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plankton

love to munch my way through any book I can get my hands on

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Discworld
Iconic Series
Reading...Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
My Taste
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
QualityLand 2.0 (QualityLand, #2)
A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0)
Loveless
The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)

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  • Books like "The wedding People"

    Hey Guys! I just finished "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach within less than 2 days and I need more! I occasionally read literary books but I just find them by accident and wouldn't really know how to find more books like this. I really enjoyed how introspective this book was and how all the characters learned so much about themselves through talking to others (very character driven narration). Additionally I loved how flawed everyone was and how it added so much depth to them. It also made me reflect on myself a lot! If you've read the book or generally have recommendations that fit my description please feel free to leave a comment! I would love to read more in that direction đŸ«¶đŸ»

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  • Books like "The wedding People"

    Hey Guys! I just finished "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach within less than 2 days and I need more! I occasionally read literary books but I just find them by accident and wouldn't really know how to find more books like this. I really enjoyed how introspective this book was and how all the characters learned so much about themselves through talking to others (very character driven narration). Additionally I loved how flawed everyone was and how it added so much depth to them. It also made me reflect on myself a lot! If you've read the book or generally have recommendations that fit my description please feel free to leave a comment! I would love to read more in that direction đŸ«¶đŸ»

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  • The Wedding People
    Thoughts from 72% (page 263)
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  • The Wedding People
    Thoughts from 43% (page 156)

    I realized that Phoebe really reminds me of Fleabag for some reason. I can't exactly point it down yet, maybe the narration that sometimes is quite similar to how the 4th wall is broken in Fleabag (although this doesn't exactly happen in the book here) or just similarities between the women...Maybe initially her name just reminded me of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who knows?! Regardless, this is definitely a plus, and I'm really hooked!

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  • The Wedding People
    Thoughts from 43% (page 156)

    I realized that Phoebe really reminds me of Fleabag for some reason. I can't exactly point it down yet, maybe the narration that sometimes is quite similar to how the 4th wall is broken in Fleabag (although this doesn't exactly happen in the book here) or just similarities between the women...Maybe initially her name just reminded me of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who knows?! Regardless, this is definitely a plus, and I'm really hooked!

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  • The Wedding People
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    Thoughts from 23%

    Got this as a gift from a friend - never heard about the book before. 80ish pages in I feel it's very catchy and I'm really enjoying the read! It's a change to read about kind of unlikeable characters for once and I'm looking forward to how this will progress and if they manage to grow and learn from each other instead of being stuck where they are now.

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  • Do you think today's definition of slow burn romance in books has changed?

    Karen Marie Moning's Fever series (books 1-5) is one of my favorite guilty pleasure reads. In all honesty, the romance makes up 65% why. The burn just hit all the right spots! When I read books claiming to be slow burn these days, most just don't fit my definition of slow burn. Where's the 'feel it in my bones' yearning? It's a trilogy and the couple already burning the sheets halfway through the first book. Let's not talk about Anne Bishop's The Others series. The chemistry and yearning all throughout the series was great but the ending just burnt me forreals. I still cannot accept how the author ended it. Anyway, maybe I'm just too old for this generation's way of doing the whole romance thing.

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  • The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
    Cries in audiobook

    Where are my fellow audiobook readers?! I’ve listened to the whole series twice but never read a page with my own eyes and while I might have a better grasp of the pronunciation of names and places, I’m so baffled by how the things are actually spelled as I’m reading the posts in the forum 😭 I loved the audiobook sooo much but maybe I should read the book just so I don’t embarrass myself if I ever try to spell out some character‘s name ‱_‱

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  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
    Thoughts from 48% - narration and perspectives
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  • Recommendations - Spanish sci-fi/fantasy

    I'm learning Spanish and would really love to read some books that are originally written in Spanish. I'm from the US and a lot of the "original" Spanish books I have easy access to are poetry or classics. But with the magic of ebooks I know there's a lot more available. I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy (no romance) but a lot of the books that I've read in Spanish are translations from books originally written in English. Are there any Spanish books that you'd recommend? Estoy aprendiendo español y me encantaría leer algunos libros que son originalmente en español. Soy de los Estados Unidos y muchos de los libros en español (al menos, los que puedo acceder fåcilmente) son poesías o clåsicos. Pero con la magia de los ebooks sé que hay mucho mås disponible. Leo mucha ciencia ficción y fantasía (no romance) pero muchos de los libros que he leído en español son traducciones de libros que son originalmente en inglés. ¿Hay libros en español que recomendarían?

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  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
    Thoughts from 6% - Wow!

    I put starting this off for a bit cause I was always busy reading other books but now that I finally started I feel like I will binge this. The audiobook narration is so on point, and I’m so excited to see where the story goes! I already love the characters đŸ„č

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    Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

    Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

    Jason F. Stanley

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  • What to read after Monstrous Regiment

    Hi! I've just finished monstrous regiment and so far the only other discworld books I've read are the ones with Tiffanny Aching (young witch). I really loved monstrous regiment and was wondering which other discworld books are most similar to it - I'd be happy to get some recommendations!

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