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ChaoticMissAdventures

Joined August 2019

Reading is my favorite sport.
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I was looking at this chart and I am mad that Gaiman is my second most read author. Well annoyed at myself I guess. I do not want a creep that high up!!

Problem is I like to be wide read and I love lit, those authors don't tend to write dozens of books.

I am going to push myself to read more diverse authors who have more than 12 books. For the rest of this year I am working on getting my Patricia Highsmith number up (currently at 3) 👇

ChaoticMissAdventures I only need a few Atwoods and a handful of McEwans to bump him down. Then I think Agatha Christie, Martha Wells, Percival Everett, Walter Mosley, Julia Alvarez. And one have other suggestions of great writers w/ more than 12 books who are diverse authors? Preferably LGBTQ, women, not white. I wish I liked Any Tan more ... 1h
Ruthiella If you concentrate on Everett‘s back catalogue, it will definitely change your stats. He‘s written something like 25 novels and still going strong. Have you ever read any Gloria Naylor? Only a handful of books but I really liked 50m
ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella I have never heard of her, but she sounds amazing. Will definitely add her. Looks like she has 7 books. Not enough, but I am always looking for great Black women authors. 26m
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BarbaraJean I was thinking about this same thing the other day—in my all-time most-read authors on SG, J.K. Rowling is third and Gaiman is fifth. (I think it must count re-reads.) I‘d like to bump both of them down the list!

You might check out Tanith Lee. I haven‘t read her yet, but she‘s on my TBR because of what I‘ve seen about Gaiman apparently ripping off her books in creating Sandman. Would be nice to bump Gaiman off the list with her name.
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BarbaraJean Also I second the rec for Gloria Naylor! Mama Day and Bailey‘s Cafe ripped my heart out in the best ways. 21m
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraJean man he is just a piece of work. Thank you for this, I have placed a hold at the library. Storygraph does include reread on this chart. So I am thinking I might reread all of Austen to bump him down. I have to say that JK was up there, but in a fit a couple of years ago I went though and deleted that I had ever read her ahahahha 18m
TheKidUpstairs First that comes to mind is Octavia Butler. 10m
TheKidUpstairs I think that Louise Erdrich has a fairly large and diverse catalogue of material as well. 8m
ChaoticMissAdventures @TheKidUpstairs a couple of years ago I tried to do a year with Butler to read all of her things. I got through 7. She is just WAY too dark for me. but I might try to pick away at one more a year going forward to move her on up. I have not read her Lilith's Brood series. 4m
ChaoticMissAdventures @TheKidUpstairs Erdrich is a good one!! I have read a couple, and one of my best friends' uncle is one of Erdrich's friends... she has dinner with her a couple of times a year and I hear she is a delight. 3m
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Zamyatin: We | Yevgeny Zamyatin
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#TLT @dabbe
21! So many I have never heard of!

3 favorites:
We (tagged)
The Forsyth Saga (book and show both sooo good)
Of Human Bandage

3 on TBR
Edith Wharton
Ford Maddox Ford
Chrome Yellow by Huxley (I had not heard of this!)

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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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I picked this up from the library and it is due back this weekend so getting a jumpstart on #CampLitsy25 I think this is going to be an interesting discussion. Fans of Mona Awad are going to like this. I enjoyed it, especially the later half, but I really like fever dream type books, those books you have to just keep reading and have faith something will flush out, even if that something is great language, which this definitely has.

ChaoticMissAdventures I thought this was a great book for #AAPI months also, with the discussions around the narrators struggling to get acting jobs and her own views on herself and how others see her. 16h
Ruthiella I thought of Awad too when reading it. It‘s hard to tell what‘s real. 16h
sarahbarnes Glad you liked it too! 13h
BarbaraBB @Ruthiella Exactly that! Too feverish for me! 12h
squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 11h
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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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“Always to be seen, in those days it was almost an end in itself, because it was in being seen that I could say for certain that I existed, that my limbs were real as I touched them, that my being was intact as it peered out into the world. A stay against the turbulence within me—that was, perhaps, the purpose of all this.”

