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Reading...The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
My Taste
Babel
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
The Sword of Kaigen
The Raven Scholar (The Eternal Path, #1)
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

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notbillnye commented on wildestfire's review of A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

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    wildestfire
    Jun 21, 2025
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    Keenan always gave me off vibes

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    Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange

    Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange

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  • Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
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    man i love boss ass women

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  • The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
    Thoughts from 86% (page 338)
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    Elias is reminding a whole lot of salahudin from All My Rage (her YA novel) a bit too much. It feels like theyre both the same person

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    Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

    Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

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    notbillnye commented on Aprilthebookqueen's review of Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)

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  • Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
    Aprilthebookqueen
    Jun 20, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 3.0

    I enjoyed this book, though it took me awhile to get into. It had a very slow start, but once it picked up its pace for me, it had me. I enjoyed getting to learn about the characters. Darlington, Turner, Dawes and of course, Alex. The transitions between the past and present were really well done. Normally I hate the transitions because I just want to know what happens in one storyline, but they were well done and relevant. Getting to see Alex's relationships with her peers develop in each storyline (Darlington in the past, and Dawes in the present) were interesting, and I was a big fan of seeing the friendship between Dawes and Alex. The dynamic between Turner and Alex was really entertaining, and North even grew on me. Overall, a slow plot but really interesting characters that make up for it.

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  • Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame
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    Going into this completely blind outside the blurb. Sounds interesting and is a short read, need a palate cleanse before I decide what longer book I'll dive into next.

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  • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
    Thoughts from 42% of the updated audiobook!

    Listening to the 2022 expanded audiobook with context and new lessons about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and it is pretty wild that he's speaking for 8 extra hours just off notes! This is really more like a HUGE podcast episode, and it's stacked with history and specifics about Putin's mythologizing of Russian/Ukrainian history. I realized I'm nearly halfway through and we haven't even gotten to the original essays yet! So, if you are looking to read/listen to this one, just know what you're getting into.

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  • Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
    Thoughts from 56% (spoilers)
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  • The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
    Thoughts from 54% (page 210)
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    Jun 19, 2025
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    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    👁️👄👁️ what was that

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