Good day! I was reading back through my first book haul post back in November, and I realize that I've read quite a few books since then, so I should do another book haul now before it got too unwieldy. So...enjoy.
It'll go much the same way as last time: for each book, I'll tell you the story of how I got into the book, plus any other interesting or amusing facts about the reading, and then I will offer my thoughts on the book itself. I will keep spoilers minimal, but when they are included, they will be highlighted in red.
Heart of the Beholder by Elizabeth Ruth
Story
How did I, Odessa Taylor, come to read a Beauty and the Beast retelling even though I do not particularly care for romance stories and rarely read fairy tale retellings? Well, pretty easy—I helped edit this book! It was the first book published with my name in it, crediting me as one of the editors. I worked on it in the spring of 2024, and then when it was published in November, my parents bought me a copy so that I could have proof of the fruits of my labor. Working on the book was a delight, and reading it as a reader rather than an editor for the first time was also so much fun.
Thoughts
Keep in mind that I am definitely biased, since I helped work on this, but I genuinely think this is a very effective story. While I was editing it, I found myself really wanting to know what would happen next, and that included the romantic aspects. Again, I am not a fan of romance plots—they have to fulfill very specific aspects that I can't even really name in order for me to be into them—but I was truly invested in the direction Bridgette and Thane's love story went. And besides the romance, I found the rest of the plot intriguing, and I just adored all of the characters. Would I have ever picked this up of my own volition if I hadn't edited it? Probably not. But I am so glad that I did work on it so that I could discover this story. For a debut novel, I think it's quite well done, and it definitely makes me excited to see what else Elizabeth Ruth comes up with.
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, Book 6)
Story
After finishing Shadows of Self in November (the last book I discussed in the first book haul), I naturally moved on to The Bands of Mourning, and thus into completely uncharted territory. This book was the reason that I had reread the original Mistborn trilogy and the first two books of Era 2. I got it for my twenty-second birthday (right in the depths of the book burnout), when my friends took me to Barnes & Noble and offered to buy me a book. I chose this one, since I didn't own it, and I was hoping that maybe getting a new Sanderson book on my shelf would knock out the reading slump. It didn't, and it sat unopened on my shelf for nearly two years. But, at last, I started it. And how did I enjoy it?
Thoughts
Perfection. Perfection. I have no complaints about this book. Five stars. Second favorite Mistborn book. Second favorite Sanderson book overall. Maybe even second favorite book of all time. I adore this book. From the very start, with the flashback of Wax's first time taking down a criminal, I was like, "Yep, I think I'm going to enjoy this." And "enjoy" is an understatement. I cried. I didn't sob, but I cried. I cried out of sadness, joy, stress, relief, fear, hope, everything in between. When I finished the book, I was vibrating—and still crying. I couldn't even properly write down any of my thoughts and feelings on the book because I was just on the verge of exploding with all of them. Every part of this story worked for me. The characters, whom I already loved and cherished deeply, further cemented themselves into being some of my favorite characters in all of literature. And the romance was gorgeous. This couple is my favorite of any Sanderson book, and perhaps any book in history. I cannot properly articulate just how much I love The Bands of Mourning.
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, Book 7)
Story
Let me take you back to December 2022. It's Christmas morning, and since I didn't really ask for anything in particular, I'm pleasantly surprised by every gift I open from my parents. As I pick up one of them, it feels suspiciously like a book. I eagerly unwrap it and rip open the cardboard box to find a hardcover of The Lost Metal—my first hardcover of any Mistborn book. I stare at it for a moment, and then I look up at my parents. "I had no idea this even existed," I say, thoroughly bewildered.
I had never heard of this book until that day. How the heck my parents knew it had come out is beyond me—and beyond them too, apparently, because they don't remember this event. This was one of the moments that, while not doing much to break the reading slump, gave me a proper stab of "Who even am I anymore?" that ultimately led to said breaking of reading slump, because how could I not have known that Sanderson had released another book, let alone another Mistborn book?
So, going into it after The Bands of Mourning, I still knew pretty much nothing about it...except that the few reviews I saw said that the ending completely and utterly devastated them, so I went into it deeply worried for the characters and the world of Scadrial as a whole.
