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thoughts on Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo (spoiler-free) 📖✏️ — #bookreview #altheasreviews

first of all, HAPPY PUB DAY to this newest release set in the world of The Chosen and the Beautiful — now out in the world (April 8, 2025)

this society that Nghi Vo created made me realize how much i enjoy Gatsby era stories that read like you’re outside a jazz bar with the music muffled and playing softly in the background.

the imagery that Nghi Vo puts into these gatsby retellings is insane and is always, in my opinion, where her strong points reside. the dark and whimsical writing from the point of view of unreliable narrators is interesting whether or not i’m reading it from nghi vo or other authors, so of course i keep reading whatever she puts out

however, if you read and didn’t like the chosen and the beautiful… this would be hard for me to recommend as it’s basically more of the same thing

It’s a short read with the pacing slowing down towards the middle. I realized while writing this review that it’s a little difficult to talk more about this book without also spoiling The Chosen and the Beautiful so we’re going to have to stick with generic phrasings

the overarching idea on how everyone is telling you a story, whether they love you or hate you, and you get to decide what you make of them… is a prominent theme. though this isn’t my favorite of Nghi Vo’s books, it’s an interesting closure for those who enjoyed The Chosen and the Beautiful. Do with this information what you will~

consider this my plea to have more gatsby retellings / inspired books in the world

**this post is in collaboration with @coloredpagesbt , @tordotcompub , and the author. thank you for sending an arc for review, all thoughts and opinions are my own :)

thoughts on Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (spoiler-free) 📖✏️ — #bookreview #altheasreviews

i was initially conflicted with this one because i found a lot of interesting and engaging points in the story but i don’t think i’ll be continuing this series because life is too short and i refuse to consume media with underlying misogyny in this year 2025

it reminded me of Kaiju No. 8 — I love that series but that anime/manga respected and didn’t sexualize / reduce it’s female characters to stereotypes. even a “female” robot was sexualized…. how odd??? i didn’t even think to look at the background of the author until i read that line

This is hard sci fi that isn’t too hard to digest and i was hooked for the first 20% until i noticed how the female characters were treated. There’s a difference when a character says/does something and it reads like it’s from the character and when it reads like it’s integrated into the writing style subconsciously

I feel like the women in this book weren’t explored or given enough substance – and while i get that what happens to certain characters serve purpose to the plot.. they were just not given enough balance to still feel like relatable compared to the male characters. I am aware this might be a subconscious aspect in the writing considering this is a 2016 release and by a white man but i don’t think that is enough to be redeeming — especially since i’ve read male white authors write female characters without them being reduced to stereotypes

it ultimately distracted me from caring about the male characters and how a certain female character was treated gave me the ick

the plot kept me curious but i couldn’t ignore how the female mcs were treated and how it became a little too military-heavy given that it was the sci fi robot side of the story that i came to read

i do acknowledge the mixed media makes for an engaging format and the multiple narrators in the audiobook was refreshing to hear. the twists at the end shook me… but i just spoiled myself and searched up what happens for the rest of the story. i didn’t hear good reviews for the rest of the series anyway so i feel like i’m dodging a bullet

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confession: i only just watched ballad of songbirds and snakes last night 💌 i haven’t been public about it but i’ve been going down a hunger games spiral and now i understand all the inside jokes from the movie 😭 i haven’t read sunrise on the reaping (i probably won’t for the next months… or a year) but i still got swept up in the hunger games storm — and now i’m getting the urge to reread catching fire and mockingjay

p.s. the songs in that movie SLAPPED

slide 01: the urge to reread is strong because i know it holds up
slide 02: no thoughts just vibes and @saladstopph
slide 03: matcha >>> coffee
slide 04: a book calling out to me
slide 05: BOBH ruining me part 1 + my pretty bookmark
slide 06: friends and time outside
slide 07: Black Salt Queen
slide 08: real unposed bookstagram set up

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recent book purchases and on being intentional with my physical book buys 💌

1. blood over bright haven
- started reading this right away and i already had to take a breather hahaha ml wang hits hard

2. to the lighthouse
- i’ve been wanting to read a virginia woolf for the longest time and then i saw this pretty cover from @chroniqled — it was fate

