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A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. I picked it up a few years ago, and I made it almost to the end, but I put it down and never went back to it. It's probably not something I would read now, so I should just take it off my TBR.
My reading taste has grown to include more mysteries and I read my first fantasy book this year!
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Garlic and the Vampire / Witch by Bree Paulsen. These are the cutest little graphic novels I've ever read. They're just so wholesome and that send a great message to children and adults.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Share a book that put you in a good mood."howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones
Starter Villain by John Scalzi. It made me laugh several times, was a fun read, had an OTT baddie, and uber intelligent cats!
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you prefer buying or borrowing books? How do you decide on which books you want to buy or borrow? Share your process."i do a bit of both. if i'm buying books they're usually used copies, stuff i've already read, authors i've loved in the past, etc. i'm also more inclined to buy nonfiction because i like to annotate it. i definitely borrow more often than i buy though
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you prefer buying or borrowing books? How do you decide on which books you want to buy or borrow? Share your process."As much as I love buying books, I think I enjoy borrowing more. If I buy a book it's one that I've already read and loved. If I haven't read it and I buy it, it's probably one I'm super excited to read.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you prefer buying or borrowing books? How do you decide on which books you want to buy or borrow? Share your process."Borrow books as much as I can. If I cannot borrow and I really want to read it, I will buy it. I have no desire to have a collection of books I have already read. Plus the added bonus of financially, it is much better to borrow.
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any books or projects you want to finish before the end of the month?"i wanna finish both hurricane season by fernanda melchor and my re-read of my heart is a chainsaw by stephen graham jones but we'll see if that actually happens lol
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you prefer buying or borrowing books? How do you decide on which books you want to buy or borrow? Share your process."I enjoy both. If it's a book I'm excited to read and think that I will love or if I've read and loved it and want to own a copy I will buy it. Also, if it's a favorite author I will automatically buy the book. I borrow books a lot on my Kindle, especially for new-to-me authors or with genres I don't typically want to keep on my shelves. That way if I don't enjoy it I don't feel any guilt or feel like I've wasted money.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any books or projects you want to finish before the end of the month?"I'd like to finish my current reads and get my reading journal updated and ready to go for February. I'd also like to take some items I decluttered to drop off for donation.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any books or projects you want to finish before the end of the month?"No, I'm not in any rush to finish what I'm doing. I have a puzzle going and multiple books, so there's no way I'll finish all that by February.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any books or projects you want to finish before the end of the month?"I have two books I would like to finish by February. One, I will finish. The other one, maybe.
I have ceramic projects I am working on. But nothing will be completely finished by February.
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite read of the month?"there there by tommy orange
It’s either Blackouts by Justin Torres or Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson. Don’t make me pick.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite read of the month?"Favorite - My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Honorable mention - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears .. Britney is not going to win any prizes for her writing, but I enjoyed the book. I went in expecting to greatly dislike the book. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I’m trying to read at least 8 books a month, but there’s a very big chance I won’t get through all of these lol. In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Kline
Babel by RF Kuang
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
Witness by Jamel Brinkley
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Our Dining Table by Mita Ori
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Continue in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your February TBR?"Nothing etched in stone. But this is the general plan.
TBR - February
Continuing from January
- The Magician by Colm Tóibín
- Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
- Claus: Legend of the Fat Man by Tony Bertauski
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Planned
- The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
- Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- The Story of an Underground: The Resistance of the Jews of Kovno (Lithuania) in the Second World War by Dov Levin and Zvie A. Brown
- After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
- The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs
- Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
- Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
- Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu, Vol. 1 by Meng Xi Shi
Maybe
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson
Unplanned
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your February TBR?"honestly i'm not even sure. but i know im gonna finish the 2 books i didnt finish in january and i'll be re-reading don't fear the reaper by stephen graham jones
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your February TBR?"I don't think I'll get to all of these and I may read books not on this list, but here are some of my February hopefuls:
• Out of Love by Hazel Hayes - finish from last month
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - finish from last month
• A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
• The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe
• Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
• Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any February releases you're excited for?"Quite a few, actually.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any February releases you're excited for?"• The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
• An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
• A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh is the only Feb release I can think of. Im excited to get to it at some point!
The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan. It’s the conclusion to his Empire of the Wolf trilogy, which has been brilliant.Boy of Chaotic Making by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any February releases you're excited for?"your shadow half remains by sunny moraine, blessings by chukwuebuka ibeh, & wandering stars by tommy orange
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any February releases you're excited for?"- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
- The Women by Kristin Hannah
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in January? What was your favorite and least favorite?"I read 9 books in January. I read a lot of good stuff, so my favorites include Blackouts by Justin Torres, Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson, and Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd.
My least favorite was between A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck or The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez.
I read and finished A Court of Thorns and Roses. I started reading, but did not finish, Spinning Silver, Out of Love, and The Sweetest Oblivion.
I started and DNF'd The Bookshop and the Barbarian.
My favorite was A Court of Thorns and Roses and my least favorite was The Bookshop and the Barbarian.
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in January? What was your favorite and least favorite?"Read: 14
Favorite: Tie between, My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon and Silent Redemption by Ellen J. Green
Least favorite: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
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• The Snuggler - all the blankets or bust
• The Juggler - never reads just one book at a time
• The Statue - can sit in the same spot for hours
• The Whisperer - mouths the words as they read
• The Sipper - book + drink always
• The Hoarder - shelves upon shelves of books
• The Prepared - always has a book in their bag
• The Undead - stays up all night reading
I think the ones that describe me the most are: the sipper, the hoarder, and the prepared.
The snuggler, the juggler, and the prepared.
The snuggler, the sipper, and the prepared.
The juggler, the statue, and the prepared.
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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What are your favorite comfort shows?"I decided to re-watch Better Call Saul, so I'm going with that. It's probably not the definition of comforting lol, but I love it!
LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What are your favorite comfort shows?"im not big on tv shows. i haven't seen very many as it is lol.i have a lot of comfort movies, but the only show i consistently re-watch or put on in the background is the twilight zone
I have a lot. Downton Abbey is my main I think. Golden Girls, Murder She Wrote, the nanny, Doctor Who are the others I can recall right now.
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I've definitely read more non-fiction, biographical and more historical. More mystery/thriller types as well.