Thoughts
Besides the fact that I was completely stressed the whole time because I was certain all of the characters were going to be slaughtered in the most awful ways, I really enjoyed this one! It didn't hit the same highs as The Bands of Mourning for me, but since those highs were astronomical, I wasn't really expecting it to even come close, and thus I wasn't disappointed when I was proven right. This is definitely on the same level as The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self for me, which some people might think makes The Lost Metal sound like it's not very good, but you have to remember that I really, really, really liked those first two books. The appearance of a certain character near the end should have been a mind-blowing joy; instead, I had mixed feelings, but we can get into that another time. Overall, this series is just delightful, and I loved the way this one ended.
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Story
When I was in college, my roommate and friend Abbie talked about this book all the time. She loved Marissa Meyer's work, and this was up there with her favorites. She got her boyfriend at the time, Tim (now her husband), to read it, plus one of our other roommates and friends—Diana, whom I've mentioned before—also gave it a go. Tim had mixed feelings, whereas Diana thoroughly enjoyed it, though maybe not quite as extremely as Abbie.
I hadn't ever really planned on reading it, but after talking about it to Diana one day, probably two years since Abbie had introduced it to her and Tim, I decided I may as well give it a go. Besides, I needed to break up the Sanderson obsession.
You might be thinking, "Whoa, Odessa read two highly romance-focused books only a couple weeks apart from each other in November 2024? Is she a romance fan now?"
Thoughts
No.
I didn't hate this book. I wouldn't even say that I disliked it. I just felt very average towards it. On those occasions when a romance really works for me, you know what is almost never a key feature of those romances? Love at first sight. It just does not click for me. I do not feel moved by it. The fact that Cath was swooning for Jest after approximately one (1) conversation made me go, "Oh..." I also was quite aware of what this story was—the origin story for the Queen of Hearts—so knowing that, I was expecting some murderous rage and madness from Cath throughout the story. It doesn't happen, except for maybe some brief flashes every so often. And sure, that's probably the point: the slow descent and then the sudden snap. But I was just hoping for something darker than what we got.
SPOILERS: Like, I really cannot stress how much I did not care about this relationship. There were a few times when I was like, "Oh, that was kind of cute," but nothing had me swooning, and almost never was I actively rooting for them. Maybe this was partly due to the fact that, from the beginning, I just knew that Cath was going to end up marrying the King of Hearts, so there was no reason to get attached to Jest, but even so, I feel like I should have felt a lot more. I didn't feel anything when he died, which is terrible! Not because I wanted him dead, but I just was not even sort of moved by it.
This is one of those books about which I can confidently say, "This wasn't for me." I'm truly glad that there are people who love it; I'm just not one of them. I have no regrets about reading it, but I also will never read it again.
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
Story
Yet again, we have another Sanderson book that I'd never heard of until I was looking it in the face. I paid for the Kickstarter for all four of the 2023 secret projects, so I've had the ebooks of those four novels since then, but I hadn't started getting into them until near the end of 2024, when I started with Tress. I decided to finish Mistborn before reading the second secret project, and at the end of November, that's what I did. I opened up the PDF and stared blankly at the title. "What...?" I literally whispered aloud to myself.
A day or two later, I was hanging out with my friends (the aforementioned Abbie, Tim, and Diana), and I mentioned to Tim, who is probably the biggest Sanderson nerd I know, that I was going to be reading The Frugal Wizard's Handbook. He chuckled and said, "If there is anyone I am confident would love a dry, sarcastic, comedic sci-fi Sanderson novel, it is you, Odessa."
Thoughts
He was right!
I loved this one. I'm genuinely surprised that that's a relatively rare opinion to have, because it was so funny, plus it had an interesting story with compelling characters. It absolutely worked for me on every level. Granted, I wouldn't say these are Sanderson's best characters or his best story or anything like that, but I love that it's different from his usual fare and that there's a solid message to it even amidst the humor. Not all of Sanderson's books need to be emotionally devastating epics; sometimes, we all just need a good laugh, and this delivered in spades. There were so many moments when my mom would be sitting in the same room as me as I read, and she'd give me this look of amusement and ask what I was snickering about. I think this one is fantastic, and I wish Sanderson would write more comedies; I love his sense of humor in all of his books, but especially in this one.