3. diary of a young girl
- another classic that i’ve been craving for and was just waiting for a good edition to appear in my life, also from @chroniqled — thank u for letting me adopt ur books

new physical book babies <3

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— Q1 book tier ranking (jan-mar) 📫

don’t u have those books that u end up loving more over time and some u start liking less than when u first read them… existential problems

i’m just a girl, standing in front a book, asking myself if i love it or not 🤸‍♀️ i’m curious to see how this tier changes throughout the year

march reading wrap up 📫

march was a good reading month not because of the number of books i read but because I loved almost every book i picked up 🥹🤸‍♀️

quality > quantity always
— i had a 2-star book this month but even that book kept me engaged and curious

i was happy with the diversity in the genres of my books: i read a non-fiction, hard scifi, sff literary fiction, contemporary literary fiction, and fantasy within this month… and it makes me so happy. i feel like i finally found the balance of books and reading community exposure to keep a sustained reading experience despite my rough day schedule

i know it’s not always going to be this smooth and i know i should watch out for burnout but i’ve found that what works for me is being intentional with my reading and truly reading books that make me happy and i feel strongly about to share & discuss with others

— hope all of u are enjoying whatever you’re reading, if not, this is ur sign to dnf hehe

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“you’ve read this before? — about 40 times.”

re-annotating green bone saga 💌 you’re never the same person you were when you first read a book

here lies the catharsis i feel in rereading an annotated favorite — *cue poem of i met my younger self for coffee the other day…* but it’s like shaking hands with whoever past me was that wrote all these previous annotations 🥹

i’ve been meaning to update my annotations for GBS and was inspired (or whatever it is u call Fonda Lee traumatizing me with untethered sky) recently to finally start…

or maybe this is a coping mechanism

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thoughts on Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (spoiler-free) 📖✏️ — #bookreview #altheasreviews

FOR A BOOK SO SHORT (150~ PAGES) I CAN’T BELIEVE IT RUINED ME THIS MUCH… i went through 50 different emotions

i place this adult sff novella in the same category as the sword of kaigen with it’s ethereal, dark and rustic tone packed into a story filled with heart. a standalone novella that’s captivating and heart wrenchingly brutal wrapped up in a nice little falcon-shaped bow

whether you are new to Fonda Lee or coming from Green Bone Saga/her other works, I recommend this either way. it’s a different setting to GBS so you can taste her writing while rooted in another world. but if you are already hooked to her writing, this carries her signature storytelling that balances heart and harsh realities

getting sucked in felt like i was in a cabin in the woods with the sound of birds softly chirping as i flip a page or in an open field with trees running for miles and a soft fleeting breeze touching everything

Fonda Lee went hard with the world-building and the groundwork was set up perfectly that by the time the story fully launched, I was attached to everything that I was supposed to be and left in a heaping mess.

it reads like an episode for a whole completed series.

the characters are written in a way that I found soooo investing with dynamics achingly tangible — and I do love myself subtle and nuanced characterizations.

the inspirations of this novel translated beautifully from the chariots, falcons, and set up of the kingdom. Fonda Lee said that part of the inspiration was from when she went to see falcons with her family and I could feel that in every step and in every flap of wings. FL went from a wide arching multi-POV urban fantasy to this bite-sized standalone high fantasy but I can still tell it’s her writing through and through.

i genuinely wish this was longer and i wrote this review while simultaneously mopping my tears

*ARC / unfinished copy was sent to me by the publisher @tordotcompub for review — back before this was published but i only got to reading it now (reading slump) — all thoughts and opinions are my own, thank you!*

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• have you read Babel already?

i took so long to pickup babel that by the time i got it, there was already an ad for yellowface at the back… oops

floppy paperback moment at the end was worth the wait though 🤍

— as someone who lives in a country that still feels the aftermath and echoes of it’s colonizers from hundreds of years ago, i am simply shaking to finally have this in my hands and rip through each word

— given i am someone born and raised in the ph, i also consider myself well-travelled and like the delusional fantasy x literary fiction girly i am, i like to think that i’m in the prime target audience. That said, i have high expectations going in but R.F. Kuang has yet to let me down, i hope it won’t be this one

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thoughts on I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (spoiler-free) 📖✏️ — #bookreview #altheasreviews

There’s something beautiful about women being among the company of other women in a post-apocalyptic parallel setting. After sitting with it for some time, I’ve found this book to represent for me the importance of knowledge and though it’s a bleak delivery, how withholding knowledge affects us as members of a society. How simply being able to read is in itself, it’s own wealth...

