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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

will revisit

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

28 april 2024
andrew joseph white. bravo. the writing is so tight and consistently compelling. the romance between

silas and daphne

is one of the most delightful things ive read in recent memory. theres something about reading about characters deeply entrenched for a passion for medicine that will always be a little bit of my kryptonite. especially in a historical setting AND a queer character.
i’m so

happy they got their happy ending i was really worried

near the end there with

lord luckenbill, daphne’s father, there was gonna be a horrible twist

ending.
there were moments in the middle I felt it lagged. it maybe could’ve used some editing. regardless it was delightful

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 73%.

something about Wilde requires so much of my brain power that I cannot spare rn

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

wednesday the 28th of february 2024
this note for note radiates love for frankenstein whilst still evolving and coming into its own. much like. our hideous progeny. delectable

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Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

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dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

monday the 19th of february 2024

i’m going to start off by saying. if you get it you get it if you don’t you don’t if you know you know. either you get the vibe or you don’t get the vibe

i started reading right before bed and mentally i was like. let me just read the first page. and then i looked up and i was a quarter of my way through the book.

the writing style is incredibly engrossing. its very quip and readable but not without personality. it’s so easy to read. there’s almost something incredibly mundane about all of it. but you still want to keep reading to know what happens next. its so addictive thats all i can say. eliza clark is some sort of wizard.

the book follows irina, a professional photographer who is known for taking risque photos of men. there’s not really a need to know much else besides the fact you are reading a horror novel. be wary of trigger warnings if applicable

i’m not entirely settled on a rating I think
I’ll need to sit on it a bit more but its definitely one I haven’t been able to stop thinking about which is always a sign of a winner.

“Do you like it rough? I think so. I think I must. Men are rough, aren’t they? Have I always had a taste for rough stuff, or did I acquire that? In the back of Lesley’s car, on the floor of a friend’s house, half-conscious with my underwear around my ankles? Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was? And that gets sewn into them young, doesn’t it? Violence.”

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

sunday the 28th of january 2024

for better or for worse. I went into this with my expectations too high. it was. fine.

the prose was good but nothing to die for. none of the characters felt realistic or even sympathetic to me (except indigo at points and azure’s mom who I’m not even sure we know her name).

one of those things that seems like it will be for me on paper, but I don’t resonate with in practice.

I dont get it babes (the hype) :/

“Oaths are brittle things, not unlike an egg. Though they go by different names depending on the myth—troths and geis, vows and tynged—there is one thing they all share: they must be broken for there to be a story.”

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.

friday the 23rd of february 2024
not feelin it. will try again later

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

wednesday the 14th of august 2013

sunday the 14th of january 2024 (reread)

this is so much better than i remembered. i harbored so much hatred for this as a kid (mostly since it was assigned). but reading it now it’s terrifying how its themes of anti-intellectualism remain prevalent. even the idea of “sea shells” in peoples ears sounds like a not too far off description of airpods. the history is warped and dictated by the dominant class. the firemen are relegated as nothing more than agents of policing for reenforcement of the status quo

on this read, I did pick up it is undoubtedly misogynistic. theres not one but two instances of fridging. there’s a line when a man says to the protag “Survival is our ticket. Forget the poor, silly women…” regarding his wife. of course, because survival does not include women. and certainly wouldn’t be helmed by them

it lost me a little bit there at the end. gets a bit too fantastical and unbelievable. the

manhunt

for montag feels particularly ridiculous when the

police ask citizens to look out their windows

. and the ending involving

“people as books” feels unsustainable when knowing the fallibility of human memory

. but I suppose that’s the point. certainly something I can see myself reading again to glean more still.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced