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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
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Middlemarch
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  • A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
    Thoughts from 8% (page 33)

    “This one’s American. From New York.” “I don’t believe such a place exists.”

    I… huh? What? Sorry, what? Didn’t know we could just… not believe in the existence of major cities. Or of America, if that’s what he means. That’s… uh… okay? Weird take, man. Real weird.

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  • A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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  • A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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    matchalatei set their yearly reading goal to 30

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    matchalatei's 2026 Reading Challenge

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    The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
    Misery
    We Were Liars
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    A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

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  • A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
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    ”The world sits at a precipice. Our ability to create has exceeded our ability to understand. We play with forces that could destroy us.” This is shockingly relevant, and really captures a lot of my opinion on AI-maybe a little more dramatically, but it also kind of describes human progress in general. I don’t know the specific context of what this is referring to, but this is applicable to so many things-gunpowder, nuclear and biological weaponry, the Industrial Revolution, social media to an extent, and artificial intelligence.

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  • Honor
    HapennyBooks
    May 18, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.0Plot: 4.0
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    This is a really incredibly grim story, dressed up in a pretty colourful cover. The blurb obviously suggests how dark it is but… it really is dark.

    Meena and Abdul were the heart of this story for me and I adored them so much. I wish we spent more time with them than with Smita.

    While Smita and Mohan were both compelling characters, I struggled to believe there was any chemistry between them. I’m pretty sure this is because the author used Mohan so much as a surrogate for India, challenging Smita constantly about her mixed feelings towards her homeland.

    I also felt like there were a few things that were left unfinished by the end, Smita lying to her dad and also WTF was going on with Nandini?! For a book with such sticky, heavy subject matter, I didn’t love that it basically ended with an airport run.

    The writing style in the italicised Meena chapters is lovely. The Smita chapters are a lot more basic and matter of fact — presumably to reflect the fact that she’s a journalist, but I found it jarring to return to every time.

    Overall I’m glad I read it, and I feel I definitely learnt a lot about a part of Indian culture that I know very little of.

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  • Cash (Lucky River Ranch, #1)
    Thoughts from 15% is Mollie someone to root for?
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  • Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
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  • LaurasLibraryCard commented on possum_magic's update

    possum_magic set their yearly reading goal to 12

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    possum_magic's 2026 Reading Challenge

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    Everything I Know About Love
    Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
    A Little Life
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    JustJazd set their yearly reading goal to 20

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  • Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
    do you feel lonely?

    I've long felt that loneliness is rampant, and I think it's hard for people to detect in others and also to identify within themselves. I think the pandemic's isolation made people have to confront themselves more, and realize how much we desire companionship and the nearness of others. I feel there was such a push over last... few decades to promote independence, self-sufficiency, drive, climbing of social and corporate ladders, girl bossification, etc. I think there are A LOT of people who have a very small group of friends or people around them, and who long for more connection and interaction.

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  • Out of This World
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