� poppy �'s bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:36:15 -0800 60 � poppy �'s bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet]]> 55145261 A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.

Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.]]> 304 John Green 0525555218 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.37 2021 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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]]> Mexican Gothic 57800389
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.]]> 301 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 052562080X � poppy � 3 gothic-fiction 3.71 2020 Mexican Gothic
author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2022/05/11
date added: 2024/12/18
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The vibes were immaculate but sadly i just couldn’t get into this, i love horror but this felt more like a fever dream. I might reread it later on in a smaller amount of sittings because I started this in November so i had forgotten what had happened at the start.
]]> Old Enough 60481668 A debut novel about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between a new sense of community and loyalty to a friendship she's outgrown

Savannah Sav Henry is almost the person she wants to be, or at least she's getting closer. It's the second semester of her sophomore year. She's finally come out as bisexual, is making friends with the other queers in her dorm, and has just about recovered from her disastrous first queer "situationship." She is cautiously optimistic that her life is about to begin.

But when she learns that Izzie, her best friend from childhood, has gotten engaged, Sav faces a crisis of confidence. Things with Izzie haven't been the same since what happened between Sav and Izzie's older brother when they were sixteen. Now, with the wedding around the corner, Sav is forced to reckon with trauma she thought she could put behind her.

On top of it all, Sav can't stop thinking about Wes from her Gender Studies class--sweet, funny Wes, with their long eyelashes and green backpack. There's something different here--with Wes and with her new friends (who delight in teasing her about this face-burning crush); it feels, terrifyingly, like they might truly see her in a way no one has before.

With a singularly funny, heartfelt voice, Old Enough explores queer love, community, and what it means to be a sexual assault survivor. Haley Jakobson has written a love letter to friendship and an honest depiction of what finding your people can feel like--for better or worse.]]> 384 Haley Jakobson 0593473019 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.11 2023 Old Enough
author: Haley Jakobson
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> The Close-Up (I Heart SF, #1) 60384412 A new work assignment goes delightfully off script in this friends-to-lovers rom-com from Sarah Smith, author of Faker and Simmer Down

Simon Rutler is the perfect man.

Handsome, kind and smart—Simon is amazing. Naomi Ellorza-Hays might be fresh out of a bad relationship and determined to stay single, but Simon is testing her newfound relationship ban. Good thing they’re working together. Simon may be perfect, but he’s also off-limits.

There’s just one small—well, big—problem.

Simon works as a relationship therapist, specializing in helping men better support their partners. But Naomi can’t stop thinking about how she was first introduced to Simon…as the camguy she watched in college. Filming him for her new docuseries suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.

Their relationship is…complicated.

Determined to stay professional, Naomi refuses to give in to their sizzling chemistry—until she does, and even then, it’s strictly no strings attached. Until it’s not. And Naomi realizes that maybe things between her and Simon aren’t so complicated after all.]]> 338 Sarah Smith 0369720237 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.54 2022 The Close-Up (I Heart SF, #1)
author: Sarah Smith
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.54
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dictionary of Body Language]]> 40191067 208 Joe Navarro 0008292604 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.67 The Dictionary of Body Language
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft � poppy � 0 to-read 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 0
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]]> The Doors of Perception 3188964 The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.

The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.

Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.]]> 208 Aldous Huxley � poppy � 0 to-read 3.91 1956 The Doors of Perception
author: Aldous Huxley
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1956
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]]> <![CDATA[The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)]]> 3939691
While Holmes and Dr Watson solve what will become some of their most famous cases � Silver Blaze, The Greek Interpreter and The Musgrave Ritual among them � the forces of international crime plot their revenge against the detective.