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Audition | Katie Kitamura
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#CampLitsy25

“More and more often, I was surprised by the person in the mirror, it was not the lines at my mouth or the hollowness around my eyes, it was the lag in recognition that was the most troubling, the brief moment when I looked in the mirror and did not know who I was.”

I can tell this isn't going to be wildly popular, but I am loving her writing.

Ruthiella I love her writing too. 16h
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Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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I am missing something here. Maybe it is my mood. Maybe this just isn't for me. It was my most anticipated book to read this year but it has taken me a month to get 100 pages in and for the last week I have not been able to force myself to pick it back up. There is a distance she is writing from that is making it hard for me to connect or care about this kid.
I do sort of want people to tell me why they find it devastating? Spoil below!

BarbaraBB I can‘t help you, I was underwhelmed by it too and although I finished it, I can‘t remember much about it. 20h
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB that is so funny, I keep seeing these reviews that are all "Devastated, I am bawling" and it lead me to believe something shattering happened 20h
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Tin House: Summer Reading (2015) (Tin House Magazine) | Rob Spillman, Holly MacArthur, Win McCormack
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Anyone else believe that organizing books is a complete hobby in itself?

Putting together my summer reading.

Pictured my physical TBR corner.

kspenmoll It totally is, & such a fun hobby! 1d
monalyisha What a cozy nook! Also, YES. Resoundingly. 1d
BennettBookworm Relatable! 23h
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squirrelbrain Oh yes, I love just moving books around! 🤪 22h
BarbaraBB Very relatable! 20h
janeycanuck Yes. I call it “playing with my books” 😂 7h
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Did y'all see this??

AI ruining everything. The Chicago Sun-Times released an article today featuring "new summer books" and almost all of them are fake. Only 5 of 15 are real!!

Article from 404 Media here:
https://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-lis...

I think this is so important as we start talking more and more about how AI is not only failing the environment but all of us.

lil1inblue I fully realize there are bigger, and serious, implications here, but this gave me a much needed laugh. I really enjoyed the article from the Chicago Tribune. 😂 😂 😂
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/20/sun-times-sunday-insert-fake-books/
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Bookwormjillk @lil1inblue I was laughing about this today too. 2d
Suet624 Ugh. We are doomed. 2d
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ChaoticMissAdventures @lil1inblue . “This is licensed content that was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom" says the Sun-Tines. Absolutely WILD. ? 2d
ChaoticMissAdventures @Suet624 the only positive thing I can say is that it is getting called out very loudly. 2d
kspenmoll OMG. What is next?!!!! 2d
ImperfectCJ Note to self: Be sure to fact-check any "8 unforgettable summer drives" articles before getting in the car. This is why I'm considering skipping the middle-man and just getting all of my news from The Onion. 2d
5feet.of.fury “The writer” lmao, apparently not 2d
ncsufoxes There was a press release a few months ago from the CDC (during the new administration) & many scientists commented that either it was written by AI or a 4th grader. Scientists write in such a specific way (my husband had me proofread many of his journal submissions & I had no idea what I was reading). My husband said they keep trying to push AI in different areas of science but it‘s not been successful. 2d
ImperfectCJ @Avanders When I saw that was the title of one of the other articles in the 60+ page insert, I was like, I can trust nothing I read in just one place anymore. 2d
ImperfectCJ @ncsufoxes As I understand it, AI can be quite helpful when used as a tool in certain areas of science (my spouse talks about using AI (specific tools, not ChatGPT) to help in analyses of complex compounds that have potential in drug discovery), but the mistake is in thinking you can let it loose and accept what it spits out without question. 2d
Avanders @ImperfectCJ lol fair conclusion! 2d
lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures It's absolutely crazy. I don't know why any experienced “writer“ wouldn't at least double check the books. Pure laziness. 1d
ChaoticMissAdventures @lil1inblue and he was just all "whoops my bad"!! Sir. How could you even go on? If anyone would hire me again I would be far too embarrassed to take another job. 1d
ncsufoxes @ImperfectCJ I think AI can be useful going thru tons of data. My husband has worked in labs that have gone thru the thousands of combos looking to develop drugs. It also can‘t replace people like my husband & his level of knowledge. My husband is a PI (geneticist) & his lab looks at why different drug combinations work for different cancers. He & his assistant are the ones that have combed through the data to see what to target. 15h
ImperfectCJ @ncsufoxes I would agree that those who are aiming to replace expert humans with AI are pursuing the wrong goal. On a related note, there's an interesting opinion piece in the NYT today by the head of LinkedIn about who's going to be most hurt by AI (he says it will be people with advanced degrees) and how he thinks entry-level jobs need to change in the age of AI (make them harder). I'll have to read it again to digest it. 15h
nanuska_153 It also hurts intellectual rights. It breaks my heart when all those people use it to convert their pictures into Studio Ghibli cartoons. Miyazaki loathes the idea of replacing illustrators with machines, he is so outspoken about it 7h
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Hula: A Novel | Jasmin Iolani Hakes
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This is perfect for AAPI history month. If you are not familiar with the Hawaiian language I would recommend the audiobook. I am so alternated between audio and physical. It is the story of 3 generations I loved how Hakes explains the history and trauma of Hawai'i and weaves it with Hi'i story. An excellent book to really understand the islands from a native perspective.
4.25⭐

