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March 2024 Wrap-Up!
17 books read this month. I think that’s a personal best! So this is how much I can read when I’m unemployed. Huh. And… maybe because of these four reasons too: I hope you had a wonderful March! #1: An Offer From a Gentleman ⭐4.5 : My second read of this book and it’s more… Read more
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Thoughts on the Controversial Throne of Glass (ToG) Special Edition from Fairyloot
Last March 20, 2024, Fairyloot dropped the digital mockups for the first four books of the popular fantasy series ‘Throne of Glass’ by Sarah J. Maas and the public reception … has been overwhelmingly negative. Here’s my rundown of the situation and my personal thoughts. Read more
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Book Catalogue Card #30: Europea Halls
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐ (2 out of 5 stars) A slasher novel reminiscent of the movie ‘Scream’ and the book ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ that leaves a lot of room for depth. There’s a lot of potential for this series. Individually, the elements are theoretically a banger on its own – the diverse… Read more
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Percy Jackson Illumicrate SE: I’ve Fallen Down the Ocean Trenches
I love a good book mail! A part of me is so impatient when I preorder these limited-edition book sets because they’re usually weeks or months away from getting in my hands, but the moment they come it feels like a huge, wonderful surprise. Today I received Illumicrate’s Percy Jackson series and I am ecstatic!… Read more
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Book Catalogue Card #29: More Light
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3 out of 5 stars) While fiction gives me so many emotional highs and lows that makes my heart sing, nonfiction books like ‘More Light’ touch my heart in just a tad more vulnerable way because it encourages philosophical discussions out here in the real world using examples of real people. I… Read more
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Book Catalogue Card #28: Sick Bastards
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5 out of 5 stars) I think I’m gonna throw up now. Or read the sequel to throw up even more? What is sanity? The book promised to shock, disgust, and offended… and it DELIVERED! Read more
The Stray Reader 