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mariaku21
Collected Folk Tales | Alan Garner
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Mehso-so

I've had this on my TBR for so long I had almost given up hope that I would get to read it, but the library had a copy!!!!

I liked the range of folk tales from around the world, although a lot are from Great Britain, overall it was a good mix of different countries which is nice to read but I only ended up enjoying a handful of tales.

@Lauredhel #pantone2025
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LoverOfLearning Such a fun reading challenge. Too bad you didn't enjoy this book as much as you hoped 4h
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mariaku21
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Pickpick

Wow..... This book was heavily detailed, rich and colorful like the paintings Kahlo was known for.

Hours worth of journal entries from herself as well Diego, letters written by her and to her, articles, and interviews highlight Kahlo and show her as this majestic, larger than life, exotic and fiery individual who captivated so many.

@Lauredhel #pantone2025 #hibiscus
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mariaku21
Love from Godzilla | Olivia Luchini
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Pickpick

I love Godzilla and this was such an adorable picture book showcasing himself, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mecha Godzilla and more showing the different ways that loves make a person or monster feel.

The illustrations are wholesome and make some of the monsters look so cute. Seeing them drawn in this style, it would be hard to think they're Godzilla's foes in the movies.

@Lauredhel #pantone2025 #popsugarreadingchallenge

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mariaku21
Orbital | Samantha Harvey
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Mehso-so

Not sure what was missing but I found the pacing to be very slow, adding on to the feeling of introspection and meditation that I wasn't expecting every chapter, every page but there it was time and time again, slow and methodical but it's beautifully written nonetheless just not for me.

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mariaku21
The Tempest | William Shakespeare
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Mehso-so

It's been some years since I read Shakespeare and I honestly couldn't remember reading this one so I gave it a shot and for a short play, I found it to be slightly boring.
Maybe it's the pacing at the beginning but I found it to be messy and in some areas dull where in others slightly racist and pompous.

Thanks @SerialReader for helping me knock a book of my TBR 💕

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ChaoticMissAdventures I read this in college and remember liking it, but my professor paired it with the old sci-fi movie Forbidden Planet and I think it was her teaching style and the campiness of it all that really made it fun. I feel a lot of these school reads are not as great when reading them at home alone. 2w
mariaku21 @ChaoticMissAdventures this was one that I didn't get to read in school although we read a lot of his other works, and I enjoyed those, but this one, not so much. Teaching style definitely is a great benefit to a lot of these classic books though 😁 2w
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mariaku21
The Fox Wife: A Novel | Yangsze Choo
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Pickpick

Highly recommend this one!
Weaving folklore and historical facts along with the story, I enjoyed the overall effect and the first person perspective from both Snow and Bao, which played nicely into the overall story for me as I saw the characters from their eyes and in some case their past experiences.

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mariaku21
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Pickpick

I'm wishing I hadn't finished it as quickly as I did.

I absolutely loved every tense atmospheric minute of reading this as Jean's friendship with Muirin leads to questions, leads to wondering, leads to hope, and to love while putting everything at risk for the women.

A fantastic retelling of The Silkie's Wife with a great amount of slow build, tension, yearning, and historical nods.

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mariaku21
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Pickpick

Sometimes 451 characters isn't enough to gush over a book and the feeeelllllssss associated with that book and that's my problem here but I will say that Grann did an amazing job of balancing historical information and providing it such a written way that spoke of the Osage's civilization with respect to race, perspective, culture, and colonialism.

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mariaku21
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Mehso-so

For some reason, I struggled with this one.

There were some great insights and analysis and I thoroughly enjoyed how much more I learned about these deities but at some point it felt too much like an essay filled with dated or not needed pop culture that took away from whatever point the author might be making.
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mariaku21
Any Way the Wind Blows | Rainbow Rowell
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I can't believe it's over...
it took me a while to getting around to this trilogy after Fangirl mainly because I wasn't sure what to expect but I don't know why I doubt. Rowell gave me a fantastic set of characters that outgrew what I knew from their first iteration and she added depth, layers, and growth all throughout. So freaking well done!!
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