peanutnine I own this audiobook! I need to read it. Sounds great! 2d
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The Chromatic Fantasy | H. a. H. a.
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Low pick 3.5 ⭐

An adult comic. The book itself is gorgeous. I love the art and the gold sprayed edges. The book started strong but the language got a bit muddled. I liked the idea of the story but not so much the execution. Still it is very pretty.

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The Chromatic Fantasy | H. a. H. a.
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This gorgeous comic is about a trans boy who has to escape a nunnery, and then becomes a thief.

I love the juxtaposition of the story set in what appears to be medieval times but the artists keeps sneaking in modern things like this page with the cell phone 🤣😍

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The Chromatic Fantasy | H. a. H. a.
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I am really enjoyed the art in the comic, and also the humor - as they talk about all of the horrors we use to put people through when we didn't know how to "cure"

"I'm preparing the arsenic and rosewater enema as fast as I can!! Should I put lead in it?"
"Maybe we should add cocaine"
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The Dark Maestro | Brendan Slocumb
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Low pick. This started out so strong before the half way point I had this as the best of Slocumb, but then it took a turn and became a bit too ridiculous. If you are super into Superheroes you might be lored in, but it felt like I was reading 2 separate books. And unfortunately I wanted to stay in the beginning half.
As always I love his focus on Black classic musicians and family. I just wish his editor had resigned in the 2nd half.

dabbe Your mug: 🎯🩵🎯 3d
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Mehso-so

A Beauty and the Beast retelling set in modern day publishing land. This was fine. It is my second Guillory book and I think she is fine. The characters are likable, even the tortured artist actor who is the grumpy. It just felt very surface and a bit to formulaic. It kept my interest though so 3⭐

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3.75⭐. I thought this was great but maybe 50-75 pages too long. I really enjoyed Tesh's writing. I found myself sinking into the story as soon as I picked it up and flying through the pages. The characters were not likable, but they each had believable growth through complex challenges. I have been really craving space reads and this scratched the itch perfectly.

Ruthiella I really liked this a lot - really great character driven SciFi. 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella very character driven. I think you need patience to understand the psychology behind all of it. I saw some reviews (after finishing) that were mad at Kyr's homophobia and.... That was the point? She is a product of her environment and you have to stick around and think about why maybe she was more susceptible than some of the others. 3d
dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3d
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There is a trend going around BookTok about what about a book will immediately cause you to not read a book (keeping in mind there is always exceptions like favorite authors)

It could be anything from page length, topics, style of writing, format.

What are your big turnoffs? Mine in the comments.

Bookwormjillk Mine is when entire plots are built around people refusing to communicate. 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures 1) Reproductive issues - Infertility/miscarriages/pregnancy
2) Rape. (This is not a plot device)
3) “The Dog Dies“ books
4) WWII (Please there are so many other wars!)
5) Age gap romance (nothing makes me feel more icky)
6) Audio narrators who cannot pronounce common famous people's names correctly

