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The Amber Spyglass
★★★★★
This book absolutely WRECKED me in the best way possible. I had read the other two previous books earlier this year and I was NOT prepared for all the theological and philosophical implications of this series, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. Honestly, probably one of my most beloved series now.
★★★★★
This book absolutely WRECKED me in the best way possible. I had read the other two previous books earlier this year and I was NOT prepared for all the theological and philosophical implications of this series, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. Honestly, probably one of my most beloved series now.
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Howl's Moving Castle
★★★½
As charming as this book was, it dragged on a bit and I felt a bit confused at times. I felt like there was too much going on at the same time, which is a shame.
★★★½
As charming as this book was, it dragged on a bit and I felt a bit confused at times. I felt like there was too much going on at the same time, which is a shame.
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The Legend of Drizzt #1: Homeland
★★★★☆
This one was a bit hard to get through, but I soldiered on, and once I got about 1/3 in, I was invested. I need to know what happens to Drizzt next! And if he gets any real friends! Please SOMEONE get this guy some friends!
★★★★☆
This one was a bit hard to get through, but I soldiered on, and once I got about 1/3 in, I was invested. I need to know what happens to Drizzt next! And if he gets any real friends! Please SOMEONE get this guy some friends!
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Little Cakes #19: Malted Milk
★★★½
The Little Cakes series are my comfort reads, but they are a bit formulaic at times, and this one was pretty much that. Not bad, just predictable.
★★★½
The Little Cakes series are my comfort reads, but they are a bit formulaic at times, and this one was pretty much that. Not bad, just predictable.
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Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen
★★★★☆
The third installment of the Pumpkin Queen series, which I eagerly awaited because the previous one left off on a cliffhanger! Boy, did it definitely deliver! This series has made me very much more of a Sally fan, as well as a JackxSally shipper, because oh my goddddd...they're so fucking cute together! Jack is such a sweetie pie to her. I also love Sally's character development over all three books, becoming more confident as a ruler. A great start to fall and spooky season overall.
★★★★☆
The third installment of the Pumpkin Queen series, which I eagerly awaited because the previous one left off on a cliffhanger! Boy, did it definitely deliver! This series has made me very much more of a Sally fan, as well as a JackxSally shipper, because oh my goddddd...they're so fucking cute together! Jack is such a sweetie pie to her. I also love Sally's character development over all three books, becoming more confident as a ruler. A great start to fall and spooky season overall.
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
★★★☆☆
I really tried to get into this one, I really did. It is not bad by any stretch of the imagination, it is just very...slow. The prose is beautiful and verbose, but I think that is the book's downfall, that its verbosity makes a relatively short book feel long.
★★★☆☆
I really tried to get into this one, I really did. It is not bad by any stretch of the imagination, it is just very...slow. The prose is beautiful and verbose, but I think that is the book's downfall, that its verbosity makes a relatively short book feel long.
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The Seance
★★★★½
This was another great spooky season read! Though I had hoped for a bit more supernatural elements, I was still pleasantly surprised by the mystery aspect of it! I was hanging onto the edge of my seat with each chapter, though...a half a point off because I feel that the ending was rushed.
★★★★½
This was another great spooky season read! Though I had hoped for a bit more supernatural elements, I was still pleasantly surprised by the mystery aspect of it! I was hanging onto the edge of my seat with each chapter, though...a half a point off because I feel that the ending was rushed.
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
★★★★★
This is the longest book I've read this year, and in the shortest amount of time. Took me only 2 days to complete it. Basically, this is a story about the cruelties suffered by young women, and the desire for revenge for those enacted cruelties. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart, as it deals heavily with pregnancy and birth, as well as a fair amount of gore. From Diane the deluded social worker pretending to be hip and friendly with the girls at the home just to win them over and traffick their babies, to the sanctimonious headmistress who treated the pregnant girls like sinful trash, to the doctors and nurses who humiliated Fern and treated her with nothing but disdain, almost everyone in this book pissed me off, well, apart from the main coven. However, it opened my eyes to the reality of the times and how there really were homes like this for young unwed mothers. It's very close to my heart, because my own grandmother was one, and she was sent away and never saw her baby again. But what I do love about this book is how the girls all came together to protect each other, and how sisterhood and friendship can withstand any amout of evil fuckery from the patriarchal christian status quo. I sat in a parking lot for over an hour trying to finish this book. Grady Hendrix really did his research and produced a story with brutality, magic, and heart.
★★★★★
This is the longest book I've read this year, and in the shortest amount of time. Took me only 2 days to complete it. Basically, this is a story about the cruelties suffered by young women, and the desire for revenge for those enacted cruelties. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart, as it deals heavily with pregnancy and birth, as well as a fair amount of gore. From Diane the deluded social worker pretending to be hip and friendly with the girls at the home just to win them over and traffick their babies, to the sanctimonious headmistress who treated the pregnant girls like sinful trash, to the doctors and nurses who humiliated Fern and treated her with nothing but disdain, almost everyone in this book pissed me off, well, apart from the main coven. However, it opened my eyes to the reality of the times and how there really were homes like this for young unwed mothers. It's very close to my heart, because my own grandmother was one, and she was sent away and never saw her baby again. But what I do love about this book is how the girls all came together to protect each other, and how sisterhood and friendship can withstand any amout of evil fuckery from the patriarchal christian status quo. I sat in a parking lot for over an hour trying to finish this book. Grady Hendrix really did his research and produced a story with brutality, magic, and heart.
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