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j.bateman

Hi my name is Jackie! I am a librarian who loves historical fiction, literary fiction and fantasy. I have also started to dip into horror recently.

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British & Irish Classic Literature
Made for the Movies
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My Taste
Never Let Me Go
Testament of Youth
The Luminaries
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Pride and Prejudice
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  • How to you read/plan books for travel?

    I’m flying to the other coast of the US today and spent a good amount of the morning planning out my reading. I only brought one paperback, managed to only buy one book- a record for me- once in the airport (Running for the Hills by Kevin Wilson) and have a ton of books from Libby and cheaply from bookshop.org cued up on my Boox (a type of ereader. I tried to include some fiction that takes place where I’m headed, Hawaii after a stop in California, and otherwise prioritized books I’ve been reading or have been on my tbr.

    This got me thinking- how do you all plan out (or not plan!) your vacation reads?

    I also like to try to visit an independent bookstore while I’m in a new location. Any recs for bookstores in Hawaii and LA are appreciated :)

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  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
    The Gift of Strawberries (9%/page 32)

    I barely finished the first page, but reading about Evon Peter introducing himself as "a boy who was raised by a river" and then have Robin Wall Kimmerer write that she was raised by strawberries, got me thinking about what part of nature could have perhaps raised me.

    It surprisingly didn't take me long to find my answer: Dandelions.

    Did anyone else think about that?

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  • A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
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    unpopular opinion perhaps but i hate reading from daenerys’s pov, she bores me so much :/

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  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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  • Powerful (The Powerless Trilogy, #1.5)
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    May 28, 2026
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    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 2.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 2.5
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    Adena is a wonderful character. I always enjoy the girls that struggle with not being "strong" in fantasy worlds. The romance was very rushed, but it is a short read.

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