Funnily I don't have issues with POV, first person vs others, I don't even blink that no quotes around speaking bits.
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ChaoticMissAdventures @Bookwormjillk what a common romance trope. And so badly used!!! Miscommunication can be handled well, but it rarely is. 4d
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ChaoticMissAdventures oh goodness, because I am old, I should add romance books where one of them is a virgin.... which sounds so slutty of me, but I will not pick up a book if I know one of the main characters is a virgin. It makes me feel dirty 😂😂 😂 4d
Kitta I don‘t read romance as a genre! I don‘t know why, it just doesn‘t appeal to me. I don‘t mind a bit of romance in a story but that can‘t be the main focus. Also most YA is not for me, and I‘ve been avoiding queer coming of age novels because I think it‘s just overdone and I‘ve read too many. I want stories about queer adults living their queer lives! Stories where the main focus isn‘t coming out but what happens afterwards. 4d
Kitta I actually really like WWII books 😂 I totally understand there‘s more out there though. 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta I totally get the coming of age, I just listened to a whole rant by one of my favorite booktokers about his annoyance with "bi-awakenings" and I completely agree with him. They are an overused trope. I think like your coming out overdose about 10 yrs ago I realized that 90% of historical fiction is WWII, rarely told by Jewish or marginalized authors and I just got annoyed and will still not pick any of them up on my own. 4d
Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures oh that‘s totally fair re:WWII. Same with queer novels. We need own voices telling the stories! Most of what I read is dystopian what would have happened if we went to nuclear war stuff with little basis in reality lol. I liked the nightingale by Kristen Hannah though, not many stories about war are about the women and their resistance/war effort. It was interesting. 4d
Cheryl_Russell Romance. Please no. My idea of hell is endless shelves of nothing but romance books. 🤢🤢 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @Cheryl_Russell 😂😂😂😂 this hits my funny bone because the last couple of weeks I have been devouring dozens of romance audiobooks, it is not my normal genre and I am actually too embarrassed to really own up to them (not putting them in my Storygraph lists) but they have been weirdly satisfying 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta I read the Nightingale for a bookclub a few years ago. I am willing to dive into my no goes for bookclubs and stuff like that but not too often. 4d
dabbe Say the words “Harlequin Romance“, and I'm outta here/there/everywhere. 🤣 4d
ChaoticMissAdventures @dabbe when I was around 8 through middle and highschool my parents lived out of city limits and I wasn't able to go to the library, so I read ANYTHING laying around, my mom had a linen closet filled with harlequin, I doubt she knows I read ever single one of those heaving bosom books 😂 4d
dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures I loved them as a teenager, too! My older sister would give them to me, and I gobbled them up like candy. Now I prefer mysteries, historical fiction, and 19th century British literature. If there's a little romance in there, fine, but my days of heaving bosoms are long gone. 🤣 4d
Cheryl_Russell @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣🤣 I kinda do that with horror. It‘s way outside my usual, I don‘t read much of it, but yet it‘s oddly satisfying. Gives me an emotional release of sorts. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3d
AnneCecilie @dabbe I used to devour Harlequin Romance books in my 20s when I was a student. I think they helped me remember the joy of reading, and making it easier to read something else afterwards 3d
dabbe @AnneCecilie 🎯🩵🎯 3d
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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

According to Storygraph I have read 115 book over 500pgs

Over 1000pgs
Jonathan Strange 1006
Gone With The Wind 1037
Don Quixote 1072
War and Peace 1156

I guess I don't really love a chunkster. I would rather read three 350-400pgs than 1 thousand pager. I looked through a GR list of books over 1k the only one that I am even remotely interested in is The Count of Monte Cristo.

BookmarkTavern The Count of Monte Cristo is really good! Thanks for sharing! 4d
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The first 2 episodes are available on Apple TV!!

I am pleasantly surprised. I am enjoying it! It seems to be sticking pretty close to the book, and it is very funny (in a very dry/ perfect for me way).

I am actually really excited to continue watching! I had a lot of reservations going in, and new shows off beloved books can be really hard. But so far I am giving this a 1.5 👍

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Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo
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#TLT @Dabbe

I guess I need to read Zola if anyone has a suggestion where to start.

