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Post by dc2london on Apr 16, 2024 8:08:00 GMT -6
JJ Watt (former Texan football player) tweeting/instagramming his journey with the ACOTAR series that his soccer player wife made him read is killing me. Absolutely hilarious but relatable how he went from Team Tamlin to Team Rhys real quick, Aw I didn't know that series has a Rhys! I should tell my Rhys! Is ACOTAR remotely tween/teen appropriate? |
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Post by abs on Apr 16, 2024 8:15:51 GMT -6
JJ Watt (former Texan football player) tweeting/instagramming his journey with the ACOTAR series that his soccer player wife made him read is killing me. Absolutely hilarious but relatable how he went from Team Tamlin to Team Rhys real quick, Aw I didn't know that series has a Rhys! I should tell my Rhys! Is ACOTAR remotely tween/teen appropriate? There are a ton of sex scenes. I wouldn’t want my 13 year old reading it yet which is too bad because it’s the kind of series she would like! |
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Post by sudsy on Apr 16, 2024 8:46:19 GMT -6
JJ Watt (former Texan football player) tweeting/instagramming his journey with the ACOTAR series that his soccer player wife made him read is killing me. Absolutely hilarious but relatable how he went from Team Tamlin to Team Rhys real quick, Aw I didn't know that series has a Rhys! I should tell my Rhys! Is ACOTAR remotely tween/teen appropriate? I wouldn’t. But there has to be something similar that’s a little less spicy. Unfortunately I don’t know a whole lot about YA fantasy. |
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Post by dc2london on Apr 16, 2024 8:49:30 GMT -6
Aw I didn't know that series has a Rhys! I should tell my Rhys! Is ACOTAR remotely tween/teen appropriate? I wouldn’t. But there has to be something similar that’s a little less spicy. Unfortunately I don’t know a whole lot about YA fantasy. Honestly IDEK if he would be into fantasy. He doesn't read like his siblings do. |
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Post by overboard on Apr 16, 2024 9:52:50 GMT -6
Ember in the ashes is pretty teen appropriate. Hunger games.
I haven’t read these but they’re fantasy and my teens liked them. I hope they’re appropriate lol
Scythe
Shadow and Bone
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Beetle and the hollowbones
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Post by overboard on Apr 16, 2024 9:54:09 GMT -6
The only other book Rhys I know is from marrying winterbourne. Not remotely teen appropriate 😂
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Post by overboard on Apr 16, 2024 9:55:48 GMT -6
While I’m spamming the thread, I started butcher and blackbird. I’m not sure what the heck I’m reading but I’m keeping on.
I’m also reading the 57 bus along with my teen.
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Post by wedding on Apr 16, 2024 10:10:28 GMT -6
I have finished a few over the last couple of weeks.
3 stars:
Five Survive by Holly Jackson- I felt like it took so long getting to the point and then rushed. But I was still interested.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch- This book is so sad and does a great job of exploring the lives of those who live in a place torn apart by war. I don't need a happy ending, but I needed a bit more buttoning up in the end, hence the 3 stars.
The Stranger in Our House by Sarah Denzil- it was good enough but pretty predictable.
4 stars:
The Marriage Act by John Marrs. I would say 4.5. This book with stay with me for sure. It took a bit to wrap my head around all of the different story lines but once I did I wanted more from each. It was a very scary picture of what our future could look like with AI and government control.
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson. I started this on audio but the narrator did not sound like the Ernest in my head so I waited the many months for the book. I didn't love it like the first book but I was kept guessing and enjoyed most of it. I didn't find Ernest quite as enjoyable this time around so I am sure that played into my rating.
I am currently finishing up Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra on audio but it is likely getting 2 stars. I'm so over the unreliable narrator trope but I always get sucked in and then have to keep going to find out if the person is crazy or not. So I am hate listening right now. Just an hour to go!