I was torn between describing this book as bleak or hopeful— or something else in between, a word that holds meaning in the mundane despite our weariness.

The relationships between the women in this book was the selling point and her commentary all throughout the progression of the story felt like it opened the curtains to writing female dynamics. I’ve never read about a community of women written the way it was here *screams out the window*!!

Perfectly paced and insanely relevant despite how long ago this was published. It was the exact character dynamics I was craving when I picked this up, it delivered.

There was this overarching theme that the book brings up about time, beauty, and the importance we place on objects that felt like a whiplash given the speed that modern advancements feels like it’s on right now (AI issue, etc.) The way this presents and discusses the passage of time was so tangible that it was a little scary haha.

This book is for those looking for something that explores loneliness, time, and female connections/experiences — the metaphor of male domination in a society was further exemplified by the guards and i find that so impactful

The MC was relatable and though I have yet to form my final opinion on the ending... I will be sitting here in my own solitude, thinking about it.

It’s a wake up call for times when we forget the simple wonders and pleasure of nature and mundane human interactions. Particularly in the in betweens spent experiencing other human beings — as time is an arbitrary currency that I am now feeling is truly measured by our own participation in it. In the end, we all just want a witness to our life.

4.25

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book recs ‘cause cut me some slack, who do you want me to be 📚

Books mentioned:
• Recitatif
• I Who Have Never Known Men
• Yellowface
• Convenience Store Woman
• White Nights
• Dowry of Blood
• Siren Queen
• All’s Well

this was so fun to edit

#bookish #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations #bookstagram

thoughts on Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (spoiler-free) 📖✏️ — #bookreview #altheasreviews

All the characters were so annoying, and I loved this book. She WROTE. She ate. She delivered.

This sparked a lot of discussions in the publishing industry as a whole — 4.5

One of the critiques for R.F. Kuang is that her characters don’t exactly get a lot of character development and there were instances I used to agree with that while reading Poppy War but… after reading this book…. I have concluded that not all stories need to have character development for a story to be well-written

The commentary on author censorship and erasure in asian-authored books together with all the nuance that comes with it was so brilliantly written

Inherently bad deeds were done by the main character and although I do not think the end justifies the means, there were so many points made I couldn’t help agreeing to

The characters were annoyingly engaging even though they were so chaotic, I was invested and laughed out loud at the absurdity of it all.

Highly recommended.

(swipe for long version of review ->)

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reading and annotating jane eyre 🙂‍↕️🤎

i kinda can’t get over the age gap of what i think is the romance in this book but i’m powering through and trying to ignore it for now — we’ll see how i feel about it by the end

*i was initially filming a live for this but it got cut so…

🎥: video at the bg is from @cupsandthoughts ‘s yt channel

#bookstagram #janeeyre #annotatedbooks #readwithme #bookrecommendations #cozyvibes #books #bookcommunity

8 books on my radar recently (and why) 📚

I never really posted anything for Women’s Month or Black History Month but I also didn’t feel like posting just for the sake of posting something to fit a trend

I wanted to share these books because they are genuinely something I am interested in and the kind of books I actively pursue reading, no matter what month it is or what the current trend is — having an open mind no matter what day of the year overwrites trends, I like to think

let me know if you’ve read any of these books or if any sounds interesting to you! :”>

Books:
• A Woman of the Sword
• Modern Divination
• The Gods Below
• The Woman in the Dunes
• The Three Body Problem
• Black Salt Queen
• An Academy for Liars
• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

**this list is made up of new releases and books i have recently been excited for**

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thoughts on Oathbringer by bransan — #bookreview #altheasreviews 📖✏️ [some contextual spoilers ahead!]

it took me literal years to get through the last half of this book because of how slow paced this book was compared to the first two but it did have the steepest sanderlanche of them all

Adolin and Shallan here gave me LIFE!!

— Stars: 3.5 (fun but WoR was too much of the *chefs kiss, kneeling on the ground* kind) —

Though, I really wish Adolin’s potential wasn’t wasted. He’s one of my favorite characters but he barely gets enough page time and focus. He’s being wasted as a “side character” in my opinion (I do know that he gets more page time in the next novels), even Bridge Four got more scenes than Adolin combined 😭

My irk lies in how long the build up took, i know we’re used to the sanderlanches but this was one was especially dragging

Shallan and the way she is written is off to me and I still have no reason why even tho i find her and Adolin beyond cute and amusing.