And it is in The Final Problem that Dr Watson has the sad task of telling the grisly, fatal and shocking tale that saw Holmes finally meet his match � in the guise of the diabolical Professor Moriarty and a terrible struggle at the Reichenbach Falls...]]> 307 Arthur Conan Doyle 0141035439 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.07 1893 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #4)
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1893
rating: 0
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]]> Classic Tales of Horror 40044630
This chilling collection of scary stories will keep you awake for hours! Psychological horrors, disturbing dramas, and gruesome ghosts compose this compendium of confessions made in the dead of night. From vampires and a monkey paw to an unstoppable heart and haunting apparitions, anecdotes of supernatural terror will have you turning pages long past the witching hour. Allow famous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Henry James, Washington Irving, and more to prey upon your emotions and peace of mind at slumber parties and camping trips, or anytime you want to end the night with a delightful fright!

Contents:
The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
Dracula’s Guest, Bram Stoker (1914)
The Devil and Tom Walker, Washington Irving (1824)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce (1891)
Kerfol, Edith Wharton (1916)
The Elixir of Life, Honoré de Balzac (1830)
The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
The Case of Lady Sannox, Arthur Conan Doyle (1893)
Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1835)
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James (1898)
The Willows, Algernon Blackwood (1907)
The Shunned House, H. P. Lovecraft (1924)
The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
The Vampyre, John William Polidori (1819)
One Summer Night, Ambrose Bierce (1893)
For the Blood Is the Life, F. Marion Crawford (1905)
Count Magnus, M. R. James (1904)
The Body-Snatcher, Robert Louis Stevenson (1881)
Sredni Vashtar, Saki (1911)
The Horla, Guy de Maupassant (1887)
The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
The Man Who Found Out, Algernon Blackwood (1912)
La Grande Bretèche, Honoré de Balzac (1831)
The Terror of Blue John Gap, Arthur Conan Doyle (1910)
The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)
The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe (1845)
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (1915)
The Outsider, H. P. Lovecraft (1926)
The Monkey’s Paw, W. W. Jacobs (1902)
Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, M. R. James (1894)
Present at a Hanging, Ambrose Bierce (1888)
The Room in the Tower, E. F. Benson (1912)
The Trial for Murder, Charles Dickens (1865)
William Wilson, Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
Afterward, Edith Wharton (1910)
The Succubus, Honoré de Balzac (1833)
The Damned Thing, Ambrose Bierce (1894)
The Tree, H. P. Lovecraft (1921)
The Empty House, Algernon Blackwood (1906)
The Bottle Imp, Robert Louis Stevenson (1891)
The Screaming Skull, F. Marion Crawford (1908)
The Judge’s House, Bram Stoker (1891)
The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
The Open Window, Saki (1914)
Rappaccini’s Daughter, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1844)
Sir Edmund Orme, Henry James (1891)
A Ghost, Guy de Maupassant (1883)
In the Penal Colony, Franz Kafka (1919)
The Signal-Man, Charles Dickens (1866)
Lost Hearts, M. R. James (1904)
An Inhabitant of Carcosa, Ambrose Bierce (1887)
The Damned, Algernon Blackwood (1914)
The Japanned Box, Arthur Conan Doyle (1899)
The Tomb, H. P. Lovecraft (1922)
The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe (1846)]]> 896 Ernest Hilbert 1626865043 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.17 2015 Classic Tales of Horror
author: Ernest Hilbert
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Water Under The Bridge (Perks & Benefits #1)]]> 61968777
Avery Soko, a bright-eyed and ambitious do-gooder, is on the cusp of getting her dream fundraising job at the Oceanic Research Organization. Luca Navarro, a former corporate lawyer with an extravagant tie collection and an irritatingly handsome smirk, holds Avery's future in his very large hands. When he calls with the news of her rejection, Luca seems to revel in crushing her dreams.

But Avery will do anything to pursue her passion, even accept a job at a struggling start-up. Her spell of bad luck finally changes when a competition is announced at a grandiose gala that could save her and her new team from going under. Of course, Avery's least favorite person, Luca, also joins the running for the multimillion-dollar prize.

At the height of the competition, Avery and Luca realize they've met their match. Will the tense moments, absurd attempts to out-do each other, and the string of games and bets they've concocted turn into a series of failures, or will it make them into something more than adversaries?]]> Kels Stone � poppy � 0 to-read 3.61 2022 Water Under The Bridge (Perks & Benefits #1)
author: Kels Stone
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[Our Scorching Summer (Perks & Benefits #2)]]> 63251553 Nico Navarro and I are friends.