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Post by cdnfroggy on Apr 16, 2024 11:09:35 GMT -6
I finally finished Severance by Ling Ma for my book club and overall I found it to be kind of meh. I understand what it was going for and how it was looking at the mindlessness of a lot of our daily tasks/work as millenials in late-stage capitalism, as well as the immigrant experience, through the lens of a world ending virus (which felt prescient for COVID at times) but it honestly fell flat for me. The ending felt abrupt and the main character just...bored me. Anyways, I think it will make for some good conversation with my book club and I think I'll probably be an outlier in not liking it.
I just started The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden, a haunted house story in Italy, so hopefully it will be good.
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Post by adelbert on Apr 16, 2024 11:56:36 GMT -6
Ember in the ashes is pretty teen appropriate. Hunger games. I haven’t read these but they’re fantasy and my teens liked them. I hope they’re appropriate lol Scythe Shadow and Bone The coldest touch Beetle and the hollowbones My oldest enjoyed Scythe quite a bit when he was around 11/12. I also gave him the 100 book series around that time and I know he liked a few of them, though I'm not sure if he finished the series. |
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Post by willow on Apr 16, 2024 12:51:54 GMT -6
Aw I didn't know that series has a Rhys! I should tell my Rhys! Is ACOTAR remotely tween/teen appropriate? There are a ton of sex scenes. I wouldn’t want my 13 year old reading it yet which is too bad because it’s the kind of series she would like! Yeah the ACOTAR sex scenes are some of the more spicy sex I've read in books recently. While I as a teen girl would have loved it, lol, as a parent, I wouldn't want my kid reading it before high school, at the earliest. I fully recognize my hypocrisy because I was reading erotica on livejournal when I was like, 13. So. |
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Post by emma on Apr 16, 2024 14:56:51 GMT -6
There’s a Rhys in The Ex Hex but it’s mildly spicy romcom so probably not appealing to a tween boy
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Post by cnf on Apr 16, 2024 18:55:28 GMT -6
I just spent the last three days ripping through Powerless. Despite its very hunger games adjacent plot line, I loved it. I'm bummed book two of the trilogy doesn't come out until July.
I'm about a quarter of the way through Just For The Summer and it's ok. Sounds like it picks up based on everyone's comments up thread though.
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Post by abs on Apr 16, 2024 19:26:10 GMT -6
I just spent the last three days ripping through Powerless. Despite its very hunger games adjacent plot line, I loved it. I'm bummed book two of the trilogy doesn't come out until July. I'm about a quarter of the way through Just For The Summer and it's ok. Sounds like it picks up based on everyone's comments up thread though. Yeah Just For the Summer started slow for sure. You are close to the point where it started to pick up for me though and then I read the last 50% in one day. |
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Post by caer on Apr 17, 2024 5:12:00 GMT -6
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I follow Sophie Kinsella on Fb and she announced she has brain cancer. It’s Glioblastoma, which is a pretty devastating diagnosis, but she said she’s stable right now. Hoping she’s able to beat this.
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Post by abs on Apr 17, 2024 5:56:45 GMT -6
caer that is so sad. I hope for the best for her. It’s been such a heavy few years.
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Post by abs on Apr 17, 2024 6:00:06 GMT -6
Against my better judgement I finished She’s Not Sorry. Wow that was not good. Took forever to really get going and then the big twist was super obvious. So many plot holes. Yeah do not recommend.
