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The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Girl Dinner

Girl Dinner

Olivie Blake

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  • Girl Dinner
    Thoughts from 8% (page 29)

    i REALLY love what olivie blake has done with sloane and her husband, max. the nice guy who's the center of the relationship who's trying to be a dad but not as hard as we (/sloane) want him to be but hey he's a man so can you really complain if you have a halfway decent guy because in comparison to the reset of the men out there he's fantastic!!!!!!! or so you tell yourself.

    it's so on-the-nose that it's almost ridiculous but then i have to pause for a moment and reflect on the fact that i have several girl friends who are in relationships not unlike this....

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  • A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
    Thoughts from 15% (page 30)

    Not for many years did Ged set foot on that land or see the white towers of Havnor Great Port at the center of the world.

    I really enjoy the way that this story is told, with the narrator telling the readers that this is the prologue to a story they already know. It makes for a lot of fun world-building and a unique storytelling method.

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  • Babel
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  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    Thoughts from 26% (page 47)

    i have a half marathon tomorrow and i just started writing a new novel excellent timing methinks

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  • Girl Dinner
    Thoughts from 5% (page 19)

    no because what do you mean the author uses a “(?)” mid-sentence in a paragraph lol

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  • Girl Dinner
    Thoughts from 5% (page 19)

    no because what do you mean the author uses a “(?)” mid-sentence in a paragraph lol

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  • Funny Story
    Thoughts from 28% (page 109)

    Emily Henry’s writing is actual crack cocaine. I’m usually quite picky about romance, and so sometimes have a hard time with straight-up romance novels, but Henry’s writing is just so damn good that I didn’t even notice 100 pages fly by. Thank you Emily Henry for once again digging me out of a reading slump!!!!!

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  • Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
    Thoughts from 80% (ch 25)

    ? Do I even like this book

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  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
    Thoughts from 26% (page 47)

    i have a half marathon tomorrow and i just started writing a new novel excellent timing methinks

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  • Poetry recommendations

    I thought I should venture into a new area and start reading poetry. Do you guys have any poetry collection books or just poetry in general that you'd recommend to me? I'll take anything.

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  • Fanfic turned book

    So as we all know fanfic is a super important part of most popular series. We love fanfic, we’re here for it, and it’s here for us. But recently I’ve noticed an uptick in fan fiction becoming traditionally published books. I feel like sometimes it’s done really well and then sometimes you can tell that it’s very obviously fanfic with a few changes. I’ve been thinking about how I feel about fanfic turned into books and I was wondering if yall had any thoughts?

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  • Your Best Book Ever

    Okay, what’s your absolute favorite book ever? The one that you’d recommend to anyone who asks for a book rec. Any genre. Any rationale. What’s your favorite book?

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  • Gone Girl
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  • Yellowface
    Thoughts from 23% (page 72)

    she wanted to use an actual picture of the chinese labourers as the cover?????

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  • This is How You Lose the Time War
    Thoughts from 19% (page 37)

    i see one of the reviews that says “poetry disguised as genre fiction” and…yeah. yeah. .. …yeah.

    worth noting that i do not enjoy poetry 😭😭

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