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mervin

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My Taste
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Berries and Greed (Deep Earth Dating, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)
Blob: A Love Story

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  • Lyra606
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    Staying informed without getting depressed

    I’ve been reading a decent amount of non-fiction lately, specifically non-fiction that touches on political issues. And don’t get me wrong, these books are incredible and absolutely worth reading, but they’re a bit depressing at the same time.

    There’s a lot of people on here who read a lot more of these books than I do and I really admire that but like,,, howww? Do I just need to read more hopeful ones? Ones that offer an action plan for those of us who don’t have any real political or financial power? How do you be an informed citizen without being bitter and angry at the world? Or do you just have to embrace that?😞

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    The Ministry of Time

    The Ministry of Time

    Kaliane Bradley

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  • The Jasad Heir (The Scorched Throne, #1)
    Hot take about Sylvia (~27% in)
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  • The Ministry of Time
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    I hate when books address me directly😭😭 Like, you’re not supposed to know I’m here lmaoo

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  • The Ministry of Time
    Thoughts from 2%

    I hate when books address me directly😭😭 Like, you’re not supposed to know I’m here lmaoo

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    The Ministry of Time

    The Ministry of Time

    Kaliane Bradley

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  • The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)
    Thoughts from 1%

    Wow! This is literally sooooo poorly written. It’s kind of astounding. DNFing it. 😬😬

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  • The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)
    Thoughts from 1%

    “Ah, yes, the Gods War.” I tilted my head to the side as I regarded him. “How did that go again? Oh, right: thousands of years ago, your world crashed, burned, and fell into our world, disrupting lives and technology. Now you and your kind pretty much make the rules, right? Now the world knows about gods and monsters, and you are the great do-gooders who keep all the bad guys under lock and key.”

    That was the worst delivery of information I think I’ve ever read, and we’re still on page one. 😀😀

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  • Red City (The New Alchemists #1)
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  • Red City (The New Alchemists #1)
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  • Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown, #1)
    mervin
    Nov 20, 2025
    DNF
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    DNF

    DNF’d at 3%. It was feeling a bit cringey, and there was a modernity about the narration that I don’t really like to read in fantasy novels.

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  • Red City (The New Alchemists #1)
    Thoughts after finishing Red City (let’s yap!!)
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  • Worst MLI Names

    What are some of the worst male love interest names you have read in books that has made you DNF?

    I think for me it was "Letum" Especially in spicy scenes, immediate ick

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  • Half vs. Quarter rating

    Before I got into the online book spaces, majority of my ratings would be a full or half star. Along the way, I began to pick up on full & quarter star ratings (.25, .5, .75) because there would be reads I would rate in between.

    But just recently I'm starting to debate if I'm making things harder on myself or not ? 😭 Aesthetically, the half star ratings does look nicer and in my mind it makes the rating more certain. I wanted to hear what type of ratings y'all conduct and what has felt right for you.

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