The ending really saved this book for me but I kept thinking that this could have happened 200 pages ago. The character dynamics and relationships were already established in WoR so i didn’t feel like there needed to be so much time/writing between what happened at the end of WoR to the end of OB.

Dalinar’s character development was by far the best thing that happened and it was so satisfying to see where he ended up. It makes so much sense but again… I wish it didn’t take so long!!

I do acknowledge that insane world-building was needed so maybe I just wasn’t as invested in what was going on in the first part of OB.

I was here for Dalinar and the tidbits of Adolin and Shallan. I missed Kaladin a lot but as I’m currently reading RoW while writing this, I can say I’m satisfied a lot more with the beginning of RoW.

In this essay I conclude, not my top Stormlight Archives book of the moment and it felt more like a filler to me but I’m happy with how Rhythm of War is going right now so I’m glad I powered through it 🥴

*3 stars is NOT a bad rating (for me), it literally means i liked it 🙂‍↕️

#oathbringer #brandonsanderson #fantasybookstagram #bookrecommendations #stormlightarchive

book updates and reading intentions: lessening pressure 💌

— i wanted to share how i’ve been more intentional with lessening the pressure i put on myself with reading! i have set my reading goal significantly lower than what i can read and noticed that it’s made a huge difference on what books i choose to purchase moving forward and continue reading 🥹 it has been a game changer and i have never felt more at home with what i have been reading !! i’m still experimenting on other ways i can keep the pressure off though

— but not having to run after a superficial and arbitrary goal has let me worry less about how long i’m taking to read a book (since i’ve already reached the “goal”) and what book i’m picking up next (especially as someone who frequently shifts genres) ✨

— if u been feel me, i highly recommend changing up your trackers or maybe even try completely stopping posting/tracking the books you read for a while (don’t update anyone nor your trackers),, it gave me the freedom to find fun and letting go of my perceived pressure 🤸‍♀️

Books that have ignited smth in me recently ✨
• A Current Read I love: Jane Eyre (those in ig stories would know)
• Next Physical TBR: A Memory Called Empire
• New Arrival, Highly Anticipated: The Ninth Rain

^^what’s yours?

Coming home to read a book you know will be a new favorite… 📖: Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn

Conversations on Love has affirmed my anxieties and simultaneously mended insecurities i did not realize have been bubbling on the surface of my relationships

it’s representative of my own worries with my various dynamics without feeling entitled enough to dictate specifics and encourages context… whether it’s about romantic relationships, parent dynamics, or long distance friendships

it has been hitting hard so far and i have looked forward to coming home to this book while taking my time getting through

the beauty of slow reading in this fast-paced economy, perhaps this can be our own little rebellion 😌🤍

**Conversations on Love is a nonfiction anthology on… literally conversations about love 😂 and it’s exactly what you would expect from a book titled as so

— what have you loved coming home to lately?

#reading #nonfiction #conversationsonlove #anthology #nathashalunn #chaoticacademia #bookstagram #bipocbookstagram #bookquotes #currentlyreading #bookrecommendations

— book recs if i get too close and i’m not how you hoped

! my energy in keeping up with trends is lowkey drained, i just want to ~read~, pls tell me in not alone….

in other news: some of these books have permanent residences in my mind for what has felt like a good amount of time and i needed that to be known

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#bipocbookstagram #reader #annotatedbooks #hozier #noahkahan #northernattitude

embracing my mantra of taking life slowly, and letting go of the perfectionist in me

— February ‘25 Reading Wrap Up —
• Oathbringer - 4.0
• What you are looking for is in the library - 3.0
• White Nights - 4.5
• Clean Point - 3.75
• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - 3.5

— Notable current reads that I’ve been loving: —
• Conversations on Love
• Rhythm of War
• Jane Eyre (not in pic)

(swipe for details per book ->)

