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stardust82

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Dia de los Muertos 2025Mardi Gras + Carnival 2026Level 5
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The Song of Achilles
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Kindred
The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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    I kind of get what it's going for, I think... but does EVERY sentence need to be a run-on with five comma splices? Like, there's an individual voice, and then there's a complete lack of variation that makes it exhausting and boring to read. 😭

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  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
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    One chapter down and I am already entranced by Schwab's writing. It's so evocative and atmospheric! It's also really cool that this POV is set in Spain, which is culturally so similar to my own country, Portugal. Loving this!

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    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

    Victoria Schwab

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  • I, Medusa
    stardust82
    Jul 28, 2026
    I, Medusa
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.0Plot: 4.0

    I think my expectations of this book were what marred the experience for me. I went into it thinking it would be an adult novel, and while it claims to be, I would personally argue that it is more suited for a young adult audience despite the heavy subject matter. Meddy, at the end of the day, is a naive teenager who has a lot to learn, as we see throughout the novel. This, coupled with the prose that didn't did a lot of telling rather than showing, made the vibe very yound adult-esque. I saw some people say it become more adult as the novel goes on, but I disagree. Sure, Meddy becomes a little more adult, but the style of prose does not really change. It feels very much like a novel trying to teach young adults about what rape can look like and what to be wary of.

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  • Ruthless Vows
    stardust82
    Jul 13, 2026
    Ruthless Vows
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 4.5Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.5
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    How to Be a Rich Old Lady: Your Guide to Easy Investing, Building Wealth, and Creating the Wild, Beautiful Life You Want

    How to Be a Rich Old Lady: Your Guide to Easy Investing, Building Wealth, and Creating the Wild, Beautiful Life You Want

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    Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)

    Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde, #3)

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    Rebecca Ross

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