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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… Continue reading
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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! Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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! Continue reading
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Book Catalogue Card #27: The Rot of Karma
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3 out of 5 stars) Not as scary nor as fleshed out as I hoped but still written well. Continue reading
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Book Catalogue Card #26: The Teacher
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 out of 5 stars) Another great hit from my queen of psychological thriller! I read her latest work ‘The Teacher’ and was once again blown away by how much McFadden pulls me in her stories. Continue reading
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Book Catalogue Card #25: The House on Hanging Hill Lane
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐ (1.5 out of 5 stars) The cover is great, the prologue and epilogues are chilly, but everything else is disappointing. The narration style wasn’t able to develop any character, deliver a scene effectively, and deliver a satisfying plot progression. I will just reiterate that the writing style is so discomfiting. Continue reading
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Book Quote #99
Quote: “The university ripped us from our homes and made us believe that our futures could only consist of serving the Crown. The university tells us we are special, chosen, selected, when really we are severed from our motherlands and raised within spitting distance of a class we can never truly become a part of.… Continue reading
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Book Quote #98
Quote: “All sacrifice does is make you feel better. It doesn’t help the rest of us, so it’s an ultimately meaningless gesture.” – Victoire Desgraves from the book ‘Babel: An Arcane History’ by R.F. Kuang Continue reading
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February 2024 Wrap-Up!
February was more of a graphic novel/manga season. 17 volumes of Kakegurui and 21 volumes of Assassination Classroom! I find manga and graphic novels to be perfect for when I don’t have the mental bandwidth to visualize and process the words I’m reading. I still badly want to consume stories but I’m having sensory overload Continue reading
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Book Quote #97
Quote: “You fly no one’s flag. You’re free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.” – Griffin from the book ‘Babel: An Arcane History’ by R.F. Kuang Continue reading
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Book Quote #96
Quote: “Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world. They’re the keys to civilization.” – Anthony Ribben from the book ‘Babel: An Arcane History’ by R.F. Kuang Continue reading
The Stray Reader 