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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach
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What Are You Doing In My Swamp 💚
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
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alexz commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hello everyone!
I’m trying to join women in translation month this August and I’m looking for recommendations!
I’ve read Crazy Genie by Ines Cagnati a few weeks ago (translated from French) and highly recommend it! I would also recommend The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje. Originally Dutch and a fascinating look at World War I trauma.
Also just picked up The Girl at the Door by Veronica Raimo but I’d love to get more recommendations or follow other people joining this month!
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Hot Under the Collar
We all know what kind of freakishness those too-tight collars are really holding in, the depths of depravity lurking underneath those flowing robes. These books prove our theories, with enough extra creativity to make us blush and sweat.
Clergy capers, nun naughtiness, pegged priests, creative uses of crucifixes, sanctimonious smut.
Not limited to Catholic blasphemy.
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alexz commented on electrikate's review of For Love and Blood and Fury: a sapphic paranormal romance (Lilith's Legacy)
If I had known that ER nurses get quite literally picked up and eaten out by hot lesbian vampire patients, I wouldn’t have rejected the emergency department’s offer.
(Jk, the ER scares me, it’s too chaotic. I’d be a trampled little flower)
This book was lovely. It had me staring into space, mouth ajar, more than I’m willing to admit. I liked the setting, the culture, the melding of different magic, the man-hating, & the relationship dynamics. I felt like I knew each of the main characters, and none of them felt left behind at any point in the novel.
But maybe I should apply to transfer to the ER?
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i think the author’s a man hater . that warrants five stars idk
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the concept of this novella sounded appealing. a young woman witnesses a mob hit and is whisked off into the mountains with a rugged ex-military man as her protector in an isolated cabin. i wonder what will happen? jk, it’s obvious they’re going to fall in love. the execution was, however, lacking. the characters were very flat, the language was repetitive. the book features lots of descriptions of what everything smells like, which are not strange when viewed individually, it’s the sheer abundance of them that made it weird. and with respect to the spicy scenes, again they were fine, not terribly exciting or interesting, when examined individually. the problem lies with the fact that of the 3.5 spicy scenes in the book, three of them were, beat for beat, nearly identical. nothing about this was offensive, but it was decidedly lacking in creativity. there are much better options available and i can’t in good conscience recommend this to anyone. this is an honest ARC review. eARC courtesy of the author via BookSprout.
alexz commented on kittygoons's review of Home Field Advantage
I'm really enjoying lately reading books that high school me would have loved. I grew up in a small town that was mildly obsessed with high school sports and barely had any out queer kids, and it's just so fun to have a book like this exist. There's definitely still conflict in this story, which makes the plot feel more realistic. It's not ignoring that sexist and homophobic people exist in the world, and shows how two young women grow up and navigate that reality, while finding love, and themselves, along the way. My only real gripe is that I really dislike football (don't get me started on CTE, romanticizing taking hard hits, ignoring concussion protocol, taking advantage of underprivileged youths desperate for a chance at a college scholarship or pro career, etc etc etc), but other than that, this book is sweet, and charming, and I really enjoyed it!
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Dear Monster Claus
Maeve Black
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alexz commented on alexz's review of Pinned: A Sentient Bowling Romance
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bc i’m an academic lady.
historical romance featuring very smart ladies of academia.
always accepting suggestions for more historical academic ladies.
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The Last Days of Vic & Coco
Taylor Jenkins Reid