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Here's what I'm #CurrentlyReading today. At 966 pages, I imagine I'll be reading Alchemised for many, many moons. I'm reading my gorgeous FairyLoot edition. Hekate is from my Edelweiss backlist TBR, and Aubrey Wants to Die is an eArc because I desperately need something humorous and light.

2-8 Jan 26 (audiobook)
Listening to this series with Beatrix (mostly with one AirPod each) has been a highlight of the holidays. This second instalment introduced some great characters - Plutarch, Finnick, Joanna - as the third quell brings the Hunger Games All Stars as victors from each of the districts are again returned to the arena.
A worthy sequel.

What if your dad was a serial killer?

I still think characters were awesome & loved to spend more time with them and in this world. However this wasn't as good as the first one: plot was a bit all over the place, scattered, and not as enjoyable as in the first book. Atmosphere didn't have the same tension than book 1. I was also disappointed how I could see two biggest twists coming.

I just had so high expectations and this didn't deliver. This was good but got me still disappointed.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5/5)

I wanted to love “A Study in Drowning” but was ultimately left disappointed. There were a lot of aspects of this book that I liked, however the romance was bland, rushed, and so anticlimactic that when they finally got together it was like “Wait…that‘s it?”. Also some of the writing was repetitive which was annoying; for example we are all very aware that Effy is good at taking her pills dry.

Melinda, alienated and alone after calling the cops at a party, learns to navigate high school and speak.

A reread of one of my favorite authors books.

"Her first, had been on Aunt Bert's 74th birthday. She'd wanted to hear all the nice things folks would say about her, so they went ahead and held the services early." This has such delightful observations to share. ?

Celebrate and share your admiration while alive!!

What would you give up or trade, and for what? A bit stressful. You know there‘s darkness lingering behind things but not really why.

A comic book about making comics! I loved the information on body language and how comics are made, and I am excited to use the idea of making mini-comics.

Confession: I‘m only just now starting Magic for Marigold 🙃 How‘s everyone else‘s reading coming along?! #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread