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Specials | Scott Westerfeld
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Panpan

This one really fell flat for me.

The plot was a cut and past of the previous books in the series with only a slight variation in the exact location of where things went down. The characters have had no growth throughout the series and it‘s made extremely clear in this one. I wouldn‘t continue and read the last book in this series but as I own it and Specials was supposed to be the last in the series I do plan to read on and see what Extras adds.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Listening to this one today! 🎧 ❤️

Finished this one and felt a little “preachy” to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

#Sharreadathon

📚🎧📚

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Uglies | Scott Westerfeld
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Pickpick

A good dive back into this series. It‘s interesting how much of this is still relevant.
I think Netflix did a pretty good job overall of bringing this to screen.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Happy Saturday!! I‘m currently listening to the first two and reading the physical copy of Ashes!

#WeekendReads

💜📚🧡

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Yuki_Onna
Rouge | Mona Awad
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What a lovely #giveaway idea, Lynn!
Thank you so much for doing this and have the happiest of birthdays!
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#49bdaygiveaway @wanderinglynn #birthday

wanderinglynn Thanks for entering! 🥳 2w
BarbaraBB Hi Samantha, did you see my post? I received the parcel and love how thoughtful you curated its content. Thank you so much!! 2w
Yuki_Onna @BarbaraBB Yesss! 😍 I am super happy now that it finally arrived and hope you'll enjoy everything! 🤗💞 2w
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TheLudicReader
On Beauty | Umberto Eco
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I kinda love his take.

kspenmoll Oh I love this! Thanks for sharing!🩵💙🩵 3w
TheSpineView Great!📚📚📚 3w
Lesliereadsalot This is so exactly how it is! 🩷 3w
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Ruthiella Books as medicine! Exactly! 👍 3w
Kristy_K Love this! It‘s so true! 3w
Lindy 100% 3w
DogMomIrene 💯 3w
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readingjedi
Rouge | Mona Awad
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Mehso-so

This was pretty weird. Now, don't get me wrong - I love a bit of weird, me. But this went on way too long & became a little incoherent. I loved the fairy tale parallels, but again, the metaphors & references got a little repetitive & lost some of their impact. It had things to say about mother/daughter relationships, society's beauty ideals, vanity/self-image, grief - all heavyweight issues - but drew vague conclusions.

Ruthiella I agree, it went on far too long for my taste as well. 4w
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Jari-chan
Attentat | Amelie Nothomb
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Pickpick

Even though not my favorite book by Nothomb, it's still a typical Amelie Nothomb book and therefore worth reading (for me). Once again she digs into the topic of beauty. Epiphane is heavily deformed and therefore called ugly. But he makes it work for him. But lives a beautiful soul in an ugly body? Or is he just as superficial as we all are? A perfidious little piece written by the master herself.

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Melismatic
Rouge | Mona Awad
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Mehso-so

What a strange novel. Admittedly it took some pushing to get through the back half. So many ideas were present — grief, depression, complicated mother/daughter dynamics, the beauty industry. I‘m not sure it fully came together for me, but it certainly offered a lot to think about!

dabbe 🤩🎄🤩 1mo
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Rome753
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Theodora trying to decide what to read next.
#readingcats #catsandbooks #TuxedoCats

TheBookHippie Awe. 1mo
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