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DistinguishedGhost

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Green Rider (Green Rider, #1)
Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1)
Of Monsters and Mainframes
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog: And Other Serious Discoveries of Silly Science
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The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)
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  • Sorcery and Small Magics (The Wildersongs Trilogy, #1)
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    Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1)

    Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld, #1)

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  • Birnam Wood
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    This is quite a slow, expositional start for a book marketed as a thriller of sorts. I will give myself until pg. 139 to sink into the story, otherwise I'll DNF.

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  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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  • The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
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    I love the idea of having a nickname based of your favorite crime author. For me, as basic as it may be my favorite is Sherlock Holmes, but I also loved reading Encyclopedia Brown when I was younger. So then perhaps I could be Sherlock Brown or Encyclopedia Holmes or something like a combination like Sherlopedia. Also, I just know this book is going to increase my desire to go to a costume themed murder mystery night. 🔎📖

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  • The Decagon House Murders (House Murders, #1)
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    I love the idea of having a nickname based of your favorite crime author. For me, as basic as it may be my favorite is Sherlock Holmes, but I also loved reading Encyclopedia Brown when I was younger. So then perhaps I could be Sherlock Brown or Encyclopedia Holmes or something like a combination like Sherlopedia. Also, I just know this book is going to increase my desire to go to a costume themed murder mystery night. 🔎📖

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  • Weekend Plans?

    Happy Easter to those who celebrate. Happy long weekend to those who get one. And general happy weekend vibes to everyone else.

    What are your plans for the weekend? Are you going to get some time to read? Starting a new book? Seeing family? School work catch-up (of whatever level)? The boring odds and ends of life?

    I'm skipping a family event on Sunday, but I have an Easter afternoon tea tomorrow, which should be fun. Other than that, I'll be reading either the book I started this morning or the book I can't get out of my mind (I hate my Insta algorithm right now for introducing me to this).

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  • Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
    DistinguishedGhost
    Apr 03, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    I went into this book with an appreciation of fungi, and I walked out with nothing but love and wonder in my heart for the mysterious and wonderful mycelia.

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  • Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
    DistinguishedGhost
    Apr 03, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.5
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    The full audio cast recording was neat, but other than that I don't have a lot to say about this book.

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  • What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
    DistinguishedGhost
    Apr 03, 2026
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5
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    This is one of those books that is extremely disappointing. It has everything to make it interesting, especially the mummy-esk plotline, and it does nothing with any of them. The plot doesn't even begin until 2/3 of the way through. The characters are ok (and that's me being generous), but they all have so much potential. I guess that's how best to describe this book: wasted potential.

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  • Algorithms of Betrayal
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    Apr 03, 2026
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.0
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    This is a book that has a lot to say about the current state of the world, but I don't think it successfully conveys any morals or lessons about any of them. I appreciate the realistic approach it takes on trying to warn a society about leaning too heavily on AI, but I think the story itself suffered from this approach. The plot was flimsy, jumping around from plot point to plot point. The characters were especially weak and underdeveloped. Any "development" they went through felt forced and not truly earned. Despite my ambivalence towards this book, I think it is important to discuss the issues that this book brought up that are plaguing our world, and I want to give credit for the author for wanting to address them.

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    The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

    The World We Make (Great Cities, #2)

    N.K. Jemisin

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