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At this point I’m going to start ignoring all the colors that are said in this book cause they throw me out of it so quickly 😭

“the bleached blue-white of the sky near the sun, the deeper blue of the sky near the horizon, the slate blue of the clouds, the black-blue and green-blue and fathomless blue of the sea, all contrasted against the pale sand of the shore, the bright colors of the houses, and the dark green of the trees.”

“sprinkle of magenta freckles had developed across the bridge of her nose.”

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Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

Alice Wong

From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed anthology Disability Visibility, a genre-bending memoir in essays offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability rights. In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its beauty and ferocity and symbolizes power, bravery, and protection. That same fighting spirit resides in Alice Wong. Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique voice and talent to share a raw and multifaceted impressionistic collage of her life as an Asian American disability rights activist, community builder, and media maker. From her love of good food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to speaking out against the often complex and overlooked ways inequities and injustices play out in an ableist society, Alice tells her story and creates a space to hear from other disability activists through enriching conversations. From a world-class activist and storyteller, Alice's Year of the Tiger offers humor and wisdom, and encourages us to do better.

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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

Octavia E. Butler

In 2024, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others. When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.

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An Education in Malice

S.T. Gibson

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla. But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and dark magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge.

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Seduction Theory

Emily Adrian

For fans of Conversations with Friends and Vladimir comes a magnetic, fresh take on marriage and when two married professors tiptoe toward infidelity, their transgressions are brought to light in a graduate student’s searing thesis project. Simone is the star of Edwards University’s creative writing renowned Woolf scholar, grief memoirist, and campus sex icon. Her less glamorous and ostensibly devoted husband, Ethan, is a forgotten novelist and lecturer in the same department. But when Ethan and the department administrative assistant Abigail have sex, Simone and Ethan’s faith in their flawless marriage is rattled. Simone has secrets of her own. While Ethan’s away for the summer, she becomes inordinately close with her advisee, graduate student Roberta “Robbie” Green. In Robbie, Simone finds a new running partner, confidante, and disciple—or so she believes. Behind Simone’s back, Robbie fictionalizes her mentor’s marriage in a breathtakingly invasive MFA thesis. Determined to tell her version of the story, Robbie paints a revealing portrait of Simone, Ethan, Abigail, and even herself, scratching at the very surface of what may—or may not—be the truth. Innovative, witty, and tender, Seduction Theory exposes the intoxicating nature of power and attraction, masterfully demonstrating how love and betrayal can coexist.

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Human Acts

Han Kang

In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho's best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. An award-winning, controversial bestseller, Human Acts is a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.

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It’s kind of putting me in a reading slump… May pause and come back to it if it doesn’t catch my attention by 25%

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It’s kind of putting me in a reading slump… May pause and come back to it if it doesn’t catch my attention by 25%

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Thoughts from 1% (page 5)

Everything I’ve seen in passing about this book… and nobodies ever mentioned that she’s Blue???

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I know I’m only on page 3; how much could I possibly be able to tell about the pacing? (did I use that semicolon correctly? lol). But idk, it’s just feeling a little off to me? I think a big part of it is the urgency of the situation vs how it’s written.

When Caz informs Kiela about Kinney Hall being broken into and ransacked her reaction is: “Goodness!”. I’m not gonna lie, I thought she had said that sarcastically, but then the next two paragraphs made me realize that she was, actually and truly, shocked.

Then, when she learns her library has been caught on fire, I’m getting no sense of urgency. She “got to her feet” and “went for a second armload”. I feel like even just using different verbs would help give a sense of urgency and tension? Like why doesn’t she “leap to her feet” or “run back for a second armload, almost colliding with Caz in her panic”?? I’m not saying those are better, but just something along those lines. Having neutral, non-urgent verbiage is not helping me feel the tension I’m lacking here.

Despite being in Kiela’s anxiety-ridden thoughts and understanding that she’s feeling horror at the books about to be lost, I wasn’t feeling any of that myself. I wasn’t feeling the urge to flip from one page to the next, worried about what was going to happen, needing to read on. I can’t pinpoint to what exactly it is in the writing that’s keeping me from feeling the urgency, but it’s just strange that I’m not, because normally I would be 🤔

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Maybe it’s because I don’t read much fantasy but I feel like this is going so slowly 😓😓😓 Right now the MC is a very isolated person and only ever talks about not wanting to see anyone or only caring about books/libraries which feels kind of selfish; however, I am going to assume that this is a trait that will be worked on with the townsfolk showing her a community that the isolating city didn’t I’ll keep reading but I’m unsure I am a huge cozy fantasy person… I did enjoy the Emily Wilde series (read 1 and 2) though so hopefully this is just because I haven’t read fantasy in a while!

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Thoughts from 13% (page 48)

There seems to be kind of a lot of redundancy in the writing but it hasn’t bothered me…yet 🤪

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The Spellshop

Sarah Beth Durst

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love. Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caz—a magically sentient spider plant—have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire’s most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city’s elite. When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she’d see again: her childhood home. Taking refuge there, Kiela discovers, much to her dismay, a nosy—and very handsome—neighbor who can’t take a hint and keeps showing up day after day to make sure she’s fed and to help fix up her new home. In need of income, Kiela identifies something that even the bakery in town doesn’t have: jam. With the help of an old recipe book her parents left her and a bit of illegal magic, her cottage garden is soon covered in ripe berries. But magic can do more than make life a little sweeter, so Kiela risks the consequences of using unsanctioned spells and opens the island’s first-ever and much needed secret spellshop. Like a Hallmark rom-com full of mythical creatures and fueled by cinnamon rolls and magic, The Spellshop will heal your heart and feed your soul.

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