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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

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Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)

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Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America's increasingly dominant private prison industry. It's the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE's corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar's path have devastating consequences. Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system's unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means.

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

Becky Chambers

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

Becky Chambers

ASIN B08H831J18 moved to the more recent edition Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend. Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They will need to ask it a lot. Chambers' series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

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Aphantasia & Reading

Hey all! I recently learned about aphantasia...which is apparently something I have. When I read, I really cannot mentally visualize what is being described to me unless I actually draw my own illustration, act it out, or look up images of things that might be similar. When you're reading, how vividly do you see the scenes and characters described to you? Do you do anything while you're reading to help you get a better grasp of the surroundings?

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Aphantasia & Reading

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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

R.F. Kuang

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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

R.F. Kuang

When Rin aced the Keju — the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies — it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard — the most elite military school in Nikan — was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power — an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive — and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school. For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away. Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity ... and that it may already be too late.

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Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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Nov 05, 2025

3.5

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.0

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A great addition to this cozy series. Starts off with some strong action...the last act is a little meh, but I love the characters, so I'll definitely pick up the third when available.

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Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

Heather Fawcett

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore who just wrote the world’s first comprehensive encyclopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Ones on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival Wendell Bambleby. Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother and in search of a door back to his realm. And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of marriage: Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and dangers. She also has a new project to focus on: a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by his mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambleby’s realm and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans. But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors and of her own heart.

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Thoughts from 38% (page 130)

More like cookies and scream ice cream, am I right??? But explain to me why ice cream sounds good right now...

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A small complaint about life

I want to share my frustration at not being able to read in recent weeks, primarily due to life's distractions. Even when I try, my brain won't let me. For example, when I have free time, mostly before bed, I try to read, but I'm so tired that I can't even process what I'm reading. 😩

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Rant: Unsuspend Hold is GHETTO

(UPDATE: I've spent most of my life living in ghettos. I know exactly what ghettos are. I'm using that word intentionally here. Do not come in here and police my language about a life experience you know nothing about.)

I have waited for Hemlock and Silver through 153 checkouts.

I was 2nd in line for the longest time. Longer than I thought was actually possible.

I was FINALLY 1st in line. Then someone unsuspended their hold and I went back to 2nd in line!

This is ridiculous. If this is supposed to stop books from bouncing around so much and get them to people who actually want to read them, I obviously can't know how well this change is accomplishing that objective. I'm not a librarian. But what I can say is this new system has made it impossible to know, with any degree of reliability, how long you're going to wait to read books with long waits. I kept myself on hold from checking out more audiobooks because this book was supposed to come in imminently. It's pissing me off.

READ THE DAMN BOOK AND GET OUT OF THE LINE!

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