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marissa

31 | Canada. Solar-powered Scorpio. 🍒 fantasy, romance, nonfic, horror. 🪩 book admirer, library enthusiast, cat lover.

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My Taste
Circe
Spark of the Everflame (Kindred's Curse, #1)
The Hollow Places
Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
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Pride and PrejudiceIf It Makes You HappyMad Sisters of EsiIn the Veins of the Drowning (The Siren Mage, #1)

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  • Pagebound FAQ lagging on phone

    Is anyone else having problems with the PB faq on their phone?

    Cuz when I opened mine through the app, it opened on chrome and started lagging. When I scrolled or clicked on a question it took ages to react, and my phone suddenly crashed out and turned itself off. It kept happening repeatedly.

    But when I opened the FAQ on my laptop it was fine.

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  • Pride and Prejudice
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    My third Jane Austen book and I’ve enjoyed each one so much and this one’s no exception!

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  • Pride and Prejudice
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  • Pride and Prejudice
    End of Chapter 20 (page 99)

    Every time Mr Collins opens his mouth I want to bang my head against a wall. Crazy that man-splaining, boot-licking, beam-me-up-softboys have existed since 1813!

    Bro needs to just propose to Lady Catherine at this point. How is it that every time he speaks his paragraph of talking is half a page or more 😭😭 bro stfu pleaseeee

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  • House of Leaves
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    "Despite the tremendous amount of material generated by Exploration A, no one has ever commented on the game Daisy wants to play with her father, perhaps because everyone assumes it is either a request "to play always" or just a childish neologism. Then again "always" slightly mispronounces "hallways." It also echoes it.”

    THIS PART. I had to get up and walk around my house for a moment. My heart is pumping.

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  • The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk (Crowns of Nyaxia Book 4)
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    Sep 15, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    Such a solid follow-up, while I didn’t love it quite as much as the first book in this duology, I still really enjoyed it. Carissa Broadbent’s writing is smooth, immersive, and really draws you into the story. One of the standout things for me is how well she writes the characters like their personalities, struggles, and relationships always feel so complex and layered. You can feel their emotions, their doubts, and their growth in a way that makes you genuinely care about what happens to them. Even when the plot slows down a bit, the characters keep the story compelling enough to make it easy to stay invested and keep turning the pages.

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  • The Second Death of Locke
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  • Say You'll Remember Me
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    Actualllly, the audiobook is great. The narrators are amazing.

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  • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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    Oh my goodness, what a cool transition. I thought I accidentally clicked something and I skipped through. I can see how this is going to be interesting.

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  • The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
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    I am speechless. These horrible, sad and tragic stories. And at the same time it makes me so angry how their employers deny any responsibility.

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  • The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk (Crowns of Nyaxia Book 4)
    Thoughts from 55% (page 298)

    When I tell you I am STRUGGLING to get through this… I have read every other book in this series in under forty eight hours. But I just have no desire to pick this one back up?!?? It is killing me because I usually love Broadbent’s books.

    This one just isn’t grabbing me like her other books seem to. Mische and Asar just do not have the same draw for me as Oraya and Raihn maybe?

    It is fine while I’m reading it, I’m just not excited to pick it back up 🙃🫠.

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  • The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
    I’m so happy to see this book receiving love.

    It’s been one of my favourites and I still think about it all of the time. It’s what inspired me to start reading Slavic-inspired books and mythology re-tellings around the world.

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    The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

    The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

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  • Point of DNFing??

    Hey all! At what point do you decide to DNF a book? I’ve been so curious about this after seeing a similar post on here!

    For me, I usually decide to DNF a book if I’m not interested by the plot (sometimes it’s really bad and I DNF a book after like the first chapter lol 😂)

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  • Pride and Prejudice
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    Re-reading this again cos it’s autumn and again just obsessed with how funny it is, love the wit between mr Darcy and lizzy this is everything I need from an enemies to lovers

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  • Pride and Prejudice
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