Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
#AllergicToChunksters
review
Enchanted_Bibliophile
post image
Pickpick

These books are never what I expect, but it always blows my mind.
A very satisfying end to a very heart-rending journey.

Hob weaves true magic with her writing. Her poetic, imaginative prose takes you places you've never dreamt of; contiplating situation you'll never face, but truly do though her stories

👇🏼 continued 👇🏼

Enchanted_Bibliophile Going into a darker, more introspective character study with this book makes it much slower than the previous two (which were already slow) so perseverance is the name of the game. Don't try to rush, stick with it I promise you'll be glad you did. Even if it test your tolerance for grimness beyond what you think you can handle. 1d
Enchanted_Bibliophile The complexity of the character bonds is what really pulled it off for me. Nighteyes, Fool I'm looking at you.
The prolonged revenge quest got a bit much for me, but the character development I got out of it was so worth it. Understanding where Fitz came from - his physical and psychological suffering - made me understand his need for revenge.
1d
Enchanted_Bibliophile How he revenged himself in the end, O Man!
It shows just how much he's learnt and grown and it was just spectacular.

I'm gonna miss these characters, they've become a part of my heart.
1d
31 likes4 comments
blurb
TheBookgeekFrau
Untitled | Untitled
post image

May Wrap-up

Total read: 7
#BookSpin ✔️
#DoubleSpin
#ReadingMyTBR #Reading2025 - 5
#MonthlyNonfiction2025 - 1
#AllergicToChunksters - 0
5 Star Read: 1
DNF: 1

DieAReader 🎉🥳Excellent!!! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 1w
31 likes2 comments
review
TheSpineView
post image
Pickpick

This is a low pick for me. While I liked the characters, the plot didn't work for me. I get that it is fiction; however, as I have often stated, I want it to be at least a little bit believable. This story started out on a limb then just went on to be ridiculous. 3⭐️
Lots of triggers in this book. You've been warned. #Serieslove2025 #ShelfSweeper @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable

60 likes3 comments
review
Ruthiella
The Mill on the Floss | George Eliot
post image
Pickpick

#Hashtagbrigade
#ChunksterChallenge2025 Bitsy chunkster 544 pages
#AllergictoChunksters

I‘m not sure if I love or hate the ending? Set in the mid 19th cent., this is the story of Maggie Tulliver who, were she a man, would have had the education and success she deserved. She‘s smarter than her father, who favors her, and her brother, who loves her but holds her back. Phillip is her intellectual equal. Stephan I think she‘d eventually tire of…

Amiable Excellent work! 🥳 2w
Ruthiella @Amiable Thank you! 😊 2w
mcctrish It should have been a story about a girl‘s triumph 2w
See All 6 Comments
Ruthiella @mcctrish It so easily could have been that. There was space for it. 2w
eeclayton I also think Stephen would tire of her eventually, too. Once he got over the honeymoon phase, he'd may even start to blame her for lost opportunities and their situation in life. 2w
Ruthiella @eeclayton I wonder if that‘s the reason the ending is what it is…because none of the other options were good. 2w
65 likes6 comments
blurb
julieclair
June | Lori Copeland
post image

For June, I decided to try making one post for the monthly challenges I host. I‘m excited to see what everyone will be reading!

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 - your choice, or if you‘re progressing through the Dewey numbers, 500-599

#FictionalTraveler - A Place You‘d Like to Visit

#ThematicCozies - Celebration

#ReadOrDonate - Your Choice

#AllergicToChunksters - Continue with whatever you‘re currently plowing through, or start something new 🙂

willaful I didn't do a chunkster for May but I plan on Table for Two for June. For nonfiction I'm thinking My Life as a Villainess by Laura Lippman. 2w
See All 15 Comments
Librarybelle I have to think about #ThematicCozies for June! 2w
kspenmoll Thanks for posting this! 2w
TheSpineView I just finished a chunkster. Hope to read another in June. 🤞📖📚 2w
dabbe Thank you, m'dear! 💚💜💚 2w
tpixie Oh wow! I‘m finishing this 640 pg book up! I should # it! 2w
peanutnine I think I'll try to read this nonfiction, it seems timely 2w
BookmarkTavern Still got to pick my cozy for this month! 2w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! So apparently I don't have very many 500s??? I can't find one anyway 😂 However, I think I own more 600s than any other number - way into applied sciences around here AKA gardening!! So I am going to grab one of those, and if I find a 500 later I'll fit it in. For Fictional Traveler I'm heading to England with Wodehouse, and my ReadorDonate pick is by Nora Roberts - Carolina Moon. I'm excited!!! 2w
Crinoline_Laphroaig #ThematicCozies I'm do another Roof Top Garden mystery by Thea Cambert. 2w
willaful Just remembered I have a nonfiction book on my Kindle already, so I'm set. 2w
48 likes15 comments
review
TheSpineView
post image
Pickpick

Book 4 in the series and definitely better than book three. The characters were much better in this one and I felt the plot and development improved over the previous book. Not my favorite of the series but close. 3.5ish ⭐️
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable
#AllergicToChunksters @julieclair
#BookSpin selection for May @TheAromaofBooks

DieAReader 🎉🥳Excellent! 1mo
Andrew65 Brilliant 🎉🎉🎉 1mo
See All 7 Comments
CoverToCoverGirl I have a love/hate relationship with this series. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
julieclair Hooray for finishing a chunkster! 🎉 1mo
59 likes7 comments
blurb
TheBookgeekFrau
April | Gabrielle Lord
post image

April Wrap-up

Total Read: 7

#BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo: ✔️
#ReadingMyTBR #Read2025: 6
#AllergicToChunksters: 1
#MonthlyNonfiction2025: 1
5 Star: The Blue Bistro
DNF: The Witches Are Coming

Gissy Great!!!! 📚🤩👌👏👏👏 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!! 1mo
DieAReader 💖🎉Fantastic! 1mo
julieclair Great month! 1mo
39 likes4 comments
blurb
CSeydel
post image
40 likes1 comment
review
TheSpineView
Corrupt | Penelope Douglas
post image
Pickpick

I normally zip through Douglas's books. In this one, I reached a point where I guessed what was going to happen and I couldn't finish. Therefore, I put the book down and picked it up again a couple of days ago. No surprises. Just as expected. The plot was good just predictable. 3.5🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader At just over 500 pages this is one for #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable #AllergicToChunksters @julieclair

DieAReader #Next 👋🏻 2mo
Amiable 🎉👍🏼 2mo
julieclair The cover certainly is intriguing… 2mo
64 likes4 comments
blurb
willaful
The Rose Code | Kate Quinn
post image

Exciting, engrossing historical fiction about three women who worked at Bletchley park during WWII and the impact that time -- of personal freedom on one hand and intense secrecy on the other -- impacted their lives. It is on the melodramatic side but interestingly, some of the most astonishing elements were drawn from true stories. (I was a little uncomfortable that Prince Phillip is a major character.)

One of the characters is almost (cont)

willaful certainly autistic, and though of the “savant“ variety few of us are, I was really interested in her growth and her way of finding happiness for herself that had nothing to do with what society expected of her.

#AuthorAMonth
#AllergicToChunksters
2mo
Jess861 This has been on my bookshelf forever - I need to get to it! 2mo
julieclair Great review! And I‘m totally fine with a little melodrama. 😘 2mo
32 likes3 comments