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The Book of Azrael (Gods and Monsters, #1)

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)

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FlameOfUdun

Thoughts from 5% (page 33)

I'm so ready for some more arse kicking from Orka and Varg!

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adreamingwitch

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Omg I’m so glad they do a recap of the last book in the beginning. I wish more series did this, I’m so forgetful lol

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I’m loving this so far. It reminds me of God of the Woods, but more fast paced. The family sucks so everyone’s a suspect in my mind right now.

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

"Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole." As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status--much like their grandparents before them. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community--and all of us--to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.

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This Is Why We Lied (Will Trent, #12)

Karin Slaughter

The next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Girls and After That Night! Everyone here is a liar, but only one of us is a killer… A secluded cabin retreat For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. A murderer in their midst Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain. But as Will and Sara investigate the McAlpine family and the other guests, they realize that everyone here is lying….Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves. Who killed Mercy McAlpine? It soon becomes clear that normal rules don’t apply at McAlpine Lodge, and Will and Sara are going to have to watch their step at every turn. Trapped on the resort, they must untangle a decades-old web of secrets to discover what happened to Mercy. And with the killer poised to strike again, the trip of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…

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The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)

John Gwynne

THE DEAD GODS ARE RISING. Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest. As Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own–and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance. Elvar has sworn to fulfil her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade the Battle-Grim to follow her. Yet even the might of the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim cannot stand alone against a dragon god. Their only hope lies within the mad writings of a chained god. A book of forbidden magic with the power to raise the wolf god Ulfrir from the dead…and bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth.

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lenihr

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Thoughts from 83% (page 555)

I hope Midas burns in the deepest part of hell

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I Let You Go

Clare Mackintosh

A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn't have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. Slowly, Jenna begins to glimpse the potential for happiness in her future. But her past is about to catch up with her, and the consequences will be devastating . . .

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The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)

John Gwynne

Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne. After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrið. Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out. Now, as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows in the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn. All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods . . .

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Lady_Evalina

Thoughts from 40%

For me, this one's a soft DNF-for now, at least.

I'm usually super patient with a slow burn, whether it's romance or plot-related. I actually love a good, slow build. But here... the pacing just feels too slow.

That said, the writing style? Gorgeous. The world-building? So immersive. And the potential this series has? Off the charts. I've really loved seeing Auren's character growth-watching her find her strength has honestly been one of my favorite parts so

far.

I'm about 40% into book three, which means I've read nearly 1,000 pages of this series-and unfortunately, not a whole lot seems to be happening. The pacing's starting to feel a bit dragged out, and instead of keeping me hooked, it's starting to wear me down a bit.

So for now, I'm setting the series aside. I do plan to come back to it when I'm in the right headspace and can appreciate it more fully. But right now? I just need a little break.

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I Let You Go

Clare Mackintosh

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Thoughts from 61% (page 291)

It is so strange to me that they call their minds a thought-cage…

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pikapaw

Thoughts from 70%

varg & elvars POVs have farrr too many side characters my poor brain is getting so mixed up :’)

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