June 7, 2023 – June 8, 2023 Ok these books have stolen my heart. They are fun and meaningful (all the serious scenes of Pierce helping her through her grief). All the people in her life that are weaving around her. The scene when Pierce finds out that her cousin had spent her livelihood was …
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The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 2, by Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals #2
June 4, 2023 – June 4, 2023 This book was fun. And so many men! I can’t decide on who I want her to end up with. All of them wouldn’t be one her aunt would approve of. Right now I’m moved toward Roland even though he flat out said he wasn’t interested in her. …
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1, by Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals #1
May 27, 2023 – May 28, 2023 What a delightful little story! A friend of mine recommended it to me after deeming it “safe” and it was. Lacking in gory narrative and all the trimmings of books that “matter”, this book was full of this girl’s thoughts and life. I was quite INVESTED by the …
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
May 14, 2023 – May 20, 2023 This book has been sitting on the side of my bed for months, which is frankly ridiculous. I pride myself on being a Sanderson fan, thinking that his stuff is the best and can’t wait to read whatever he writes, Amit’s Christmas present to me was getting the …
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
April 5, 2023 – April 6, 2023 Hello faithful readers! Remember me! I read a book! Well listened to one. This one had been on my radar for a while. I haven’t read any of his books and I’m not really planning to, but I knew he was a discovery writer too and wanted to …
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The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz
September 22, 2022 – September 24, 2022 This book was painful to read, and I mean that in a bad way. So many times I was like “no, don’t do that. Why?” Like how she fell for the guy in her timeline, I was at the point where I was like “there are no good …
Games Wizards Play by Diane Duane, Young Wizards #10
September 10, 2022. -September 13, 2022 And that’s it. It’s done. I’ve been burning through these as fast as I could, reading for me because I decided books ago that these aren’t appropriate for a 10 year old- which was re-emphasize in this book by her talk with her dad where he doesn’t say “you’re …
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A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane, Young Wizards #9
September 8, 2022 – September 10, 2022 Ok remember how I’m complaining about how little relationship stuff there is? Well she dumped it out now and I sort of feel ok? Like she handled the whole “I haven’t thought of this before” kind of ok. It still caught me off guard and I can’t forget …
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Wizards at War by Diane Duane, Young Wizards #8
September 5, 2022 – September 7, 2022 I need to go to bed. Update tomorrow. Update: ok! Book! What did I think? Once again really great world-building with a unique idea, but this book was extra good somehow. Maybe because the stakes were higher or the dynamics of a larger cast. Whatever it was it …
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Wizard’s Holiday by Diane Duane, Young Wizards #7
August 31, 2022 – September 5, 2022 Getting through this book felt like homework. I’m still reeling over the gross misstep in sensitivity from the last book, but I’m invested. I think I’ve pin pointed what’s bothering me so much about Kit and Nita’s relationship- it’s stagnated. I know I’ve complained about the jarringness of …
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Reading Responses at 2am - SPOILER ALERT! 