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rmknitss

Likes romance, mystery, horror, and fantasy. Mostly romance. (She/Her)

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LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dia de los Muertos 2025
Fated Mates Book Club: Romance Books for Novel People
My Taste
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2)
Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3)
Fan Service
A Crane Among Wolves
Reading...
The Vegetarian

rmknitss wrote a review...

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  • Love At First Fright
    rmknitss
    Jan 18, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    Given the synopsis there is less ghostly action than I expected. The cast of characters is very diverse as far as gender and sexual identities go which was nice, it never felt like the author was trying to make a point. The spice was spicing.

    One major downside, there was a lot of over explaining character motivations. It felt a bit like Nadia El-Fassi just didn't trust the reader to pick up on hints and foreshadowing which took the excitement out of several 'reveals'.

    But despite that, this was fairly inoffensive. I enjoyed most of it and liked that the communication issues were all very realistic. Would recommend to contemporary paranormal fans.

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    Love At First Fright

    Love At First Fright

    Nadia El-Fassi

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  • Finishing Multiple Books in One Day

    This one is for my fellow multi-book readers: Does anyone else feel a little weird about finishing two or more books on the same day?

    It doesn't matter so much on reading tracker sites PB and Storygraph but I also post my physical reads on Instagram and it feels a little weird to post that I finished two book only a few hours apart without explaining that actually I was doubling up my reading. In fact, it feels weird enough that I sometimes find myself holding off on finishing a second book until the following day.

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  • Love At First Fright
    83% (page 294) Chapter 31

    *Something about having a homoerotic relationship with the voice of the unfathomable deep was queer-coded when she really thought about it, so perhaps it wasn't too surprising.'

    First, that sentence didn't need the word "homoerotic" if we were going to say "queer-coded" further on. That's me nitpicking. Second, I want to read that book. That book sounds like a banger.

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  • Finishing Multiple Books in One Day

    This one is for my fellow multi-book readers: Does anyone else feel a little weird about finishing two or more books on the same day?

    It doesn't matter so much on reading tracker sites PB and Storygraph but I also post my physical reads on Instagram and it feels a little weird to post that I finished two book only a few hours apart without explaining that actually I was doubling up my reading. In fact, it feels weird enough that I sometimes find myself holding off on finishing a second book until the following day.

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  • Point where you just finish a book

    Question, at what point would you say screw it in a book and just read the entire thing? Sometimes i spend a week or two on a book then if i have 100 or 200 pages left im like hell ya and just read the rest of the thing and stay up till 3 in the morning.

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  • Reading Weather

    What’s everyone’s favorite “reading weather”?

    I love a good snow storm…the quiet, the excuse not to go anywhere. Give me a candle, a blanket and a book please!

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    The Vegetarian

    The Vegetarian

    Han Kang

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    rmknitss commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • How often do you update your reading progress on PB?

    What is, according to you, the appropriate amount of pages/percentage read for you to log your reading progress?

    I get temped even if I just read 2 pages lol

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  • Reading guilt/stress 😞

    Does anyone else sometimes feel oddly guilty about not reading as much as they feel like they can?

    For the last three months I had been on such a roll- finally picking back up reading after realizing that I didn't have to read just straight romance and could instead read queerly (a fairly stupid revelation, I know) .

    But now as I head back to college since winter break is over, I haven't had much of a chance to read. It's not like I can't read during the school season- in fact that's when I got back into reading- but now I just feel so much more busy and exhausted.

    Plus now I'm stressing that I won't be able to reach my reading goal (even though we're only 16 days into 2026). It's just an odd feeling, and I was wondering if anyone else feels like this!😭😭

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  • Oh the Scandal

    What are some crazy book publishing scandals you have heard of?

    We're talking things like:

    The author who faked her way onto the New York Times besteller list

    Or the author who tried to copyright sun powers

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  • Books that made you cry

    A friend bought this reading journal with a "book bingo" section. To complete a bingo she needs to still "cry while reading", amongst other rather easy prompts.

    The 'problem' is that she's not really a cryer when it comes to books or even movies.

    Any suggestions on books that will even make her shed a tear? What were the books that made you cry?

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  • Multiple reading books

    I keep seeing people here casually mention they’re reading three books at the same time, and honestly… how?? How do you store all that information and still remember things like eating, sleeping, and basic human responsibilities? 😅 Meanwhile, I’m over here feeling mentally full after one book. (For anyone taking this very literally—I’m exaggerating a bit.)

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  • The River Has Roots
    rmknitss
    Jan 17, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    Stunning writing. Very folktale vibe with familial love, poetic justice, and a creative magic.

    The writing is lyrical but with no fluff. I bet this would be an amazing audiobook.

    10/10 recommend for everyone. It's such a short book but packs an incredible punch.

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