faeriefyre
25 (She/her/hers) - certified yapper and burst reader (my time zone is 'am I awake and reading?')
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You know I can’t resist a good challenge when I see one going around 🤭 and this one has been such fun to follow because I love finding out which books really stood out for others!
All that to say, tell me about books that... ⭐️ met your expectations 🌟 exceeded your expectations (unexpected new favorites!) 💫 came short of your expectations (thought you'd like them a bit more) ✨ you have high expectations for
I'll go first 😁 I did six on my initial insta post that I'm dropping here, but feel free to do as many or as few as you'd like!
⭐️ books that met my expectations • The Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo • There is no Antimemetics Division by Qntm • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado • Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove • Babel by R.F. Kuang • They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
🌟 books that exceeded my expectations • The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White • How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson • Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman • The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala • The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum • There Is A Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr.
💫 books that came short of my expectations • Apparently Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers • The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kistie • Courtroom Drama by Neely Tubati Alexander • Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao • You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon • The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
✨ books I have high expectations for • From the Library of Jurgen Leitner by Premee Mohamed • The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne • Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly • A Study in Sparkling by Jodi McAlister • Adam, Mine. by K. Ancrum • Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
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Have you found your first 5-star read of 2026? If so, what was it? How many have you had?
I am really picky with giving out five stars. I am hoping to come across one real soon. In the meantime, I am interested to see what books have met the mark for you!!
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Not really a story for plot, almost too short. The most interesting parts were the prefaces and the appendix on marriage customs (along with some of the interwoven elements of local history that were annotated in my edition).
Sand's written far more compelling romances and more compelling characters; this one's worth a read if you're really into her depictions of the Berry. Petit-Pierre (Germain's son) might be the saving grace of the story, honestly but even he's not really interesting enough. If this book's central village coquette should've gotten more pagetime it'd probably have been more amusing.
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The Devil's Pool
George Sand
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i think the prose is intriguing but i don’t like the detachment the character has towards the world
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Andrew Joseph White
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Andrew Joseph White
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