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Lobster
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Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Lorrie Moore
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde
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it was never going to be okay
jaye simpson
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If you think real world societies are bad (you'd be right)... get a load of *these.*
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Lobster
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This might be a weird question but do you sometimes feel like a book belongs to a certain season?
Like when you read it, you feel warm so it has to be an autumn/winter read or you feel cool and then it's a spring/summer read. And this isn't related to the season the book is happening on, it's more like the vibes.
Do you havr books that make you feel this way?
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Todays question inspired by a book that fell on my foot this morning during shelf reorganisation...
What are some of the most disappointing or frustrating endings you've ever read? It can be a book or a series, try to keep it spoiler-free.
I personally have read some bad endings, usually rushed or missed, but it's also easy for me to give my two worst because I remember having such physical reactions to them.
The Toll by Neal Shusterman (aka the book that fell on my foot). I loathe the end of this series. Imo it just makes no sense. Jericho and completionism are the only things that stopped me from DNFing. Honestly, I felt like my emotional investment in the world wasn't rewarded. The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni. In my defence, I read it right after it was released and wasn't aware it was intended to be a series. That ending made me spitting mad. The first line of my review is... Book Meet Wall, Wall Meet Book.
Btw, tomorrow I will be asking about the best because for every bad ending, there are many, many good endings.
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Hey guys!
I am currently trying to find some youtubers to watch but most that I come across promote authors such as Sarah J Maas, J.k Rowling, Rebecca Yarros, and Chloe Walsh to name a few. I am very active in politics and don't want to support those authors or those who platform them. I am very much a reading is political person and get extremely frustrated what people try to say that it isn't.
And before anyone tries to tell me that some of them bought the books before knowing how problematic the authors are, I totally understand that but when they have a platform and record in front of the books they don't need them on display. Especially those ugly neon coloured books (on a complete side note even if the author wasn't horrible those covers are awful)
OH and another side note if anyone if looking for a new search engine that isn't google chrome I highly recommend Ecosia, they even plant trees if you use their search engine!! :)
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Hello Boundlings! Let’s play a quick game that relies entirely on your phone’s predictive text 👀
Use your predictive text to finish the following sentences:
Here’s mine! ⬇️😆
I want to read a book about the history of the universe but I’m afraid to ask the questions of the world because I’m too lazy.
I gave this book five stars because it was my first time seeing a book about the past two decades and it was so interesting.
The main character is a very cool guy who has been around since the beginning of time but he was very much in love with the idea of being a star.
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Thieves
Lucie Bryon
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Stone Butch Blues
Leslie Feinberg
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Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
Juno Dawson
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Eat the Ones You Love
Sarah Maria Griffin
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I'm cleaning off my nightstand because I need to use it as a photo backdrop for something and so it's requiring me to touch alllll the books I've piled on there, which have been so patiently waiting their turn. I thought it would be interesting to see what other people have on their nightstands — do you treat it as a "next up" or a collection of your favorites or something else? Do you keep a lot of books there, or just a few? Or one?! (Or none?!) I'll post mine in the comments!
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What is one of your book icks that you feel like you haven't seen others talk about? Like things so unique to you and your tastes?
For me its rich boy ennui. Books that touch on just how hard it is to be so rich you don't know what to do with your life. Even when I know that is part of the story and the message, I just can't stand it. Examples of this include The Great Gatsby, Dorian Gray, The Secret History. It kinda sucks because I like the dark academia vibe but hate the ennui. It can be hard to find dark academia without rich boy ennui.
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