ansate finished reading The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
Maya has died and been resurrected into countless cyborg bodies through the years of a …
Great world building
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ansate commented on We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (We Solve Murders, #1)
I hope i wasn’t supposed to actually accomplish something today. Very rare for me to do a one day book binge.
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and …
Unsettling
3 stars
I was surprised at how upsetting this book was - not because of the narrator’s perspective and logic, but because of how awful most of the people around him were. And of course no one is perfect, but… i hate that i still have to be grateful that his parents love him and want him. I want so much more for him.
ansate reviewed The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a …
I promise it's good
5 stars
I went into this book knowing absolutely nothing about it besides that a friend had recommended it.
That worked so well for me, I hesitate to tell you anything besides:
it grabbed me pretty fast and then I hustled through and finished the book in two days.
I cried for these characters.
Strong recommend
ansate commented on The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a …
This has grabbed me and is pulling me along. It’s good.
ansate finished reading Urn Burial by Kerry Greenwood
I read this entire book in the last 24 hours. these continue delightfully.
ansate finished reading Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1)
Omg, this is so silly and weird, and romance-y but not quite, and i am not even sure i like the main character (she is so YOUNG) . I think i will probably read book 2
ansate stopped reading An elderly lady is up to no good by Helene Tursten
Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms …
No likable characters
ansate commented on Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through …
Content warning Mild spoiler of genre
I was NOT prepared for this to become a scifi murder mystery. I ain’t mad, i may actually be less confused than earlier? But surprised!
ansate finished reading The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club, #4)
You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world …
😭
ansate commented on Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need …
So far a useful inventory of emotions- but i wish every chapter had more examples and techniques for coping. Holding out hope for a huge bibliography
ansate commented on Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #2)
It is very Jasper Fforde to take an idea that is on the surface ludicrous, and make it “real” where i care about the characters, and the logic of the world holds together, and terrible and beautiful and funny things happen
ansate commented on Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When …
Look, the romance part is cute and all, but i bawled about the first woman president being a democrat from Texas. Fully caught up in the reelection drama too.
ansate finished reading A murder of magpies by Judith Flanders (Sam Clair -- 1.)
"A witty, entertaining mystery featuring a hilarious, sharp as a tack new amateur sleuth from …
Oops accidentally read the whole thing in 24 hours
ansate commented on The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai
"A dazzlingly original new novel from the acclaimed author of The Borrower. Now, Makkai returns …
Real lack of likable characters problem