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ash.libris

i have a fight or flight response to the written word. lover of fantasy, lit fic and generally anything that will make me cry. the number one romance hater.

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Dark Academia
Fall 2025 Readalong
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My Taste
Babel
The Goldfinch
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)
The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

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  • The Library at Hellebore
    ash.libris
    Oct 01, 2025
    4.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0
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    gore? in a cassandra khaw book? it's more likely than you think

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    'Rowan's breathing had texture.'

    i know this book is just one gruesome scene after the other, but damn it still somehow manages to make me feel shocked when another gross thing happens

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    this is the last book on my september tbr, let's gooooooo!!!!

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    i really enjoyed babel and wanted to like this a lot more than i did

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  • We Used to Live Here
    ash.libris
    Sep 28, 2025
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 3.0
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    this is JUST what the doctor ordered after my House of Leaves experience!!

    a perfect "read in one sitting" horror that gave me just the right amount of the creeps (yes, i did have to pause a couple times to check my surroundings)

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    decoding the morse code at the start of every chapter is like a little treat

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    Thoughts from 11% (page 80)

    and if i said i'm skipping all johnny parts, then what. an absolutely insufferable narrator.

    i told myself i have to get to around page 100 and then i can dnf this because this is, i fear, hot garbage. it has been a loooong time since a book has been so uninspiring to me that i simply could not bring myself to pick it up for over two days.

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    dnf at page 97

    i am finally free

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