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I absolutely loved this! I‘m a complete sucker for a Beauty and The Beast retelling and this one even had some spice.

It's T. Kingfisher. So it's good. It really is. I loved the characters, especially Hester and Penelope. And I loved the fact that the females make the stories, the males are barely there to be there and help out. Everything else is true Kingfisher. Magic, humor, fantasy. Can't get enough of her.

A short novella. I liked the concept but I wish it would have been a full novel with more character development and world building. A little heavy with themes of sexual assault so be warned before you begin. I loved the feminist themes but it just didn‘t land for me as a great retelling of a Sleeping Beauty story.

January reads (not pictured above)
🎧 Cosmic Queries by Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
🎧 60 Songs That Explain the 90s by Rob Harrvilla
🎧 King of the Murgos by David Eddings
🎧 The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
🎧 Elevation by Stephen King
🎧 Dark harvest by Norman Partridge
🛜 Redshirts by John Scalzi

I know there‘s a week left but I‘m being proactive 😄

“You can have all the gold in the world and yet lack everything of real worth.”

“You can pretend a lot of things in life. You can pretend so well that you even start to believe your own deceit. We‘re all actors; we‘re all on pedestals with a spotlight shining on us, playing whatever part we need to in order to make it through the day—in order to help ourselves sleep at night.”

This book was pretty cute, very fanfic vibes so if you‘re into that bonus for you. If you really enjoy the regency era this book may not be for you. The incredibly inclusive vibes of the book do not mesh well with the regency era setting and it shows. Despite that I found it a more or less enjoyable read. If there was an option between pick and so-so I‘d rate it there but as there isn‘t I‘ll rate it pick.

I'm excited to be able to participate in #HyggeHourReadathon ! I'm not usually home on Sunday nights. I'm audio puzzling and listening to Hester, which I'm really enjoying.
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I‘m continuing with my 2025 #bookspin plan to just post sections of my shelves, with a February theme of pink and red. Plus my bookclub book. Ready for Bookspin day @TheAromaofBooks ! 🙂📚🩶

After 3 weeks of avoidance and reluctant reading, I am DNFing my #FoodandLit choice for January. I'm half way through and I just do not want to keep reading. A shame, as I've owned the book since 2016!
Also pictured (and making her Litsy debut) is my cat, Delilah

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