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Fantasy and Sci-Fi with a Side of Romance
Love by the Town Limits
Level 8
My Taste
The Lies that Summon the Night (Songs for the Sinless #1)
Lost and Found: A Spunes Novel (Spunes, 3)
Game On
Unbound
The Paddock Club
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Hawk & Sparrow
31%
Immortal Rose
48%
Of Ink and Alchemy (Black Rabbit, #1)
3%
Ice Cross My Heart
36%
The Unrequited Love Department
35%
City of Gods and Monsters
7%
Chosen Son (Fallen City Duology #2)
0%
Kicking Up Dust
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Daybreak (Sorrowsong University)
43%
Something Wicked (Idle Reputations Book 1)
64%

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    The Dervish praying for no giant centipedes šŸ˜‚ 21%

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  • Full Throttle: A Novel
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    Aug 28, 2026
    Full Throttle: A Novel
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.5Audiobook: 5.0
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    If there’s a risky option, Juliette with choose it every time!

    For the F1 newbies, there's two things you need to know: (1) really talented rookies start their formula one career as early as 18 years old! and (2) once you’re called up there’s really no where else to go - so if you lose your spot, your career is over 😰

    What's going on:

    At age 25, Dominic Hastings has been racing at the highest level for years. But 22 year old Juliette is still stuck in the training academy for a junior team. She knows she’s talented, but no one is ready to accept the first female driver on the grid.

    So when she gets a last minute offer to join F1 as Dominic’s teammate, she cannot say no — even though she hasn’t spoken to him in two years!

    What I loved:

    I loved the rich world building between the academy and the F1 world. If you love a full cast of active characters, you’re going to love Juliette’s community and the competitors she travels across the world with. Her twin brother Capulet is Dominic’s ex-teammate so there’s plenty of rivalry and camaraderie all around.

    You have to suspend your disbelief because this midfield team becomes real contenders for the title. [The energy is: Carlos Sainz on the podium last year.] But the race strategy had huge consequences on the story so I really enjoyed that šŸ›žšŸ†

    Juliette has very real enemies to confront as a woman on track. From sexist drivers to active sabotage, there stakes are always sky high!

    Dominic battles his own identity crisis as the fallen golden boy and feeling disconnected from his Moroccan heritage and French childhood.

    I loved the way he looks out for Juliette, although the two of them definitely push ā€œslowburnā€ to the limit. Dominic really is her only refuge, even if she tells herself not to trust him. The risky behavior off-track had me speed reading to know what happened next! 🤭

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    "BUT ITS MATH!" 20%

    "BAD PEOPLE CAN ALSO DO MATH!"

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  • Cowboy Casual
    Who the hell was going to tell me he has a daughter? 20%

    I’ve already cried through two chapters. IDK if this was hinted at in the marketing, but it should be. THIS is why everyone should read cowboy casual.

    Something about that little girl with his same blue eyes… it just hurts. The writing makes it impossible not to feel all of it.

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  • Hawk & Sparrow
    Thoughts from 5% (Chapter 2)

    ā€The Gladwell machine is a thinking machine, a translator of sorts. One only needs to provide it with a prompt, and it can produce a written incantation in Thaumaric. Years of expensive education are no longer necessary to access sorcery.ā€

    Oh? This book has commentary on AI? I’m even more excited now!

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