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#altheasreviews

— Valentines standalone book recs (on hopeful human connections)

because some of the best stories i read about love don’t come from romance books

this is one of those lists where i try to make the book recs more accessible given that i live in a country where more obscure titles are difficult to find

i like to think love comes in all different forms and sometimes can be at its purest when the intention of the novel isn’t to write a love story, hence this list of books that i’ve all read and loved that (if you haven’t read them) find places to settle in your heart too

p.s. these are all standalones… for those of us standing alone, jkjk :P

Advanced Happy Valentines Day 💖

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#bookrecommendations #bookstagram #fantasybookstagram #bookish #altheasreviews #bipocbookstagram #valentines #bookphotography #explorepage

12 books on my radar recently (and why)

i am a GENEROUS purger of my own TBRs

i’ve had less than 300 books on my TBR shelf on Goodreads for the past 5 years (the ogs would know) and it will stay below that number indefinitely — i like the philosophy of constantly assessing yourself and your interests because we can each only read so many books — that said, if you see books on a list of mine like this, you know that i am *genuinely* excited for them

they have either been recommended to me multiple times or are from authors i’ve already loved or about a concept that most likely incorporates thought provoking, dark, and/or fantastical & sci fi concepts and themes

i have high hopes that some of these will be joining my wall of faves

**this list is made up of new releases and books i have recently been excited for**

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Sunday Sunrises hit different

welcoming the first work/study week of February with these quotes that i haven’t stopped thinking about because, to me, the next month starts when i have to get back to work

— from narratives about love that aren’t contemporary romance, with a sunrise of prague

manifesting all good things for everyone these next weeks: new favorite books, hobbies, places, people, or habits (that last one was more for me 🙂‍↕️)

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#chaoticacademia #bookstagram #bookrecommendation #literature #thisishowyoulosethetimewar #lovelywar #prague #oceanvuong #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #sciencefiction #fantasybookstagram #february #bookquotes

To end January 2025: revamped family picture for the series that stands at the top podium of my favorite books

the poster child of gut-wrenching but heart warming urban epic fantasy — it’s been years and here we still are, still having lunch with the Kauls at the Twice Lucky

(swipe —>)

“The possibility of death was like the weather — you could make attempts to predict it, hut you would likely be wrong, and no one would change their most important plans due to threat of rain.”
— Fonda Lee; Green Bone Saga

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#fantasybookstagram #fantasybooks #fondalee #greenbonesaga #epicfantasybooks #bookrecommendations #bookstagram #jadecity #jadewar #jadelegacy #chaoticacademia #bookish #bookreviews #altheasreviews

i read 5 books in 2024 and i consider that a win

— 2024 Reading Wrap Up —
• what were your latest 5 stars reads?

i’ve never really cared about the number of books i read in a year but i do consider it a win that i didn’t read any 1-stars 😌 i didn’t really have the usual time i had to read everything i wanted but it is what it is

i have been getting hyped researching and updating myself with new adult sff releases though… and the number of books that sound amazing?!?

p.s. as someone who was born in the year of the snake, happy year of the snake 🐍

Books mentioned:
• The Secret History - 4.5
• Middlegame - 4.5
• Tress of the Emerald Sea - 3.5
• Mrs Death Misses Death - 2.5
• After I Do - 4.0

#thesecrethistory #middlegame #tressoftheemeraldsea #afterido #mrsdeathmissesdeath #speculativefiction #brandonsanderson #altheasreviews

filed under: books i think about often — animal farm #bookreview

• justice for boxer !!!!
• will probably continue to be a timely novel for decades to come and history in general
• i didn’t expect the commentary on how easily history is edited by those who are left
• the irony of it all 🐷🐖
• the fact that even though the “citizens” had there own faults, i can’t even truly blame them

pigs are ruined for me

5/5 ✨

special mention for @fangirlishwandering ; who inspired the % categories

— kafka & prague
what’s an unexpected bucket list worthy moment to you?

i ended up with a Prague-original copy of Metamorphosis, the country where Kafka lived… from the bookstore that was originally Kafka’s house… where he wrote the book

funny story, i was on an adventure on my own in prague and somehow ended up in Kafka’s old house (that was turned into a bookstore and now sells Kafka’s novels)

the door was this small thing and although i was looking forward to finding a kafka book in prague, it was nowhere near what my intention was at that moment — because i was honestly just looking for a viewing deck to see scenery of the city / water behind the wall 😭 but i think i lucked out and got a better deal :>

the storekeep greeted me when i entered and only when she started talking did i realize where i really was haha

our conversation is history but tldr, i walked out with a new friend and a new book that has to be one of my most cherished pieces in my collection — unexpected book finds tend to do that to you

p.s. prague is beautiful

proof of life with new books from shakespear & co. + kafka house (yes, i am very happy)

a paris and prague haul

— take it slow friends

@shakespeareandcoparis

Libraries I Visited and Money Saved

⇢ what’s your favorite library you’ve been to or want to visit one day?

