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oddandbookish
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Pickpick

This was a great start to the series!

Going into this, I knew nothing about the comic or the danmei novel it was based on. I went into it blind.

First off, the art is absolutely stunning! Since I had an ARC, the majority of the book was in black and white. However, there were some pages in the beginning that were in full color.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/review-heaven-officials-blessing-...

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kwmg40
Untitled | Untitled
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PuddleJumper Brilliant! 4h
ImperfectCJ Awesome! 3h
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kwmg40
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Pickpick

Lucy gets help from her fellow witches and vampire knitting friends to solve a murder that occurs at a summer fair. This series is so much fun!

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#HauntedShelf #ScreamTeam
#OneSnacktoRuleThemAll #AllThingsApple
#Witchathon
#BookSpinBingo
#ISpyBingo (exactly two people)
#PumpkabooHunt (medium)

kwmg40 #AfterDarkBingo (I see dead people)
#BodyCountBingo (who murdered the asshole?)
#GottaCatchEmAllSpooky (cosy)
#GottaCatchEmAll (Cottonee: fluffy book)
#52bookclub (genre two: set in summer – mystery)

@ImperfectCJ @Bookwormjillk @TEArificBooks @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper
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kwmg40
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Pickpick

Feeling nostalgic, I recently picked up the first 3 books in this series which I enjoyed as a child. It feels very dated in its portrayal of women's roles and how the airline industry is run (in-flight meals included an after-dinner cigarette). Still, I found this book thoroughly charming and fun to read.

#BirthdayBashReadathon
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#OneSnacktoRuleThemAll #AllThingsApple
#BookSpinBingo

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kwmg40
Be the Serpent | Seanan McGuire
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Pickpick

This review is for Such Dangerous Seas, a novella bundled with Be the Serpent that tells the backstory of the sea-witch Luidaeg. Recommended for fans of the October Daye series.

#BirthdayBashReadathon
#52bookclub (prequel)
#HauntedShelf #ScreamTeam
#OneSnacktoRuleThemAll #AllThingsApple
#Witchathon
#BookSpinBingo
#PumpkabooHunt (small)

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willaful
Cinder House | Freya Marske
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Wow, what a cover. I wish I could turn it into a Dixit card.

An intriguing but somewhat disappointing Cinderella retelling. (I'll put why in a spoiler comment.) Our Ella is sadly a ghost, and how this affects her life is told in a very visceral manner, consumed with how much Ella wants to feel and experience things and the strange, limited ways in which she can. Some of it really gave me the ick, to be honest, but the prose is beautiful.

willaful There's no real happy ending for Ella, though definitely a *happier* one. From the author's note, Ella's life is a disability metaphor for Marske's own long covid,--which makes a lot of sense, but it's not what I want from a fairy tale. It's also not really a romance, though Ella winds up in a sort of thruple in which she can take pleasure from her partners' pleasures. (edited) 7h
OutsmartYourShelf Sorry it wasn't a better read for you. Cover is definitely striking though. 7h
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willaful
Incandescent | Emily Tesh
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A really interesting take on the magic boarding school story, because it's from the perspective of an adult and moreover, the adult primarily in charge of the safety of the kids. (How many times have I read one of these books going, “WTH is wrong with all the grown ups in this school?!)

I felt there were important issues raised around the nature of demons that weren't sufficiently explored, so I didn't love it as much as I might have.

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Laughterhp
Brewed with Love | Shelly Page
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Mehso-so

This was just way too YA for me. Just not for me.

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BarbaraBB I often think that! 9h
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Laughterhp
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Pickpick

This was a low pick. The audiobook and story were a bit meh. I wasn‘t trying to find times to listen to it and was a bit bored at times.

I‘ve apparently been reading a lot of cursed family books.

This family is cursed to never fall in love. They either have to ensnare someone to get married or they die at 30. Doreen decides to try and break the curse before her 30th bday.

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Laughterhp
Bound to the Beasts | Ari Wright
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Pickpick

This was pretty good. A take on beauty and the beast. Briar‘s dad who is an inventor basically sells her away to get married as an omega to alphas. He did a lot of experimenting on her to keep her “healthy”. She‘s never eaten real food. She used to do ballet but got injured and can no longer perform. She has to navigate her new world and figure out who these 3 guys are to her.

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BarkingMadRead I‘m this right now! I‘m about 3/4 through 7h
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