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lovelygallows

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Cozy Fantasy
Found Family in Fantasy
Level 4
My Taste
Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)
Minor Mage
The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Reading...
Well, they are gone, and here must I remainMirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy TalesGhosts (Vintage Minis)The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)

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  • what is your most surprising book?

    so far i’ve already read 3 books before i started this quest and i can’t wait to read them all, for those who read a lot of this quest which book surprised you?

    (also i am shocked legends and latte isn’t on this quest!)

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  • What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
    Thoughts from 67% (page 117)

    Hmmmm...what moves the dead?

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  • All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
    Thoughts from 100%
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  • The Song of Achilles
    Thoughts from 6%

    I hope I don't need to know to much about Greek mythology to read this, im a bit lost at the moment

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  • Frankenstein
    Thoughts from 17% (Chapter 1)

    " I loved to tend on her, as I should on a favourite animal."

    ...Dude.

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  • Number of physically owned books?

    Hi everyone! 👋 I’m curious: How many books do you physically own? (mainly asking about physical books because my primary concern is shelf space) Are you happy with this number? Do you do regular unhauls to maintain/get closer to your ideal number? And on a related note, what percentage of those books have you actually read? 😉

    I have about 300 books on my shelves, and I’ve currently read about 40% of them, which I’m hoping to remedy this year! (either by reading more of them or unhauling the ones I’m no longer interested in)

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  • What reading goals do you have, besides x number of books?

    Trying to move away from reading by the numbers!

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  • The Haunting

    OMG peeps, I don't know if it's the same in all countries (I'm in Oz) but there's an old '99 adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House on the free movie section of YouTube right now! It only follows the story loosely & they've totally gone for shock value, so it's actually pretty bad lol! But it's one of those 'so bad it's good' horror movies. On the upside though, you get to see Liam Neeson get pulled into a fountain by a giant hand so it's not all bad lol! 🤣🤣🤣

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  • A Study in Drowning
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  • Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
    Thoughts from 100%

    i read this one and the thing that did stick with me, was the novelty of its format, but at the same time it made it very hard for me to keep up (i struggle w attention issues tho!) i own it and might try to read it again while keeping notes or marking pages or smth. 7/10? for me :)

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  • A Sorceress Comes to Call
    Thoughts from 45% (chapter 17)
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  • Bride
    time for a reread

    entering the new year I often get nostalgic for some of my past favorite reads, and bride was one of them! I've yet to read Mate, so I figured I was due for a reread of this before jumping into the sequel! I also annotated my physical copy the first time I read it so im really excited to read back and see all my past notes 🥹

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  • Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
    Thoughts from 5% (page 20)

    An eclectic essay collection featuring authors such as Margaret Atwood and Ursula Le Guin. I’ve decided not to fixate on “finishing” the book, but gradually make my way through it by reading one or two authors at a time, whenever I feel like it. Slow and steady wins the race!

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  • Reading guilty pleasure?

    Hi all! i wanted to know what you’re guilty pleasure book is? a book that you re-read when you just need some joy of spark in your life? Mine is any book that involves witches of some sort (my most re-read book is a discovery of witches by deborah harkness, this was first “adult book” i bought ever and i treasure the nostalgia when i re-read it)

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  • Ghosts (Vintage Minis)
    Author from the early 20th century

    Having had no prior knowledge of M. R. James, I was surprised to learn that he was from the early 20th century! For some reason I thought he was contemporary.

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  • Thornhedge
    Thoughts from 32% (page 36) end of ch. 3
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  • The Wood at Midwinter
    Getting back into Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Years ago, I tried reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell but just couldn’t get into it. Now, I feel like this short story might be a good entry point for me, both to taste-test the author’s writing style, and literally it is set in the same world. I just might give JSMR another go!

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