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having recently read Dracula, I picked up this lovely art book immediately once I saw it. Maybe it's not worth logging here, considering it is light on the "reading" part, but it is nice.

i love this cute little cat and I love how it tuts around! It's like I can see it happening, the true benefits of lovely art!

i've never had a main character swear so much in normal regular conversation where it was almost NEVER required by the context of the scene it was just... not enjoyable. I'm literally only glad I read it because then I could suggest it to my sister charissa who I knew would love it (i was right)

really special and touching :( none of my siblings are allowed to perish <3

had some interesting pieces, but I can't say it was anything revolutionary to me personally. I also found the amount of swearing detracted from the point and felt so painfully forced... it wasn't adding anything. I guess I should've assumed that from the title, but I had heard good things.

Also, it's been said before in these reviews, but the audiobook quality is literal trash and make it nearly unlistenable. If the book had been any longer, I probably would've given up, but it only took me two afternoons at work to power through this thing.

I think this book was a tad formulaic, but I don't think that was necessarily a bad thing! I really haven't read a lot of mysteries, and this was a pretty well written version of one. I want to watch some other folks and their opinion on it, especially those who are more into reading mysteries, because maybe they liked it less because it was less complicated? overall, though, I did enjoy my experience and I do not think it was a waste of time. That gives it at least 2.5 stars, in my opinion.

oh you best believe i CHEWED THIS ONE UPPPP and then suddenly i was just DONE! wow such a speed read!! definitely made me think “hmmm I should maybe be reading more mysteries!” i love a book that is just overflowing with british-ness, like the british-isms were practically bleeding from the pages, yes yes jolly good

book & cook club October Horror Books choice!!

I won't lie, the book is a classic for a reason! However, I do see.... some flaws. The book is INCREDIBLY repetitive and does not need to be nearly so long. Overall, I did really enjoy this re-read, and I would suggest others to read it too <3

Suspense Kick BOOK TWO!

sped right through listening to this one! definitely not as enjoyable of a read as the previous Kubica I read. Maybe it just freaked me out more? Honestly I think it was more the writing, it just wasn't as snappy. I dunno, I don't really have anything else to say maybe I went too fast to digest it well enough :p

Suspense Kick BOOK ONE!

definitely had a more simplistic writing style than some other books I've enjoyed, but it was what I wanted and fulfilled by reading wish! I wanted twisty, and easy to read, and that is what I got :) I think there were definitely some plot holes (i see you other negative reviews) but I think it was very fun to read and I'm glad I did!!

Between the Covers Romance Book Club November Choice. Selected Trope: Enemies to Lovers

okay my review was GOING to be Gus and January I love you..... but ....... ugh the last fourth (or so) of the book was really not great IMO! I took a whole star away for the ending. like maybe when they got together it just wasn't FUN ANYMORE sorry does that make me basic? I don't know? I just felt the ending really soured Gus especially in my head. :(

book & cook club November Mystery Books choice!!

I was hooked into this book, and it got its teeth around me! I had my gripes with it, mostly based on the pacing, but I really did like it. The payoff and twist were sufficiently shocking and tasty, yum yum yum I ate it UP! Maybe I'm just still a hater of popular things, but this just doesn't quite deserve all the hype it got when it came out..... tbh. ALSO just to add this as well, this threw me into a mystery/twisty suspense kick!

book & cook club September Banned Books choice!!

I definitely read this in middle school but forgot most of it- this read through was great!! my fellow book club peeps thought it was boring, but I just read through it so fast that I didn't get bored. I can understand why it's a classic, and think people should keep reading it!!

had some clunky bits, especially in descriptions of settings, but overall i did actually enjoy reading it :) I picked it up because the book was fuzzy, I'm not going to lie, and I got a cute little adventure story of magical tennis!!

the first chapter really struggled to give me anything which is why it took me..... 0h my goodness it took me a year to finish that's insane

entertaining, interesting, and memorable!! I loved reading through these letters and seeing the creative ways that the author chose to speak as he slowly lost letter by letter!!! I love a novel in letters :D

C.S. Lewis, what a mastermind! wanna pick his brain !!

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the fact that the whole thing, i mean the ENTIRE thing is written from August's (A MAN'S) perspective....... HELLO IT'S WOMEN TALKING where are the women :( Someone I talked to about this book tried to argue that this is the point and some kind of meta-commentary but I just wanted women to write some pieces of this :/

an interesting read and an even better research topic to look into the real story!!

literally how did i do this twice- I once again read a sequel without reading the FIRST?!?! how did I even manage this and I feel as though I need to start looking up books in detail before reading them.

anywayyyyy a captivating read that took me a little while to get into, but definitely got me in the second half!