aghie

she/her | former biologist | now I try to understand what teenagers read for a living | I wanted my cat to go viral and make me rich.

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Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)

The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

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aghie

Thoughts from 30% (page 91)

My favorite thing so far has to be how much our narrator hates that fucking horse.

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kissandswoon

Thoughts from 5%

Alix E Harrow could describe a trip to the DMV and I would eat it up. I love her writing style.

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aghie

Thoughts from 23% (page 70)

We all debate about first person versus third person but can we aaaaaaaall agree that we hate the second person narration? I get the intention and I get the purpose but I'll just say it, I hate reading it 🙋

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aghie

Thoughts from 23% (page 70)

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The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, Alix E. Harrow, comes a moving and genre-defying adventure through time – as a reluctant lady knight and a not-so-heroic-historian will fight through time and space to rewrite their tragic fates . . . and finally reveal the truths hidden beneath the greatest legend ever told. It begins where it ends: beneath the yew tree – a girl not yet a knight, and a boy without a story. It is where she pulls a sword from the heartwood and becomes a legend. And it is where, more than a thousand years later, he will find her – and lose her – and find her – and lose her again. It is where a new story will be written – but whose will it be?

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alienshe

I really couldn’t get into this

I wanted to. I love the premise. The characters felt flat for me and I hated the audiobook narration. Anyone else feel the same?

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aghie

Thoughts from 19% (page 60)

What did Una's horse do to our narrator?? I'm dead.

aghie commented on aghie's review of A Dark and Drowning Tide

aghie

Sep 17, 2025

1.5

Enjoyment: 1.0Quality: 2.0Characters: 1.5Plot: 1.0

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URG. I am so disappointed by this book. It had all the promises of a good story and none of the delivery. The fantasy world had no map. The characters had no dimension. The plot made absolutely no sense. The """"academia"""" had NO RESEARCH. These guys are supposed to be scientists and adventurers, also supposed to have been working on this FOR YEARS. Whereas in reality they are the synonyms of the phrase "Fuck around and find out". The murder mystery doesn't exist, since the characters don't even care so why should we. The lore was incomprehensible. Water was weirdly lame as a magical source. The writing was flat. Flat flat flat. The romance... Was kind of okay, even though I'm still convinced Sylvia deserves way better. Also apparently colonialism is great. The best part of this book is that it's now over.

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Dissidentes (Dissidentes, #1)

Tosca Noury

DEPUIS L'EXTINCTION, NAÎTRE FEMME EST UNE EXCEPTION. DES EXCEPTIONS QUE LA MILICE TRAQUE SANS RELÂCHE. JUSQU'À LA DERNIÈRE. Jo est en fuite. L'état d'urgence démographique, déclaré trente ans plus tôt lorsque le monde a sombré dans le chaos, a pris un nouveau tournant. Désormais, ce sont toutes les filles de plus de 15 ans qui doivent se soumettre au Devoir de procréation ou rejoindre les Instituts de natalité. Aucune d'elles n'en est jamais revenue. Pourchassée par les autorités, le seul espoir de Jo est de rejoindre l'Union scandinave, encore libre de toute oppression. Mais son plan ne se déroule pas comme prévu. Pour passer la frontière, elle doit s'allier à Edgar, qui a vécu toute sa vie en autarcie et ignore tout du gouvernement qui fait régner la terreur. D'autant plus que le jeune homme a la fâcheuse tendance à attirer des fugitifs dans leur périple... Aculés, ils risquent le tout pour le tout et n'ont plus qu'un objectif: survivre. Une dystopie haletante en deux tomes, entre La Servante écarlate et The Last of Us.

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aghie

Thoughts from 8% (page 26)

Giggling, screaming, kicking my feet.

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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

Suzanne Collins

Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol—a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest that she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.

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Horrorstör

Grady Hendrix

Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they’ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination. A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstör is designed to retain its luster and natural appearance for a lifetime of use. Pleasingly proportioned with generous French flaps and a softcover binding, Horrorstör delivers the psychological terror you need in the elegant package you deserve. Designed by Andie Reid, cover photography by Christine Ferrara.

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Alix E. Harrow

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The Haunting of William Thorn

Ben Alderson

The Notebook meets The Haunting of Hill House in this split timeline queer twisted love story, set against the backdrop of a haunted English manor.William Thorn had his life all planned out… until he discovered his long-term boyfriend Archie in bed with another man. Distraught, William kicks him out of their home, where tragedy strikes when Archie is killed instantly in a car accident.Riddled with guilt, William is shocked to learn that he’s inherited a manor in the quaint village of Stonewall, left to him in Archie’s will. He leaves the city with plans to make a new start for himself, but is surprised by the rundown state of the manor, and the unwelcoming villagers who want him gone. His only ally is Edward, a seemingly friendly local with secrets of his own.However, it’s not only the villagers who are adverse to his presence. A malevolent spirit roams the manor, one that seeks to drive William out for good. But when he uncovers the heartbreaking tale of two men in love in the 1920’s, William strives to find peace for the spirit, ending the haunting once and for all.But what dark secrets lie hidden in the manor walls? And will William be able to put aside his own grief to save his new home...and his life?An evocative tale from #1 bestselling author Ben Alderson, exploring grief, trauma and the bones of the past, The Haunting of William Thorn is the perfect read for fans of the gothic.

aghie commented on nerdsb4herds's review of Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women

nerdsb4herds

Nov 22, 2025

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This reads as something written by a far right man for a far right man to explain why a woman didn't respond the way she "should have." 🤮

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**Spoiler Alert**

by hannah

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Books with titles that give away major plot points of the story. You’ve been warned of spoilers ahead.

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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga, #3.5)

They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)

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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)

Heather Fawcett

Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen.Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures.Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell's murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic-and Emily's knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.

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lucepuce

Thoughts on today's newsletter!

I really liked this one as well! I realised I'm totally in the most popular categories every time hehe

What about you? Thoughts?

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Thoughts from 43% | 🤳🏾 Part Three | 🎧 05:54:59

It's either going to be a really sweet ending or it's going to rip me apart (don't tell me anything!). I am not prepared for the second one.

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aghie

Sisterhood of the traveling journal

Hey guys! If you have the same bookish algorithm as me you might have stumbled on that one tiktok about the sisterhood of the traveling journal: a group of people, each with a journal, send each other the journal and fill it with special pages, prompts, art, etc. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdKCeLyf/ It hasn't left my mind, mostly because I've dabbled into penpal-ing when I was younger but the internet was starting to be a thing when I was a teenager, and it was so new and exciting that I didn't invest further into the hobby, while older me still finds it really cosy and tempting and ✨romantic✨ Anywho fellow nerds, would anyone be interested in starting something like this? Also I get that it's better when it's in the same country and I guess that it can get crazy expensive with international shipping, but wouldn't you find it interesting if the people came from different countries? Thoughts?

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