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Winter 2026 Readalong
Cherry Blossom Festival 2026
My Taste
The Naturals (The Naturals, #1)
Never Lie
Caraval (Caraval, #1)
Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)
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The Remarried Empress, Vol. 8 (The Remarried Empress, #8)
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Exile (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #2)
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If You Could See the Sun
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  • The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop
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    She had learned that the cloth wrapped around the box was called kotsu-ooi - a cover for the bones.

    Kotsu-ooi (骨覆い) 骨 (kotsu) - this kanji means bone (as you can see it looks like a skeleton heheh) It's read as Ho Ne ほね (if its a stand-alone word, like- for example you are talking about the bones in your body then you can say "Ho ほ Ne ね"

    覆い (ooi) - the kanji is pronounced as "oo おお" and the hiragana character next to it is "i い". It's talking about a cover. The dictionary form for it is it's verb "覆う (oou)", which means to cover something. so if it's the noun, then "覆い (ooi)"

    It's confusing because "Ooi" can also mean "many" when it's written as 多い .

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    this is a feature i know has been requested on the roadmap already, but bc i cannot wait for that feature to be reviewed and bc i am noisy af, i am asking y'all to introduce yourself to the community with 3 emoji's 🦦

    maybe we can connect simply through (emoji) vibe 💫

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    I grew up eating white rabbit milk candy and I always threw away the translucent wrapper inside then found out 25 years later that it's actually rice paper 🫢

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    My Thorns For Your Roses

    My Thorns For Your Roses

    Kristen Argyres

    True love takes many forms. As one of the few survivors of her generation, Lark wants to live a quiet, peaceful life. All she needs is a tolerable husband. On her 24th birthday, Lark offends the local faerie lord, the shapeshifter Tamlin, who punishes her with a rose rooted in her flesh. In her efforts to convince Tamlin to undo his handiwork, Lark visits the forest daily and discovers the breathtaking and terrifying wonders of his realm. Despite her pragmatic nature tugging her toward a mortal huntsman, Lark falls for Tamlin. After a near-fatal accident exposes Tamlin’s cruel deception, Lark moves to the capital to accept a marriage of convenience. Yet when she learns of Tamlin’s capture, Lark must choose whether to secure her future or risk it all to save the love of her life from his cannibal ex. -- MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES is a "Tam Lin" retelling written in the spirit of the Scottish faerie tale and folksong - for readers who enjoyed the fae in Heather Fawcett's EMILY WILDE series, retellings like Naomi Novik's SPINNING SILVER, and the complicated family dynamics of Kell Woods' AFTER THE FOREST and UPON A STARLIT TIDE. Book cover artist: Yinan Sun (Grey)

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    I got the Japanese copyy! I can't waitt to re-read this.

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