His signature grin and playfulness are charming, except when you’re on the receiving end of his self-absorbed personality. For years, I’ve dealt with Nico’s incessant flirting by keeping my occasional fantasies about him strictly between me, my keyboard, and my vibrator.

We’re both players and not interested in settling down. He’s never been in love, and I refuse to commit to someone again. Besides, Nico is my best friend’s brother-in-law, so he’s strictly off-limits.

Just. Friends.

But when I suddenly lose my job, fail a class, and a man faints inside me—yes, inside me—all rationality falls by the wayside.

One out-of-character decision later, I find myself on an international adventure with the irresponsible playboy. Our spontaneous vacation is filled with interrogations, a steamy arrangement, and the uncovering of my decade-old secret. The rules I have to protect my heart quickly crumble between Nico’s relentless obsession with me and our lavish travel destinations.

Can I let myself love again or will our summer fling end up in flames?]]> 448 Kels Stone � poppy � 0 to-read, kindle-unlimited 3.80 Our Scorching Summer (Perks & Benefits #2)
author: Kels Stone
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.80
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]]> My Husband 63017297 In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband--but can their marriage survive her passionate love?

At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. After all, would a truly infatuated man ever let go of his wife's hand when they're sitting on the couch together?

Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him--setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.

Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .

The winner of France's First Novel Prize in 2021, My Husband builds on the premise of hits like Gone Girl and Fates and Furies--how well can you really know your spouse?--and adds the tension and creepy obsession of You. The result is an irresistible read--compelling, tense, and engaging, infused with sly subversive humor, and told in an utterly original voice that makes it unforgettable.

Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan]]> 272 Maud Ventura 0063274825 � poppy � 4 3.67 2021 My Husband
author: Maud Ventura
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Ruin (Weybridge Academy)]]> 145639669
All these feelings are burning inside me.

Noah Hastings has taken our families� feud too far, and the divide between us is now so firmly cemented there’s no going back.

I’m trying to move on, but it seems Noah has only just begun toying with me and my heart.

He still has more secrets, and he’s not the only person hiding something from me. But as I dig deeper, and the truth is finally revealed, I’m torn between the boy I thought was in my past and the one I believed was my future.

I’m facing heartbreak once again, but there’s an even bigger threat on the horizon that I could never see coming � one that could ruin us all.

Sweet Ruin is the third book in the Weybridge Academy series and the final part of Isobel's story, which comes to a complete and dramatic conclusion. Enjoy!]]> 416 Alexandra Moody � poppy � 3 kindle-unlimited
Man i love published wattpad books. This was mad funny.

I mean having the evil villain grandpa was peak telenovela vibes. Bro was mad at someone? Burn them down. They stole something from him? Burn them down. She wants to date your grandson? Burn them down.

Like if you wanna murder and attempted murder a bunch of people at least change your strategy grandpa.

He was definitely the best part of the book.

As i predicted, the author tried to make the 2nd male lead a jealous mean weirdo to make the boring ass male lead look bearable. But it was so out of the blue i couldn’t take it seriously.

Plus how can i take anything serious when im supposed to believe everyone is in love the y/n (rayita) babe? Like girly is apparently smart but i see no evidence of this.

Plus this is a book aimed at preteens/teens and even kids so i think it’s awful for them to see our « strong » protagonist forgive ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE with just a few words.

Hometown bestie stole her boyfriend, turned her friends against her and made fun of her? Forgiven with 3 phrases.

Boyfriend that is a coward, lied to her, made her feel awful, left her bc evil grandpa said so and dated her bully? Forgiven after a few insistent stiff and a car ride.

Her dad that made her bf lie to her and deceive her? Forgiven.

You get the idea.

And she did this also with the boarding school bully because she said a few kind words after she gave her tea?!?! And also to her male friends that ghosted her?!?!

Like i get you have no personality, have protagonist armour, trip over everything (like im bad at sports and even i aren’t as pitiful), be painfully boring, dumb and now also a doormat??? Girly need to get a grip.

