mikayla commented on mikayla's review of The Haar
Gore-filled horror with an odd and kinda dubious romantic pairing. I had fun with it! Some of the more disturbing scenes were a bit excessive and took me out of the story. I donāt usually mind when a horror book amps up the gore, but certain moments felt a bit unnecessary for this type of read (namely stuff that happens with minor antagonists), and it made my interest dwindle somewhat. Also, aspects of Muriel being threatened to leave her house were a bit goofy but not in a bad way lol just comically entertaining! I did like the romance elements (though they were weird lol). It was surprisingly sad! Bittersweet, and it was the best part of the read! I also liked that the MC was an elderly woman, eighty-four. It was a nice change from some of my more recent reads with younger narrators. I wanted something different for the ending though. What we got wrapped up the story, but it still felt like something was lacking.
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What are your bookish beige flags?
~ I keep the stickers on when it's a special edition š
Edit to Add: Beige flag means they aren't bookish red flags and they aren't bookish green flags, but somewhere in the middle
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The Terror
Dan Simmons
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The Terror
Dan Simmons
mikayla wrote a review...
Gore-filled horror with an odd and kinda dubious romantic pairing. I had fun with it! Some of the more disturbing scenes were a bit excessive and took me out of the story. I donāt usually mind when a horror book amps up the gore, but certain moments felt a bit unnecessary for this type of read (namely stuff that happens with minor antagonists), and it made my interest dwindle somewhat. Also, aspects of Muriel being threatened to leave her house were a bit goofy but not in a bad way lol just comically entertaining! I did like the romance elements (though they were weird lol). It was surprisingly sad! Bittersweet, and it was the best part of the read! I also liked that the MC was an elderly woman, eighty-four. It was a nice change from some of my more recent reads with younger narrators. I wanted something different for the ending though. What we got wrapped up the story, but it still felt like something was lacking.
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The Haar
David Sodergren
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mikayla commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Ok so my Grandma has a bunch of DVDs and Iāve been watching Star Wars, specifically 4,5 and 6 and Iām starting six right now but anyway I need good Star Wars books lol, also um loved le princess in the first movie hate her in the second
mikayla commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I just got approved to volunteer at some libraries near me and Iām nervousš have any of you volunteered at a library before? How was it?
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It is Wednesday my dudesšš»
Itās time for Whoās Who Wednesday where every Wednesday we introduce ourselves and make new friends. This is possibly part 16.
Jadelovesbooks originally started this. These were some of my favorite posts to read through so I'd like to bring it back if that's cool (or if these were ended on purpose, let me know and I'll remove this).
If you participated in any of the times before, you donāt have to introduce yourself again but you can share some different facts about you, an opinion you have, or how your week is going.
If youāre new, introduce yourself!
Iāll go first.
My name is Wibbily. I have a 25-year-old scar on my left arm from when the family cat scratched me as a kid (not her fault, she got spooked while sitting in my lap and scratched me by accident).
mikayla commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
hello friends! iāve really loved whenever we do little getting to know each other games on pb club, so i wanted to start another little one! if you want to, iād love to hear about some of your favorite things, and what makes them so special!! everyone here is just so passionate and excited about the things they love and it always makes my heart so happy to see :) you can answer multiple for one, you can just do one of the following or do them all, whatever youād like!
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
mikayla commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Are you ever reading/listening to a book and an author uses a word you just absolutely HATE. That word for me? Niggling. (Context: āBut at the same time, she might have niggling doubts about him.ā). I JUST HATE. IT. SO. MUCH.