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This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
I really liked this book by Carol. I've grown up with her on my screen as my mom and aunt loved her as a comedian and actress - my first time seeing her was the Annie movie that she mentioned too!
Reading about her life in the business was great and I think I'm going to try and find her first book too to learn more about her childhood.
Reading about her life in the business was great and I think I'm going to try and find her first book too to learn more about her childhood.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
The Anxiety First Aid Kit: Quick Tools for Extreme, Uncertain Times by Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Rick Hanson
hopeful
informative
reflective
4.0
I found this book at the library and knew it was something I wanted to own so I could write in it. Took me much longer to actually start reading it than I thought but got a lot of useful notes and tips.
I think it can be summed up by the last two lines of the book:
I think it can be summed up by the last two lines of the book:
Ultimately, try to have more faith in the best parts of yourself. They’ve always been faithful to you.
For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
Also, instantly in love with the Wolf - the relationship that grows between him and Red as she learns more about him and the real story had me giggling and kicking my feet more times than not. also when they finally kissed I felt VINDICATED and then the trees became voyeurs and ruined it all
One aspect that shocked me when I started reading was that the daughters were twins - I had not known that before so I think it helped my enjoyment of the book. It made me think of my own twin and how we are separated (by distance and not a curse) but in a way made me feel closer to her.
I disliked Kiri from the start and then glad to know that it wasn't actually Arick being a prick and instead was Solmir, rip Arick
Fife and Lyra slowly allowing themselves to be together more around (maybe because of?) Red was so nice
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I'm upset it took me so long to read this book after I got it. The first book in a while to fully pull me into the world and had such an interesting concept and story to follow along. Even more upset that I never purchased the second one because 'what if I don't like the first one?'
Red was a dynamic character if sometimes an unreliable narrator at times for the things she just didn't know going on so you were trying to learn along with her. The story was engaging and what I wasn't able to sort of guess ahead of time I was shocked by along with her.
Red was a dynamic character if sometimes an unreliable narrator at times for the things she just didn't know going on so you were trying to learn along with her. The story was engaging and what I wasn't able to sort of guess ahead of time I was shocked by along with her.
Why are you so determined to think yourself helpless?
Also, instantly in love with the Wolf - the relationship that grows between him and Red as she learns more about him and the real story had me giggling and kicking my feet more times than not.
One aspect that shocked me when I started reading was that the daughters were twins - I had not known that before so I think it helped my enjoyment of the book. It made me think of my own twin and how we are separated (by distance and not a curse) but in a way made me feel closer to her.
...it always came back to guilt.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and War
The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A great conclusion to the series (even if I saw multiple twists coming)
Sad to lose some characters but overall happy with how it all turned out and that they won in the end - right down to the wire too.
not into how Allie (Julie) talked about the size of the mayor...felt wrong to me in a way as a plus size person
I KNEW ZEKE WOULD BE TURNED! just didn't realize he'd be so murderous at first lol, and that's why it's 'forever song'
I knew Kanin would probably die but that doesn't mean I wanted it! he was the perfect fit for the 'tired dad forced to care for children' trope
Sad to lose some characters but overall happy with how it all turned out and that they won in the end - right down to the wire too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Fatphobia and Death of parent
A Not So Prince Charming by Jennifer Chipman
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Full review to come
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Abandonment
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The second book in the series, took me two years from reading the first one to pick this up and as I read it I remembered what I loved and didn't. This book was a great story all on it's own of a vampire trying to save both their race and the human one from a disease that attacks them both - and the added plot of the overarching trilogy was great.
I'm not putting spoilers here for this because 1: second book, and 2: it's my review but I really don't like Allie & Zeke as a couple. Maybe I'm just a little over the vampirexhuman relationship if one of them doesn't WANT to also be a vampire. Oh well, we'll see how it all plays out.
really want to know how Sarren avoided Rabids while carrying Kanin in a body bag through the DC sewers and lab
Jackal being like 'no please kiss while i bleed out it's fine' made me actually laugh out loud I love scenes like that
I KNEW SARREN DIDN'T KILL HIM! I think he'll be turned and that's why the third book is FOREVER song, also because Sarren wants them to sing like birds - can't wait to see if I'm right about that....
I'm not putting spoilers here for this because 1: second book, and 2: it's my review but I really don't like Allie & Zeke as a couple. Maybe I'm just a little over the vampirexhuman relationship if one of them doesn't WANT to also be a vampire. Oh well, we'll see how it all plays out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence, Vomit, War, and Injury/Injury detail
the mermaid's voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace
The pain of pulling yourself back together is hard, this book I feel really captured that but also showed the beauty in the pain.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
i write what i write to heal me
The pain of pulling yourself back together is hard, this book I feel really captured that but also showed the beauty in the pain.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
as a woman in the US this hits harder than I thought it would, but truly we will survive those trying to attack us. This poetry story is my favorite of all three in the set.
emotional
fast-paced
4.5
i may not survive the match-boys, but my bitch-fire will survive them all
as a woman in the US this hits harder than I thought it would, but truly we will survive those trying to attack us. This poetry story is my favorite of all three in the set.
YOU DON'T TEACH, THEY DON'T LEARN
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace
I really like this poetry collection and the story that it told. Also the way it was laid out made it easy to read and engross yourself into it.
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
4.25
i didn't realize i could be my own knight
I really like this poetry collection and the story that it told. Also the way it was laid out made it easy to read and engross yourself into it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
O Come All Ye Newlyweds by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
lol so cute
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Excrement