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This one has been on my TBR for a while for a few reasons, and I‘m glad I chose audio when I finally got to it. Overall, it was an interesting listen with key aspects of many adventure stories but also some slow parts that would have made it a long print read.

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#Reading1001 #TBRTakedown January 2022

Anyone need #algeria for #ReadingAfrica2022? It's #99ponkindle #ukkindledeal today @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

My last book for #fourfoursin21 (late but oh well) for the epistolary prompt, as this book is entirely an epistolary novel. @Lauredhel

I really enjoyed this, though almost all the men are terrible (hello patriarchy) and at times I found Evelina's discomfort with the situations she's in pretty uncomfortable to read. I'd never read Burney before and will give her others a try.

Also this is the 100th book I've read from the #1001books list 🎉

Oh my GOSH. This is going on the list of books that stay in the forefront of my consciousness for the rest of my life. This novel examines how we look at sanity & also how we approach life itself. Do we value our lives more when faced with the loss of it? Veronika decides to die, but she awakens in an asylum & is told she only has days to live. The impact this has on Veronika & the other inmates is what follows & it‘s lovely. 213/1,001 #1001Books

Kicking off #Booked2022 #ReadingAfrica2022 #pop22 #foodandlit #52in52 #ATY22 #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo
Continuing #tob22 #1001books

Happy New Year everyone 🤍

My last audiobook of 2021 was also my #AAM book for Allende and another #1001books selection.

I love Allende‘s writing style, and this one manages to be beautiful while also being sad, a little bit gross at times, and a lot bit politically terrifying.

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I finished my December reading with the tagged audiobook, and it was a great nonfiction choice. With it, I managed to include at least one nonfiction every month this year. I had an overall great reading month with 20 completed books, making it my best #BookSpinBingo this year. That includes 5 #1001books, several MG/YA choices for the #TRS2021 list, and a few Christmas audiobooks as well.

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I read another short story today to bring my #1001books total for 2021 to 36 plus 3 rereads. This brings me to a cumulative total of 174 books from the list.

A few were included for #FoodAndLit, and many were completed with the #Reading1001 group on Goodreads. However, I‘ll admit I wasn‘t great about reviewing or participating in discussion there. It includes all 12 of this year‘s #TBRTakedown books.

#1001books #2021Stats #ReadingStats

This book is tough to read. It will not appeal to most. It takes all the wounds and injuries we inflict on each other in the name of love & presents them as a physical reality. Erika Kohut is a possession. She has associated love with submission and pain. In the hands of a competent Dom, she would have blossomed. Often, in our desperate need for a connection, we end up repelling others. Such a sad book. ⚠️ Self-harm, violence 212/1,001 #1001Books

This book broke me. Istina Mavet, our narrator, details her time in two mental asylums. The treatment of the inmates by society, their families, the staff, and each other is so painfully realistic. It‘s a sad, frustrating, disturbing, beautiful read. The prose alone is worth the effort. 211/1,001 #1001Books