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November was maybe my best reading month of the year.
4.5 ⭐
Change the Recipe
Miss Major Speaks
The Message
4 ⭐
A Different Kind of Power
Who Killed My Father
System Collapse
Hungerstone
Frozen River
The Blob (tagged as my surprise like)
I Put A Spell On You
3.75 ⭐
Far from the Tree
The Storyteller
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy
House of Day, House of Night
Mad Mabel
Flesh
3.5 ⭐
The Future Is Disabled
3 ⭐
Time And Again
The Möbius Book
The Peepshow

I liked this one a lot more than I thought I would once I got past the whole sentient blob thing. The MC, Vi, was unlikable but also kind of relatable. I‘m glad I gave it a try.

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#tob26

I am still trying to decide if I liked this because I liked it or if the bad reviews just gave me super low expectations.
Vi is a super unlikable MC. She is listless, unambitious, rude. Floating around with no direction for no reason (her parents seem great) then she molds a man out of a blob. I got Awada Bunny vibes from this but hesitant to say that, it is not as weird and the writing is not as strong (GR commenters are mad at the comparison)👇

Vi has stalled in life, working a humdrum job after dropping out of college. Then she finds an odd blob and discovers it‘s sentient. Then it starts to shift. On the surface, this is a quirky story about an eccentric woman, but really it‘s about the choices we make, societal/familial expectations, and how the disconnect between those can derail us. I liked this. #TOB26 #TOBlonglist

Vi, a twenty-something who‘s been dumped and lost direction in her life, finds a sentient blob in an alley and takes it home. She then decides to mold it into the perfect man. This was weird and quirky and really boring! Vi is pretty unlikable and very uninteresting. This could have been so much more, so much hilarity could‘ve ensued, but it fell flat for me.

#tbrtarot - book by a debut author
#bookspinbingo - free space

Did not love this. It was all over the place and never really settled on any tone or vibe - is it supposed to be quirky, funny, deceptively serious? Then it ties up quickly with a “life lesson” and ends.

I thought it was sweet. Not what i expected but I have a soft spot for characters like Vi. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Judging by the state of dating apps and misery in the dating world, which my sister in law partakes in (unfortunately), an actual blob might be more palatable than some of the available men. Su takes this ideas and runs with it. Lonely, single, and miserable our MC finds a blob and takes it home. She literally shapes it into a man. The set up is great but I feel like way more hilarity could ensue. Almost a wasted opportunity to get banana pants.

Read this one in one sitting this morning, so clearly enjoyed it. Reading the description I thought it would be more of a dark comedy along the lines of Awad, but instead Su definitely treads her own ground. Su“s message at the end is: humans know as little as about the meaning of life as a sentient blob taking on the appearance of a conglomeration of the early 90s heart throbs, and this is reassuring in a way.

A 20-something Taiwanese-American suffering from depression finds a sentient blob in an alleyway. Though she‘s experiencing a profound disconnectedness from herself & others, she tries to forge a connection. I liked this book from the get-go. The dark, cynical humor made me laugh. I wanted *more,* though. More character evolution & more character depth from just about everyone. It‘s certainly a book where everyone‘s uncomfortably in the middle.

Light Pick
3.5⭐
•The title suggests that this is a romance, but it‘s not a traditional type of romance, not by any means. This won‘t be for everyone, and it‘s short, so you won‘t waste much time trying it. Overall, it is uniquely weird, slightly gross, and the MC is rather unlikable. However, she does manage some personal growth by the end.
•Eunice Wong does depression/dry wit well; despite that or because of that, I like her as a narrator.

Up next 💛 a woman tries to shape a sentient blob into the perfect boyfriend, relatable!

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I‘m willing to bet you haven‘t read a story where a complicated FMC befriends a sentient blob before! As expected, this was a quirky read, but it didn‘t fully land for me. The audiobook narration brought out Vi‘s dry wit. 🎧

Pod Meets World made me do it! It's actually an interesting book, even if the main character hasn't really learned anything by the end. She's on the possibly right road, but there isn't any real growth showing yet. I'm not mad that Rider Strong suggested it. #12-2025

I am really into books with female main characters- especially quirky ones. Vi is at a kind of a weird point in her life with no direction. I am only on page 14 so she has not even taken the “blob” home yet but from the description of the book it will really odd yet funny very soon. It should be a good read. 🫶🏽🩷😂

I was once a crocheter…decided to pick up a hook on a whim this week and now I‘m working on a book sleeve. Crocheting while sampling an ARC from NetGalley, with football in the background with my family—it was a pretty good evening.
Also, this book is really something!