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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)

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Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)

Terry Pratchett

Moist von Lipwig was a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. But he has to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. Maybe it'll take a criminal to succeed where honest men have failed, or maybe it's a death sentence either way. Or perhaps there's a shot at redemption in the mad world of the mail, waiting for a man who's prepared to push the envelope...

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mikayla

Feb 14, 2026

3.5

Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

Gore-filled horror with an odd and kinda dubious romantic pairing. I had fun with it! Some of the more disturbing scenes were a bit excessive and took me out of the story. I don’t usually mind when a horror book amps up the gore, but certain moments felt a bit unnecessary for this type of read (namely stuff that happens with minor antagonists), and it made my interest dwindle somewhat. Also, aspects of Muriel being threatened to leave her house were a bit goofy but not in a bad way lol just comically entertaining! I did like the romance elements (though they were weird lol). It was surprisingly sad! Bittersweet, and it was the best part of the read! I also liked that the MC was an elderly woman, eighty-four. It was a nice change from some of my more recent reads with younger narrators. I wanted something different for the ending though. What we got wrapped up the story, but it still felt like something was lacking.

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Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2)

Terry Pratchett

It's an offer you can't refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork's Royal Mint and the bank next door? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be doing is . . . Making Money!

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The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #2)

Liu Cixin

This is the second novel in "Remembrance of Earth’s Past", the near-future trilogy written by China's multiple-award-winning science fiction author, Cixin Liu. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion — four centuries in the future. The aliens' human collaborators have been defeated but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists but the fourth is a total unknown. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he's the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

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Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1)

Terry Pratchett

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My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Kabi Nagata

The heart-rending autobiographical manga that’s taken the internet by storm! My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman’s exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist’s burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

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MaddiHunt

Reading multiple books at the same time

Are y'all able to read multiple books at once? I will often see people with quite a few books being currently read, and I have personally never been able to do that 😅 I find it so hard to not get lost switching back and forth, sometimes merging stories/details in my head or forgetting things. I also struggle to keep myself absorbed in the world when I am moving around, feels like constantly getting in and out of the shower if that makes sense LMAO

For those who do read multiple at the same time, do you find yourself struggling at all? Or is it easy for you to go back and forth? Why do you prefer reading multiple at once vs. one at a time? And then vice versa for those like me who can only read one at a time.

I am personally at all times focusing on one TV show, one video game, and one book at a time. I can switch between those through the day just fine, but once I try to switch between two of the same form of media my brain gets all mixed up.

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Thoughts from 26% (july)

I haven't cried from a book in a while... actually so long that I can't remember the last time or if there was a last time. This really made me tear up so much. I have a love hate relationship with this book. I guess I do love it. And at the same time, I hate it for how much it reminds me of my younger self.

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Lonely Castle in the Mirror

Mizuki Tsujimura

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11/22/63

Stephen King

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless... In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination. Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer. In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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Happy Valentine's Day to all the readers, writers, friends, and lovers!

In honor of a day of friendship and love my gift to you all is a joke. I thought we could all share some jokes, puns, fun facts or your favorite romantic scene from a book? Your favorite friendship moment in a book as well! Me personally in a book, movie, or real life my favorite things are the gentle and kind of boring everyday things someone does to show they love you and those can be romantic or friendship wise. Even neighborly things!

My valentines joke :

What did the scientist say to their valentine? . . . .

I think of you periodically

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Stephen King

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