Favorites:
Anna Karenina
The Awakening
Dorian Gray

Books I plan to read this year:
Fathers and Sons
Middlemarch

dabbe Zola seemed to kind of own this list, didn't he? I haven't read anything of his, so I hope people give you some suggestions and then I can “borrow“ from the list! P.S. I loved MIDDLEMARCH. Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚💜💚 7d
DGRachel I‘m going to have to reread Fathers and Sons. It‘s been 30 years - Turgenev is one of the first (and so far one of two) Russian authors I enjoyed reading. 7d
DGRachel …and I second Middlemarch. 7d
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Ruthiella I keep pushing Zola for #HashtagBrigade books! Vote for him next year! 😂 7d
Cuilin @Ruthiella I think I nominated a Zola one year. I own a few but have only read a very depressing but good 6d
Ruthiella @Cuilin I have read also Germinal , but would be willing to read it again. It was depressing, though, I agree. 6d
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This book should be read in a club chair while drinking a Manhattan.

This is my 3rd Highsmith. I can see why people do not like this as much as Ripley, it involves more than one toxic person and leaves you wondering who to root for. I think it is very well crafted, a train wreck that is hard to look away from. PH is one of the best at characters that are spiraling, and this is eerily plausible.
⭐3.75/5

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Meat Cute | Gail Carriger
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I have been feeling the need for old book friends and some supernatural sexiness and thought I would reread Soulless my library had this short story, it is all about "That hedgehog incident". Very cute, and just enough to get me thinking yes I do want to reread this series. I do think Maccron felt a bit different here so I am interested to see if I am remembering him well. It has been about 6 years since I read the series

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The Dark Maestro | Brendan Slocumb
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Happy pub day to this great book.

I have the arc and I am so close to finishing, it has been really captivating.

Ruthiella Did you read his debut and if yes, how does this compare? 🤔 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella I think this is his 3rd, I have read Violin Conspiracy before this. This felt more personal? I do not know Slocumb's background but this centers a boy and we start with him at 5 and follow him and his dad and stepmom figure. Which made me feel much more attached to Curtis than I did Ray. It is also a bit more dark, the sad here being a drug dealer. I liked both but think I felt more for this one 1w
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“Is that a threat?“
“Take it the way you like.“
“Are you going to put arsenic in my food?“
“I don't think arsenic could kill you.“
It was a charming evening.

Has anyone seen the 2022 adaptation of this book? I think with the right people it could be wonderful.

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Utterly disheartening and bizarre election results rolling in from PH. I am so glad the tagged was on the NF Women's Prize list last year so I have understanding of this. Duterte was a cruel president, currently imprisoned in The Hague and his home town has elected him mayor (for a third term) with a 65% majority.
Not every country is following Canada and Australia's lead.

charl08 This book was just so hard reading. Hope the author is ok 1w
ncsufoxes I saw this morning & had to read the headlines again. It is amazing how people are so disillusioned. When some news organizations are not telling the truth people will continue to believe them (I see it with my MIL & Faux news, it‘s all she watches & believes everything they tell her) it continues to allow people like Duerte & Trump get back into power. It‘s simultaneously sad & infuriating. 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @charl08 same. I haven't seen her speak on this election yet. I know she has been doing a lot of touring and panels about the importance of journalism. But her socials seem pretty abandoned currently 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @ncsufoxes so sorry about your MIL. It is such a cult and with so many of them I don't know how welcome back from it. Duterte is a horror and I can see Trump pushing to be even worse. 1w
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Hula: A Novel | Jasmin Iolani Hakes
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#WeeklyForecast
Must finish Some Desperate Glory, it is due back this weekend. I am enjoying Dark Maestro and it comes out tomorrow! (Not doing great with arcs). I want to read a bunch of Patricia Highsmith this year so hitting up Deep Waters, still chipping away at Beautyland. Audiobook is Hula (tagged) for AAPI month.

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Pulling my #14books14weeks pile. Most of these are going to be from my not doing well #25in25 @Liz_M

Liz_M There's some wonderful reads on that stack! I hope you do get to some of them! 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Liz_M I love a challenge especially when there is accountability (even if that accountability is just social media posts). 1w
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A House for Miss Pauline | Diana McCaulay
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4⭐ country: Jamaica
The authors note at the end is important. McCaulay was contacted by a NZ TV show about a genetic test/missing family and it inspired this book. The idea of Land is always interesting, but I really like how it is tackled here. Is land just land? Is it wealth? Is it home? I loved how Pauline was drawn (as someone with a feisty 94 yr old Grandma 99 year old Pauline reminds me of her) The time slides were done well.

