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marissa

30's | Canada. Solar-powered Scorpio. šŸ’ fantasy, romance, nonfic, horror. 🪩 book admirer, library enthusiast, cat lover. ā˜€ļøšŸŖ»šŸ

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Feminine Rage
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Spring 2026 Readalong
Cherry Blossom Festival 2026
My Taste
The Hollow Places
Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
The Serpent and the Wolf
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  • The Hollow Places
    Dana_fay
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    Honestly, cataloging the whole museum is a task I would absolutely LOVE. I love making sure everything is ordered, in lists and accounted for. 10/10 job, where can I find a job like that?

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  • The Hollow Places
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    ā€Uncle Earl believes strongly in Jesus, Moses, the healing power of crystals, the Freemasons, the Illuminati, that aliens landed at Roswell but the government is suppressing it, secret histories, faith-healing, snake-handling, that there is an invention that will replace gasoline but the oil companies are suppressing it, chemtrails, demon-possession, the astonishing power of Vicks VapoRub, and that there’s proof that aliens contacted the Mayans and Aztecs and probably the Egyptians, but the scientists are suppressing it.ā€

    i would give so much to be able to pound down a few beers with Uncle Earl

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  • Duskbound
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    Genuinely so pleasantly surprised over how much the writing quality has improved from Riftborne. Feels like a major step up in pretty much every way. I really struggled and didn't overly enjoy Riftborne, but the story was interesting enough for me to get through. I wasn't going to continue the series until I've been seeing The Ascended everywhere and it's recommended to finish Duskbound before starting so I was very concerned, but wow. The writing is tighter, the pacing is smoother and flowing better, and I'm having so much more fun with this cast of characters. There's even magical creatures!!

    For those of who may have DNF'd or didn't like Riftborne like me, please give Duskbound a try, there's a recap at the beginning of the book so you don't have to re-read Riftborne.

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    Andy Serkis is so incredible with the narrating, it honestly scares me whenever he talks as the orcs.

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  • new here + help me build my summer reading list? šŸŒž

    hii friends!! i’m new to pagebound after one of their tiktoks convinced me to join, and i’m kinda obsessed already. hoping i’m in the right place because i truly have no idea what i’m doing yet and i just discovered the emoji section. love that it goes from romance to thriller lmao!

    anyway i found Till Summer Do Us Part on there and it led me down a rabbit hole to here, so now i’m wondering if anyone has recs or favs from the quest? i’m trying to branch out into more lighthearted/fun reads for summer!!

    tysm!!!

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