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
Story
Another secret project! Pretty much the same story as the previous one, except that I had heard about this book. My friend Diana had also happened to read this pretty much right before I did. She hasn't read a ton of Sanderson, but she loved this one, so I was pretty optimistic. I was less optimistic about the fact that everyone kept saying this was Sanderson's romance-heaviest book because (say it with me, folks) I am not a fan of romance just for romance's sake. Granted, I still wasn't dreading it, since most of Sanderson's romances work for me, so even that wasn't much of a genuine fear.
Thoughts
Amazingly, this was even better than I was led to believe. I loved the way the story gradually unfolded, and I loved the careful building up of the relationship between Yumi and Painter. The writing was gorgeous, and I liked that Sanderson's imagery felt different in this one. I can't even really pinpoint what exactly made it different, but it just was. The ending was so beautiful—maybe even one of my favorite Sanderson endings. Those last couple pages were just perfect in wrapping everything up. Ugh, this book is lovely.
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Story
I distinctly remember the first time I ever heard of this book. I was sitting in my tenth grade seminary classroom before class started, and the kid who sat next to me brought up The Stormlight Archive for some reason in his pre-class chatting with our teacher. He then said something along the lines of, "Oh man, and when the sword from Warbreaker showed up at the end of Words of Radiance? That was crazy!" And I thought to myself, "...What the heck is Warbreaker?" I gradually learned a teeny bit more about it as the years went by, and at a certain point in the last year or so, I was like, "Why haven't I read this yet? This is apparently super important for the rest of the Cosmere. I need to read this book."
Thoughts
Guys, this book is so good. I really love the characters and the world of this one, and I also like that the magic system isn't quite as prominent in this story as it is in so many of Sanderson's other novels. I know some people who view that as a downside to Warbreaker, but it worked for me. I liked seeing Sanderson be relatively restrained in that aspect. I also felt like this book was pretty steadily paced; there wasn't any point where I felt that the story was kind of slow, and I think that for at least a couple chapters of most of Sanderson's books, even the ones I love more than my own life. This was just such a great book, and I'm honestly disappointed that I didn't read it earlier—partly because I enjoyed it so much, and also partly because it's so important to the rest of the Cosmere.
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Story
The first reread of this post! I first read The Lord of the Rings a few weeks before my thirteenth birthday. I had just watched the movies for the first time, so naturally, I got into the books. I've read them all a few times. (I think, before this reread, I'd read The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers three times, and then The Return of the King four times, but I could have completely made those numbers up.) Back in college, I bought my own copy of a one-volume anniversary edition, hence the reason I'm talking about it as one book here instead of three. It had been a while since I'd read it, and since my annual Lord of the Rings movie marathon was coming up, I figured, "Why not?"
Thoughts
Oh, the essays I could write on why I love The Lord of the Rings... I mean, it certainly helps that I just love fantasy stories, and this is pretty much the quintessential fantasy story. But I also just love the characters, their arcs, their relationships with one another, the ways they do their best with what they have. I love the world of Middle-earth, and I am a sucker for a typical "good vs. evil" narrative. I don't think it's perfect—I am firmly of the opinion that Peter Jackson was right to leave out Tom Bombadil from the movies—but no matter how slow some parts of the book feel, I just adore all of it. It never fails to move me, no matter how familiar it is to me after all these years.
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson
Story
At this point, I was preparing to read Wind and Truth, and I wanted to just have as much Cosmere knowledge as I could before starting that one. So, Arcanum Unbounded seemed like a pretty good thing to read. My brother-in-law had also told me that I would probably love Mistborn: Secret History, so that was even more incentive. I got it for Christmas, and once I'd finished Warbreaker and The Lord of the Rings (which is not Cosmere, I know, but I was reading it at the same time as Warbreaker), I got started on reading Arcanum Unbounded.