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I can understand why some people do not enjoy Sally Rooney. Her characters are unlikable and her writing style is a bit jagged. This is my third of hers and I always enjoy her complex relationships and how she happily leans into melodramatic characters. This one in particular I like how she takes on endometriosis (a side plot but well done) I was interested throughout even as I wanted to shake Francis, the early 20s are a hard age.

ChaoticMissAdventures I find it interesting, my book tastes, I set aside Beautyland b/c it felt too distant, the characters too cold, undoubtedly these characters are even colder and still I found it more engrossing. 2w
sarahbarnes I love her writing too. I was completely engrossed in this one. I read it in a day. 2w
Ruthiella Such an interesting observation about the style and characterization. I am not a fan of Rooney (and I‘ve read three!) but I do love cold and distant characterization like in Katie Kitamura‘s and/or Rachel Kushner‘s novels. So there‘s something else at play here. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @Ruthiella it is odd isn't it? I didn't enjoy Rachel Kushner I am going to have to pick up Kitamura and see what I think! 2w
BarbaraBB I am with you. I especially loved this one and Intermezzo. And although I didn‘t enjoy Rachel Kushner, I do love Katie Kitamura! 2w
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Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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None of us are doing great on this first round! #TLT @dabbe

3 I loved
Austen (all)
Frankenstein
North and South 😍

3 I thought had the funnest titles
The Life & Opinions of Tome at Murr
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Life of a good-for-nothing

3 on my TBR
Dangerous Liaisons
House of Seven Gables
Fall of the House of Usher

Play along with this link:
https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s

dabbe We scored the same! 😍 “House of Usher“ is one of my faves! If you're into campy movies, the 1960 one starring Vincent Price is a hoot, and it's free on YouTube! Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEbH7mZ8Vk&t=63s
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵
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ChaoticMissAdventures @dabbe I am grateful for my college years reading Rousseau and Marquis de Sade for this score. I know they did a new House of Usher recently with the gorgeous Rahul Kohli, I might make reading and watching these my next classics challenge! 2w
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The Dark Maestro | Brendan Slocumb
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Today's reading spot.

Reading: Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb (Violin Conspiracy) out next week!

Listening: Indila 2014 album Mini World

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James: A Novel | Percival Everett
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I think a lot of people will be interested in how James was picked this year.
Clip from NY Times IG full context here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJWvbzqRQEn/?igsh=c2o2aGdhcGxveWFs

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Colored Television | Danzy Senna
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I bucket this into my favorite type of book "Women going a bit mad because of life" but Jane ..oh, Jane is really not doing anything to help herself here. I thought Senna did a great job of ramping up the uncomfortableness as we go along, the worse Jane did the more panicked I felt for her family. The writing is well done and tight I think it would be great for open minded bookclubs who can handle uncomfortable race conversations

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I saw this after taking the book out of my purse I carried around all day without reading. ...

willaful So. Relatable! 2w
kspenmoll 😂😂 2w
Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2w
BarbaraBB That‘s me 😀 2w
sarahbarnes This is absolutely me. 😆 2w
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Anyone else excited for The Met Gala? I love this first Monday of May but this year's focus on Black Dandyism is especially historically interesting and important.
Monica Miller is the creative director of the Met's exhibit (the gala is the party for the fundraising and opening of the exhibit). Tagged is her book about the history of Black Dandyism which is a fantastic resource.

I am super excited to see Colman Domingo and Rhianna 😍

AmyG I love the costumes. Can‘t wait to see all the photos. 2w
ncsufoxes I‘ve been texting photos with my sister all night. Loved Serena & Venus Williams, Jalen Hurts, Meghan Thee Stallion, Chappell Ronan. Kamala Harris is supposed to be there but haven‘t seen any photos yet. Or Rhianna & her baby bump (her partner confirmed they are expecting baby #3). Loved the theme for this year. 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @ncsufoxes I thought everyone did a good job, it has been years since I have seen so many people on theme (Tailored for You). I loved Whoopi Goldberg & Janelle Monae (Thom Browne is one of my fav. designers) Coleman Domingo (of course his husband looked GOOD too), Teyana Taylor, Cocoa Jones, Tracee Ellis Ross is so much fun! Andre 3000 was amazing - I really like the big statement outfits. Brian Tyree Henry... I could go on and on. Amazing night! 2w
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Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan
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Mehso-so

