What book are you reading? V.2

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I just finished up the final book of the Skinjacker trilogy , Everfound by Neal Shusterman

I’ve also read the Unwind and Thunderhead series

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I just finished up the final book of the Skinjacker trilogy , Everfound by Neal Shusterman

I’ve also read the Unwind and Thunderhead series

what did you think of the Thunderhead series?

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a dangerous path, from the WC series, stuff is intense

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finished:
1) Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh (2/5 stars)

i was not expecting much from this book, as some of you guys would know if you guys read my update previously haha. i was actually surprised i managed to finish and not dnf it. after letting this book sit for almost a week, i forgot most of the details because that was just how forgettable it was. but overall i just stand by what i said with the characters, they are flat, two dimensional, unrealistic and the main character especially is inconsistent in her personality. i swear she has like split personality or something because one moment she's okay the next she's starting a random argument lol. i don't even remember much of the plot gosh but there was a plot twist that we all saw from a mile away. the worldbuilding is lacking, so many things just happen for a reason in the world without much of an explanation and that's lazy writing to me.

current reads:
1) Cress by Marissa Meyer

I'm getting through this book slower than I would like but I'm around the 65% mark of it already? There's nothing much for me to say, so far all the characters are okay, the pacing is fine, I'm just getting through this one slower. I do like the different pov's I feel the author did that well. other than that, yeah nothing much to say really.

2) Red Rising by Pierce Brown

I'm starting this one today. First time reading it and finally jumping on board this long awaited train. I realised it's another sci-fi book like Cress so once I'm done with Cress I might find a more fantasy book to read lol.

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Currently, I've picked up We Have Always Lived in the Castle, a mystery novel written by Shirley Jackson and published in 1962, only three years before her death. I'm told there was a show based on it, but am unfamiliar with it. The book tells the story of what happens when three characters who've been isolated from the rest of their village for some time- an 18 year old girl, her agoraphobic sister, and her sickly uncle- have their peaceful, quiet life interrupted by the sudden appearance of a cousin. Despite its age, I think it holds up well. Jackson has a unique voice in her writing that captures and holds the attention well.

Afterward, I hope to read The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager, which tells the tale of one of the last authorized trial by combat to be held in France, serving as true crime, history, and drama.

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I'm reading the Fellowship of the Ring right now. I've tried reading it like 3 or 4 times in the past and was never able to get past the first chapter, but I've FINALLY reached a point where I can read and enjoy it properly, and I'm thrilled about it. I thought for a while that I just couldn't read Tolkien, because the Hobbit felt like a chore when I read it in middle school, but I think I've broken whatever curse was placed on me.

[RandomSia]

Currently listening to the most recent book in the Green Rider series, Winterlight by Kristen Britain.

Having a hard time doing much more than audiobooks right now but also in progress on a kindle and print book too.

Current kindle book from NetGalley: The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie (anthology of stories by various authors)
Current print book: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (Sequel to Ninth House)

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finished:
1) If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio (3/5 stars)

I honestly felt that this book was not worth the hype. I read it mainly for the dark academia vibe but I felt that was only delivered during the first 1/3 of the book. After around the 50% mark, the book just went downhill for me. The characters and the group dynamics who at first felt so rich, fell flat in the second half of the book. Many of the characters' motives weren't clear and they way they just acted was off and inconsistent. I didn't pick this up as a murder mystery so the very predictable plot did not bother me much. The pacing was inconsistent and it was pretty rushed towards the ending as well and the writing was pretty to easy to get through for the first half but seriously dragged in the second half. This book in general should have just been a lot more lgbt.

2) Cress by Marissa Meyer (3/5 stars)

Finished Cress and I think this book could have been a lot shorter. I don't remember much of what happened already but I felt that for such a tight timeline (a week to pull off their plan), the pacing could have been a lot faster and we would have felt that urgency more. I have not much else to say for this book other than there should have been more Cress and Throne moments. But I do like how the author gave almost equal amounts of screen time to all the different characters, though personally I would have liked it more if this was more focused on Cress, like how Scarlet was more focused on, well Scarlet.

current reads:
1) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

One of my first classic reads and I must say, I am enjoying the writing style so far. Definitely very different from all the books I've read in the past but surprisingly easy to get through. The author does paint a pretty vivid picture of life in 18th century Paris without being too descriptive which makes for a good and fast read. Certain quotes have also got me thinking about life now compared to then, even though this is still a fictional story.

2) Portrait of a Theif by Grace D. L.

Picked this book up the moment I saw art history major lol. Well the book started out strong but the thing with her writing style is that she tries to be flowery, cryptic, flowy, and mysterious all at the same time but it's not really working out. It's coming off choppy instead. And there are five different pov's and so far I think I would have much preferred if the book was told from just one or two because I'm only enjoying two out of the five pov's so far. I so like the little sprinkle of chinese words here and there (as a chinese myself) and the all chinese-american cast. But I just wish there's a bit more. So far I can tell this will be a very character driven story which I have no issues with, but the thing that's putting me off is how some of the pov's are very repetitive. two pov's (Irene and Lily - that you can't tell their personalities apart other than the name heading for each chapter) constantly talk about how china should feel like home to them but doesn't because they grew up in america all their lives. like telling this to us once or twice and we get it, we don't need to hear these long repetitive monologues everytime it's their pov chapter.

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Currently reading gleanings: stories from the arc of a scythe by Neal Shusterman

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right now im reading FNAF The Silver Eyes!