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Cat parent of 3 trying their best to create their own home library 📚 They/he - 28 years old

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Reading...Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, #2)
My Taste
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
Black River Orchard

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  • Tender Is the Flesh
    Thoughts from 40% - underwhelmed

    Yeah, maybe this just isn't for me. Not on a body horror level - because honestly, it's not that insane or descriptive of body horror. It feels as if I'm reading a meat processing how-to guide but they replace the word animal with human once every three paragraphs to keep you on your toes. This book is too much yet nothing at all at the same time. Bazterrica sacrifices actual stakes and growing tension for "shocking" imagery and fanciful prose. This book could be a great look at classism, environmentalism (though it does feel a bit like an aggressive way of promoting not eating meat/be against the meat processing industry - which needs revamping but this just feels pretentious af), and grief, but instead it's just too much talk with very little actual story or substance... Maybe it's just not for me (and the scene in Chapter 18 was unnecessary and took me waaaay out of the narrative)... Yeah idk, I'll finish it but it's not... outstanding to me.

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  • Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, #2)
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    Thoughts from 55%
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  • Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, #2)
    Thoughts from 40% (page 208)

    "After all, a society that takes care of its own does not produce children who grow up dreaming of burning it down." Had to put the book down after reading that (and not just to write it here 😂) for a short while

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  • Audiobook recommendations

    I'm sure this has been asked before but couldn't find it. Where do people listen to audiobooks? I've seen audible and libby come up, are they the most recommended? I currently don't have access to libby as I don't have a library card (living abroad), but might try get one when I'm home. What are some good audiobooks to start with?

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  • What's your favorite sapphic book?

    So excited for this quest! I wanted this to be a collection for both people who've never read a sapphic book and don't know where to start, and also for avid readers of sapphic stories that are looking for more recommendations. Feel free to suggest more books to be added! Now the real question: what's your favorite sapphic book or one that made a big impact on you?

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  • You Are Fatally Invited
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    May 28, 2025
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.5
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    🎧 Audiobook This one was the book of the month in a thriller book club I'm in. Decided to try the audiobook version since my local library didn't have the book and if I had bought a physical one it probably wouldn't have arrived in time. I do enjoy a good mystery 👀 especially ones with multiple POV's I didn't see the ending coming or who the main culprit was but once the metaphorical building blocks started to stack up around me, showing the full picture I was in awe. It might have not been the most mindblowing mystery but it was an enjoyable one!

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  • Grumpy x Sunshine rec

    i am REALLY in the mood to read something with this type of pairing (manga, manhwa, standalone book, a book series, ANYTHING) and i want to know if anyone has any good recommendations 😊 it can be of any genre too but do tell me the vibes of the thing you are recommending pls

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  • Grumpy x Sunshine rec

    i am REALLY in the mood to read something with this type of pairing (manga, manhwa, standalone book, a book series, ANYTHING) and i want to know if anyone has any good recommendations 😊 it can be of any genre too but do tell me the vibes of the thing you are recommending pls

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  • TBR/Want To Read

    I don't know why this thought popped into my head earlier today, but does anyone else use the "Want To Read" feature on Goodreads/Story graph/Fable as their 'official' TBR list or as a place to keep track of books that catch your attention but you don't want to forget the name? For me, I tend to fall into the latter, where if I find a book, but don't want to forget it and am not ready to read it yet.

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  • Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)
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    May 24, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0

    I've heard this story being described as entry level horror and that fits so well with this one. I got what I expected out of this story 😌🤘🏼 It was a fun read and even though I found myself guessing where things were headed from time to time I still got surprised by a few plot twists.

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  • Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)
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