thatdamgirl
27 • she/her • INFP always here for gothic horror, romantasy, and weird girl lit-fic vibes 🖤🏰🥀💀
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The Sea Was Never Meant For Us: Ocean Horror
Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.
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Allow Me to Interrupt: A Psychologist Reveals the Emotional Truth Behind Women's ADHD
Gilly Kahn
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This book had a slow start but slowly picked up until I was riveted by the end. The prose is beautiful and captures the intricate nature of this story. I listened via audiobook, and as a non-Spanish speaker, the narrator did a fantastic job immersing me into the story especially with the Spanish names and language.
This story is about a girl who is unsatisfied with living as a scullery maid without a purpose, who knows she is meant for more. It’s a story of magic in a world that praises it when it suits the Church, but condemns anything that is deemed “other”. It’s a story of survival, of ambition, of love, of tragedy, and the cost of choices.
This book is set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. There is a lot of exploration on the harm of unchecked power, the patriarchy, and religious extremism. The tragedies of this book hit deep especially knowing that many things in this book described the daily life of many people for almost 400 years.
I am unwell after finishing this story. 10/10 the psychic damage is worth it and would recommend.
Song pairings: The Fruits by Paris Paloma W.I.T.C.H by Devon Cole
Vibes:
CW: torture
2thatdamgirl TBR'd a book
Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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thatdamgirl commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
It's time to share what books you got in the last week!
- Did you check out a big stack from the library?
- Did you visit a new LFL and find something exciting?
- Did someone give you a book for your birthday?
- Did you go splurge at the bookstore?
- Did you stuff your Kindle?
- Did all your Libby holds come in at once?
- Did you find a book in the dumpster?
- ???
IT ALL COUNTS so tell me...whatcha get??? 👀
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TIL that the HMHS Britannic was a sister ship of the Titanic with just as interesting as a history! I may have went on a deep dive (hehe pun) and now I’m so invested in this lore. 🧐🚢
Spoiler alert: Although this was a real life event, I suspect that it will be a plot point to the story so read at your own discretion:
Fun facts about the Britannic:
- it was built just like the Titanic but with enhanced safety features after the Titanic sunk
- despite everything the Britannia also hit a hazard and sunk (it hit a German navel mine)
- it was built for passengers but never used for passenger travel. It was repurposed during WW1 as a hospital ship
- when it sunk, most people were able to be rescued. There were 30 casualties and over 1000 rescues
- it’s on the bottom of the Aegean Sea and experienced divers often go to investigate it!
- apparently there are artifacts from this ship on display at the Exhibition of Underwater Antiquities Museum in Greece, which just opened up this year!
🌊🌊🚢🌊🌊 More reading: Smithsonian Encylopedia Brittanica Pics of the sunken ship
14thatdamgirl wrote a review...
This book had a slow start but slowly picked up until I was riveted by the end. The prose is beautiful and captures the intricate nature of this story. I listened via audiobook, and as a non-Spanish speaker, the narrator did a fantastic job immersing me into the story especially with the Spanish names and language.
This story is about a girl who is unsatisfied with living as a scullery maid without a purpose, who knows she is meant for more. It’s a story of magic in a world that praises it when it suits the Church, but condemns anything that is deemed “other”. It’s a story of survival, of ambition, of love, of tragedy, and the cost of choices.
This book is set during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. There is a lot of exploration on the harm of unchecked power, the patriarchy, and religious extremism. The tragedies of this book hit deep especially knowing that many things in this book described the daily life of many people for almost 400 years.
I am unwell after finishing this story. 10/10 the psychic damage is worth it and would recommend.
Song pairings: The Fruits by Paris Paloma W.I.T.C.H by Devon Cole
Vibes:
CW: torture
2thatdamgirl finished a book
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
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Neither of them could cook, so they muddled through meals of burnt bread and sardines, subsisting mostly on plates of cheese and olives and plenty of wine.
Love a good ✨Girl Dinner✨. 🙂↕️
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Neither of them could cook, so they muddled through meals of burnt bread and sardines, subsisting mostly on plates of cheese and olives and plenty of wine.
Love a good ✨Girl Dinner✨. 🙂↕️
2thatdamgirl commented on itsjordanmcc's review of Yesteryear
Had a blast with this. Extremely tight novel. We should actually delete all influencers accounts I think
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I dunno about you all, but when I see someone earn this badge I think about it like they've been selected to adopt their very own lil venus flytrap monster! And then I can't help but think about her like she's a pokemon, and when you've fed and trained her enough she'll evolve into her next form (silver, gold, etc.) BUT THEN I'm like, wait! What's her name??? 😍
So, what are you naming her?? (or what will you name her if you're still working toward the honor of taking one home yourself!)
For my sweet angel baby I'm tempted to be nerdy and name her Diona in honor of the genus name (Dionaea) or maybe honor the legacy and call her Audrey? But that feels too cliche. I'm totally on the fence. What're you picking? 👀
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