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cosm1cKiwis

25F :) I enjoy psych/neuro, fantasy, sapphic themes, or anything kinda weird-wonky-wild

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Reading...The Women
My Taste
Oaxaca Journal
Pnin
Crime and Punishment
Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness, #2)
Demon Copperhead

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Men Who Hate Women

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

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  • Persephone Station
    Thoughts from 57%

    Not sure how I'm feeling about this overall. I like some of the characters and the banter. Yet the story feels slow at times while adding in heavy descriptions in areas where it doesn't need it. I want to love this but right now it's feeling kinda of dull and that makes me sad.

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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Thoughts from 40% (page 489) - Finished Part 1

    this is my first ever work by RF Kuang I've ever read and... wow. i'm not normally this fast at reading but the plot and style is so excellent i can't help myself. there's a couple moments where things are blatantly pieced together for me/the reader, but that's alright. i think those moments are only written out so plainly to make it obvious that something dawned on both me/the reader *and* Rin, which i think adds to the experience

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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Thoughts from 15% (page 190)
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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Thoughts from 9% (page 114)

    oh my heavens all these names 😰

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  • cosm1cKiwis wants to read...

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    Eileen

    Eileen

    Ottessa Moshfegh

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    cosm1cKiwis wants to read...

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    Portrait of a Thief

    Portrait of a Thief

    Grace D. Li

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  • This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
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    Aug 05, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 0.5Quality: 0.5Characters: 0.5Plot: 0.5
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    unexciting writing. plot felt very random/noncohesive. nothing was shocking, scary, unsettling, etc. would not read again and would not recommend. there are surreal-ish elements in this book that were mildly intriguing, but then played out into disappointments

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  • Does anyone else have a "Sleep Book"? Book to make you sleepy?

    i'm not sure i've met anyone else who does this but... do you guys keep a book around that you read intentionally for the sole purpose of boring yourself to death and getting to sleep??? i love Oliver Sacks' work but... personally i keep a copy of "Migraine" around my bed and flip to a random section and let myself fall into slumber. better and cheaper than melatonin! does anyone else do this? or does anyone keep a book around for some sort of atypical function? i'm curious to know

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  • This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances
    Thoughts from 84% (page 342) 3/4 stories done
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  • Does anyone else have a "Sleep Book"? Book to make you sleepy?

    i'm not sure i've met anyone else who does this but... do you guys keep a book around that you read intentionally for the sole purpose of boring yourself to death and getting to sleep??? i love Oliver Sacks' work but... personally i keep a copy of "Migraine" around my bed and flip to a random section and let myself fall into slumber. better and cheaper than melatonin! does anyone else do this? or does anyone keep a book around for some sort of atypical function? i'm curious to know

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  • cosm1cKiwis commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Do you read multiple books at the same time?

    I used to only focus on one book at a time but lately I feel like I'm always reading 2/3 books at the same time and depending on the mood it's the book I'll read that day. But then once I'm half-way down one book, I usually just focus on that one until I finish it. Right now I'm reading The Hunting Wives, Trunk Music and Bitten. I got about 1/3 on each but now I'll full focused on The Hunting Wives, probably gonna continue with the others once I finish this one.

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