current reads
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Harry Potter Book Night & The Week Ahead
So, I’m dead tired, I’m actually leaning back in the recliner and my head is dangling off the side of it as I type this. Does it sound uncomfortable? Well, it is. Today at our library was Harry Potter Book Night, and the event was so much fun for my…
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Eden Chip
I know yesterday was three mini-reviews, but last night I started another reader copy and now that I’ve finished, I’m going to write this while it’s still fresh. I thought this was a very good sci-fi/dystopia read. I loved the use of chips and how there was always a blurred…
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Stalking Jack the Ripper
I did it, I finally grabbed it off my TBR list. Also, I picked the featured image from the French cover cause let’s face it, it is totally awesome. So, what did I think? Three cups of coffee…or tea, depending on my mood…chocolate has caffeine in it so guess it…
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The Parisians
Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city¬—and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions and their mistresses. Content Trigger Warning: There are a couple of instances of sexual assault (not rape but other things). Details…
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The Alienist
Prior to the twentieth century, persons suffering from mental illness were thought to be “alienated”, not only from the rest of society but from their own true natures. Those experts who studied mental pathologies were therefore known as alienists. FIRST OFF Content/Trigger Warning: There are very graphic…
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WWW Wednesday
I’ve decided to do another meme today, I JUST finished The Alienist and wrote down some thoughts on it so I’ll have that review up tomorrow, give you all a few hours, this is mainly more for me to do right now to keep up with my own goal…
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The Book That Gave Me Indigestion
I am going to start off firstly, by saying how this is not typical of me to be so worked up over not liking a book. And I usually don’t not like books either. I’m super easy going in my reading. And the worst part is….this didn’t frustrate me because it…
The Caffeinated Reader 