literaryhani

My Kindle and coffee against the world ☕. Ratings based on vibes 🤷🏻‍♀️romance | fantasy | psychological thriller reader.

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My Taste

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)

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daramuscat

Who is your latest favorite book boyfriend/girlfriend?

Someone you are still thinking about and searching for vibe references on Pinterest. Xaden and bat boys don't count!🤭 I still think about Blake from Wolf King series and Ryan Shay from The right move 🖤

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knickiknack

Sep 09, 2025

4.5

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.5

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You are what you eat. Your fate is yours if you're willing to fight to fight for it or tame it. You are born destined to become a tapestry, woven together with your family history and everyone you've ever known, loved, hated, admired, feared — who you are and who you are meant to be depends on whether you accept this or pull the thread and begin again with a new pattern.

This book was horrifically beautiful and I think everyone should read it regardless of whether or not its to their taste.

Spoilers below! *

Personally, I loved the ending even though I've heard there are mixed reviews. In the end, Devon got what she wanted: to give her son the freedom she'd always craved — it just looked different than she expected, and that's the point. In the end he had a choice, and the freedom to choose for himself even if it goes against what is "right", "acceptable", and what she wanted for him. It's not a happily-ever-after because it was never going to be, and it can't be when everyone expresses their own autonomy. Happily-ever-afters are only possible when only one narrative is in control, and that was an ending Devon fought to change. So her "ever after" is one with loose ends, compromises, and acceptance of the choices of others, but it's one that she and her loved ones now have the freedom to choose.

Quotes I'm still thinking about:

"The truth was, Nycteris never really escaped. Oh, she got a prince and a castle and the cruel witch died at the end. But Nycteris could not ever leave the cave, because the cave was a place in her mind; it was the entire way she thought about reality. Princesses like that couldn't be rescued. Devon's last thought before falling asleep on the bus was to wonder if actually, she'd had it the wrong way around. Maybe everyone was living in a cave, and Nycteris was the only person smart enough to recognize it."

"How can one child be worth the loss of everything else? How can you justify this cost?" "Love doesn't have a cost. It's just a choice you make, the way you choose to keep breathing or keep living. It's not about worth and it's not about price. Those concepts don't apply."

"Maybe, Devon thought, that was the best anybody could hope for in life: to be missed when gone, however one had lived."

"Was it worth it?" "It's not a question of worth, or cost...I have always done the best that I can for the people that I loved. There's nothing else that anyone can do."

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literaryhani

Thoughts from 7%

Does anyone else love the descriptions of how the books taste? 😅

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Ang Bangin sa Ilalim ng Ating mga Paa

Ronaldo S. Vivo Jr.

“This crime thriller you hold in your hands will shove you face first, chapter by chapter, through the underbelly of a fascinating facet of Philippine society.” - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀 “Vivo’s specialty lies in his obsessive plotting and his ability to carry it out well. He gives his characters almost-equal importance, then slowly rearranges their stories to present a micro-universe that will serve as their main battleground and melting pot, its many segments frolicking in different voices, personas, and angles, all while still coalescing and making sense in the end.” - 𝗥𝗠 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼-𝗔𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗼𝗻 “Ronaldo Soledad Vivo, Jr. is the new Edgardo M. Reyes.” - 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝗰𝗼 "𝘓𝘶𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘴. Isa sa pinakamalakas at pinakatotoong linyang nabasa ko sa librong ito at sa buhay ko. Brutal ang nobela pero napakaganda ng pagkakasulat. Kung mahilig kang magbasa pero suportado mo pa rin ang mga nangungupal sa atin, para sa iyo ang librong ito.” - 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗶 “Hindi mo bibitawan ang pagkukuwento ni Ronaldo Soledad Vivo, Jr. dahil karugtong ng danas ng mga karakter, at ang lahat ng kasama nitong dahas at dungis, ang bituka mong paulit-ulit na dinudukit ng mahabang kasaysayan ng korap na awtoridad. Mangangarap kang hawak ang martilyo ni Rey upang parehong lansagin ang kinakalawang na aparato.” - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗮ñ𝗮 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗻

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Kalahating Bahaghari

Ricky Lee

Mommy, may ipagtatapat ako, sabi ni Joshua sa ina. Ano, na gusto mong maging writer? Oho. Pero hindi 'yun. I think I'm gay. O e ano naman ngayon? Gay ang Lolo Jim at Lolo Dale mo, trans ang Auntie Erich mo, queer ako, at ngayon ay gay ka, nagunaw ba ang mundo?

