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Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 30, 2020 15:19:47 GMT -5
Well, well ... I finished the Devils and Realist manga series. My heart is fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. Promise. Promise ...
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 13, 2020 23:36:07 GMT -5
So. Should I read Cat Coming Home or should I read some Christmas Mysteries?
(Both are Christmas themed.)
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 14, 2020 6:28:07 GMT -5
Nice! I shall do so!
I mean. XD I could read something by Brandon Sanderson?
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 14, 2020 7:17:15 GMT -5
Yeah! Singular book! A lot of short stories.  |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 14, 2020 16:03:50 GMT -5
Fablehaven 3 is one of my favorites for Vanessa alone.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 16, 2020 7:21:47 GMT -5
Oh yes indeed. You'll see more of those!
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 22, 2020 22:09:26 GMT -5
i...haven't been reading much of anything. except Rapunzel's Revenge, which was a graphic novel i've already read before but it was a fun reread.
i did finally pick up the gilded wolves again tho, and i'm like halfway through now.
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 22, 2020 22:32:09 GMT -5
i really like it! i think my only real issue is how...funny the book tries to be sometimes? like some of the jokes feel really forced, like a deliberate reminder that these characters are supposed to be fun and snarky! some of the character quirkiness is overplayed too i think. but plotwise, world-building-wise, and in general characterization it's been very entertaining. I think Laila is my favorite character so far.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 25, 2020 4:15:49 GMT -5
That sounds very interesting.
I'm reading my Christmas Mystery collection.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 29, 2020 1:28:36 GMT -5
I need to read my German version of Hamlet.
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 30, 2020 16:39:29 GMT -5
Okay folks we're engaging in a madcap dash to hit my goodreads goal before the end of tomorrow. I've got two books to go. I'm going w/ books I already have started but it's gonna be a wild time bc i am not a fast reader.
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 30, 2020 16:47:10 GMT -5
fangbranch if you have some recs I'd love to hear them (although again i'm a very slow reader and also a mood reader and it takes me a bit to get to anything new)
Some recs I have for standalones: The Last Unicorn, Sadie, Where Things Come Back, and The Night Circus. Contact by Carl Sagan is also good but it's a bit of a heavier science fiction book.
and series: The Bartimaeus Sequence, The Great Library, the Inkworld Trilogy (although Inkheart's the best and can be read as a standalone), and The Southern Reach
and short story collections cause why not: Stories of Your Life and Others, Lips Touch Three Times, and Oddest of All
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Post by 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘯 on Dec 30, 2020 19:40:02 GMT -5
I'm rereading the Skulduggery Pleasant series right now, currently on Mortal Coil. it's every bit as good as it was the last time I read through it. I want to reread some Laini Taylor next, probably the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy.
for recs i definitely second The Night Circus! such a good read. I've read it three times and tbh I still don't really know what happens but it's one of my favourite books of all time. 10/10 would recommend. I've recently also enjoyed Crier's War (I really need to read the sequel tbh) and the Ember in the Ashes series. in terms of contemporary fiction, I loved both The Girls and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo a lot.
if you have any recs, I'd love some! I've been reading pretty exclusively fantasy (if my own recs didn't give that away lol) and I'm far from bored of it yet haha |
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 31, 2020 22:28:47 GMT -5
fangbranch My Lady Jane has been on my tbr for a while, and someone gifted me a copy of Illuminae a while back though I never read it. They both seem p fun!
I read kind of all over the place, but I'm partial to science fiction/fantasy (any age group) and literary/psychological fiction (hence stuff like Sadie and Where Things Come Back. those books live in my mind rent free).
Also looking for history and science nonfiction book recs if you have any! I'm trying to branch out in my reading and I haven't read much in nonfic in a while c:
But really I will look into anything people rec to me so if you have any favorites outside those genres that's cool too.
𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘯 have you ever read The Crown's Game duology? it's like russian inspired fantasy and it's kind of a less dense/more action-y version of the Night Circus, if you like TNC and Laini Taylor you might like it as well.
Skulduggery Pleasant has also been on my tbr for so darn long lol it sounds really good from what I've heard
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Dec 31, 2020 22:31:21 GMT -5
also i finished my goodreads goal lol I finally got through The Gilded Wolves, which had some really good parts and some eh parts so I hope the sequel feels more even.
My second book was City of Ember, a reread. It's such a nostalgia fave but also it holds up surprisingly well even now.
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Post by 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘯 on Jan 1, 2021 13:37:12 GMT -5
*Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* i haven't, but i'll definitely look into it, thank you! i super recommend skulduggery pleasant, especially if it's already on your tbr, it's wonderful! it was to me what harry potter is to a lot of other people but it holds up so well even now that im an adult with more adult tastes. i probably reread it once a year haha |
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 2, 2021 3:00:39 GMT -5
fangbranch My Lady Jane has been on my tbr for a while, and someone gifted me a copy of Illuminae a while back though I never read it. They both seem p fun!
I have happened to read both of these. My Lady Jane is good, albeit the ending is slow. Which, considering that's the plot heavy part, is not the best going for it. But it was a really fun twist on history. Illuminae is stellar. One of my top books. I devoured the series. |
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Post by *Ɗαɾƙρσσℓ* on Jan 7, 2021 15:51:15 GMT -5
i finished My Dark Vanessa and idk how to feel about it or how to rate it. Like it's a brilliantly-written, complex book for sure, but reading it was just so disconcerting and I've been uneasy abt it since I put it down. i feel like i need to read something cutesy and wholesome just to get my mind off it.
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Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 8, 2021 3:37:09 GMT -5
Any cutesy and wholesome books on your list?
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