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mo_shmo

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My Taste
Sense and Sensibility
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Essex Serpent
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
Vampires of El Norte
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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
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Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year
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Little Women
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  • The Vampyre
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    I am very excited to read this because

    1. first vampire story duh
    2. I also hate Lord Byron lol
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  • Frankenstein
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    I've been reading more classics recently and I don't know what to read next. Any recs ???

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  • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)
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    This has a very casual, fourth-wall-breaking tone, and that made me a little skeptical at first. (We all know how I feel about first-person narration.) But the author is using it to serve up a very complex and delicious main character, as well as tasty side characters. I got hooked faster than I thought I would. And the plot? Girl this is crazy but we ball

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  • Frankenstein
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    I've been reading more classics recently and I don't know what to read next. Any recs ???

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  • The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, #1)
    mo_shmo
    Apr 14, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

    “‘I am sure I have never seen three such extraordinarily handsome and well turned-out-children!’

    As you may know, complimentary remarks of this type are all too often made by well-meaning adults to children who are, to be frank, perfectly ordinary-looking. This practice of overstating the case is called hyperbole. Hyperbole is usually harmless, but in some cases it has been known to precipitate unnecessary wars as well as a painful gaseous condition called ‘stock market bubbles’. For safety sake, then, hyperbole should be used with restraint and only by those with the proper literary training.”

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  • The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)
    mo_shmo
    Apr 14, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.0

    As a lesbian, being able to imagine this lovely woman with a gorgeous half-Indian man rather than the usual Prince-Charles-lookalike-contest participant was such a treat for me 😌

    This story was so sweet and I love that it didn't fall prey to the usual cliches for this genre and plot. Neither did it shy away from sensitive topics and issues from the time period. I was surprised to learn from the author's note how much was either inspired by or direct references to historical figures and events. We stan an author who does research for the love of the game.

    And the YEARNING??? Delicious.

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  • The Honey Witch
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  • The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)
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    I am TEEing and I am HEEing 🤭

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    The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

    The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London, #1)

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    The Safekeep

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    The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

    The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

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  • Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
    nat5ustrd3r
    Apr 07, 2026
    DNF
    0.5
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    if rebecca yarros has no haters then i am dead… why would someone try and convince me this is as good as ACoTAR

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