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Ailey Cooper's avatar

my goodreads tbr list and library card thanks you for this

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leah beth's avatar

🫡🫡

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Joe.reads's avatar

Universality was such a disappointment for me, I felt it was soooo surface level.

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leah beth's avatar

such a shame because i know she’s capable of more!

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Nora's avatar

Cold Enough for Snow is one of my favourite little books 💙 it’s so atmospheric

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slut prude's avatar

for a clarice with slightly more plot i would recommend the hour of the star

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leah beth's avatar

ooh thank you i’ll check that out :)

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briffin glue's avatar

putting all these on hold at the chicago public library asap

really excited for Martyr! especially

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leah beth's avatar

martyr is great i think you’ll love it!

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ifiweresummer's avatar

such stunning reads, can’t wait to get to clod enough for snow and martyr

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leah beth's avatar

i’m on a quest to make everyone read martyr now

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Barbara's avatar

I mean - January lasted for ever so 8 books isn’t that much? I had a busy month with not a lot of mental space for reading and still managed to read 5 books. What I’m trying to say … it’ll even out by the end of the year :)

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leah beth's avatar

very true! idk why i even care that i’m reading ‘a lot’ because that means i’m obviously enjoying it? i need to get over it haha

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Elle's avatar

you have the best book taste ever

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leah beth's avatar

ily best girl

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Sol's avatar

I just finished Soft Core this morning and had a similar experience of it! Super excited for Thirst Trap (I have the green copy)

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leah beth's avatar

such a shame….but i enjoyed thirst trap it was fun, i have the blue copy!

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Bahjaz diary's avatar

I'm currently reading, Cold enough for snow and I must say I liked your review.

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leah beth's avatar

thank you! it’s a beautiful little book isn’t it

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Stacey's avatar

Currently reading Soft Core and feel the same!

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Leni's avatar

My absolute favorite book I read in January was Letters to a Young Poet and I also really enjoyed Do Less by Kate Northrup. I'm reading Martyr now and I enjoy it so far!

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leah beth's avatar

i need to read letters to a young poet! been meaning to for a while now

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Mariella Hunt's avatar

I used to be a faster reader. For some reason, as I get older, I seem to have lost that ability; when I read too fast, especially nonfiction, I don’t retain it and always fear that I’ve missed something important.

I miss being able to read fast 🫠

I love the eclectic nature of your book selection!

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rose's avatar

I’ll definitely be reading some of these, thanks for the insight! Cold Enough to Snow was on my list, but the rest I hadn’t come across.

Thirst Trap in particular sounds intriguing... I live in Belfast and there’s so little (good) literature set here.

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