artsietango
Hi, I'm Aimee! I'm rediscovering my love of reading and devouring my TBR. Sometimes I do art, although I'm very slow at it. They/them š
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artsietango commented on lights's update
lights is interested in reading...
Queering the Tarot
Cassandra Snow
2artsietango is interested in reading...
Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix
Anna-Marie McLemore
0artsietango commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I can't be the only one who needs a little more whimsy in their life! What are your whimsical or romanticization bookish habits (or ones you want to implement)?
Do you match bookmarks to the vibe, make a reading nest, reserve books for certain seasons/weather, light special reading candles?
Drown me in your whimsical ideas so I can steal them for this suddenly very cold and dreary weekend!! š„¶š„¶
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artsietango commented on paytonbauthor's review of A Fowl Match
I want to rate this book three and a half stars but Goodreads doesn't do half stars. Anyway...
A Fowl Match is a very fun, cute story about Violet and Dustin falling for each other. They hate each other at first but learn to deal with each other during an annual competition in their small town.
Violet is a great character. She's sweet and funny. And her inner dialogue made me smile multiple times.
I also really love her best friend, Olive.
Dustin is a great guy. I do wish he had more POV chapters. And I would've liked to hear more about his life before he came to work on his grandparents farm. Maybe what he liked about the city or why he became an accountant, or how Nolan and him became best friends.
The story is definitely more focused on Violet and her past, and how it is affecting her in the present.
The town deserved some more attention too. It seems like such a fun, quirky place to live with all the chickens walking around and the gossip mill. And the side characters seemed really great. I would've liked to see more of Mason and Olive, and Henry, and Constance.
All in all, I enjoyed the story.
Dustin yelling compliments at Helga, the chicken, to get her to run faster was fantastic. Made me laugh. And I definitely want to try a pepperoni roll from The Cheese Stick.
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ā"Hypocritical bastards," she said in disgust. "Those men would probably die of shame before allowing their wives to take a lover, but force yourself on a girl who has no say because you bought her and suddenly all is fine and permissible before God."
The only way to handle men like that šāāļø
1artsietango commented on lights's review of Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
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2artsietango commented on corneliaandivy's review of Belladonna (Belladonna, #1)
DNF at 46%
My first one star of the year! I wish it wasnāt so early into it. Anyways, I was excited for a good gothic romance. I studied gothic lit before, and was hoping for the good criticisms of society that come along with it. Instead, itās rich girl goes to rich mansion and gets bullied. Oh did we mention scones? And ghosts?
I had interest in reading this up until recently, mostly because I could not stand Signa anymore. She literally yells at Death forā¦ killing people? Okay? And? THAT IS HIS JOB???
Also, I am coming to understand that Death is the love interest and I donāt like it. I donāt like the way he talks to her, of her, around her. Itās icky. There are ways to write immortals and mortals falling in love that doesnāt make it look like a groomy love story.
Iām annoyed.
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Phoebe Dynevor has just been announced to play January! How do we feel about this?? (I like it!) Who should be our Gus?? (My vote is Logan Lerman) Discuss!
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Having a red ribbon of fate you can follow to your destiny sounds amazing. I intuitively feel something like that irl sometimes, a thread of fate, but actually seeing it would be incredible - also because then, I could point at it and say, "I'm following my ribbon" whenever I make a choice, so much easier than trying to explain my intuition. Beautiful image, too!
9artsietango commented on leowiththecat's review of Playboy Pilot
When the monkey pissed on her i lost my respect for the book
7artsietango commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
How far ahead do you plan your next reads?
I didnāt use to do this and choose my next book only when Iām done with my current one. But bc of readalongs here and buddy reads and BOTMs in some Discord servers, I have March planned in advance even before it was February.
Before now it didnāt quite click that I already had my next five reads planned andā¦ Iām not sure I like it.
What about you? And bonus question: How many books in advance do you think is reasonable to plan ahead?
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