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AlysasPaiges

Former teacher šŸŽ | love my books, bunnies, & BTS šŸ’œ | 2025 goal šŸ“š : 31/130 (still mad there are so many manga NOT on Goodreads)

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My Taste
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
A Far Wilder Magic
Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 1: Pulled Through Time!
A Sign of Affection, Vol. 1

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  • The movie/tv Show > Book

    So I was thinking… is there any movie/tv show adaptation that in your opinion is BETTER than the book? šŸ¤” I, for example, believe that the movie adaptation of The Virgin Suicides is way better than the book, and I love the book, but I feel like the movie did a better job capturing the Lisbon sisters, like, the director understood them better than the author of the book. šŸ™‚ā€ā†•ļø Do you think it’s possible an adaptation is better than the source material? 🫢

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  • What is your favorite reading weather/environment?

    I’m torn between the summer reading picnics I have with my friend and snuggled up under blankets with some hot tea during a storm ā˜ŗļø

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  • The Book of Cold Cases
    AlysasPaiges
    Jun 18, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0

    This was a great read! A good mix of true crime, mystery, and paranormal.

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  • The Book of Cold Cases
    Thoughts from 74% (page 256)

    I’ve been really enjoying this book! I like the mix of mystery and paranormal. Great pacing!

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  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
    Thoughts from 10%

    Reading the series for the first time and I never really had much interest in this one, but my hold for Sunrise on the Reaping isn’t ready yet so I decided to try this one. Not really into it but it’s only early still I guess.

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  • The Ruins
    AlysasPaiges
    Jun 16, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0

    Not a bad read! Definitely not scary, but it had some decent gorey moments that made me cringe, which I think will be the closest I’ll get to being scared when reading šŸ˜‚

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  • The Ruins
    Thoughts from 16% (page 82)

    It’s alright so far. The writing reminds me a bit of Stephen King’s, where we get a ton of inner monologue from the characters about their thoughts and their reflections, most of the time none of it really being relevant to what’s going on, which I don’t enjoy šŸ™ƒ but we are trucking along!

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  • I’m Glad My Mom Died
    Do you have a narcissistic parent?

    I hope writing this memoir helped Jennette heal the trauma of her childhood. This might be a stretch to ask, but did the book hit close to home for anyone? I cried many times because it was like seeing myself in another perspective. I hope we all heal from the pain our abusive parents have caused.

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  • Loving Pagebound

    This reading site is everything I've ever wanted in a reading tracker site!! Thank you all for creating the perfect place for readers.

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  • Re-rating your rereads?

    Are y'all updating your ratings and/or reviews after doing a reread? Why or why not? Also: I swear there was already a discussion on here about this so I'm sorry to be redundant, but try as I might I just can't find it ā˜¹ļø if y'all have a link I'd love to look at the answers there too!

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  • What would you do if...

    What if you were stranded on an island, they offer you two ways out, and you have to pick either that you can only read the worst book you ever read for your whole life or smell like shit for the rest of your life. What would be your choice?

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  • I’m Glad My Mom Died
    Do you have a narcissistic parent?

    I hope writing this memoir helped Jennette heal the trauma of her childhood. This might be a stretch to ask, but did the book hit close to home for anyone? I cried many times because it was like seeing myself in another perspective. I hope we all heal from the pain our abusive parents have caused.

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  • A book/series you hate read?

    I picked up the first 3 books of ACOTAR after watching a mocking review of them, and I had fun hate reading along with the booktuber fun fact, I picked up zodiac academy for a similar effect but ended up loving it too much

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  • Starling House
    AlysasPaiges
    Jun 10, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0

    This was a really unique story! Sort of dark Alice in Wonderland meets small town south? While I enjoyed it, for some reason I could NOT get into it as much as I would have liked. I really had to force myself to sit down and read it, so maybe it was the pacing that wasn’t doing it for me. It had an original plot and I liked the imperfect-ness of the characters.

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  • What is the weirdest book you own or have read?

    I think mine is The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue… the book had a really cool concept but was SO confusing. But it’s one of the coolest books I have, with pitch black edges, a matte black cover with glossy black detailing, gold embossed lettering, and detailing on each page. I keep it solely due to its aesthetic šŸ˜‚

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  • What is the weirdest book you own or have read?

    I think mine is The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue… the book had a really cool concept but was SO confusing. But it’s one of the coolest books I have, with pitch black edges, a matte black cover with glossy black detailing, gold embossed lettering, and detailing on each page. I keep it solely due to its aesthetic šŸ˜‚

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  • Which required books did you actually enjoy?

    I admittedly didn’t read a single page of the books I was assigned in school and want to go back and see what I’m missing. So which books did you think were worth it, and maybe even more importantly, which ones do you consider a skip?

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