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Nessavamusic

Nessavamusic

Joined January 2018

I love a wide variety of books but gravitate towards fantasy, thrillers and romance. 📚🐶
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Artek by Honey Phillips
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Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry
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Godkiller | HANNAH. KANER
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I really enjoyed this new fantasy series. It felt quite original, taking place in a world where people have rebelled against Gods and because of this Godkillers are hired to deal with them. This definitely has Witcher vibes, but possible unpopular opinion - I liked it more. It was much more readable, but with strong world building. Also way better women characters. 4.5⭐️

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Family Lore: A Novel | Elizabeth Acevedo
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Bailing at 27% The writing is very pretty and I love generational family stories, however there are too many POV‘s and the non-linear timeline is very hard to follow. It may just my current reading tastes, so I may attempt at a future time.

This month is so the month of DNF‘s but chipping away at that #roll100 backlist! #hailthebail

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 2d
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The end of this beautiful, sweet, sad and mildly horrific manga about a little girl and monstrous cursed soul. I highly recommend this series. The art is lovely and it speaks volumes with very little dialog. 5⭐️
#mangamarch & another #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2d
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Bailedbailed

I tried. I made it to 50% because I was hoping for cool witchy world building. Unfortunately, it‘s just another romantasy tropes retread. I don‘t care about any of the characters so I‘m bailing. #hailthebail!

LeeRHarry That‘s disappointing, I had my eye on this one. 3d
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 3d
CoverToCoverGirl Bummer!😲 3d
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Galatea: Short story | Madeline Miller
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A dark feminist horror version of the Pygmalian myth. Very dark and satisfying. 5⭐️

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Ashes of You | Catherine Cowles
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I do love this series, though isn‘t one of my favorites. I loved the characters, but the plot and mystery elements felt like retreads from her previous stories. 4⭐️

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Black Prism | Brent Weeks
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Bailedbailed

Bailing for now. The magic system is very cool but I don‘t like the pervy male gaze description of women. If you‘ve read this and think it‘s worth going back to let me know! Another off the #roll100 tbr

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Happiness, Volume 1 | Shuzo Oshimi
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A creepy horror manga that is very much building the dread in this first volume. It does also have the uncomfortable horny boy trope very common in manga. I may continue this one as the art is excellent and I am interested to see where it will go. 4⭐️
#mangamarch & a #bookspinbingo!

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6d
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This is an adorable and funny standalone manga that ponders what if the ghost from Ringu makes a friend. Loved it! 5⭐️ #mangamarch

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Bailedbailed

Bailing, too many POV‘s and boring. #hailthebail and another book off my #Roll100 tbr

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 7d
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Days on Fes, Vol. 1 | Kanato Oka
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This is a cute “slice of life” manga about two sets of friends that like going to music festivals. That‘s it. The characters are cute and it was a quick read, though I don‘t think I‘ll read more in the series. 3.5⭐️
#mangamarch

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My favorite of these one off stories in the Riyria world. It definitely gives some interesting background about the history of the world. 4.5⭐️ a book off of my #Roll100 list

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Fire Force, Volume 1 | Atsushi Ohkubo
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I just can‘t with this one. I am counting it as my fan service prompt even though I didn‘t finish it for #mangamarch #hailthebail

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
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First Lie Wins: A Novel | Ashley Elston
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This was fine, I did like the concept, but the characters felt a little flat. 3⭐️

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Yay I finished the first storyline of One Piece - East Blue! Such a delight and I look forward to the next storyline. 5⭐️ #mangamarch

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
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Witch Hat Atelier 11 | Kamome Shirahama
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Another stunning volume of this fantasy manga about young witches in training. One of my very favorite series! 5⭐️ #mangamarch

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This was a cute volume about an awkward pretty girl who starts a friendship, maybe more, with the office grump. There is a lot of second hand embarrassment, and this is not my typical choice in manga, but it was cute. 3.5⭐️ #mangamarch #yuri

Velvetfur That sounds like a fun one, I'll have a look for it next time I'm in a shop like Forbidden Planet ☺️ 1w
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Ahh I thought this was the end of East Blue, but there is one more and I don‘t know where my husband put it. Anyway, this is just pure manic chaotic fight scenes and snappy banter. Fun times! 4⭐️ #mangamarch #shonen

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Bailedbailed

Bailing on this, not because it‘s bad, but because I‘m not in the mood for this type of historical, women suffering type read.
#roll100 off the TBR

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
KathyWheeler I loved this book, but completely understand why you bailed! Sometimes suffering is just too much to read about. 1w
Nessavamusic @KathyWheeler definitely, the writing was excellent 1w
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An improvement on book 3, this is a funny romp where Finlay and family cause pure chaos. Good times, but completely ridiculous. 4⭐️

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My favorite volume so far and one away from the grand finale of the East Blue storyline. Nami is such an amazing multidimensional character and this finally gives her whole backstory. 5⭐️