The drama was too jammed packed with useless filler plot and the characters were like not there? I mean i JUST finished this and I can’t remember anything other than mafia wannabe grandpa and her getting back with mr boring.

So i guess this was entertaining but also like it could be the worst rated telenovela episode.

I also came to realise that the timeline is giving vampire diaries and Disney channel.
That deep intense relationship she had with the ml in the first book? It lasted 2 weeks max. Everything in book one was 2 months max. (With the assumption the school year started in august and not in September)

Her relationship with the 2nd male lead was much longer as it it last like 1 or even 1 and half months.

And book 3? It all happens in like 2 weeks?

What the hell.]]> 3.85 Sweet Ruin (Weybridge Academy)
author: Alexandra Moody
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/06/08
date added: 2024/05/16
shelves: kindle-unlimited
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3 �

Man i love published wattpad books. This was mad funny.

I mean having the evil villain grandpa was peak telenovela vibes. Bro was mad at someone? Burn them down. They stole something from him? Burn them down. She wants to date your grandson? Burn them down.

Like if you wanna murder and attempted murder a bunch of people at least change your strategy grandpa.

He was definitely the best part of the book.

As i predicted, the author tried to make the 2nd male lead a jealous mean weirdo to make the boring ass male lead look bearable. But it was so out of the blue i couldn’t take it seriously.

Plus how can i take anything serious when im supposed to believe everyone is in love the y/n (rayita) babe? Like girly is apparently smart but i see no evidence of this.

Plus this is a book aimed at preteens/teens and even kids so i think it’s awful for them to see our « strong » protagonist forgive ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE with just a few words.

Hometown bestie stole her boyfriend, turned her friends against her and made fun of her? Forgiven with 3 phrases.

Boyfriend that is a coward, lied to her, made her feel awful, left her bc evil grandpa said so and dated her bully? Forgiven after a few insistent stiff and a car ride.

Her dad that made her bf lie to her and deceive her? Forgiven.

You get the idea.

And she did this also with the boarding school bully because she said a few kind words after she gave her tea?!?! And also to her male friends that ghosted her?!?!

Like i get you have no personality, have protagonist armour, trip over everything (like im bad at sports and even i aren’t as pitiful), be painfully boring, dumb and now also a doormat??? Girly need to get a grip.

The drama was too jammed packed with useless filler plot and the characters were like not there? I mean i JUST finished this and I can’t remember anything other than mafia wannabe grandpa and her getting back with mr boring.

So i guess this was entertaining but also like it could be the worst rated telenovela episode.

I also came to realise that the timeline is giving vampire diaries and Disney channel.
That deep intense relationship she had with the ml in the first book? It lasted 2 weeks max. Everything in book one was 2 months max. (With the assumption the school year started in august and not in September)

Her relationship with the 2nd male lead was much longer as it it last like 1 or even 1 and half months.

And book 3? It all happens in like 2 weeks?

What the hell.
]]> <![CDATA[Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History]]> 62854814
Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social and economic development of modern society; it is an object that, when disassembled, can give us new insights both into the motivations of inventors and craftsmen of the past, and, into the lives of the people who treasured them.

Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attempts at time-keeping, to the breakthrough in engineering that gave us the first watch, to today � where the timepieces hold cultural and historical significance beyond what its first creators could have imagined. Acclaimed watchmaker Rebecca Struthers uses the most important watches throughout history to explore their attendant paradigm shifts in how we think about time, indeed how we think about our own humanity. From an up-close look at the birth of the fakes and forgeries industry which marked the watch as a valuable commodity, to the watches that helped us navigate trade expeditions, she reveals how these instruments have shaped how we build and then consequently make our way through the world.

