BoardingSchool

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I do not like this book, but do not be confused by my rating. I don't like the Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury, Coraline by Gaiman, and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, but I do recognize good chilling novels for young adults hankering for thrills.

#QueerBC @PuddleJumper

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SanjanaGhosh

The Twins at St. Clare's | Enid Blyton

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I loved this series as a kid and it‘s been great revisiting them again!

Ruthiella So fun to revisit childhood favorites! 😃 2d

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AroundTheBookWorld

A Study in Charlotte | Brittany Cavallaro

The first time I met her was at the tail end of one of those endless weekday nights you could only have at a school like Sherringford.
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Jari-chan

Don't Let the Forest In | CG Drews

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Oh, dear, my heart. It's starts more or less like a YA novel, but with every page it turns into something else. And all of a sudden I was mile deep within the story. Now I definitely need something lighter and brighter. Perfect read for Halloween, though.

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PuddleJumper Ooo sounds good 2w

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I‘m reading their next one now and it‘s even more so (I‘m only 60% but am so excited/curious/lowkey worried about how it‘s going to shake out) 2w

Jari-chan @PuddleJumper It's special and creepy, so yep good 😁 2w

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Jari-chan @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Really?! I might need to check that one out too! 2w

lil1inblue I still don't know how I feel about this book. It's been about a week since I finished it. 🙃 It was a great halloween read, but I still have questions. 😂 2w

Jari-chan @lil1inblue oh yeah, so many questions 🫣 but it somehow fits the whole atmosphere 2w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I just ordered this one and Hazelthorn 🖤 2w

Jari-chan @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yay!! 🖤🖤🖤 2w

TieDyeDude This came up in an ace group I follow as having good representation. Sounds excellent! 2w

Jari-chan @TieDyeDude It does in a sad way, which is due to the style of the book. But I was surprised to find ace rep here and could really relate. 2w

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Jari-chan, definitely!! 2w

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shortsarahrose

Plain Bad Heroines | Emily M Danforth

Lunch (gourmet grilled cheese and a latte) before running errands

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lil1inblue

Don't Let The Forest In | C. G. Drews

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I'm still not sure exactly how I feel about this one. It's definitely unsettling.

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@kelli7990 @vivastory @The_Book_Ninja 3w

JenlovesJT47 Ooh this sounds interesting 🤔 3w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3w

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lil1inblue @JenlovesJT47 It was definitely interesting - and perfect for spooky season! 3w

lil1inblue @PuddleJumper 😎 3w

dabbe Now added to my spooky TBR! Great #haikureview! 🧡💜💛 3w

AnnCrystal Spooky good #HaikuReview 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚🐝💝. 3w

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shanaqui

The Incandescent | Emily Tesh

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I'm a little less mad than I was ~50 minutes ago when I posted my last update on this, BUT I saw a particular aspect coming a long way away and it doesn't matter how much it got lampshaded by the character saying “yes, I should've realised“, she SHOULD have realised, and it deeply annoyed me.

I did love the teacher's-eye view of a magical school, and being Welsh, found it pleasing that it was British and the school journey was recognisable.

willaful I also had mixed feelings about it, but a pick overall. 3w

shanaqui @willaful The fact that Walden was so blind about Mark for so long is what made me so cross. I'd seen it coming from the first time they slept together. I kind of got that she'd been charmed and disarmed by him, but the tampering with the door to the thaumic engines should have had her checking the whole school site from top to bottom right away. (edited) 3w

willaful @shanaqui Oh, this one is nothing to the book I'm reading right now. The willful blindness of one of the characters is just ludicrous. 2w

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shanaqui

The Incandescent | Emily Tesh

If this plot “twist“ isn't subverted in some way in the next 25 pages, I am going to drop my rating of this book by at least two stars from what I expected earlier today. I saw this coming a mile away, and the character involved should've too.

I have rarely felt so furiously disappointed in a book, so I really need to start reading again now or I'll put it down forever... but there is actually the chance it will rescue itself somehow soon.

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