This is just one of those books that I'll probably pick up and put down a dozen times before I finally finish it. It doesn't keep my attention well enough for me to sit down and complete it in a month's time.
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mxspacecadet stopped reading The once and future king by T. H. White
mxspacecadet stopped reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
I really wanted to like this book, but the author's constant usage of sexual/genital-focused metaphors was incredibly offputting, as was the relatively constant mentioning of genital mutilation and sexual abuse. I would have enjoyed it if it weren't for that, but I'm only on page 50 and I dread picking it up every time I want to read.
mxspacecadet started reading Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
mxspacecadet finished reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
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mxspacecadet reviewed Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy
Excellent premise, good prose, lackluster execution
3 stars
I really enjoyed the premise of this book, and the author clearly had a well-articulated vision behind the story. The prose was good, if somewhat inconsistent. The pacing of the story was confusing and difficult to follow--this story doesn't belong in such a short format. I wanted to get more invested in the characters, but there was really no character arc for anyone except for the main character, Ronnie. Reading this book felt sort of like walking into a theater during the last two acts, with an expectation that we could take the lack of context and run with it. I really wanted to love this story, but it ended up being solidly mediocre from me even though the ideas and themes behind it are intriguing. I'm not usually picky about what I read, but this book was disappointing.
mxspacecadet started reading Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
This is my second attempt at reading this book—started back in 2019 and made it about halfway through before getting sucked into school again. Happy to report that I’m confident I’ll finish it this time. An incredibly charming read
mxspacecadet finished reading Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree (Legends & Lattes, #1)
I thoroughly enjoyed this!—a comforting read that still managed to get my heart racing a few times. Viv’s character development was such a lovely story to follow, and the romance was well done. Overall a thoroughly enjoyable book :)
mxspacecadet rated Hall of Smoke: 5 stars
Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long (Hall of Smoke, #1)
An epic fantasy featuring warrior priestesses and fickle gods at war
Hessa is an Eangi: a warrior priestess of the …
mxspacecadet rated The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe: 4 stars
mxspacecadet rated Fire Opal Mechanism: 4 stars
mxspacecadet rated Silver in the Wood: 4 stars
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, …
mxspacecadet rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 5 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
mxspacecadet rated The Border Keeper: 5 stars
The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall
woman lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, …