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Read at least 1 book in the Summer 2025 Readalong.
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Fairy Tale
Stephen King
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It doesn’t feel surprising that some astronauts become artists afterwards
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Ummm I have decided I cannot read this at night. That is all.
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This Hoe Got Roaches In Her Crib
Quan Millz
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Dude. That review I read was right. There is really nothing to this book other than flowery prose. This is genuinely the worst. The prose is great. But that's really it. Prose alone doesn't make a 5 star book. Everything else has to back it up. And everything else is genuinely bad. The characters don't do anything. At all. Bunny and Henry are pretty much the only characters. Richard is barely interesting. He just seems like he's kinda there. Same with everyone else. Bet you didn't care about anyone else huh? Exactly. And the setting and mood is great. But there is nothing all that great about this. The plot is pretty mid ngl. I read the rest beyond this point on Wikipedia and I'm shocked that this is all there is to the book. That's it. That's all. Side note, yeah this book could lose about 200 pages. We didn't need them. At all. Just a bunch of nothing. Also what is with the random racism?? We didn't even need that. That character and that entire plot line was pretty much meaningless. The message is already so obvious and clear. I seriously don't understand the point of any of this. Genuinely. I swear she just wanted another excuse to write the n-word with the r. Because who calls Arab people "Sand n-words"? Like are we deadass. What was the point of that? It was barely even an interesting or good message but surprisingly enough that's one of the few interesting things that happen in this overly long snoozefest. What a waste of a Libby loan!
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I have a bone to pick with a lot of cover designers nowadays: 1) I should be able to read the title of the book on the front cover without struggling! I saw "A Study in Drowning" at the bookstore yesterday and couldn't read the cover because the title was in a dark gold that blended in with the rest of the art - USE CONTRAST! Book titles and Author names should be legible and understandable - that's basic graphic design. I shouldn't have to hold a book up to the sun at a certain angle to read the title... 2) Put numbers back on the spines of books in a series! I shouldn't have to guess or look up which book is the first in a series (or if a book is in a series - I had this issue with "A Monsoon Rising" because they placed it like a standalone), it should be easily available to see which order a series goes in. Esp. with some series having up to 12-15 books (AHEM "SHATTER ME") Sorry, that's just something that has been irking me.
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I'd like a book to read about unrequited love. Basically loving someone and them rejecting you over and over again, and the pain that comes with it. A girl is in need please 🙏🏼💖
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I'm currently reading three books at once (one is for a book club), and I was wondering: Do you like reading just one book at a time or you'd rather pick more titles and read them simultaneously?
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It's only 13 pages! How do I write a review without giving too much away? This is book #4.5 and picks up after "Exit Strategy" and it's the first time in the series that it's from another person's perspective other than Murderbot. It's Dr. Mensah's POV and her dealing with her PTSD after the events of the last book. I really loved reading about her vulnerability and her masking her fragility with bureaucratic steel, refusing therapy while leaning on Murderbot’s unobtrusive and sometimes standoffish support. There's a line in it that make me gush with kawaii but I won't ruin it for those who will read it. All I will say is that Wells, as always, does a brilliant job at making quiet moments resonate as deeply as her battle scenes.
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I found this book at an op shop and the title stood out to me. It has a very interesting premise, a white man suddenly wakes up as a brown man and he doesn't tell anyone except his new lover. The story progresses where it happens to more people sparking societal chaos. It is a direct challenge to the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory that we've all heard so much about in recent years for those of us who live in multicultural countries. (Too many immigrants...blah blah blah...) The concept warrants attention: What if whiteness vanished? What anxieties would unravel? There are a lot of harrowing and confronting reactions to the MC, Anders turning brown, the scenes shines a bright light on the suffocating weight of racial constructs and how it impacts POC. I think it does a really good job of showing White people what it feels like to be a minority just simply existing. ⚠️Mild Spoiler - My takeaway from this book ⚠️ That the loss of privilege isn’t an apocalypse, it’s actually liberation.
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YES! ART is back! This book picks up right after Network Effect, Murderbot is forced to confront his PTSD from alien contamination while battling Barish-Estranza’s latest scheme. The corporate critique here is, as always, witty and sarcastic: imagine signing a contract that turns you into a “free workforce”, while Murderbot mutters, “If there’s an ethical corporation out there, I’ve yet to find it”. 😭(Same girl, same!) As a fan of Murderbot, you're going to love watching Murderbot weaponise its Sanctuary Moon obsession to craft counter-propaganda against corporate lies. As good of an adventure as any in the series. 🦾
loveislikebread commented on Devin's review of The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)
The Butcher’s Masquerade receives a strong 4.0 rating as it continues to deliver exactly what fans expect while exploring deeper emotional and thematic territory. Dinniman manages to keep all of the series’ elements in balance while pushing the story forward in meaningful ways. The book continues the focused excellence that was reestablished in the last book while exploring the theme and emotional impact further. The experimental aspects continue to take on a new level of importance without crowding out the adventure that makes the series so entertaining. The full in-depth review can be found at Bromantasy.com.
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