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“Britomartis was wrong. I didn‘t fear water. I simply couldn‘t look at the surface of any pool without imagining Commodus‘s face, stung with betrayal, staring up at me.” “I was interfering in mortal affairs— not just to save lives, or to save Rome, but because I could not stand to see my beautiful Commodus die by anyone else‘s hands.” When I tell you these two lines BROKE ME- OMG, this scene was so good but SO SAD at the same time! AAAAAAAA!!!

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Kings of the Wyld | Nicholas Eames

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Rock and Roll meets epic fantasy. What more could you ask for? Kings of the Wyld is a lot. There‘s a lot of humor. A lot of action. And a lot of fantastical monsters. It felt like it was written by a music obsessed D&D player and I mean that in the best way possible. I had a lot of fun reading this it was the palette cleanser I needed after finish Wind and Truth.

Full review: https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/02/19/kings-of-the-wyld-review/

ShelleyBooksie This one's been on my tbr for ages. Sounds good! 4h

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Sherwood Sherwood | Meagan Spooner

The original and retelling 📚
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The Maze Runner | James Dashner

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3½ ✨
This was a very quick read. A bit young, and the characters lack emotional depth. But the story did grab me.
I'm definitely reading the rest of the series.

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Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel | Zane Grey

so-so

It's done! Apparently knowing a book exists outside copyright and can be fetched at any time for free by accessing Project Gutenberg or YouTube audiobooks means I do not make it a priority to actually finish it. With fairly LARGE caveats: the racist stereotypes of indigenous people tossed around in casual speech (no actual indigenous characters), 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and, despite the frequent attempts to note there are good Mormons, the pretty obvious bias of the writing against Mormons, and occasional condescending, patriarchal view of female characters, I was still rather impressed with this book.
The pacing and storyline is compelling, the characters are well fleshed out. 19h

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Up until the last moment, you don't know for certain whether certain people will manage to stay together or live (happily ever after?), the stakes are heightened by various deaths and losses throughout the story. There are also a number of mysteries in the murky backgrounds of characters so you get dramatic reveals. 19h

Robotswithpersonality 4/? As an atheist, I can only be happy to see a narrative where a woman who generously helped her community, opposed intolerance to aid the less fortunate, and did not surrender her agency to an undesirable partner, then recognizes the corrupt, cult-like, oppressive nature of the religion she was born and raised in, and took steps to separate her faith from observance of religious doctrine, 19h

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? especially wrestling with questioning the revering of any religious leader as something more holy and powerful than any human should demand. I could have happily seen the God stuff done away with completely, but it's apparent that wasn't an option that occurred to Grey. I wish I had a better historical idea of whether this book was considered hateful towards a religious sect, 19h

Robotswithpersonality 6/? an example of the prevailing attitude of the time, or groundbreaking in its own right.
While Jane's internal struggle, the discussion of religion, is the primary theme, there was a good deal of exploration around the theme of outcasts/isolation/loneliness (I can only imagine how many Wild West characters really needed a hug) and found family. 19h

Robotswithpersonality 7/? Also, people figuring out where they draw the line in their own personal ethics, outside of scripture, especially in relation to looking after those they care about. Morally grey? 🤔 There did seem to be a lot of shooting at the end there.
I'd also like to take a moment to heap praise on Zane Grey's ability to describe a landscape and the experience of riding a horse. The atmosphere! 😍 19h

Robotswithpersonality 8/? The colour and the light as it falls on rock and sage, reverence for paradisiacal safe havens where things are green and wildlife abounds. There are some lovely illustrations (paintings?) that come even with the Project Gutenberg digital version, but they don't hold a candle to Grey's words. 19h

Robotswithpersonality 9/? And yeah, the way horses are described, the chases and escapes, this is as close as I'll ever come to being a horse girl. Sadly, not every beautiful beastie makes it out. [The dogs live. 🙏🏻]
It may have taken me seven months to get back to it, but I'm glad I read it. Will I pick up another Zane Grey? Maybe. Maybe I'll read the synopsis first, this time. 😅 19h

Robotswithpersonality 10/10 I think it's fair to say my hunch that I could enjoy early Westerns has proved correct.
⚠️Mention of animal cruelty, animal death, period typical racist stereotypes, misogyny 19h

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Aster and the Accidental Magic | Thom Pico

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Such a cute story and wonderful graphics!

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/tLSiaiGbznI

Enjoy!

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BethM

Stick Man | Julia Donaldson

@Chrissyreadit I can‘t give you an audio rec bc we are on team Tonies for our busy brained 4yo. Each one of these characters has stories on it and that‘s how he falls asleep every night. Some are “jazzy” like Spidey so he has to skip the songs and only listen to the story if he picks one of those for bed.

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The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | Matt Dinniman

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Another bonkers adventure with Carl, Princess Donut and friends. This one took inspiration from Magic the Gathering and Pokemon. The game play doesn‘t always make sense, but the characters and true stakes for all involved continues to make this a new favorite series! 4.5⭐️
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