#mangamarch #shonen

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Forget Me Not | Julie Soto
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DNFing at 40%. I‘m just not enjoying the characters, and also I don‘t like the two timelines, which really made me not enjoy the characters. I do not understand the attractiveness of male characters that barely even talk.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
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This was a delightful sequel. Emily and Wendell go on a new adventure along with her niece and a curmudgeonly coworker. Many new fae are met and much adventure and mayhem occur. This may not work for everyone, but I enjoy this series a great deal. Only losing a half a star for it being a little slow at the beginning. 4.5⭐️

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This is a cute middle grade Japanese folk based tale about fox who is forced into caring for an orphan tanuki. It is quite repetitive through each chapter of the volume, but that might be the norm for this younger age range. Cute, though not interesting enough for me to continue. 3.5⭐️

#mangamarch - kodomomuke (middle grade) manga
Also first #bookspinbingo with this one!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2w
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The Rom-Commers: A Novel | Katherine Center
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This was a funny, heartwarming and at times melancholy story of a writer who is a caretaker for her lovable father. She falls into assisting with a rewrite of a truly tragic rom-com by her screenwriting hero. Hilarity, a touch of miscommunication and love ensues. Like many of Katherine Center‘s books, the characters feel more genuine and flawed then typical romances and deal with serious issues in their lives.⬇️

Nessavamusic The main character drove me crazy at times, but her choices made sense from her perspective and history. The side characters are also cute, especially the dad - he is a delight. Another winner by Center. 5⭐️

I received this from NetGalley for an honest review.
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A very fun read about a girl who just starts her freedom in college from a bad family situation only to seemingly fall into a video game with frequent possibilities of death. Beautiful art in this manhwa along with a fun story. 4.5⭐️
#mangamarch pick #2! Also #doublespin pick done.

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Though starting chaotic and in the middle of a battle from the previous volume, the last third started the final story in the East Blue storyline which I‘m really looking forward to. 4⭐️
First #MangaMarch read done!

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Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
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A young girl dies and her boyfriend is accused of her murder. His mother works to defend him and it unravels many secrets all involved have been keeping. I guessed the ending, but I liked the character building and the representation. It is best knowing very little about the story while reading. It is a little long, and dragged a bit in the middle, there were also a few plot threads which were maybe red herrings, but felt dropped.⬇️

Nessavamusic Overall a good read and well done audiobook. 4⭐️ #bookspin & first #roll100 done @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper (edited) 2w
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My February favorite is definitely a love it/hate it book, but I loved this and could not stop thinking about for days after. However, The Last Devil to Die is still my favorite read of the year so far.
#2024Bracket

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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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Here is my #bookspinbingo card for March!
My #bookspin pick is Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult - which am currently listening to on audiobook.
My #doublespin pick is Villains are Destined to Die Volume 1 which is part of my #MangaMarch tbr!
Most of this is manga, which I just put down series, rather than volumes as they are so fast to read. If you also want to have fun reading Manga with me this month see the link in comments.

Nessavamusic Nessavamusic's post on Litsy https://litsy.com/p/QXJZWDI0RFU3 2w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!!! 2w
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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My final #bookspinbingo card for February!
I finished my #bookspin & #doublespin picks and accomplished 5 bingos. You will also see I very much #embracedthebail this month.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! I bailed on seven books this month! Life is too short 😂 2w
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It was a solid reading month, though there were no all time great reads, there were plenty of solid reads.
19 books read 6 DNF‘s
5⭐️Last House on Needless Street, The Jade Setter of Janloon, Black Cake, Bride & Vinland Vol 10
4.5⭐️Random in Death, The Housemaid & The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
4⭐️The Magician‘s Daughter, Final Girls, House of Flame & Shadow, Monstilio, Looking Glass Sound, Starter Villain, Penpal, The Cheat Sheet⬇️

Nessavamusic 4⭐️continued Come Tumbling Down, Master of the Wilderness 3.5⭐️ The Rose and the Thorn 2w
Nessavamusic DNF‘s not shown: Consider Me by Becka Mack, Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong, The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson, The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James & A Death in Door County by Annalise Ryan #hailthebail! (edited) 2w
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A Death in Door County | Annelise Ryan
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This isn‘t bad, but there‘s something about the detective character that makes me not want to continue. Also the main protagonist makes some questionable choices. Very cool premise but I bailed at 40%

dabbe #hailthebail 🤩🤩🤩 3w
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This was a delightful original YA fantasy with no romance. About a teenage orphan who was taken in by a magician as a baby. The magician is trying to bring magic back into the world. This has a very unique world and magic system. It is also a standalone, which is a rarity. Though not highly complex, it was a fun read. 4⭐️

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Untilted | Autechre
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Here is my #MarchTBR for #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo #MangaMarch - my new Readathon! And #Roll100 🍀😁

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3w
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Roll the Dice | Robbie Cox
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This is a very fun variety of books for my #Roll100 picks for my #MarchTBR

Never Whistle at Night - Anthology of Indigenous Horrir
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Snow Flower & the Secret Fan by Lisa See

I‘ve made some great progress on my 100 owned books TBR 26/100 so far.

