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PageShifter
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This was somehow really cozy to read: characters were likable and felt realistic. Both main characters had something unpleasant that has happened in their past. And they both had troubles in their lives, this all made them feel alive and relatable.

This had quite nice atmosphere, it felt a bit mysterious and magical.

Everything suddenly resolved quite quick and easy. But that also made this comfortable to read.

#SeriesLove23

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Robotswithpersonality
Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson
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Pickpick

Why is that cover NOT emerald green? Anyway, re actual book: Sweet. Fantasy adventure with a side of sporror and snippets of sci fi. Somewhere between T.Kingfisher and Terry Pratchett: there's some funny, perhaps less social commentary and more advice for the YA crowd, does direct to reader well, retains that ability to go dark or gross for a moment. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Narrator exhibits the most studied effort in burying the lead/teasing his own background I've ever encountered.
I loved the growing (and changing 😉) motif in chapter headings art, and the pattern in chapter names 'THE X...' felt like a set of tarot cards.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? I'm still not eager to pick up other works by this author as he seems to have made his name in lengthy high fantasy/sci-fi, but based on this experience, I'm not ruling out future forays.
Didn't seem like there was anything objectionable in deaf rep, will let own voices' reviewers make that call.
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Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Tainted a tad by the 'not like other girls' introduction of the main character, but the wealth of complex female characters depicted makes up for it.

⚠️ fatphobia
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Emilymdxn
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Day 3 of the #scarathlonphotochallenge and my absolute favourite literary death. Death of the Endless is one of my absolute absolute favourite things in the sandman, and the sandman is one of my all time favourite pieces of writing.

#scarathlon #skeletoncrew @Clwojick @StayCurious

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mjtwo
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Pickpick

17 Aug-30 Sep 23 (audiobook)
Probably the weakest of the three books of the trilogy, although I do love the ents. It is just that I find Sam and Frodo‘s story drags once they leave the fellowship.
Looking forward to completing Return of the King and sharing all of the films with Trix.

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Lauredhel
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Who wouldn't fall for an intense, brilliant, but slightly damaged Victorian inventor? This Sapphic short novel is my first book in the Parasolverse. Both heroines are human, but it's set in that supernatural-infused world. Which book should I read next? The next in this sub-series, or should I go back to the beginning?
#WickedWords @AsYouWish

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Roary47
Game of Thrones | George R R Martin
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In try his #GOTChapteraDay #ReadingWesteros with Jon we find out who the hand belongs too. Yet, they still don‘t see Ben Stark. Sam deduces that the bodies they found have been dead a while based on the blood. Then Jon is literally in a nightmare. I‘m not completely sure what is going on, but it sure seems like actual zombies. @5feet.of.fury

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Light_of_Aether
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I'm reporting 635 books found (6,350 points!) for #scarathlon week 1's game. I queried the Open Library API for keywords related to the buddy reads of #batbrigade and then filtered the results with a Python script. @Catsandbooks For more details, check this link to my GitHub repo: https://github.com/wapisani/public-pyprojects/tree/main/Litsy/Scarathlon_2023/We....

Catsandbooks That's awesome and so smart!! 🙌🏼🧡 3h
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Twainy
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September 2023! That month flew by!! I read 32 books that ranged from 3 stars to 6! These were my favorites!!! ♥️

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RainyDayReading
The Bone Houses | Emily Lloyd-Jones
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Does this book have an intriguing synopsis? Yes.

Did I initially get it purely because of the cover? Also yes.

Now the trick is to get around to reading it…

#scarathlonphotochallenge #magicalmonsters #bones

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AmandaBlaze
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