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cetra

do you place a limit on your tbr?

i think i'm approaching a point where i'm starting to heedlessly add books to my tbr. not a big deal but i originally intended to be more thoughtful about the books i was adding (i.e., am i realistically going to read this?) but then i came across a bunch of books (mostly historical fantasy, retellings, and nature non-fiction) that skyrocketed my tbr to nearly 100 books in the span of a few days lol. so in an effort to actually make progress on my tbr, i'm setting my limit to 100 books.

does anyone else place limits on their tbr? or are you the type to just add whatever remotely catches your interest?

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Phina

What is the highest number of books you have read in a year?

I was wandering, what was the highest number of books you read in a year? And why? In which year did u hit that amazing number?

I read so many books this year, the last years it was so dry, no reading or like up to mabe 4 books because of my studies at university. But during my school time - high school or Gymnasium in germany- I read so many books. I read during classes when the teacher sucked or I allready knew the stuff we had to study and so I read up to 80 books a year because I read so much during class.

I think the most books in a year where around 85 books, I never hit that number again the years after. I mean I set goals but in the end I am just happy if i managed to read anything.

So just wandering, what was your highest number and, was it a good or a bad reading year?

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Hi everyone, newbie here :)

Found out on IG decided to check out immediately. Looks stylish and fun. Imported my data from GR. Easy to use so far. Can be more functions but I believe they work hard for Pagebound. So I have high hopes. Happy reading you all :)

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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

Karen Hao

An Instant New York Times Bestseller“Excellent and deeply reported.” —Tim Wu, The New York Times“Startling and intensely researched . . . an essential account of how OpenAI and ChatGPT came to be and the catastrophic places they will likely take us.” —Vulture“Hao’s reporting inside OpenAI is exceptional, and she’s persuasive in her argument that the public should focus less on A.I.’s putative ‘sentience’ and more on its implications for labor and the environment.” —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New YorkerFrom a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzyWhen AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, the organization was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely mercantile, and potentially dangerous, forces. What could go wrong?Over time, Hao began to wrestle ever more deeply with that question. Increasingly, she realized that the core truth of this massively disruptive sector is that its vision of success requires an almost unprecedented amount of the “compute” power of high-end chips and the processing capacity to create massive large language models, the sheer volume of data that needs to be amassed at scale, the humans “cleaning up” that data for sweatshop wages throughout the Global South, and a truly alarming spike in the usage of energy and water underlying it all. The truth is that we have entered a new and ominous age of only a small handful of globally scaled companies can even enter the field of play. At the head of the pack with its ChatGPT breakthrough, how would OpenAI resist such temptations?Spoiler it didn’t. Armed with Microsoft’s billions, OpenAI is setting a breakneck pace, chased by a small group of the most valuable companies in human history—toward what end, not even they can define. All this time, Hao has maintained her deep sourcing within the company and the industry, and so she was in intimate contact with the story that shocked the entire tech industry—Altman’s sudden firing and triumphant return. The behind-the-scenes story of what happened, told here in full for the first time, is revelatory of who the people controlling this technology really are. But this isn’t just the story of a single company, however fascinating it is. The g forces pressing down on the people of OpenAI are deforming the judgment of everyone else too—as such forces do. Naked power finds the ideology to cloak itself; no one thinks they’re the bad guy. But in the meantime, as Hao shows through intrepid reporting on the ground around the world, the enormous wheels of extraction grind on. By drawing on the viewpoints of Silicon Valley engineers, Kenyan data laborers, and Chilean water activists, Hao presents the fullest picture of AI and its impact we’ve seen to date, alongside a trenchant analysis of where things are headed. An astonishing eyewitness view from both up in the command capsule of the new economy and down where the real suffering happens, Empire of AI pierces the veil of the industry defining our era.