Thoughts
Some of the stories were definitely more interesting than others. If I had to rank them from favorite to least favorite, it would probably be:
1. Mistborn: Secret History (absolute perfection)
2. The Eleventh Metal (fun little backstory)
3. Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (highly underrated)
4. Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania (hysterically funny)
5. The Emperor's Soul (took a minute to get into, but I was eventually sold)
6. Edgedancer (Lift isn't my favorite, but she grew on me here...sort of)
7. Hope of Elantris (cute!)
8. White Sand (some really interesting concepts)
9. Sixth of the Dusk (not the most intriguing world for me, but not terrible)
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, Book 3.5)
Story
Not much of a story to this one. I wanted to get caught up on the Cosmere before reading Wind and Truth, and I hadn't gotten around to this one yet. My friend Tim loaned it to me, but I also got my own copy for Christmas 2024. Ta-da.
Thoughts
I definitely preferred this to Edgedancer, the other Stormlight Archive novella, partly because I like both Rysn and Lopen as characters more than I like Lift, and partly because the story overall was just much more engaging to me. That being said, the overall Cosmere implications kind of blew my brain here, so I had the most tenuous grasp of the ending and what exactly was going on with that.
The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
Story
The last of the 2023 Kickstarter secret projects! I knew pretty much nothing about this one going in, much like the other secret projects, except that I did know this was considered quite important for the overall Cosmere. I asked my friend Tim as well as my brother-in-law if it was worth waiting to read Wind and Truth before this, and both of them said it worked either way. I decided to start with this, since it came out first.
Thoughts
Of all the Cosmere books, I think this one took me the longest to really get into. Nomad as a character was a struggle for me to root for and relate to for probably half of the book, so it was kind of frustrating that he was the one we followed the majority of the time. But I loved getting to hang out with more Threnodites, considering how much I'd enjoyed Shadows for Silence, and I found the story and pretty much all of the other characters interesting, with Rebeke, Auxiliary, and Elegy all being favorites. About halfway through, I found Nomad less difficult to read about, so the rest of the book was a lot more enjoyable.
Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, Book 5)
Story
I got this one as a 2024 Christmas gift as well, though my parents offered to give it to me the day it came out (December 6th). But with all the other Cosmere books that I wanted to read first, the majority of which I also was getting for Christmas, I elected to wait, which meant I didn't start reading this until the second week of January. How I managed to avoid any spoilers, I don't know, but I'm very glad that I did.
Thoughts
Boy, oh boy... I have many thoughts on this book, just like everyone else who read it. I've seen a lot of people complain that not all of the perspectives felt necessary, but I actually strongly disagree with that. I liked all of the POVs in this book, which is not usual for me to say in any book with multiple perspectives. I didn't feel like any of the stories were superfluous or overdone in any way, and I was completely invested from the very first sentence. Like I said, though, I think I'm very much in the minority with that opinion. I would say that I genuinely loved the first ninety to ninety-five percent of the book, no questions asked.
The last five to ten percent, though...
SPOILERS: Dalinar is my very favorite character from this series, and I had just accepted it into my heart that he was not going to live to the end of this book. However, I thought he would go out in a much more...impactful way? Much cooler to read about, much more emotionally gutting, much more everything. I'm not even necessarily annoyed at the lack of a fight between him and Odium as much as I am at how his death was just kind of...there. Like, it just felt really anticlimactic, all things considered. I also feel like Dalinar was not put to his full use in these last two books. The ending of Oathbringer was absolutely insane with his character arc and the emotional impact, and I feel like Dalinar's story just peaked there, which is a little bit disappointing. Also, I was annoyed that the importance of oaths seemed thrown to the side in this book. That's been a key feature of this whole series, that swearing oaths and attempting to live up to them helps you become a better individual and gives you the strength to do more. But here, we had two characters renounce their oaths—one of whom was DALINAR KHOLIN, the biggest proponent of oaths this entire time—Szeth just skipping over the Fourth Ideal for the heck of it, and Adolin kind of making this big deal about how oaths don't mean as much as a regular promise. It just seemed to backtrack on everything the rest of the series was saying about living up to a higher standard, which felt weird. But, all complaints aside, I had the love of my life show up at both the beginning and the end, so I can't grumble too much. Anyway, there are a few other quibbles I have, but I feel like I've already talked about this so much, so I'll leave it there. If you're curious what else I've said, both positive and negative, feel free to check out my review on Goodreads.
Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones (The Dalemark Quartet, Book 1)
Story
My mom has a coworker who loves Sanderson, so she often chats with him—not because she reads Sanderson, but because I do. (That's love right there.) This coworker recommended that she try and get me to read something by Diana Wynne Jones, who's his absolute favorite author. He'd suggested this series in particular. I knew nothing about this until my birthday this year at the end of January, when my parents gifted me the first book of The Dalemark Quartet. I had never heard of this, but I was willing to give it a shot, especially once I'd finished Wind and Truth and needed something a little bit easier and less heart-wrenching.
Thoughts
This was cute! Just a fun little story with lovable characters, some cool scenes with magic, and an interesting world overall. It's definitely a middle-grade fantasy novel, but it still kept my attention throughout and never felt condescending or childish. I'm hoping to read the rest of the series at some point, but it's not in circulation at my local library, and I don't have the funds at the moment to be buying books left and right. We'll get there one day, though!
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, Book 1)
Story
A few years ago, my sister—who does not enjoy books—read this and absolutely adored it. She told me that I should read it, and I, being in the midst of the Great Book Burnout, pretty much just gave a thumbs-up and said, "Yeah, someday!" But, at last, I got around to it. I didn't really know anything about it, except that it was a YA dystopia not unlike The Hunger Games. That initially made me wary, since I lived through the teen dystopia overload of the 2010s as a teenager myself, and I was not at all interested in reliving some of the things I read during that time. But I did my best to be optimistic for my sister.
Thoughts
You know what? That optimism paid off.
I won't say that this is some genre-defying subversion of expectations, but this was genuinely enjoyable in ways I hadn't anticipated. Though it had some pretty standard YA dystopia fare throughout, there were also quite a few narrative and character choices that were surprising, or at least pleasantly unexpected. The ending in particular, while landing in approximately the place I'd anticipated, had a level of uncertainty regarding one of the relationships that I found refreshing. A lot of this was really enjoyable, and I had a great time reading the whole thing.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Story
I read this for the first time as a junior in college, in my British & American Literature class. I really enjoyed it, and it's one of those books that stuck with me long after that semester and even after graduation. I mentioned it offhand to my friend Diana a few months ago that I would like to own it at some point, and she bought me a copy for Christmas. I decided to give it a read in February while I was waiting for the second Red Queen book from the library.
Thoughts
This story is just so effective for me. It's so simple and yet so profound in so many ways. I understood a lot more of the nuances than I did on the first read-through, and I don't know if it's because I knew what was happening this time and didn't have to do as much guesswork or if it's just that I'm a little bit older and smarter. Either way, it felt like a richer reading experience. I do think, though, that I read it a little too quickly this time around, which isn't usually something I say. I just feel like this book is meant to be savored, if that makes sense.
The Standard of Truth: 1815-1846 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Saints, Book 1)
Story
I had tried reading this multiple times ever since it came out in 2018, but I just could not get into it. That's less about the subject matter and more about the fact that it's nonfiction, because I love Church history. I think it also didn't help that I was trying to read it off of the Gospel Library app instead of a physical copy, the latter of which I much prefer. But this year, I was determined to actually read the series, especially with Come, Follow Me focusing on Doctrine & Covenants this year.
Thoughts
I really enjoyed this! Nonfiction generally takes me longer to read, so I didn't get through the book as quickly as I would have a fiction book of the same length, but it was still very steady going. I was very familiar with a lot of the stories, thanks to parents who shared Church history stories, Church classes that taught history stories, and my own reading of The Work and the Glory when I was a kid. But I was also able to learn so many new things as well. I'm glad that I did have a solid background, though, because I can definitely see why some people were totally thrown off when they read this for the first time.
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, Book 2)
Story
Since I had been so pleasantly surprised by the first book, I wasted no time in putting this one on hold at the library. I knew that my sister hadn't enjoyed this one quite as much as the first, and I figured, "Well, it is the second book in the series, so that isn't surprising." I was rather optimistic, and I assumed that it would be similar to the first one in that it would generally be standard, predictable fare but would have some intriguing gems throughout.
