Sam Walker-Schaefer

DNF at page 190, I figured this info would be outdated a little, but some of this is blatantly wrong, and the amount of sexism, antisemitism, and ableism is pissing me off.

This is SUCH an Incredibly powerful memoir!!!!!!!!! Especially as a fellow nonbinary, discovering other people truly do go through these feelings, feelings I've had but thought were abnormal even though I'm around/talk to a Lot of nonbinary and trans folk, seeing these feelings laid out in color on the page is so heartening, I currently do Not have the words to describe it!!!!!!!!!!!

This was honestly a view changing read for me!!!!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend for anyone and everyone struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, or, well, just life really!!!!!!!!!!

I started reading this because of the Dracula Daily emails, since it was free to sign up and hey, why not? But I Never expected to actually LOVE Dracula this much!!!!!!! I owe a lot of my affection for it to the emails, since they got sent to me in actual chronological order, and I know I wouldn't have liked it as much if I didn't read it in chronological order!!!!!!!!!! Either way, absolutely LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAH This series is SUCH a sweet feel-good kind of series!!!!!! I can't WAIT to get the next volume!!!!!!!

This was a buddy read and it was FANTASTIC!!!!!!!! Full rtc!!!!!!!!!

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HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be honest here, I grew up on all of the Middle Earth movies, so I've been very hesitant to read the books for so long because I was afraid they would ruin the movies for me, but that's definitely not the case!!!!!!!!! This was so, SO GOOD!!!!!!!!! I LOVE Middle Earth SO MUCH!!!!!!!! And if anything, this only strengthened that love!!!!!!!!!! I loved Bilbo's character arc So So much!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to dive into the next one!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was ADORABLE!!!!!!! I can't WAIT to get the next volume!!!!!!!

This was my first ever buddy read with https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/15335689-destiny-howling-libraries!!!!!!!! And WOW HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was SO INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! I LOVED the descriptions of the rot and the changes Benji went through!!!!!!!!! And I fell so deeply in love with these characters, especially Benji and Nick!!!!!!!!!!! I just want them to be happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This now holds a very special place in my heart, and has even managed to make it onto my All Time Favs shelf!!!!!!!!! HIGHLY Recommend if you want a gory, diverse end-of-the-world kind of book, or if you just like horror in general!!!!!!!!!!!

This was SUCH a beautiful, sad, and powerful story!!!!!!! I'm sure I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, but I'm so very glad that this is such a popular book, because I really do think it has an important message!!!!!!! Also, I will admit, it exceeded my expectations!!!!!!!!

Oh that was SUCH an AMAZING sequel!!!!!! I LOVED coming back and seeing all of these familiar characters, and I ADORED the ending!!!!!! This was Such a fun and sweet series!!!!!!!!!

This was SUCH a sweet and delightful historical-romance!!!!!! I'm So Glad there's a second book, because I need more of these characters!!!!!!!

Honestly? I'm just glad to say I finished and can move on to something else.

This was SUCH a fun and sweet read!!!!!! While it Did touch on some heavier topics, it was still light-hearted and an overall delightful read!!!!!! I simple ADORED all of the characters!!!!!!!

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I am feeling so many things that I can not describe I need to to lay in the dirt I feel ill I feel like a rabid animal there is Something wrong with my brain!!!!!!!!

I LOVE Mary Oliver's writing SO MUCH I need to go lay in a river RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!

This was a delightful history of the unicorn!!!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGG THAT WAS SO MUCH I AM SO DISTRAUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT??? OH MY GODS!!!!!!!!!! That was!!!!!!! SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think I can coherently articulate how I feel about this other than that was SO OUCHIE!!!!!!!!!!!! This is Literally a tragedy (or at least it was to me) because I could see all of the bad things coming, I knew they were going to happen and that those choices were going to be made, I just had foolishly hoped that I was wrong!!!!!!! But I sure wasn't wrong!!!!!!!! HIGHLY recommend though!!!!!!! Just be prepared to be burned!!!!!!!!!!

OH MAN I have stayed up way too late to finish this but that was SO GOOD!!!!!!! There were so many unseen twists right at the end that I couldn't put it down!!!!!!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you want a creepy fantasy/horror!!!!!!!!

This was PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!! The writing was Beautifully fast paced but not too fast!!!!!!! The banter between the characters was my FAVORITE!!!!!!! And I grew so SO attached to the characters in such a short time!!!!!!! Also the whole concept was just So original that it hooked me Instantly!!!!!!!! Highly recommend!!!!!!!

This was a fascinating and beautifully diverse set of stories!!!!! It gives such good insight to other cultures around the world, especially the ones I wasn't already familiar with!!!!!

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