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Post by adelbert on Apr 17, 2024 6:54:34 GMT -6
TW I follow Sophie Kinsella on Fb and she announced she has brain cancer. It’s Glioblastoma, which is a pretty devastating diagnosis, but she said she’s stable right now. Hoping she’s able to beat this. That is so sad. She's only 54 and was diagnosed 2 years ago. I really hate cancer. |
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Post by angelashly on Apr 17, 2024 6:57:14 GMT -6
TW I follow Sophie Kinsella on Fb and she announced she has brain cancer. It’s Glioblastoma, which is a pretty devastating diagnosis, but she said she’s stable right now. Hoping she’s able to beat this. Oh that’s so sad 😞 |
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Post by caer on Apr 17, 2024 6:58:41 GMT -6
TW I follow Sophie Kinsella on Fb and she announced she has brain cancer. It’s Glioblastoma, which is a pretty devastating diagnosis, but she said she’s stable right now. Hoping she’s able to beat this. That is so sad. She's only 54 and was diagnosed 2 years ago. I really hate cancer. I know, so young. A family member was actually misdiagnosed with this particular tumor last month, so we had recently been reading the statistics on it and they are grim. She’s already made it longer than most people so I’m hoping that she continues to do well. (Our family member has another type of tumor with a much better prognosis but still, fuck cancer in all of its forms) |
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Post by cnf on Apr 17, 2024 8:53:19 GMT -6
That is so sad. She's only 54 and was diagnosed 2 years ago. I really hate cancer. I know, so young. A family member was actually misdiagnosed with this particular tumor last month, so we had recently been reading the statistics on it and they are grim. She’s already made it longer than most people so I’m hoping that she continues to do well. (Our family member has another type of tumor with a much better prognosis but still, fuck cancer in all of its forms) JFC what a horrible thing to misdiagnosed! I'm so sorry on all accounts. Fuck cancer. |
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Post by caer on Apr 17, 2024 9:37:50 GMT -6
I know, so young. A family member was actually misdiagnosed with this particular tumor last month, so we had recently been reading the statistics on it and they are grim. She’s already made it longer than most people so I’m hoping that she continues to do well. (Our family member has another type of tumor with a much better prognosis but still, fuck cancer in all of its forms) JFC what a horrible thing to misdiagnosed! I'm so sorry on all accounts. Fuck cancer. I’m not sure I used the right word in misdiagnosed but he was told it was likely glioblastoma, he had surgery to remove it and then the biopsy came back as another type of tumor. I can’t even imagine how traumatic those couple of weeks were for him, he’s only mid-30s. |
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Post by caer on Apr 17, 2024 9:41:40 GMT -6
I finished How to End a Love Story and mostly enjoyed it. I had some issues with it but I thought it was pretty solid for a debut novel. There are some very TW topics in there, just FYI.
I’m going to read The Gathering by CJ Tudor next.
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Post by sudsy on Apr 17, 2024 15:26:15 GMT -6
I’m currently reading As Long As The Lemon Tree Grows. I was slow to start it, and now I’m 3 days away from having to return it and can’t renew because of the billion holds on it. Blahhhh
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Post by emma on Apr 17, 2024 16:05:02 GMT -6
I finished Morning Star (Red Raising #3) and really enjoyed it even though it took me way longer than usual to get through it. I have the 4th book on audio but I’m not sure what to read next
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Post by byjove on Apr 17, 2024 17:08:35 GMT -6
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle came out in March and I adored it. Julia Whelan narrates and it really only could have been her.
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Post by junch817 on Apr 17, 2024 18:25:32 GMT -6
I’m currently reading As Long As The Lemon Tree Grows. I was slow to start it, and now I’m 3 days away from having to return it and can’t renew because of the billion holds on it. Blahhhh Just keep it until you finish it and pay the late fee (if your library still has those). That’s what I would do (and have done in the past). The people waiting in line will survive 🙂 |
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Post by cnf on Apr 18, 2024 5:26:35 GMT -6
JFC what a horrible thing to misdiagnosed! I'm so sorry on all accounts. Fuck cancer. I’m not sure I used the right word in misdiagnosed but he was told it was likely glioblastoma, he had surgery to remove it and then the biopsy came back as another type of tumor. I can’t even imagine how traumatic those couple of weeks were for him, he’s only mid-30s. Still awful. I get why doctors try to prepare people for the worst, but it makes things so much more difficult. Reminds me of the non-issue that we were told was a horrible issue during my pregnancy with DD1 and the gut wrenching anxiety it caused us for about two weeks. Just, ugh. I would never wish that kind of sadness and pain on someone. I'm glad it didn't end up being glioblastoma. |
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Post by cnf on Apr 18, 2024 5:28:09 GMT -6
I finished Just For The Summer last night. It was really good. Abby Jimenez gets me every time with the tear jerking at the end. Ugh.
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Post by angelashly on Apr 18, 2024 7:53:29 GMT -6
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle came out in March and I adored it. Julia Whelan narrates and it really only could have been her. I almost bought this one from target during their deal last week. Hopefully there isn’t a big line for the library |
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