I visited the Saskatoon Public Library and Calgary Central Library last summer (pictures & vid at the end). Central Library has to be one of my favorite libraries for it’s architecture and practicality. There were even performances when I visited and the sound just echoed beautifully.

I often get asked how I listen to audiobooks as an intl. reader and it’s actually through the Libby app which I have a library card connected to the Saskatoon Public Library.

I am currently living in the Philippines and I’m aware that it is a privilege to have access to a library as stocked as it is. You do need a library card when accessing Libby but if you do have the option, it’s my favorite way to listen and borrow audiobooks. (I can make a list of alternatives I use in a different post)

Computing the stats I got from my own reading habits, nearly 50% of the books I borrowed weren’t available locally and among those that were, more than 60% were more expensive.

Unfortunately, this is the sad reality for international readers. Books are relatively rare and expensive, especially the SFF books that I tend to reach for.

I like being aware of my own habits so it’s interesting to see how different titles are treated internationally compared to their publishing country centers.

Don’t get me wrong, there are local PH publishers but they focus on more academic titles, non-fiction, folklore, and Rizal books etc. (which is where I got my books when I was in college). In short, the fiction market is different —

#chaoticacademia #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreviewer #bibliophile #bookish #bipocbookstagram #bookworm #literature #bookrecommendations #librarybooks #booksofinstagram #jadelegacy #fondalee #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram

— the secret history — #bookreview

this book put me back in the mood for craving fantasy. this isn’t even fantasy.

You definitely have to understand that this book has a satire undertone to appreciate it. I wouldn’t read this for it’s mystery specifically but more so for the writing, atmosphere and feeling of getting buried into a narrative with characters you aren’t expecting to love. I see why this is a polarizing read for many.

That isn’t to say that I didn’t find the mystery shocking bc I had to close my book and process.

The characters are meant to be unlikable, it’s meant to feel pretentious, it’s non-linear on purpose, and Richard is meant to feel bland. All of these pull the point of the whole book together and drive the themes throughout the whole story. And it was satisfying.

After reading someone say that Bunny by Mona Awad is a homage to TSH, the parellels clicked and I gained more appreciation for Bunny (both the character and the book).

Even though there are areas of the plot that irked me, I have to admit that this is one of those mystery books that I could actually feel sinking into me. I wasn’t just reading scene after scene happening but was actually feeling how everything played out.

The irony, pretentious ignorance, arrogance, and superiority complexes became the foundational pillars for the ironic problems in this story…

And how it doomed them all.

Addicting read. The reason this wasn’t 5 stars was more for my opinion of how the plot turns out than the actual writing. Personally, I think Donna Tart is good at setting the atmosphere of a book while injecting ironic pretentiousness.

I read it for the vibes and was pleasantly surprised. A good start to 2024, I believe.

— (4.0 stars) —

Thank you travelynpages probably would not have TSH around without you 🥹🩵

#thesecrethistory #donnatartt #darkacademia #chaoticacademia #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookreviewer #bibliophile #bookish #bipocbookstagram #bookworm #literature #literaryfictionbooks #bookrecommendations #altheasreviews

⇢ q: are you planning to reread anything this year?

8 books that are motivating me to read this 2024:

• The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
• Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
• Babel by RF Kuang
• Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
• After Dark by Haruki Murakami
• Fireborne by Rosaria Munda
• Chain of Thorns by CC

Special Mention:
• all of my Brandon Sanderson and Fonda Lee backlogs

Sanderson’s secret projects have me intrigued —!

given my mental workload for med school, I’ll be happy if I can even get through half these books. We’re just enjoying it for what it is this year

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Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee | Book Review

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len | ARC REVIEW

The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman | ARC REVIEW

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan | ARC REVIEW

ARC Review | Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Celia Moscote

Smash It! by Francina Simone | EXCERPT, Q&A

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"we are all pieces of what we remember"
- City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare