tulin
š±- 27 - she/they - lesbian - šæ I like horror books and weird books and stories about unhinged women š¦¢ Itās always political; stand up for human rights! Minors please do not follow me š
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Tomie
Junji Ito
Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize that no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.
tulin commented...
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Finally finished omg š I didnāt hate this one, it just dragged on for so long and I was a little bored š Iāll review soon!
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place. Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
tulin commented...
7h
I used to be a one book at a time person, but recently, Iāve just had so many meh books in a row that I get bored but donāt want to DNF so Iāll just start another book in my pile š I have 5 books going right now (not counting nonfiction books or the manga Iām working on): 3 physical, 1 audio, and 1 ebook. Most of them have some degree of fantasy to them, but theyāre still different enough I havenāt had trouble keeping track.
I also keep digital notes on each book I read where I throw in my thoughts occasionally if thereās anything I want to react to or remember. I think that helps me remember the books too, because Iām more actively thinking about them than just passively reading, even if I donāt take many notes.
As someone who can never read more than one book at a time, I'm always fascinated and also confused when I see accounts on here that are reading 3 or more books at once
Sometimes I'll see a few accounts have around 10 books they are reading at once and it makes me wonder if that's true, and if it is, how?? To me, it sounds like it would be hard to remember what's happening in each book
I hope this is an ok question to ask on here, I'm just curious to know more about why people do it!
tulin commented...
14h
Second audiobook Iāve listened to while lying in bed with a stomach ache lmao šµāš«
Anyway Iām pretty neutral on this one so far. I donāt hate it, but I wouldnāt be listening to it if not for the readalong and I donāt have any interest in eyeball reading it. The narration is engaging at least!
tulin commented...
16h
I donāt dream about reading (or at least havenāt recently), but I do sometimes dream about books Iāve recently read or are currently reading. Then Iāll wake up and be confused at whether what I dreamed was really in the book or not š
I do dream about scrolling through PB at least several times a week LOL Iāll just be liking peopleās posts and updates and chatting in the forums then wake up and be like, āWait so that book conversation wasnāt real?ā then immediately scroll actual PB š
Sometimes when I spend to much time reading on my kindle, I will have dreams of myself reading my dream.
The best way I can explain it is, I see my hands holding my kindle and hear my inner voice reading my dream. The weirdest part for me is that I also see the dream layered over it, like how I see the movie of a book in my head while I read. Oh, and the dreams are never from an actual book they really are just random dreams of myself of a stranger being read to me. I'm curious of anyone else reads in their dreams. Do you reread the book you read before you went to sleep? Do you read your favorite book? Do you read your dreams like me? What does it look like for you?
tulin commented...
23h
Ended up only getting through the next 5 Maria chapters today and didnāt get to Aliceās š
Iām full of rage for Maria, I know women had to put up with a lot of misogynistic bullshit way back then but they didnāt deserve it! Her husband better meet an untimely demise I stg š¤
Iām not a fan of the ācozyā genre, I donāt really read murder mysteries, and I hate journalist characters, so this book really was not for me right off the bat, so if you like cozy mysteries, my opinion probably wonāt matter to you, and my rating only reflects my personal enjoyment of this book.
Anyway disclaimer out of the way itās time for me to complain! š
I did not like this book and Iām not finishing the series for the badge, as much as Iād like at least a hat for my fox. The characters were all so stereotypical, and nothing felt fresh or interesting. Anthropomorphic animals with stereotypical traits was cute, like two decades ago, but now itās just so overdone. It doesnāt bring anything new to the table to have, for example, a wise owl or a shady raccoon. It just makes it all the more forgettable, and even frustrating. I know it was supposed to be cute and humorous, but I just kept going, āUgh, really?ā
Why were there incompetent police bears? Why was the panda a racist caricature? Why was the raccoon unfairly targeted? Why was there misogyny? Why were beaversā long teeth considered unattractive? Why did the snake talk with extra Sās? Why the slut-shaming? None of it was fun to me. Again, Iām not a fan of ācozyā books, so to someone who is, these things would probably be more charming (wellā¦ hopefully not the more problematic aspects lol), but I just got tired.
In general, I really, really, really hate the trope of journalist character who thinks theyāre above the law and can hide evidence and be extra nosy and entitled all in the name of getting the scoop. Nancy in Stranger Things season 3(?) made me want to strangle her through the screen lmao. Anyway so I hated Vera right from the get go and she didnāt get any better by the end. She could have been worse tbh, she wasnāt as annoying as Nancy had been, but I just never liked her.
The other characters were so flat (again, stereotypesā¦) and they were all pretty unlikable. I didnāt find a single one of them charming and none of the humor landed for me. Again, a me problem as itās not that the humor was bad necessarily, it just wasnāt my thing.
Honestly, I had expected the panda racism to be worse than it wasāit of course wasnāt good at all that he ran a restaurant, was a monk, is also a doctor, bowed all the time, and had inconsistent speech patterns, but he also wasnāt a major character and didnāt appear long when he did show up. Definitely not a fan, but not the main reason Iām not continuing the series.
I thought the ending was boring, but I also wasnāt invested at all. I wasnāt trying to solve the crime and didnāt really feel like the murderer was out of the blue, but it did feel underwhelming and cliche. Maybe a little problematic too, but spoilers so I wonāt discuss.
I try to be open and not write off entire genres, but I just really donāt think ācozyā crime/mystery is for me. Nothing about it appeals to me. If I want to read about murder, I want it to be dark and tell me all the grisly details. I didnāt really like the writing either because again, it had a ācozyā feel to it that I just didnāt care for. Nothing against you if you like cozy crime, itās just not my thing.
Lowkey felt bad rating this one so low since it was entirely not a book I would have read if not for the quest and I knew I wouldnāt enjoy it, but also whatever, itās not like my rating will be the only rating, and I rate based on my personal enjoyment so ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
Iām not a fan of the ācozyā genre, I donāt really read murder mysteries, and I hate journalist characters, so this book really was not for me right off the bat, so if you like cozy mysteries, my opinion probably wonāt matter to you, and my rating only reflects my personal enjoyment of this book.
Anyway disclaimer out of the way itās time for me to complain! š
I did not like this book and Iām not finishing the series for the badge, as much as Iād like at least a hat for my fox. The characters were all so stereotypical, and nothing felt fresh or interesting. Anthropomorphic animals with stereotypical traits was cute, like two decades ago, but now itās just so overdone. It doesnāt bring anything new to the table to have, for example, a wise owl or a shady raccoon. It just makes it all the more forgettable, and even frustrating. I know it was supposed to be cute and humorous, but I just kept going, āUgh, really?ā
Why were there incompetent police bears? Why was the panda a racist caricature? Why was the raccoon unfairly targeted? Why was there misogyny? Why were beaversā long teeth considered unattractive? Why did the snake talk with extra Sās? Why the slut-shaming? None of it was fun to me. Again, Iām not a fan of ācozyā books, so to someone who is, these things would probably be more charming (wellā¦ hopefully not the more problematic aspects lol), but I just got tired.
In general, I really, really, really hate the trope of journalist character who thinks theyāre above the law and can hide evidence and be extra nosy and entitled all in the name of getting the scoop. Nancy in Stranger Things season 3(?) made me want to strangle her through the screen lmao. Anyway so I hated Vera right from the get go and she didnāt get any better by the end. She could have been worse tbh, she wasnāt as annoying as Nancy had been, but I just never liked her.
The other characters were so flat (again, stereotypesā¦) and they were all pretty unlikable. I didnāt find a single one of them charming and none of the humor landed for me. Again, a me problem as itās not that the humor was bad necessarily, it just wasnāt my thing.
Honestly, I had expected the panda racism to be worse than it wasāit of course wasnāt good at all that he ran a restaurant, was a monk, is also a doctor, bowed all the time, and had inconsistent speech patterns, but he also wasnāt a major character and didnāt appear long when he did show up. Definitely not a fan, but not the main reason Iām not continuing the series.
I thought the ending was boring, but I also wasnāt invested at all. I wasnāt trying to solve the crime and didnāt really feel like the murderer was out of the blue, but it did feel underwhelming and cliche. Maybe a little problematic too, but spoilers so I wonāt discuss.
I try to be open and not write off entire genres, but I just really donāt think ācozyā crime/mystery is for me. Nothing about it appeals to me. If I want to read about murder, I want it to be dark and tell me all the grisly details. I didnāt really like the writing either because again, it had a ācozyā feel to it that I just didnāt care for. Nothing against you if you like cozy crime, itās just not my thing.
Lowkey felt bad rating this one so low since it was entirely not a book I would have read if not for the quest and I knew I wouldnāt enjoy it, but also whatever, itās not like my rating will be the only rating, and I rate based on my personal enjoyment so ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
tulin finished a book
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Shady Hollow
Juneau Black
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case. Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy. Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera's cunning and quickness to crack the case.
How to Be Eaten
Maria Adelmann
tulin commented...
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I LOVE discussions of mental visualization because it fascinates me so much!! Iām one of the people who canāt visualize a book like Iām watching a movie. People who can do that blow my mind because wtf do you mean itās like watching something with captions, thatās so crazy to me!
When I read, itās mostly just vibes and blobs. Never any colors or details, and if I focus too hard then the whole āimageā falls apart. You know when you stare at something for a long time then close your eyes and thereās a blurry vague afterimage printed on your eyelids for a few seconds? Even thatās more detail than I āseeā when I read, but itās pretty close as a description I think. Action/fight sequences are so hard for me to follow because I can never visualize whatās going on lol.
I'm one of those people that "see" books like a movie in my head. I'm either in the perspective of the main character or like a camera shot of the whole scene. Sometimes I'm seeing the movie so well that when I become conscious of the books' words again it kind of throws me off - kind of like when you're watching something with captions. You get used to them and they blend in, and then you notice them again and they become impossible to ignore until you get used to them again.
I was just wondering what you all "see". Is it like a movie? A picture book? Is it just the words? I feel like seeing just the words would make reading quite unenjoyable but that might just be me.
