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Wrap-Up: June 2019

July 1, 2019 Hadeer2 Comments

the babysitter's coven

magic for liars

devotion

ninefox gambit

normal people

wilder girls

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (★★☆☆☆)
Devotion by Madeline Stevens (★★☆☆☆)
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (★★★★★)
The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams (★★★★☆)
Normal People by Sally Rooney (★★★★☆)
Wilder Girls by Rory Power (★★★★☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 6
YEARLY SO FAR: 40 Continue reading “Wrap-Up: June 2019” →

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Wrap-Up: May 2019

May 31, 2019 Hadeer5 Comments

almost love

the geek feminist revolution

the stars are legion

the true queen

witiches witch hunting women

Almost Love by Louise O’Neill (★★★★☆)
The True Queen by Zen Cho (★★★★★)
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley (★★★☆☆)
The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (★★★★★)
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women by Silvia Federici (★★★★☆)

MONTHLY TOTAL: 5
YEARLY SO FAR: 34 Continue reading “Wrap-Up: May 2019” →

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Apparently this edition of Spinning Silver is pretty rare to find, so I snapped up a copy the moment I found one at a decent price. I read this book in almost one sitting on a plane ride from New York to Cairo. I loved it, but it’s been a while and I know I’ll want to reread it at some point! (The tarot choices...are random, but they fit the ~vibe of the book.)

For April, I want to try reading more indie/obscure/underhyped/older books! These I’ve pulled right off my shelf, but I’ve also got a ton of indie books on my Kindle, which I may check out as well. These four books aren’t a set TBR, but I would like to get to at least a couple of them, as part of my overall yearly goal of reading more of the physical books I own. They’re all fantasy, albeit a variety of different sub genres: high, historical, and steampunk!

I hated Northanger Abbey when I first read it two years ago, but I’m glad to say that I’m re-reading it now for my Jane Austen book club and enjoying it far more! It’s really indicative of how much my reading tastes have shifted.

a constant mood nowadays. i couldn’t sleep until 8am yesterday, but the insomnia actually helped me finally come up with an ending to a novel i’ve been working on since november 2019! so even though my eyeballs are burning right now, i consider the suffering well worth it, though i do wish my brain were capable of such eureka moments when i’m NOT half asleep.

Because I am ridiculously pedantic, and I don’t like the picture I had on my feed of these books, this is take two. So, again, here’s two poetry books I purchased from @kewandwillow a while back!

Getting ready for a tarot workshop!

I read Pride and Prejudice for the first time for my AP English class my senior year of high school. At that point, I was already obsessed with the 2005 adaptation and really enjoyed the book, which was surprising, because I don’t like many classics. Now, ten years later (!!), I’m re-reading this gorgeous edition for a Jane Austen book club!

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