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CJMerriman

I have eclectic tastes in reading, and am a mood reader.

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Sarah J Maasverse
Made for the Movies
Reading...Deep End
My Taste
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Book Lovers
The Silent Patient
Witch Please (Fix-It Witches, #1)
Curtain (Hercule Poirot, #44)

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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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  • Problematic Summer Romance
    Thoughts from 63% (page 250)

    Actually so surprised at how much this book is growing on me, seeing them get closer and Conor slowly showing how much he cares about Maya? the past? the jealousy? obsessed

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  • Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek, #1)
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  • So Not Meant To Be (Cane Brothers, #2)
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  • Problematic Summer Romance
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    The story is growing on me but I’m still not enjoying it that much, this might end up being my least favourite Ali Hazelwood book so far. Funny enough, my fav part of this book is probably the appearance of two characters from my favourite Ali Hazelwood’s book

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  • Glow (The Plated Prisoner, #4)
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  • Problematic Summer Romance
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    So far I don’t like Connor… I better see some change of attitude real soon

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  • Authors that should have quit while they were ahead??

    I was having this discussion with a coworker about various series that have dragged on and wanted to get y'all's opinion on this. Are there any book series you feel should have ended sooner? For instance, I stand by the statement that Terry Goodkind should have wrapped up the Sword of Truth series with Naked Empire and that JKR's Cursed Child was a cash grab and felt like bad fanfic. Please share with me your hot takes and unpopular opinions 😆

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  • Problematic Summer Romance
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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
    Lizzyfoureyes
    Jun 05, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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  • Physical Bookshelves

    Curious to hear… how do you all sort your physical bookshelves? I used to swear I’d only ever do author last name but as I’ve gotten into reading and collecting more, I now have them in their genres with my favourites more visible and the rest are sorted by “vibes” (like dragons, witches, werewolves etc) and then alphabetically by author. (YA gets sorted into the relevant genres like fantasy YA goes with fantasy instead of separating YA out.) My only hard rule is an author’s books can’t be separated even if they write different genres. An authors books must stay together. The size differences annoy me too so sometimes I separate within the vibes the hardcovers and paperbacks and then do them alphabetically in those sections. Right now, I’m squeezing stuff in where it can fit so it’s not perfectly organized by vibes but we’ll see what happens as I get more space! (I know sharing images on here is a lot of work but if you are up to it, shelfies welcome!)

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  • Happy Place vs. Problematic Summer Romance

    Tell me I am not the only one who noticed the similar setting and vibes? Not everything is similar but I couldn't help but compare them both. PS. I love them both. Not criticizing, but analyzing.

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  • The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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    what in the Handmaid’s Tale fuckery is this

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  • Problematic Summer Romance
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    Ali writing a forbidden romance? Yes please. It's giving everything i need.

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  • Not in Love
    CJMerriman
    May 30, 2025
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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  • reader's block

    unfortunately my brain works in compartments and now I entered the "movies" one and the "books" one is just closed at the moment. so I'm on reader's block but I finally unlocked the movie watcher's block ??? I missed movies tbh but now I feel horrible for all the books I bought. do you think it is fair to call this "reader's block"? does it happen to you? how do you deal with it?

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