately need something to break it up. This is one of my most anticipated releases of the year and it's YA thriller so hopefully it'll be the change of pace I need.

oh my god bobbi is the worst, and that's really saying something because a lot of these characters range from unpleasant to terrible

good god bobbi is literally the worst

i'm sorry this is such a strange and small thing to post an update for but for some reason the fact that the rulers of the heavens have ZIPLOC BAGS in their homes in the sky is absolutely sending me. just... why does a setting that has so much potential for magic and high fantasy gloriousness have so much mundanity instead

I have less than 50 pages to go but I'm so annoyed at what I'm reading right now I have to put it down for a minute oh my god

Giving this series a reread in anticipation for Chain of Gold releasing in March! I haven't read The Infernal Devices since 2014 and I don't remember a damn thing that happens in these books - which might be a bit of a problem if I'm going to read the sequel series - so here we are