I read Kwans Lies and Weddings last year and really enjoyed it, but this older one if his just didn't hit the same. I really dislike Nick, IDK if he is just a jerk or if he is completely stupid but I would not have lasted a quarter of the time Rachel did with him during this trip. And man everyone she meets is just the worst. Overall it is insanely tone deaf about money and colonization while lacking all the charm of other wealthy romances

ChaoticMissAdventures I did read it all the way through though so going with 3 stars. I think the movie version Nick was easier to handle because you get to look at Henry Golding the whole time. 3w
TheLudicReader I haven‘t read the book, but I loved the movie. It was so beautiful to look at. HG. 😂 2w
Suet624 😂😂😂 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @TheLudicReader I think Kwan has evolved and I will read him again but for this series I advise sticking to swoony Henry and the GORGEOUS Gemma Chan 2w
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"The McGirt decision resulted in the largest restoration of tribal land in US history."

Nagle does an amazing job telling you many different stories of Native people, while also explaining how the US government committed genocide on them, mixing history and current court cases to paint a detailed and complex picture of the Muscogee land. The writing is exceptional, very easy to read and understand.
"As long as the grass grows or the water runs"

TieDyeDude Excellent! I just pulled this off my shelf to start this week :) 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures @TieDyeDude hope you get a lot out of it (there is a bit too much awfulness to say enjoy it, but it is so important) 2w
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"Chief Justice Roberts repeated the lies told about the Five Tribes to justify allotment."

As someone who followed not only this case closely but also follows the SCOTUS closely each year I hope that people get that CJ Roberts is an asshole out of this book (while also understanding that Gorsuch was right here but always wrong everywhere else - also a jackass but does good in this area)

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"Oil and gas producers don't fight regulation as it comes up; the industry lays the groundwork to ensure future regulation is not possible."

"(Oil &gas industry) Organized (..) laws preempting bans on plastic bags- a petroleum product. As of 2020, fifteen states have banned the banning of plastic bags, while only eight limit their use. "

Asif I needed another reason to always use my tote bags.

Suet624 Vermont banned plastic bags and it‘s always funny to see people walking out of their store with their arms full and groceries slipping out of their arms because they forgot their totes. 3w
BarbaraBB @Suet624 I know what you mean! And I love that VT banned plastic bags instead of books! 3w
Suet624 @BarbaraBB oh, me too!!! 3w
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ChaoticMissAdventures @Suet624 @BarbaraBB my city was the 1st in the area to ban them followed later by all of Oregon. It is so easy to adjust to it, I am always startled when somewhere else and they want to give me a bag. It does seem to be more a blue state thing to not let oil lobbyists have so much power. 3w
BarbaraBB Sometimes I forget a tote and have to buy a plastic bag (you pay for them in alle of the Netherlands) and I feel so guilty walking home with a plastic bag! @Suet624 (edited) 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB oh! Interesting, we are not even allowed to buy plastic. We can buy paper bags at checkout if we forget. They are 5 cents each so not so bad. 3w
BarbaraBB That‘s much better, just paper bags. We mostly have them too but supermarkets here sell mostly plastic bags unfortunately. 3w
ncsufoxes We‘ve lived in several different states & they each have different laws (some cities have different laws within the state). CA of course banned plastic bags & you could buy paper ones for .10, Boston banned plastic bags & could buy paper ones for .10, now we live in MD some parts of Frederick County charge for plastic bags but they are not banned. We have family in NC & plastic is not banned there 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures @ncsufoxes isn't it interesting? I never thought about bans to ban bans.... And the oil companies being behind it all. 3w
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Scott Braden worked in the public defender's office at the same time as Lisa and is a citizen of Osage Nation. Seeing how capital punishment worked from the inside solidified his opposition of it. "It really is a crusade on the part of prosecutors and staff to build political careers on the backs of the poor," he told me. "The poor are the ones that get executed. The rich don't get executed."

