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Romance, cozy fantasy and mysteries with a heaping side of feminist themes and Jane Austen-esque novels, please! Always in for new bookish friends :)

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  • The worlds first book town!

    Has anyone been to hay on wye - its book heaven, gay on wye had a book i had been looking for everywhere. i think if you were looking for almost any book written in english or welsh someone in that town could tell you about it.

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  • The Nightmare Library (Bonegarden #5)
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    Jun 23, 2026
    The Nightmare Library (Bonegarden #5)
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 5.0
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    I'm reviewing this book as a children's book. That is what it is and even though I'm no longer it'starget audience, as a children's book this was fun!

    The main character was funny. Her adventure was something I would have loved to read about as a middle schooler. And dare I say it, the ending came as a bit of a surprise.

    So if you are a child or have a child who is looking for a spooky, fun, fantasy read: you found it!

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  • The balm of a good book

    As I am writing this I just experienced something profoundly traumatizing and received some extremely distressing news, so you can imagine my mood. Time to get lost into a fictional land as soon as humanly possible

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    Favourite new words?

    I have been learning SO many new words from reading this year and wanted to hear if anyone had favourite new words?

    I keep a list on my phone and so far these are some faves: Alacrity Imperceptible Intransigent Mordantly Sordid

    Anyone else have an expanding vocab? Books that really pushed your active vocab? Jargon that you're surprised is more common than you thought? Or! Do you have favourite words that you wish more people knew and used?

    Language is so cool ✨️🫶

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  • The Bell Jar
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  • I Who Have Never Known Men
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    I Who Have Never Known Men
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    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    Subtly beautiful. The main character’s curiosity is infections and kept me steadily journeying on as it did her. I’m choked up finishing this and will need more time to put it all into words.

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  • The Bell Jar
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    Jun 22, 2026
    The Bell Jar
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    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.5Plot: 4.0
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    I enjoyed how human this book was. While I (thankfully) don't relate to its entirety, I feel like everyone recognizes part of themselves in The Bell Jar.

    I mentioned before that I liked how this book was just the human experience, no grand adventures or fantasy worlds, and how that was enjoyable. Someone else then said how the human experience and the inner workings of who you are (paraphrasing) is arguably the biggest adventure. I think that's a perfect way to describe this.

    While it took me a while to finish this, I really enjoyed the journey as a whole. Definitely worth the read!

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