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I need to sleep. It's nearly one in the morning. The "one more chapter" little joke lead me to read 59 more pages like they were nothing.
I need a leash.
Post from the Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7) forum
I read TOD and EOS in tandem back in January/February of 2024. Needless to say, my memory fails me of what happened at the end of both books, though I do remember some (I think) important moments.
I don't have the mental capacity to reread the entire series just to get ready for this beast of a book. I'm Googling the hell out of this series for all the info I need to get ready for this. I started this series back in 2022, it's time to say goodbye.
Give me strength or give me death, either one will be merciful.
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Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
Sarah J. Maas
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I love Genya. I didn't even realise I much I missed reading her name.
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Review coming soon.
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God’s Not Here, Only Devils: Revelations from the Toolbox Killers
Laura Brand
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DNF @ 27%
I'm done. It's not doing it for me. It's unbearably slow, uninteresting and, as much as I wanted to read this in order to listen to the Broadway musical and watch the film, I just cannot force myself through this anymore. I don't care about the characters or what they do, and some of them are just so annoying.
I'm done being ashamed of DNF'ing a book. Thank you, next.
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Gregory Maguire
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This book and I are not seeing eye to eye...it's like every time I pick it up, it gets more boring. And I thought the beginning was insufferable.
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I will not lie, this was a tough pill to swallow at first. Slow and not very interesting. Those first 100/150 pages are a struggle, but once everything's settled and the story really picks up, you are transported into a modernised yet antiquated Oxford in a world you're not quite ready to dive headfirst into.
What a take on colonialism and imperialism, racial differences and power grabs. It may happen in the 1830s/40s, but it feels incredibly true to the twenty-first century. I don't feel entitled to speak about this story, but I understand its importance and deep message.
Babel is a slap in the face to all of those who close their eyes in the face of what they don't like to see. Because, yes, this may be a fiction with magic in the world, but its core is very much real and non-fictionalised.
Bravo, R. F. Kuang. What a story.
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Babel
R.F. Kuang
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Babel...we meet again, my friend. This time, I'm not abandoning you in my shelf. You and I have a date.