1 of my top reasons for being anti- execution.

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Crazy Rich Asians | Kevin Kwan
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It's AAPI month
I have gone through my TBR bookcase and picked out 4 books I want to read this month to celebrate, I don't think Prescribe Cats is technically part of this month since it is a Japanese not Japanese American but I am adding it anyways and will hopefully pick up a couple of others including my Aardvark book box with Ling Ling Huang.

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@thearomaofbooks #bookspinbingo

#BookSpin = Ann of Green Gables
#DoubleSpin = Some Desperate Glory

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 3w
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My Aardvark box picks!

I am trying to curb my book buying I read Jane O. last month and absolutely loved it, so want to hold onto a copy. I really enjoyed Natural Beauty so hoping the tagged has the same vibe and great writing.

I put 3 others on hold at the library -
When the Tides Held the Moon
Julie Chan Is Dead
The Pretender

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#ReadingRoundup for April -
15 Books read
6 countries
4 Nonfiction
3 chunksters (over 500pgs)


4.5
Disappoint Me
The Strange Case of Jane O.
Swans of Harlem

4
Challenger
The Faggots and Their Friends
The Most
Agent Zo
Reservoir Bitches
Stag Dance
Kingmaker

3.5
In Every Mirror She's Black

3
Beautiful Things
His Grace, The Duke
I Capture The Castle

2.5
Apartment Women

BarbaraBB Looking forward to Disappoint Me! 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB Nicola Dinan has quickly become one of my favorites! I love how she approaches relationships and being trans, both her books feel so honest. 3w
LeeRHarry Love the cover of Disappoint Me. 😊 3w
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Bookwormjillk Great month! 3w
Amor4Libros I loved Dissapoint Me and Reservoir Bitches! 😊 3w
squirrelbrain I‘m reading Disappoint Me now and really enjoying it. @BarbaraBB 3w
BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures I haven‘t read her before. What else did she write? 3w
BarbaraBB @Amor4Libros @squirrelbrain Now I‘m sure I‘ll love it! 3w
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB this is her sophomore novel her debut was called 3w
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@dabbe #TLT #ThreeListThursday

I have read 59!

Many on my TBR three I would like to get to this year-
Middlemarch
The Secret Garden
Anne of Green Gables

3 I LOVED-
Bridget Jones
Perfume
Persuasion

dabbe W🤩WZA! What a score! THE SECRET GARDEN is a fave of mine from childhood and all time. You picked some fab ones! Thanks for playing and sharing! 💜💜💜 3w
TheLudicReader Impressive. 3w
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Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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Chipping away at this one while I enjoy a giant pistachio croissant and honey oat milk latte

Happy Thursday!

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@thearomaofbooks

#bookspin = Agent Zo ✅
#doublespin = Disappoint Me ✅ 💓

#BookspinBingo = 4

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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Probably if you are an American of a certain age you will have a Vivid memory of the day the Challenger exploded killing all 7 aboard. This book takes you through a history at NASA from the first Apollo to that awful day. He walks you through the science and the politics, the human error and hubris that lead to the explosion and what could have been done differently. Incredibly well researched and with easy to follow language and narrative.

Hooked_on_books I loved this one! And yep, I have a vivid memory of that day indeed. 3w
Amiable Such a good book! Have you read his one about Chernobyl? Also fabulous. 3w
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Beautyland: A Novel | Marie-Helene Bertino
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Lunch break

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Decoy Date | Mira Lyn Kelly
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I needed another book for a free space on my #bookspinBingo board and I have been needing romance books (I have actually listened to a bunch but they're not great & I don't count for my reading goals) this is a series of connected stand alone books that all revolve around weddings. If you like fake dating, childhood crushes, and don't mind a bit of miscommunication this was pretty good. I liked that no other ladies were trashed.

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This was a lot darker than I had originally thought it would be. Three Black women in Sweden, and they are all connected by one white man. I went in knowing that racism in Sweden was not pretty and this book does not shy away from it. I did feel it was a bit unbalanced, more Kemi and Brittany than Muna, but overall I thought it was well written and the characters believable, I was really rooting for all 3 even while knowing things were not good.