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sweetpohtahtoe

i'll try any genre or trope at least once, and I learned I hate horror and can't stand the Russian classics.

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  • Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle, #2)
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    The stereotypes SO FAR are pissing me off. Trying hard to withhold full judgment until after i finish this

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  • Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle, #2)
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    The stereotypes SO FAR are pissing me off. Trying hard to withhold full judgment until after i finish this

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  • The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
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    Starting this series in my early twenties for the first time and eating up every crumb. I can only imagine how much I would have LOVED to read this as a kiddo. Something tells me Percy will heal my inner child as I continue đŸ„č💖

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  • Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle, #2)
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    The whole exchange between Abdullah and the carpet seller reminds me of how Japanese professional interactions or conversations go: very deferential, polite, apologetic, (fake-ish) humble
 you get the drift. (I work parttime in a Japanese government office so I am IMMERSED in this kind of language😅)

    So when I read this whole interaction I laughed out loud at the familiarity 😅

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  • DNFing past the middle?

    Will you dnf a book when you’re past 50–60%? I’m having a hard time doing that, especially when it’s a big book. And also, all that reading won’t go toward your yearly reading challenge đŸ€­đŸ„Č😆

    I’m a slow reader, so when I’m in a reading slump month and I have a few books I want to dnf in a month (both past 50%) it just feels like I read nothing at all that month when I look at my stats..😭

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  • Making Their Vows
    sweetpohtahtoe
    Apr 29, 2026
    DNF
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5

    Lucy Darling writes sweet romances; sometimes TOO sweet.

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  • Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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    The bad thing about having watched the movie before reading the book is that I am now very confused while reading. I am going to have to read this again
 gladlyđŸ˜…đŸ„ł

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  • Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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    Soooooooo many things left out of the movie. I’m liking this book better so far, but I still do love the movie♄

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  • Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
    sweetpohtahtoe
    Apr 28, 2026
    5.0
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    If you’ve watched the movie before reading this, you need to read it twice. The first time to attempt to align the movie and book in your head but fail soectacularly because they’re so different, and the second to enjoy it as a classic on its own.

    Sidenote: I’m writing this after my first reading after watching the movie and I have so many questions!!!😅

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  • Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
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    The bad thing about having watched the movie before reading the book is that I am now very confused while reading. I am going to have to read this again
 gladlyđŸ˜…đŸ„ł

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