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Finished this month's #ThematicCozies @JulieClair Most cozies have some romantic element, and when I googled this (romance + cozy mystery) it came up, but ... it wasn't super romantic-y. Compared to others I have loved! Oh well. The book itself was a bit obnoxious, but it might have been geared to a younger audience into influencers - a #NotForMe pick.
#ISpy Cool Color Cover, Brown Hair - @TheAromaOfBooks

I really tried. I was going to give this series another shot, because the first one was good, and I thought I could pick it right back up. But it‘s not happening. So my first bail of 2024. #notforme 😩😢☠️👎🏻📚⛰️

More like Slogging Towards Bethlehem.
I would have DNF'd this book but I got Reading Goals to achieve and this was a relatively short book.
A wildly pretentious and dull one at that.
#NotForMe

Half way through and unfortunately more than slightly bored. A slow fire indeed! I did enjoy her first two books though. I rather enjoy the amazing view of shallow Caribbean waters 💕 #paulahawking #aslowfireburning #bahamas #vacation #bailed #notforme

This was a myTBR recommendation for me a couple months ago. I tried, y‘all. I really tried, but at the 40% mark with 10 1/2 hours left, I just can‘t. The characters are flat, unbelievable, and annoying, and the writing is juvenile. It feels like Meyer was writing with an anatomy textbook and thesaurus in front of her, trying to sound smart and failing. I also wished the MC had died with her lab partner before the book even started. #NotForMe

Nope. #notforme

I don't know why I am reading it. I didn't know I signed up for a history lesson with so many characters and stories so cringe worthy and problematic! #notforme
#letseehowitgoes

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘m not sure where to begin with this book. I think my favorite was Pheobe and mainly bc she always called Holden on his shit. It had its moments where it was humorous or philosophical but outside of those moments I really couldn‘t deal with Holden at all. This book might be a cult classic, it‘s just not a cult a care to join. #litsy #notforme #classics

It‘s been a wicked long time since I read a book that I needed to just END ALREADY, but boy oh boy was I glad to finish this one. I didn‘t quit because I kept thinking that I would become (magically, miraculously) invested in even one of these characters. Nope. (Having said all this, I bow to all writers of all books, and I hold that art and skill in high regard. And, I mean, I can‘t love ALL the stories in the world, right?) #notforme #onwards

I finished it! This was probably not the right time for me to read it, though. I wanted to love this book after hearing about it for years, and I can still see why so many do, especially kids who are used to being the smart ones (and often the lonely ones) at school. I adored many of the characters, and would have liked this a lot as an 11 year old, I think. But as an adult it was just. so. long. #middlegrade #kidlit #notforme