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Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

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Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. An unwanted marriage, a painful illness, and unpaid debt ... gone. But as with all things that promise the moon and the stars and offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning. Every wish demands a price. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong. Samahtitamahenele, Sam, is the last remaining prince of Tamarind. But he can never inherit the throne, for Tamarind is a matriarchal society. With his mother ill and his grandmother nearing the end of her reign. Sam is left with two to marry, or to find a cure for the sickness that has plagued his mother for ten long years. When a childhood companion returns from exile, she brings with her something he has not felt in a very long time - hope. But Hanalei and Sam are not the only ones searching for the dragonfruit. And as they battle enemies both near and far, there is another danger they cannot escape…that of the dragonfruit itself.

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I'm sorry but sometimes I can't take Wolf seriously (p. 358)

Anytime Wolf howls or sniffs the air, all I can think about is that vine where the guy says, "On all levels except physical, I am a wolf" *barks* 💀 (except Wolf is a wolf on a physical level...to an extent). I think I'm just not a werewolf or werewolf-adjacent girlie 😔

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Made Me Giggle (page 355, 65%)

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Nine Tailed (Realm of Four Kingdoms, #1)

Jayci Lee

An enemy on her tails, an innocent at her side, and a dangerous power within her that could destroy them all. Jayci Lee melds Korean folklore with modern Americana in this fiery new series. In a race to stop an ancient evil from destroying the worlds as they know them, Sunny comes to a startling, heartbreaking if she chooses love—everything will burn. Sunny Cho aspires to be the dullest, least interesting person in any given room, which can be challenging for a nine-tailed fox spirit. So she drifts from city to city—staying clear of any and all attachment—and keeps her fox buried deep inside her. It is better this way. She would rather live as half of herself than risk losing control of her terrible powers. Ethan Lee, a friend she left behind eight years ago, is a brilliant and distractingly hot PI. When he tracks her down and asks her to help him find his brother’s murderer, Sunny knows her uneventful life is about to be turned upside down. Traversing the mortal realm and the world of gods, Sunny and Ethan discover their quest is much more dire than mere vengeance, and their friendship might be…more. An ancient evil is stirring, and Sunny is faced with an impossible save the worlds from annihilation or claim the love fated by the heavens.

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Nine Tailed (Realm of Four Kingdoms, #1)

Jayci Lee

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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

John Green

John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest disease. Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of injustice and inequity we blazed for it. In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with Partners in Health. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit to Lakka, Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million people every year. In Everything is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry’s story, woven through with the scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our world and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.

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Detective Beans: The Case of the Missing Hat

Li Chen

Meet Detective Beans, the best kitten detective in town, equipped with his tie, brown trench coat, and—GASP. It’s gone! His detective hat is missing! Follow along to discover the charming, whimsical, and mysterious world of Detective Beans. Meet Detective Beans (just Beans for short), a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case. After a night of mystery movies with his best friend, Biscuit, Detective Beans wakes up to find his detective hat is missing. There’s only one thing to do: hit the streets of Cat Town and find that missing hat! Cat Town is full of suspects, from the neighborhood bird to a magician in the park, and each twist and turn in this journey leads to an interesting new encounter — and to solving a much bigger case than Beans could have imagined. Brilliantly written and illustrated by New Zealand comic artist Li Chen, creator of the internationally popular ExtraOrdinary Comics, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat is filled with charming cat capers, warm-hearted humor, and detective stories all in the form of a graphic novel that will entertain comics fans and middle grade readers everywhere.

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Weird Fiction Recs Pretty Pls

Hiii! I’m looking for some weird, strange, maybe slightly unsettling (?) fiction recommendations! I’m ace and have emetophobia so preferably nothing with super graphic s3xual content (some is okay tho!) or vomit 🙃🫶

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Weird Fiction Recs Pretty Pls

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Summer 2025 Readalong

Read at least 1 book in the Summer 2025 Readalong.

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Overwhelmed?

Maybe it is just me, but I feel like I am getting overwhelmed by all the readalongs, quests, lists, series and tbr’s. Part of me wants to meet the goals and get badges as it pushes me out my comfort zone of genres. But I also have so many other books I am interested in reading that I don’t seem to get to… I find myself slowly losing interest in reading overall, and opting for other activities. Maybe I am in my first little slump, and I’ll find my season back to reading again. Also maybe I should just lower my expectations and forget all the challenges and readalongs. How do you guys tackle this?

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Chasing That Studio Ghibli Feeling

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Books that feel like they could be Studio Ghibli movies

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Guys...I Fear I've Become Addicted to Making Lists

I don't know what it is, but making very specific book lists is so much fun and addicting 😭. And like, figuring out what emojis to use?! Ugh LOVE it. Something about it calms my little anxiety-ridden brain. Anyone else?

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