A fusion of art and science, history and social commentary, this fascinating work, told in Struthers’s lively voice and illustrated with custom line drawings by her husband and fellow watchmaker Craig, is filled with her personal observations as an expert watchmaker—one of the few remaining at work in the world today. Horology is a vast subject—the “study of time.� This compelling history offers a fresh take, exploring not only these watches within their time, but the role they played in human development and the impact they had on the people who treasured them. ]]> 288 Rebecca Struthers 0063048701 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.16 2023 Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History
author: Rebecca Struthers
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average rating: 4.16
book published: 2023
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]]> Permafrost 42200387
Repleto de imágenes poéticas, contundentes y muy físicas, este carácter tan palpable del texto no es gratuito en una novela que nos habla del cuerpo, del sexo, del yo; una obra aguda y directa que reivindica la libertad femenina en el placer y en la soledad.

Eva Baltasar inicia con "Permafrost" un tríptico de protagonistas femeninas que quiere explorar distintas etapas en la vida de las mujeres.]]> 144 Eva Baltasar 8439735146 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.81 2018 Permafrost
author: Eva Baltasar
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> The Seven Year Slip 62926938 An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.]]> 336 Ashley Poston � poppy � 0 to-read 4.17 2023 The Seven Year Slip
author: Ashley Poston
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.17
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]]> Remarkably Bright Creatures 58733693 Remarkably Bright Creatures, an exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.

Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.]]> 368 Shelby Van Pelt 0063204150 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.35 2022 Remarkably Bright Creatures
author: Shelby Van Pelt
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> El desierto 1795944 480 Carlos Franz 9500726203 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.74 2005 El desierto
author: Carlos Franz
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average rating: 3.74
book published: 2005
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]]> Master of Salt & Bones 50702585
Funny how things changed over time. How the fairy tale twisted into something far more crooked, darker than I ever imagined.

In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

Lucian Blackthorne is as cursed as I am, and equally shunned by the locals, the fishers of men, who believe him to be the devil in the flesh.

Perhaps he is, with the way his amber eyes draw me in, ignite me like an infernal blaze. And the sins he whispers in my ear are as wickedly intoxicating as the man himself.

Yet, his touch is heaven and his will is my weakness.

He calls us forbidden, an unsalvageable tragedy, with no happy end. Maybe we are. But in this story, he’s the one who needs saving.]]> 552 Keri Lake � poppy � 0 to-read 3.92 2020 Master of Salt & Bones
author: Keri Lake
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China]]> 142661838 0 Julia Lovell � poppy � 0 to-read 4.25 2011 The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
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]]> <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]> 17125 The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury

This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available, and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.]]> 182 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn � poppy � 0 to-read 3.98 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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average rating: 3.98
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]]> The Wolf and the Woodsman 48915408
But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he’s no ordinary Woodsman—he’s the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it’s like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother.

As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they’re on, and what they’re willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.

In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut� inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.]]> 448 Ava Reid 1529100739 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.51 2021 The Wolf and the Woodsman
author: Ava Reid
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average rating: 3.51
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]]> Un verdor terrible 55756916
Las narraciones incluidas en este libro singular y fascinante tienen un hilo conductor que las entrelaza: la ciencia, con sus búsquedas, tentativas, experimentos e hipótesis, y los cambios que –para bien y para mal� introduce en el mundo y en nuestra visión de él.

Por estas páginas circulan descubrimientos reales que forman una larga cadena perturbadora: el primer pigmento sintético moderno, el azul de Prusia, creado en el siglo XVIII gracias a un alquimista que buscaba el Elixir de la Vida mediante crueles experimentos con animales vivos, se convierte en el origen del cianuro de hidrógeno, gas mortal que el químico judío alemán Fritz Haber, padre de la guerra química, empleó para elaborar el pesticida Zyklon, sin saber que los nazis acabarían utilizándolo en los campos de exterminio para asesinar a miembros de su propia familia. También asistimos a las exploraciones matemáticas de Alexander Grothendieck, que le llevaron al delirio místico, el aislamiento social y la locura; a la carta enviada a Einstein por un amigo moribundo desde las trincheras de la Primera Guerra Mundial, con la solución de las ecuaciones de la relatividad y el primer augurio de los agujeros negros; y a la lucha entre los dos fundadores de la mecánica cuántica –Erwin Schrödinger y Werner Heisenberg� que generó el principio de incertidumbre y la famosa respuesta que Einstein le gritó a Niels Bohr: «¡Dios no juega a los dados con el universo!»

