Julia
Wow, THIS is how to end a series. I loved this! Love the characters, and it was interesting reading the Q&A at the end. You really can tell that the arc of the series was planned from the start. Everything felt intentional, she beautifully resisted pleasing the reader in a way that I wouldn't really have wanted to be pleased, and the end felt so SETTLING. Not due to plot, per se, but completion. Loved these characters in all their complexity.
Wow, THIS is how to end a series. I loved this! Love the characters, and it was interesting reading the Q&A at the end. You really can tell that the arc of the series was planned from the start. Everything felt intentional, she beautifully resisted pleasing the reader in a way that I wouldn't really have wanted to be pleased, and the end felt so SETTLING. Not due to plot, per se, but completion. Loved these characters in all their complexity.
Added to listMemoirswith 40 books.
Added to listIndigeneitywith 23 books.
Added to listNon Fictionwith 49 books.
Read for collective liberation book club. Beautiful & thought-provoking. I am most struck by Coates' humility. He realized (through feedback) after "The Case for Reparations" how much he still had to learn about Palestine, and then wrote a book as his apology-through-education. I do wish there was a little more in the book about the time between this first feedback and the trip to Palestine he discusses, but you can't have everything!
Read for collective liberation book club. Beautiful & thought-provoking. I am most struck by Coates' humility. He realized (through feedback) after "The Case for Reparations" how much he still had to learn about Palestine, and then wrote a book as his apology-through-education. I do wish there was a little more in the book about the time between this first feedback and the trip to Palestine he discusses, but you can't have everything!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Found this Kleypas in a Goodwill and given that clearly I'm a fan will read the rest of this 3-book series - not my favorite, but a characteristic pleasure to read!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Found this Kleypas in a Goodwill and given that clearly I'm a fan will read the rest of this 3-book series - not my favorite, but a characteristic pleasure to read!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. This is a suitably tense middle of a trilogy, as I was cringing to watch the world and central relationship both fracture, but also drawn to keep reading (saved the third for a while to be able to really relish it in 2025!).
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. This is a suitably tense middle of a trilogy, as I was cringing to watch the world and central relationship both fracture, but also drawn to keep reading (saved the third for a while to be able to really relish it in 2025!).
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Came highly recommended by one of the most rigorously ethical people I know - you wouldn't expect it by the blurb, but this is a joy to read, equal parts comforting and appropriately challenging.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Came highly recommended by one of the most rigorously ethical people I know - you wouldn't expect it by the blurb, but this is a joy to read, equal parts comforting and appropriately challenging.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. MY GOD WAS THIS COMPELLING AND RIVETING; no notes, would recommend it to anyone.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. MY GOD WAS THIS COMPELLING AND RIVETING; no notes, would recommend it to anyone.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. As a romantasy reader, I really wish for an alternate universe with the adult version of this series, but otherwise no complaints about this propulsive read with a compelling protagonist and carefully visioned world.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. As a romantasy reader, I really wish for an alternate universe with the adult version of this series, but otherwise no complaints about this propulsive read with a compelling protagonist and carefully visioned world.
Added to listFeministywith 51 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. I cannot believe I've never catalogued a read of this as this is for sure my 3rd or 4th read, and does Austen just slap so hard every single time - doesn't get better than this!
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. I cannot believe I've never catalogued a read of this as this is for sure my 3rd or 4th read, and does Austen just slap so hard every single time - doesn't get better than this!
Added to listQueer Queer Friendlywith 33 books.
Added to listSci Fi & Fantasywith 21 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Gifted from a friend and I think the quote on the front says steampunk fantasy or something like that - mix in themes of imperialism and queer theory and BOOM you've got a fun read.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Gifted from a friend and I think the quote on the front says steampunk fantasy or something like that - mix in themes of imperialism and queer theory and BOOM you've got a fun read.
Added to listClinical Workwith 37 books.
Added to listNon Fictionwith 48 books.
Added to listWhole Earthwith 32 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Really glad to have read this in book club; I expected to despair but felt hopeful instead.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Really glad to have read this in book club; I expected to despair but felt hopeful instead.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Maybe my 2nd favorite Emily Henry (just behind or tied with People We Meet on Vacation), with a cute premise and her extra sparkly dialogue.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Maybe my 2nd favorite Emily Henry (just behind or tied with People We Meet on Vacation), with a cute premise and her extra sparkly dialogue.
Added to listPart Of A Setwith 60 books.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. The vampires don't actually like it hot, as it turns out, and although they sound hot, the dialogue is way too clunky.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. The vampires don't actually like it hot, as it turns out, and although they sound hot, the dialogue is way too clunky.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Not my favorite Emily Henry, but a charming romp nonetheless - will say she's great at evoking a location, in this case the Great Lakes.
Got really behind on my book list! So dating this dozen or so incorrectly as 12/31/24 and challenging myself to a sentence-long review. Not my favorite Emily Henry, but a charming romp nonetheless - will say she's great at evoking a location, in this case the Great Lakes.
Added to listNovelswith 172 books.