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Lauredhel
Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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And I'm done for March! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Read4life Great job!! 7d
AsYouWish Yay!!! Congrats!!!!💙💙💙💙 6d
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Lauredhel
Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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Lauredhel
Tea and Sympathetic Magic | Tansy Rayner Roberts
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This is a sweet romantic fantasy-magic novella set in Englandtimes.

“Also, they say the ducal estate of Storm has the finest library in all the Isles. Three thousand volumes!”
“A fine library does increase the appeal of any potential husband,” Mneme conceded. She thought better of Miss Agnew, that she counted the library as a bonus to a gentleman‘s appeal. “If only one could be sure that he had ever read a book.”“

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Sarahreadstoomuch
Deep End | Ali Hazelwood
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Pickpick

This was something! While there were still some classic Hazelwood elements (tall, dark male… tiny female… both smart) this went more into them being exceptional athletes with a side of kink exploration. The issues with the best friend/ex seemed to flow realistically and I liked the conclusion. The epilogue read a little weirdly, but that‘s fine. Did get my final March #wickedwords -Pen!

AsYouWish Yay!!!! Congrats!!!!💙💙💙💙💙 6d
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Lauredhel
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Read4life
The Love Haters: A Novel | Katherine Center
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Word 4/5 Sea Breeze

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Lauredhel
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2nd #WickedWords @AsYouWish

I'm afraid I'm Ms Unpopular Opinion for this book too, though it's not a wall-throw like Lessons in Chemistry.

The pace was glacial. Major moments of what should be emotional or character-changing events were skipped (totally skipped, as in time-jumped). The character had zero agency and less character. She was just buffeted around by life, and learned almost nothing.

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Lauredhel Her only achievement ended up being an achievement because a man did something.



She paid lip service to things like classism, but the book itself doesn't (quite the opposite: at the end, her lifelong servant, who did display quite a bit of class awareness through the book which I thought was going somewhere), declares herself perfectly content and outright happy to have been her “bondmaid“).

Not quite a wall-throw. But it got quite close.
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CSeydel I felt EXACTLY the same way. Did not enjoy this one. 2w
Lauredhel @CSeydel I think it annoyed me so much because it should be EXACTLY what I want, as a feminist linguistics grad who's interested in history. 2w
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CSeydel No, I agree - the execution did not at all live up to the potential. It was irritating to me the way she sort of glances up against various social issues but refuses to engage with them! Like, why bring it up, if you‘re just going to politely look away? 2w
Lauredhel @CSeydel Exactly! Well said 2w
perfectsinner I liked the title and people on fb seemed to really enjoy it but yeah, I thought it was just ok/neh. 2w
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Lauredhel
Gawimarra: Gathering | Jeanine Leane
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First #WickedWords for March, in this poetry collection by a Wiradjuri author

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Sarahreadstoomuch
Our Last Resort | Clemence Michallon
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I read this for review, which usually means that I don‘t post about it here. BUT in this case, it turns out that it is my #doublespin , and covered 4 #wickedwords (manager, sea breeze, and surprisingly meet-cute as well as guests from Feb). And that‘s all I‘ll say about it here 😉

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
AsYouWish Wow! That is a good read if it hit all those words!!!💙💙💙💙 6d
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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Mehso-so

The writing is beautiful. No denying that. But I also cannot deny being lost quite a bit and just blindly fumbling through this one. #wickedwords - scar