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House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

4.0

The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

admittedly i’m having and absolute flop of a reading year so far but for whatever reason i'm having a hard time getting into this one. maybe i’ll try again when i'm not in a slump so bad that i'm actively questioning my ability to read lol

The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill by Rowenna Miller
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.

not feeling it lmao

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

i think this would’ve benefited from having accounts from multiple people rather than just the author and i was already familiar with most of the topics discussed, but this is a good intro for people looking to broaden their understanding of feminism nonetheless 

The Wicked King by Holly Black

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

gagged. well, and truly, gagged.

love me a queen who disassociates to yuri on ice

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.5

the first half is a bit of a mess but after

the coup

happens? the political machinations? the big girlboss moves? jude and cardans Whole Thing? i’m sat

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.

 18 pages in and im getting a sinking feeling that this book and i are going to be fast foes if i continue any further, so my adventure ends about 2 paces from the starting line. thank god for libraries lol.

The Witchwood Knot by Olivia Atwater

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

that last page was so mean

The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

adventurous tense medium-paced

3.5

with the way chakraborty wrote the kingdom of copper i genuinely thought that this wasn't getting any lower than a 4.5.... lmao

it sucks because there are still things that i loved: chakraborty's character work remains strong, her writing is engaging and sharp, and i do appreciate the themes of the cycle of trauma. but there were also problems that i had that, at certain points, made me wonder if a different person wrote certain chunks of the book

the pacing was bizarre, especially at the start of part 3 where

narhi goes to confront manizheh, and then jamshid, ali, and fiza appear with a bunch of back up and the narrative is like " for you see, jamshid and narhi came up with a plan and ali managed to convince a massive fleet of djinn to fight alongside them off page!" fuck all the way off with that.

actually

why was ali given such little page time during the final fight? the man summons an entire seafood boil to fight and then nothing, the rest of the climax takes place on a roof lol

. the end felt too easy overall, for a villain that was genuinely terrifying manizheh went down like a lead balloon lol 

i'm unsure

if the ending narhi and ali got was the right one for them. they both clearly hated being in positions of power and the fact that they're both essentially stuck in daevabad forever doesn't sit right with me no matter how much "daevabads a democracy now!" you plaster over it tbh? i really liked daras ending; choosing to atone for his past after being used as a pawn for milenia, finally letting nahri go, realizing the propaganda he was fed, and actively trying to work to make it right. you love to see it! i just wish that ali and narhi had gotten a similar catharsis

in conclusion: rip the

cairo apothecary

ending you will always be famous xo

Who TF Did I Marry by Reesa Teesa

tense medium-paced

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