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merelybookish
The Chrysalids | John Wyndham
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Up next for #192025. I'm pretty sure I read this in Grade 9 English so am interested to see what I remember.

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Rileytmurray
Mehso-so

Didn‘t want this one as much as book one. I think it focused more on the relationship between the two main characters which isn‘t a bad thing but it kind of distracted from what I liked about the series in the first place. Not a bad one just not quite as good as book one

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Rileytmurray
Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao
Pickpick

This was a lot of fun to get into as an anime fan. It blends classic anime action with great historical commentary. Also has some well written characters that make for a compelling cast to fallow

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xicanti
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My stalwart companion as I reread ONCE A ROGUE. He‘s so red in the smokey light! I filtered him a bit to capture the colour I actually saw.

The book‘s still great. I love the way these characters bounce off each other, and Allie Therin‘s prose practically reads itself. I open my ereader and suddenly half an hour‘s gone by. I needed this, especially after I bounced off an opaque contemporary fantasy last night.

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The_Penniless_Author
The Baron in the Trees | Italo Calvino
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Pickpick

A young boy in 18th-century Italy gets mad at his parents and scampers up a tree, a decision that will shape the rest of his life. A fairy tale about rebellion, originality, and fidelity to oneself, starring a Zelig-like figure who finds himself brushing up against many of the central figures and events of the Napoleonic Era. Linus approves!

Eggbeater Linus is gorgeous 😍 1h
KathyWheeler I keep meaning to read Calvino but haven‘t yet. Linus is beautiful! 4m
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AnnCrystal
To Shape a Dragon's Breath | Moniquill Blackgoose
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When I'm freaking out about reality, and my current read takes me to the one magical place that always feels safe and cozy...a bookstore 📚💝.

My previous book review was long because I didn't keep up with my posts as I read...I will try to do better.

Not thrilled about the threat to Kasaqua's life if Anequs fails.

I expected a world ruled by Vikings to be a little different...

Loving the steampunk vibes!

#nampeshiweisitreviewedbyanncrystal

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BookmarkTavern
The Patchwork Girl of Oz | L. Frank Baum
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Mehso-so

The young Munchkin Ojo is on a quest to save his beloved uncle. With friends like Scraps the Patchwork Girl, the Glass Cat, & the Shaggy Man, he will travel across Oz to save his family.

I feel so weird about this. I love Ojo, Scraps, & the Glass Cat. But reading this now, I don‘t like Ozma‘s banning of magic except for Glinda & the Wizard, & I really don‘t like the final treatment of the Glass Cat or the Wizard Ex Machina at the end.🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

BookmarkTavern Because, basically, it‘s “We don‘t like how the Glass Cat behaves, so we‘re going to give her a lobotomy and change her literal brain so she becomes humble and docile and a Good Pet for Ozma.” 2h
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AlliBarilone
Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie
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• my first Salman Rushdie book and at this point, I think I‘m here for it •

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BookBelle84
Sleep Like Death | Kalynn Bayron
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Pickpick

Loved this just like every other Kalynn Bayron book I've read. The villain is fantastic! My only complaint is I would have liked to spend more time in the creepy sentient castle of the Knight.

LeeRHarry That‘s good to know - I‘ve enjoyed her other books that I have read too. 😊 3h
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Sharpeipup
Under Loch and Key | Lana Ferguson
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Pleasant surprise to find this newly decorated crosswalk. #audiowalk

TheBookHippie Oh lovely. 2h
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