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123,685 | date pub May 30, 2013 | date pub edition May 30, 2013 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 14, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title 57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides | author Miller, Sam J. * | isbn 1250749751 | isbn13 9781250749758 | asin 1250749751 | num pages 1pp | avg rating 3.71 | num ratings 96 | date pub Dec 2013 | date pub edition Oct 17, 2019 | Elle's rating liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I love it when I finish a short story and feel an overwhelming sense in the aftermath of “um…. Holy shit.” Really great! I loved the last line, and th I love it when I finish a short story and feel an overwhelming sense in the aftermath of “um…. Holy shit.” Really great! I loved the last line, and this kind of structured short story is always such an excellent tool to me. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 6 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 10, 2024 | date read Nov 10, 2024 | date added Nov 10, 2024 | owned | format Audiobook | actions view (with text) | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title A Dream of Electric Mothers | author Talabi, Wole * | isbn | isbn13 | asin B0DM446BJD | num pages 22pp | avg rating 3.87 | num ratings 98 | date pub Nov 15, 2022 | date pub edition Mar 20, 2023 | Elle's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Personally I absolutely loved this. As a story about ancestry systems hits perfectly; I liked the use of Oyo and Dahomey historical references. It has Personally I absolutely loved this. As a story about ancestry systems hits perfectly; I liked the use of Oyo and Dahomey historical references. It has some moments of infodumping that I didn’t find that effective and felt could’ve been smoother. ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 12 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 10, 2024 | date read Nov 10, 2024 | date added Nov 10, 2024 | owned | format ebook | actions view (with text) | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title No Flight Without the Shatter | author Bolander, Brooke * | isbn 1250312426 | isbn13 9781250312426 | asin B07DTF1Y99 | num pages 32pp | avg rating 3.76 | num ratings 274 | date pub Aug 15, 2018 | date pub edition Aug 15, 2018 | Elle's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This is beautifully written – Brooke Bolander is unbelievably talented – but didn’t hit for me personally. | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 8 | # times read 1 | date started Nov 10, 2024 | date read Nov 10, 2024 | date added Nov 10, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title A Restless Truth(The Last Binding, #2) | author Marske, Freya * | isbn 1250788919 | isbn13 9781250788917 | asin 1250788919 | num pages 388pp | avg rating 3.90 | num ratings 14,155 | date pub Nov 01, 2022 | date pub edition Nov 01, 2022 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Nov 01, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Strange Beasts | author Morris, Susan J. * | isbn 1959411640 | isbn13 9781959411642 | asin 1959411640 | num pages 384pp | avg rating 4.04 | num ratings 689 | date pub Oct 15, 2024 | date pub edition Oct 15, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 04, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title The Sapling Cage(Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1) | author Killjoy, Margaret * | isbn 1558613315 | isbn13 9781558613317 | asin 1558613315 | num pages 343pp | avg rating 4.15 | num ratings 325 | date pub Sep 24, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 24, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Oct 04, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title In Ageless Sleep | author Ellis, Arden | isbn 1620049929 | isbn13 9781620049921 | asin B06Y91XVMV | num pages 52pp | avg rating 3.87 | num ratings 120 | date pub Apr 10, 2017 | date pub edition Apr 12, 2017 | Elle's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Reading novellas is a new trend for me, and it's one that's definitely yielded some good results. Every Heart A Doorway, The Devil You Know, and now t Reading novellas is a new trend for me, and it's one that's definitely yielded some good results. Every Heart A Doorway, The Devil You Know, and now this. In Ageless Sleep follows two girls on the opposite sides of a war. Mal is an agent from the Reaches on a mission to hijack a Sovereign spaceship. Aurora, or Rory, is the daughter of one of the Sovereign Kings and Mal's kidnapping target for this mission. The strength of this little book is undoubtedly the character work. Most of the chapters are narrated by Mal, who is just the right balance of badass and angsty. If her character had been written with less care, she could've come off as tropey. But no - her emotions feel completely real. Arden Ellis does an especially great job of conveying Mal's loneliness, which makes all her decisions feel understandable. Rory, too, feels relatable; she's built mostly through her differences and similarities to Mal. And here lies this book's second strength: foils. For those of you who don't know, foils are characters who contrast each other in order to highlight their mutual characteristics. I am totally obsessed with foils and especially relationship-building between two characters who act as foils. The romance between Rory and Mal really got to me and was built very well, even in so few pages. Their relationship is just that enemies-to-relucant-allies trope that I'm so obsessed with. I also really enjoyed the writing style!! There's just something I