PuddleJumper That's great! 3w
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Penpal | Dathan Auerbach
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This book is just pure dread and plays on childhood fear and the fear of parents. Not very gory but genuinely scary. 4⭐️
#doublespin done & another #bookspinbingo

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The most action packed of the trilogy, in fact it never really lags. Though not perfect-there are definitely plot holes and copious amounts of plot armor-it is still an enjoyable fantasy world with solid characters. 4⭐️

emz711 What is plot armor? 3w
Nessavamusic @emz711 main characters always manage to survive through seemingly impossible situations 3w
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Sealed | Laura Pavlov
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Check out my almost complete #DNF #bookspinbingo!
I am 💯embracing the bail this month tearing through random romances on my Kindle. This one I may go back to, I‘m just not currently in the mood for a raunchy romcom with snarky main characters.

TheAromaofBooks I've had five DNFs so far this month. It's been weirdly freeing 😂 3w
willaful @TheAromaofBooks I just had two in a row. Begone, dull books! 3w
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The Fake Mate | Lana Ferguson
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This author is just not for me. I‘m also really over all the Reylo fan fiction turned into novels. I‘m also over lack of editing happening in romance. DNF

KristiAhlers Yeah I haven't been able to connect to her stories either. Even though the stories seem to have so much promise. 4w
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 4w
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Bride | Ali Hazelwood
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This was a very entertaining, fast paced paranormal romance. I liked this authors first book, but the others all just felt the same, so I didn‘t pick up her last 2 releases. I was curious about this one and glad I checked it out. Pretty decent paranormal world building and very likable characters and some quality steam. I hope she writes more in this world. 4.5⭐️

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Vinland Saga 10 | Makoto Yukimura
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Another great installment of this Viking Historical Fiction Manga. 5⭐️
#bookspinbingo - another Bingo!

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Here are my potential #MangaMarch Reads!
Categories:
Shonen - One Piece, Fire Force, Claymore
Shojo - Fruits Basket, Days on Fes, Spy x Family, Witch Hat Atelier
Seinen - Vinland Saga, Parasyte
Josei - Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Emma
Kodomomuke - The Fox & Little Tanuki (not shown)
Fan Service - Fire Force, One Piece
Mahnwa - Villains Are Destined to Die
Omnibus - Chobits, Girl from the Other Side
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Nessavamusic Horror - GFTOS, Happiness, #DKRL, Parasyte, Hikaro is Dead.
Start a Series - Emma, Parasyte.
Finish a series - Vinland, Witch Hat (catch up)
LGBTQ+ - Hikaro is Dead & Doughnuts Under the Crescent Moon
Slice of Life - Days on Fes
Has an Anime - Vinland, One Piece, The Promised Neverland, Spy Family (probably more?)
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Roary47 I really enjoyed Fruits Basket. 🥰 4w
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The Housemaid | Freida McFadden
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This is a bonkers good time of a mystery thriller. I‘m glad I picked it up due to the buzz around it, but I didn‘t know any details so nothing was spoiled for me. If you like fast paced, unhinged Eat the Rich/ Good for Her thrillers, this is for you! 4.5⭐️

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The Cheat Sheet | Sarah Adams
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This was a cute and funny romcom about two best friends who are so clueless that they are in love. It was a fun easy read though I wanted to shake the female protagonist a few times. 3.5⭐️

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Another solid chapter in the In Death series. This would also be a great one to try out if you are unsure of jumping into this huge series, as it reintroduces many of the key side characters. A very interesting and dark mystery and just that touch of romance the more recent books have had. 4.5⭐️
#bookspin pick done!

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Immortal Longings | Chloe Gong
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Bailed at 70% because of a death that made me very angry. This is the second Chloe Gong book I‘ve attempted and DNF‘d. She‘s just not for me.

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Monstrilio: A Novel | Gerardo Smano Crdova
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A truly original family drama/horror about a mother‘s unwillingness to leave her dead son behind and the monster she and her whole family create. An excellent read overall, though I would not recommend the audiobook, it was difficult to differentiate characters and the reading was not very expressive. 4.5⭐️

BkClubCare Agreed. The first half of the audio was fine but the male voice was flat and mechanical ⚙️ 6d
Nessavamusic @BkClubCare yeah, I wish I had just read it physically. 5d
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A very entertaining mystery. I enjoy the different format, where the story is told through different mediums - notes, interviews, texts etc. It definitely kept me guessing, though I didn‘t 100% love the ending. 4.5⭐️
#bookspinbingo 1st bingo!

Dragon Popped over to put a hold on the e-book. Just read her Christmas Novella 1mo
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Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
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I really enjoyed this multigenerational story about a woman who shares her past with her children after she passes away. It is a remarkable story with Caribbean culture and a bit of a mystery. We read it for my book club and I look forward to our discussion. 5⭐️
Has anyone seen the tv series? Another #roll100 off the TBR!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my shelf 📚 1mo
ErikasMindfulShelf The tv show was really good! 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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