Thoughts
I was wrong.
It's unfortunate to say, but this book was rough to get through. It probably took me at least half of the book before I became invested in...well, pretty much anything going on. I thought I would like the broader scope of the world and the conflict, but it ended up not feeling that much bigger, since it was so repetitive for a solid portion of the story. The characters' discussions were repetitive, the storyline itself was repetitive, Mare's inner thoughts were extremely repetitive. Like, I understand why the plot went the way it did, but it just wasn't intriguing to me. It's my least favorite of the series, and it made me somewhat hesitant to read the next one.
Conclave by Robert Harris
Story
I had watched the recently released film adaptation of this book earlier in the year, and I really liked it. I wasn't planning on reading the book, but my dad got it from the library and finished it before the due date, so he invited me to read it as well. I don't think I would have done so if I hadn't watched the movie, but that's the benefit of adaptations, eh?
Thoughts
As I said, I really enjoyed the movie, so I had high hopes for the book—and I was not let down. They are very, very similar; it's a very faithful adaptation, even with the main character's name being completely changed (my guess is that that's because Ralph Fiennes isn't Italian). I think that the exploration of this hugely significant event is fascinating, and something that I really value about the story is that Lomeli (or Lawrence in the film) isn't presented as a morally grey character, which I think would have been very easy to do. That isn't to say that he's some perfect or infallible individual, nor does it mean that he was uninteresting. On the contrary, I found him extremely interesting, flaws and all. He was just portrayed as a person doing his best to follow his faith and his heart. I'm not Catholic, so I can't really speak to how accurately it portrays the faith, but I personally felt that it was respectful. It didn't leave me, as an outsider, feeling antagonistic towards the Catholic Church or cynical about its leadership. Again, though, I'm speaking as someone who is not and never has been Catholic, and I know many of them felt very differently.
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, Book 3)
Story
I was extremely apprehensive about starting this book, for numerous reasons. For one thing, the sister who had encouraged me to read Red Queen in the first place couldn't even finish this one; for another, I'd seen an overwhelming number of reviews saying that this was the worst of the series; and finally, I had just been so disappointed with Glass Sword that I failed to see how this one would be better. But I hate leaving series unfinished, so I went ahead with it anyway.
Thoughts
Fortunately, I found this third book much more palatable than the previous one. It still didn't even remotely compare to the genuinely fun time I had with the first book, but I was at least interested in the story more often in this book. I thought that some of the characters got some much-needed fleshing out, and relationships were developed in ways that I found not only interesting but more compelling. Some aspects of it were still rough, though—specifically, I didn't like switching to multiple perspectives. When a series starts with a single-person perspective, I like it to remain that way throughout the series, so that was annoying to see other characters' perspectives brought in, even though I completely understood why Aveyard made that choice and I don't think it hampered the narrative at all; it's just my own personal preference. Again, not nearly as good as the first, but it was at least interesting.
War Storm by Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen, Book 4)
Story
I went into the final novel of this series with a very neutral attitude. On one hand, I was more optimistic than I had been for King's Cage, but on the other hand, I seriously doubted that I was going to enjoy this anywhere near as much as the first book. I just wanted a satisfying ending at this point, though what that looked like, I wasn't even sure.
Thoughts
I think this book perfectly encapsulates my overall feelings towards this series: fine. I didn't love this one, but I didn't dislike it strongly either. It was definitely better than Glass Sword, and I would put it on the same level as King's Cage on an enjoyment scale. I appreciated what Aveyard was trying to accomplish here, and I think some of it landed pretty well. But I do think that it just got too unwieldy. There were a lot of moving parts, and I wasn't invested in all of them. I also wasn't sure I was particularly pleased with where a lot of the characters ended up. I understood why those decisions were made, but I felt that different narrative choices could have made for a neater finish. It didn't end on a horrible note, but it was definitely a significant downgrade from the fun of the first book. Oh well.
And there you have it. Another round of books I've read since graduating from college and breaking out of the reading slump. This has been a pretty solid reading year, so anticipate another update sooner than later. Or don't. It works for me either way, because I just enjoy yapping about books.
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