really appreciated about the atmosphere and way this was written. All the sentences feel very polished without being overdramatic. This not to say that this is a perfect novella. I thought the POV shifts felt particularly unpolished and needed to be edited. In general, I also thought this novella could've been thicker and had more scope. Arden Ellis went for a very small scope in this book, and that's fine; it just would be nice to see more out of this world. I've recently begun to appreciate novella series like Every Heart A Doorway, for example. It would be nice to see even more out of this world. Just saying, Arden Ellis, in case you're ever planning on writing more :)VERDICT: Check this out if you're a fan of character-driven scifi, novellas, and well-written f/f romance!! This was really fantastic and I can't wait to check out more by Ellis. Blog | Goodreads| Twitter | YoutubeMerged review:Reading novellas is a new trend for me, and it's one that's definitely yielded some good results. Every Heart A Doorway, The Devil You Know, and now this. In Ageless Sleep follows two girls on the opposite sides of a war. Mal is an agent from the Reaches on a mission to hijack a Sovereign spaceship. Aurora, or Rory, is the daughter of one of the Sovereign Kings and Mal's kidnapping target for this mission. The strength of this little book is undoubtedly the character work. Most of the chapters are narrated by Mal, who is just the right balance of badass and angsty. If her character had been written with less care, she could've come off as tropey. But no - her emotions feel completely real. Arden Ellis does an especially great job of conveying Mal's loneliness, which makes all her decisions feel understandable. Rory, too, feels relatable; she's built mostly through her differences and similarities to Mal. And here lies this book's second strength: foils. For those of you who don't know, foils are characters who contrast each other in order to highlight their mutual characteristics. I am totally obsessed with foils and especially relationship-building between two characters who act as foils. The romance between Rory and Mal really got to me and was built very well, even in so few pages. Their relationship is just that enemies-to-relucant-allies trope that I'm so obsessed with. I also really enjoyed the writing style!! There's just something I really appreciated about the atmosphere and way this was written. All the sentences feel very polished without being overdramatic. This not to say that this is a perfect novella. I thought the POV shifts felt particularly unpolished and needed to be edited. In general, I also thought this novella could've been thicker and had more scope. Arden Ellis went for a very small scope in this book, and that's fine; it just would be nice to see more out of this world. I've recently begun to appreciate novella series like Every Heart A Doorway, for example. It would be nice to see even more out of this world. Just saying, Arden Ellis, in case you're ever planning on writing more :)VERDICT: Check this out if you're a fan of character-driven scifi, novellas, and well-written f/f romance!! This was really fantastic and I can't wait to check out more by Ellis. Blog | Goodreads| Twitter | Youtube ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 2 | date started Jul 18, 2017 not set | date read Jul 18, 2017 not set | date added Sep 26, 2024 | owned | format ebook | actions view (with text) | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Into the Gray | author Killjoy, Margaret * | isbn 1250198178 | isbn13 9781250198174 | asin B07BVN6B5J | num pages 22pp | avg rating 3.56 | num ratings 1,006 | date pub Apr 25, 2018 | date pub edition Apr 25, 2018 | Elle's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review This story is short fiction about a trans girl thief in love with a lady of the pond who kills men– but only the terrible ones. First of all, the writ This story is short fiction about a trans girl thief in love with a lady of the pond who kills men– but only the terrible ones. First of all, the writing is excellent, absolutely engrossing. This story is super atmospheric, which helped a lot. And also, the lead character is written quite well; I found it super easy to empathize with her. I will say I went into this expecting a romance, and it’s really… not? It’s more of a character arc & coming of age, but that element didn’t pop up till the end and felt like a bit of an abrupt change, so keep those expectations. This was excellent and I'd definitely recommend. You can read this for free here | Goodreads | Twitter | YoutubeMerged review:This story is short fiction about a trans girl thief in love with a lady of the pond who kills men– but only the terrible ones. First of all, the writing is excellent, absolutely engrossing. This story is super atmospheric, which helped a lot. And also, the lead character is written quite well; I found it super easy to empathize with her. I will say I went into this expecting a romance, and it’s really… not? It’s more of a character arc & coming of age, but that element didn’t pop up till the end and felt like a bit of an abrupt change, so keep those expectations. This was excellent and I'd definitely recommend. You can read this for free here | Goodreads | Twitter | Youtube ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 1 | date started Jun 16, 2018 | date read Jun 16, 2018 | date added Sep 23, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | checkbox | position | cover | title What Feasts at Night(Sworn Soldier, #2) | author Kingfisher, T. | isbn 1250830850 | isbn13 9781250830852 | asin 1250830850 | num pages 147pp | avg rating 