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Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry. When she finally claws her way up the ranks to become a highmage, however, she finds that her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues will stop at nothing to let her know she is unwelcome, beginning with giving her a janitor instead of a qualified lab assistant. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was once more than a janitor; before he mopped floors for the mages, Thomil was a nomadic hunter from beyond Tiran’s magical barrier. Ten years have passed since he survived the perilous crossing that killed his family. But working for a highmage, he sees the opportunity to finally understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the Tiranish in power. Through their fractious relationship, mage and outsider uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first. Sciona has defined her life by the pursuit of truth, but how much is one truth worth with the fate of civilization in the balance? A standalone dark academia brimming with mystery, tragedy, and the damning echoes of the past. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, V. E. Schwab, and Fullmetal Alchemist. (Content warnings for gore, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation)

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plankton

Easter Eggs!! 🐣

Hi guys! I just wanted to say how much I love finding easter eggs or cross-referencing throughout different books! When I really like an author, I tend to read all their works and finding little references to other books is so exciting!

Like, for example, the fact that Stardust by Neil Gaiman features the same poem as Castle in the Air by Dyanna Wynne Jones - or that The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett features the painting "the Fairy Feller's Master Stroke", which is also one of my favourite Queen songs! Marc-Uwe Kling, a German author I read a lot, also puts little references to his other books in newer works, and references a lot of classics (1984, Brave New World, and others) which makes it so much fun to re-read the books, because I will always find something new!

So, I'd love to know your favourite easter eggs, references, and unlikely connections between books you love!

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pre-reading thoughts: ex-boyfriend's dad is lowkey my favourite romance trope so i just know i am going to eat this up!!!!

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Wild Card (Rose Hill, #4)

Elsie Silver

Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot as hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands. It’s the perfect combination. But unfortunately for me, he’s also my ex-boyfriend’s dad. A chance meeting brought us together and a missed connection has kept us apart. One year later, a stroke of fate has us living under the same roof—which makes everything between us downright messy. Because even after all this time, he’s still the man I think about when I fall asleep. The one I can’t get over no matter how hard I try. He’s working on mending a fragile relationship with his son and we both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal. But I see the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down my spine. The mutual longing is borderline unbearable and the simmering heat between us is downright palpable. We both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this. But then again…following the rules never has been my strong suit.

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A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)

S.T. Gibson

S.T. Gibson's sensational novel is the darkly seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta. This is my last love letter to you, though some would call it a confession. . . Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband's dark secrets. With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.

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The Book Eaters (International Edition)

Sunyi Dean

Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories. But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.

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shyra

Looking for Mutuals! ✨

Does anyone want to be mutuals? I’m looking for more people to follow so I have different updates to scroll through on the main page. ☺️ doesn’t matter if we have a high percentage overlap or not. I’d love to see what everyone’s reading/commenting/posting about.

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bookish_bellini

Predictive text game--book edition

I saw this on Facebook and thought it was amusing.

Write "My library is a collection of books" and let your predictive texts finished the sentence until you're satisfied.

I'm guessing this is mobile-specific? Do they have predictive texts for PCs nowadays, lol? 🫣

I'll go first:

My library is a collection of books for your rec center and the crocodile Dundee.

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First time at a Book Convention - Any tips?

I want to make the most out it, have never been to one, and this seems like a community who may know a thing or two. I thought 'no harm in asking'

This is the first large-scale signing/ meet-and-greet event of its kind near me. I'm slightly nervous as I have no idea what to expect. There will be an evening cocktail party and then an all day book convention / signing event. I've seen there is a pre-order form for many Authors but that's about it. I will be able to take my car so plenty of space for books.

Are there any tips or tricks you think would make such an event easier / better? Any general book convention etiquette I should keep in mind?

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