GoodTimeReader

Kept track of my read books since January 2022. I enjoy different genres, lengths, books, and audio. The books I read don't need to be 'good', I just need to have a good time 🥰

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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

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Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2)

Rachel Reid

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Reading around the world 🌍

Hi, I want to read at least one book from all countries that are UN-acknowledged + some more.

I have already finished at least one book from Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway, the UK and the USA. I would love to find books from other countries, too. The book doesn't need to be set in a specific country; the book needs to be written by an author from (and preferably living in) the country.

Currently, I want to read books from different countries, so I don't really count authors who have backgrounds other than where they live. For example, if a Nigerian author wrote a book, but was born in and is currently living in the USA, I would count that as a book from the USA. Most of the books I read are from the USA or UK, therefore I want to broaden my horizon (hope this makes sense).

If you have a favourite book from your country, or know of a book from another country, I would love to hear about it, but they have to be translated into English for me to be able to read them 🥰

Update: I have now started a list: https://pagebound.co/lists/8022bb22-c915-4a50-96c4-d00f9e893430 inspired by @marklammers98

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Jan 05, 2026

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Jan 05, 2026

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May I NEVER be this obsessed with a man 🙏

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre.For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin. Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destroy every life touched by its strange and sinister mystery. The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. A calliope’s shrill siren song beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. Two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all too well the heavy cost of wishes…and the stuff of nightmares.Few novels have endured in the heart and memory as has Ray Bradbury’s unparalleled literary masterpiece Something Wicked This Way Comes. Scary and suspenseful, it is a timeless classic in the American canon.

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Not that long ago I watched a movie trailer with Lili Reinhart and I couldn't remember the name of the movie. A day or so later I see this book on here and I'm thinking oh, that's for the movie trailer I just watched. Long story short these two are NOT related but the similarities.. 😳😳. The movie is called American Sweatshop.

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Jan 04, 2026

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Reading Around The World

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I decided to challenge myself to read at least one book from all countries that are UN-acknowledged + some more. More info: https://pagebound.co/posts/164280?

Finished countries (alphabetical order): 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (English editions)

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Reading Around The World

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11 books

I decided to challenge myself to read at least one book from all countries that are UN-acknowledged + some more. More info: https://pagebound.co/posts/164280?

Finished countries (alphabetical order): 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇫🇮🇫🇷🇮🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (English editions)

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

Stephen Graham Jones

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Crucible

Seth Haddon

Prince Zavrius has spent his life in the shadow of his family’s power, fifth in line to a throne he will never claim. While his eldest brother Theo schemes and the court buzzes with whispers of war, Zavrius is tasked with proving his worth by demonstrating swordsmanship at a royal ceremony—a skill he sorely lacks. Enter Balen, a rising star in the Paladin Order, who stumbles upon Zavrius’ struggles and offers to train him. Balen is everything Zavrius isn’t: disciplined, unflinching, and steadfastly loyal to his duty. But as the two spend stolen hours together, a bond begins to form—one that defies their stations and the chaos brewing around them. Meanwhile, Zavrius’ mother, Queen Arasne, hides a deadly illness, determined to maintain the fragile peace she’s built. With nobles pushing for war and Theo’s simmering hatred threatening to ignite, Zavrius finds himself drawn into the court’s dangerous undercurrents. And through it all, his feelings for Balen deepen, even as he knows their love is doomed. Set five years before the events of Reforged, Crucible is a sweeping tale of passion and heartbreak, tracing the forbidden love that would one day shape the fate of a kingdom.

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A Spell for Heartsickness (The Rune Tithe, #1)

Alistair Reeves

In this charming MM romantic fantasy, cursed witch Briar Wyngrave has a date with destiny―but isn’t totally sure which man that date is with. Witch Briar Wyngrave’s time is limited. The wasting curse that killed his mother is coming for him too, consuming his magic bit by bit. At least he’ll have the chance to make his name as a magical fashion designer with an elite placement in Pentawynn, the country’s glittering capital, after graduation. Until, that is, a prophecy sends him to the remote island of Coill Darragh instead, in search of a predestined lover with a mysterious mask. When Briar arrives with his grumpy magpie familiar, Vatii, he finds an unwelcoming town, a murdered poltergeist named Gretchen in his apartment, and a handsome alderman named Rowan with a haunting scar. He also gets pulled into the mysterious magic of the darkly enchanted forest that surrounds the town and seems to have something to do with his curse . . . As if all that weren’t enough, famous witch Linden Fairchild has come to town, complete with a charismatic smile, an unreadable aura, and a surefire plan to cure curses. How’s a cursed witch to know which enchanting man is his destiny? And can Briar possibly make an impact as a magical fashion designer in this tiny town? One thing is certain: a witch’s magic requires a tithe―a berry, a feather, a cut into flesh―and Coill Darragh may take tithes Briar isn’t ready to give . . .

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Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder

Asako Yuzuki

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer," Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

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I'm so dumb 🤪

LOOOOOOOL, I've read this book, thinking it was the one everyone was talking about (The Housemaid - Freida McFadden).

I was looking up the names of the characters, WHICH MADE NO SENSE, obviously because I looked up names of characters from another book!!! I didn't understand what people were talking about, and I didn't understand the casting for the movie adaptation (again, wrong book).

I'm so dumb 🤪

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Reading around the world 🌍

Hi, I want to read at least one book from all countries that are UN-acknowledged + some more.

If you have a favourite book from your country, or know of a book from another country, I would love to hear about it, but they have to be translated into English for me to be able to read them 🥰

Update: I have now started a list: https://pagebound.co/lists/8022bb22-c915-4a50-96c4-d00f9e893430 inspired by @marklammers98

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Reading around the world 🌍

Hi, I want to read at least one book from all countries that are UN-acknowledged + some more.

If you have a favourite book from your country, or know of a book from another country, I would love to hear about it, but they have to be translated into English for me to be able to read them 🥰

Update: I have now started a list: https://pagebound.co/lists/8022bb22-c915-4a50-96c4-d00f9e893430 inspired by @marklammers98

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A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer (SCYTHE Mystery #1)

Maxie Dara

Sometimes it takes working with the dead to start living. Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and pregnant with her ex's baby. She's also a modern-day grim reaper employed by S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), but frankly that's the easiest part of her life right now. Or at least it was, until her latest client's soul goes missing. When she finally tracks down seventeen-year-old Conner Ortiz, he angrily denies he died of natural causes, despite what his file says. He insists that someone at S.C.Y.T.H.E. murdered him, and he demands Kathy find out who and why. Kathy has only forty-five days to figure out what happened to Conner and help him move on before the boy's soul is doomed to roam the Earth as a ghost forever. She’s forced to rely on the help of her retired mentor, her almost ex-husband—and some sneaky moves by Conner himself. This is the wildest case of her career. . .and one wrong move could cost Kathy her job, not to mention her life.

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Second round (audiobook)

I listened to this back in August, and decided to listen to the audiobook again since it is part of the Winter 2026 Readalong. I enjoy this book a lot, it's a quick read (which means more people should give it a shot). The book brings up some good points and things to think about (especially for people who have never learned, or have drifted away from the idea of reciprocity and empathy). In this day and age, I think more people should think similarly, now that 'empathy' is becoming/called 'weakness'...