3.84 | num ratings 21,735 | date pub Feb 13, 2024 | date pub edition Feb 13, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 22, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Now Comes the Mist(Now Comes the Mist, #1) | author Dao, Julie C. * | isbn 1039457460 | isbn13 9781039457461 | asin B0CTJMGYX5 | num pages 305pp | avg rating 4.32 | num ratings 56 | date pub unknown | date pub edition Oct 01, 2024 | Elle's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review I wrote description copy for this as part of my freelance gig! I don’t review books I blurbed unless I absolutely love them, but I adored this. As a h I wrote description copy for this as part of my freelance gig! I don’t review books I blurbed unless I absolutely love them, but I adored this. As a huge Dracula fan – and also the author of a thesis on the body politic of cannibalism in post-colonial literature – this was perfect. I think it's really important to me that all of the leads of Dracula – Lucy Westenra, Mina Murray, Jonathan Harker, Jack Seward, Quincey Morris, Arthur Holmwood, and Professor Van Helsing – are in their own ways good people who care for each other. I feel this is essential to any Dracula retelling. Three men vie for the same woman's heart and she only picks one, and yet the care between the entire group feels so tangible. So I should mention that I loved the writing of the dynamic between both Lucy and Mina, and Lucy and Arthur. This novel has cast Mina and Lucy as having their own psuedo-romantic dynamic never able to become something real, while her dynamic with Arthur is truly loving – but always seconds away from collapsing under the weight of all Lucy is obligated to be to him. The writing of these both fit perfectly into Lucy's main conflict, and her main fear: That no one will ever see her as she truly is. When you feel as if no one truly knows you, and someone comes along who feels as if they do understand – even if they express that through cruelty, and coldness – it is difficult not to yearn for that connection, to grab onto it as a method of self-embodiment. Lucy wishes most of all to become, even as she frames it as a morbid obsession with death. The tragedy is that she will never be able to both become and keep those she loves.I want to write a longer review now that I’ve read the sequel So Blooms the Dawn, but this was excellent. I am so glad to get to keep reading Julie C. Dao.Youtube | TikTok | Spotify | About | ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 8 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 18, 2024 | date read Oct 17, 2024 | date added Sep 18, 2024 | owned | format Kindle Edition | actions view (with text) | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Monstrilio | author Sámano Córdova, Gerardo * | isbn 1638930368 | isbn13 9781638930365 | asin 1638930368 | num pages 336pp | avg rating 4.13 | num ratings 20,370 | date pub Mar 07, 2023 | date pub edition Mar 07, 2023 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 11, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Lucy Undying | author White, Kiersten * | isbn 0593724402 | isbn13 9780593724408 | asin 0593724402 | num pages 464pp | avg rating 3.73 | num ratings 2,001 | date pub Sep 10, 2024 | date pub edition Sep 10, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 09, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title A Most Agreeable Murder(Beatrice Steele, #1) | author Seales, Julia * | isbn 0593449983 | isbn13 9780593449981 | asin 0593449983 | num pages 352pp | avg rating 3.68 | num ratings 22,047 | date pub Jun 27, 2023 | date pub edition Jun 27, 2023 | Elle's rating really liked it | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review But as I always say, a single man in possession of a good fortune sometimes is actually not single. He's often a total liar. A great parody underst But as I always say, a single man in possession of a good fortune sometimes is actually not single. He's often a total liar. A great parody understands the genre perfectly, and A Most Agreeable Murder understands both the regency romance and the whodunit so well. There's so much genuine care for the regency novel put into this parody! The characters feel like wonderful commentaries on Pride and Prejudice, giggling at its quirks not out of mockery but out of love. Beatrice Steele is an unmarried lady of marriageable age. So it's too bad she seems so preoccupied with murder, rather than finding a husband. Her secret could probably stay secret, were it not for a fiasco at a ball: When Edmund Croaksworth, well, croaks. Our intrepid cast consists of Beatrice Steele; sisters Mary and Louisa, and her Bennett-parent-parody parents; childhood best friend Daniel Ashbrook, his complicated sister Arabella, and their judgmental father; superstitious Miss Bolton; “orphaned” Caroline Wynn; and disreputable Francois Fan. And rounding them all out is Inspector Vivek Drake, ready to investigate the murder — but why ever was he here in the first place? While I'm not sure I found it terribly surprising per se, the solution was very fun. Beatrice's character arc is compelling, and the relationship between her and Inspector Drake builds well. Overall, this will just be a very fun romp for anyone who loves the more humorous aspects of a good Jane Austen and a good Agatha Christie. Those with less familiarity with either probably won't get much from this, but that's what I like about it. "If you think any of this is funny, you are sorely mistaken," Mr. Steele told Frank."Of course I don't think it's funny!" Frank insisted."Even worse! You have no sense of humor!" Youtube | TikTok | Spotify | About | ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 15 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 09, 2024 | date read Sep 11, 2024 | date added Sep 09, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Nothing But Blackened Teeth | author Khaw, Cassandra * | isbn 1250759412 | isbn13 9781250759412 | asin 1250759412 | num pages 125pp | avg rating 2.65 | num ratings 44,643 | date pub Oct 19, 2021 | date pub edition Oct 19, 2021 | Elle's rating it was ok | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Even if it was a house with rotting bones and a heart made out of a dead girl's ghost, I'd give it everything it wanted just for scraps. Some unabr Even if it was a house with rotting bones and a heart made out of a dead girl's ghost, I'd give it everything it wanted just for scraps. Some unabridged attention, some love… I'm so tired of this, I thought. Come make me warm and I'll give you what we both want. Plot Summary: Cat, Philip, Lin, Talia, and Faiz are at a Heian-era (794-1185, the final period of the Classical Japanese period, for those about to Google) mansion, where the rumors tell that girls are buried once a year to keep a buried-alive bride company. This is a horror novella, so I’m sure you can figure out where things go from there. This was *fine* which is never how I want to feel about a horror novel. While the writing style is quite brilliant, the charters are both frustrating and underdeveloped, making them extremely hard to root for – I kept expecting to actually learn just a few things about their backstories, and never did. For a book entirely predicated on the conflict between its five leads, I left the book knowing next to nothing about the conflict. Lin and Faiz are the only characters I particularly found tolerable. Talia and Cat’s conflict seemed so clearly like a red herring that not getting any more resolution of their dynamic drove me up a wall. When I hit the ending I quite literally felt nothing but “oh, that’s it”? Cassandra Khaw is a fantastic writer, and there is one scene at around 50% through that is just utterly terrifying in the best ways. But I craved so much more from this. If the novella is so preoccupied with overturning the racialized and sexual tropes of horror, I think it needs to engage with them in a meaningful way first, and this just really doesn’t. Great writing and some properly terrifying moments, but probably one of the least standout horrors I’ve read in a while. Youtube | TikTok | Spotify | About | ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 22 | # times read 1 | date started Sep 07, 2024 | date read Sep 07, 2024 | date added Sep 07, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Just for the Summer(Part of Your World, #3) | author Jimenez, Abby * | isbn 1538704439 | isbn13 9781538704431 | asin 1538704439 | num pages 432pp | avg rating 4.39 | num ratings 527,698 | date pub Apr 02, 2024 | date pub edition Apr 02, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Recommended at Third Way retreat | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 9 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 04, 2024 | owned | format Paperback | actions view (with text) | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Exordia | author Dickinson, Seth * | isbn 1250233011 | isbn13 9781250233011 | asin 1250233011 | num pages 544pp | avg rating 3.77 | num ratings 1,203 | date pub Jan 23, 2024 | date pub edition Jan 23, 2024 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 01, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title The Tyrant Baru Cormorant(The Masquerade, #3) | author Dickinson, Seth * | isbn 0765380765 | isbn13 9780765380760 | asin 0765380765 | num pages 656pp | avg rating 4.31 | num ratings 4,111 | date pub Aug 11, 2020 | date pub edition Aug 11, 2020 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review Here is my little spoiler section in case I simply have forgotten what happened by the time I get to next book:(view spoiler)[As the last book ends, B Here is my little spoiler section in case I simply have forgotten what happened by the time I get to next book:(view spoiler)[As the last book ends, Baru, Tau-indi, Iraji, Shao Lune, and Enact-Colonel Osa have arrived onshore at Karanoke to find the Kettling plague – which destroyed the Mbo five hundred years ago, in the Summer of Black Emmenia – is on the brink of spreading across the island, and Unexekome Ra is at the center of the Oriati-funded Canaat rebellion leading it. (hide spoiler)] ...more | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 4 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Sep 01, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view (with text) | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Dead Man's Folly(Hercule Poirot, #35) | author Christie, Agatha | isbn 1572705477 | isbn13 9781572705470 | asin 1572705477 | num pages 6pp | avg rating 3.82 | num ratings 33,459 | date pub Oct 1956 | date pub edition Sep 08, 2006 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 29, 2024 | owned | format Audio CD | actions view | | | | | | | checkbox | position | cover | title Some Desperate Glory | author Tesh, Emily * | isbn 1250834988 | isbn13 9781250834980 | asin 1250834988 | num pages 438pp | avg rating 4.06 | num ratings 11,709 | date pub Apr 11, 2023 | date pub edition Apr 11, 2023 | Elle's rating | my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves | review None | notes Notes are private! | comments 0 | votes 0 | # times read 0 | date started not set | date read not set | date added Aug 22, 2024 | owned | format Hardcover | actions view | | | | | |
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