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Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women, #1)

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Lady Tremaine

Rachel Hochhauser

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Lady Tremaine

Rachel Hochhauser

A breathtaking reimagining of Cinderella, as told through the eyes of its iconic "evil" stepmother, revealing a propulsive love story about the lengths a mother will go to for her childrenA widow twice-over, Etheldreda is now saddled with the care of her two children, a priggish stepdaughter, and a razor-taloned peregrine falcon. Her entire life has become a ruse, just like the manor hall they live grand and ornate on the exterior, but crumbling, brick by brick, inside. Fierce in the face of her misfortune, Ethel clings to her family’s respectability, the lifeboat that will float her daughters straight into the secure banks of marriage.When a royal ball offers the chance to secure the future she desperately desires, Etheldreda must risk her secrets, pride, and limited resources in pursuit of an invitation for her daughters—only to see her hopes fulfilled by the wrong one. As an engagement to the heir of the kingdom unfolds with unnerving speed, she discovers a sordid secret hidden in the depths of the royal family, forcing her to choose between the security she’s sought for years and the wellbeing of the feckless stepdaughter who has rebuffed her at every turn.As if Bridgerton met Circe, and exhilarating to its core, Lady Tremaine reimagines the myth of the evil stepmother at the heart of the world’s most famous fairytale. It is a battle cry for a mother’s love for her daughters, and a celebration of women everywhere who make their own fortunes.

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Maxie

Jul 20, 2026

Yesteryear

2.5

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.0

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The novel felt half-baked. I get where and what the author is trying to do, but instead it almost feels like a tradwife revenge fanfic. They write Natalie like an Ebony Darkness Dementia Way character. Instead of reading this from the perspective of a tradwife, it felt like the author was winking at us that Natalie is a villain and Natalie knows that deep down that she is which is quite literally the opposite of what the book tells us. Overall, this felt like it needed a few more drafts, more research (it read heavily like an outsider ferociously judging), and like 100 pages cut at minimum. Not the strongest debut, but I can see promise with more experienced writing. Definitely a book that could be elevated by a good screen adaptation (which conspiratorially could be why it didn't get the last few drafts and notes it needed, but maybe that's the Natalie in me talking).

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Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke

A traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible. A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.

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patricia.is.booked completed their yearly reading goal of 50 books!

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patricia.is.booked's 2026 Reading Challenge

50 of 50 read

There's Something Wrong with Jordie Mitchell

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Maxie commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

avidreadergeekgirl

Quest Spreadsheets

So, for those of us neurosparkly enough to have a spreadsheet for quests (just a guess most of those who have them are some flavor or neurodivergent.) How do you organize them? I started one and it a sheet, in one one doc, for each quest, but I'm in a LOT of quests. I won't make a sheet for any quests I'm not at least sort of actively working on, and I've color-coded the sheets-dark green for ones I haven't gotten a badge on, a deep yellow for bronze, medium grey for silver, etc. But I'm afraid it's going to be a bit much. Should I have a different doc for each genre? Seperate ones for side vs main quests?

I'm putting in the books I'm interested in reading for each quest, so I can estimate what badge Ievel I'll get to. As well as a checkmark once it's finished plus date finished & rating. I also have a checkbox to check if I own the book in any form.

How do you organzie them so it's not just scrolling and scrolling to find the quest you want?

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aleareads

Thoughts from 50% (page 200)

this would absolutely kill as a tv show (I would love to hear the family go at each other on screen)

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andreareadsalot

Wrong Answers Only: Cast Any Book Character

With Dungeon Crawler Carl becoming a tv series I’ve seen a lot of chatter online of who the readers would cast for their favorite characters and… I’ve seen a lot of not great suggestions. It made me think it might be fun to do this for the book characters we are reading right now. Play along!

WRONG ANSWERS ONLY: Who are you casting for the characters if the book you are reading right now became a movie/tv show? Assume your first top 10 choices were taken so unfortunately you must settle. The actors might not be bad but think of ones who aren’t quite right for that role (or maybe ones that are really wrong). Be sure to list the book that character is from too.

My Casting

Lore Olympus Hades will be Tom Hanks
Wheel of Time Rand will be Rupert Grint
Zodiac Academy Tory Vega will be Jennifer Aniston
Halloween Party Poirot will be Jackie Chan

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emonnemon

But what about AO3

I feel like there needs to be a way for me to log the hours I spend reading AO3. Like some of these books are top tier literature, where do I discuss my max verstappen fics?

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