La literatura explora la ciencia, la ciencia se convierte en literatura. Benjamín Labatut ha escrito un libro inclasiï¬cable y poderosamente seductor, que habla de descubrimientos fruto del azar, teorías que bordean la locura, búsquedas alquímicas del conocimiento y la exploración de los límites de lo desconocido.]]> 213 Benjamín Labatut âœ� poppy âœ� 0 to-read 4.21 2020 Un verdor terrible
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) 40338438
But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch's precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced to flee. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch. They travel to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret.

Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme re-ligion, Langdon and Vidal must evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain's Royal Palace. They uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch's shocking discovery...and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us.]]> 696 Dan Brown 0525563709 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.96 Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
author: Dan Brown
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]]> Bunny (Bunny, #1) 50389112 We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny.

Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort � a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny'.

But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole.

Blending sharp satire with fairytale horror, Bunny is a spellbinding trip of a novel from one of fiction's most original new voices.]]> 375 Mona Awad 1788545443 � poppy � 0 currently-reading 3.57 2019 Bunny (Bunny, #1)
author: Mona Awad
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)]]> 75302266 Angharad—Emrys Myrddin’s epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him—is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin’s family announces a contest to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy feels certain it’s her destiny.

But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task, and its residents are far from welcoming. Including Preston Héloury, a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth may bring them both to ruin.]]> 378 Ava Reid 0063211505 � poppy � 4 The House in the Cerulean Sea but with stranger things lighting vibes (without the monsters obviously) ]]> 3.73 2023 A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
author: Ava Reid
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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Read this on the train and really enjoyed it, idk why i imagine the bottom hundred and the house as if it were on the cliff of The House in the Cerulean Sea but with stranger things lighting vibes (without the monsters obviously)
]]> Cleopatra and Frankenstein 57693262 For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.

Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.]]> 368 Coco Mellors 1635576814 � poppy � 1
I love reading unlikeable characters if done right, this book sadly didn’t follow those parameters.]]> 3.70 2022 Cleopatra and Frankenstein
author: Coco Mellors
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 1
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The only pretty thing about this book is the cover.

I love reading unlikeable characters if done right, this book sadly didn’t follow those parameters.
]]> <![CDATA[Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)]]> 25499718
WHO WILL INHERIT THIS NEW EARTH?

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age—a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?]]> 608 Adrian Tchaikovsky 1447273281 � poppy � 4 The spiders slayed &gt;&gt; 4.29 2015 Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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The spiders slayed >>
]]> Como agua para chocolate 73716 248 Laura Esquivel 0385721234 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.99 1989 Como agua para chocolate
author: Laura Esquivel
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1989
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]]> The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 57100060
Tarinoissa uhrataan pahoille pyhimyksille, kiihotutaan sydänten sykkeestä, palvotaan rokkareita (kirjaimellisesti!), puhutaan sotilasjuntan murhaamille spiritismilaudan avulla. Buenos Airesin katujen svengi yhdistyy pohjoisargentiinalaiseen mustaan magiaan ja maan väkivaltaiseen poliittiseen historiaan, poppiin, hulluuteen ja verentahrimaan glitteriin.]]> 187 Mariana Enríquez 178378671X � poppy � 0 to-read 3.69 2009 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
author: Mariana Enríquez
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2009
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]]> <![CDATA[As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow]]> 57390604
Now Salama volunteers at a hospital in Homs, helping the wounded who flood through the doors daily. Secretly, though, she is desperate to find a way out of her beloved country before her sister-in-law, Layla, gives birth. So desperate, that she has manifested a physical embodiment of her fear in the form of her imagined companion, Khawf, who haunts her every move in an effort to keep her safe.

But even with Khawf pressing her to leave, Salama is torn between her loyalty to her country and her conviction to survive. Salama must contend with bullets and bombs, military assaults, and her shifting sense of morality before she might finally breathe free. And when she crosses paths with the boy she was supposed to meet one fateful day, she starts to doubt her resolve in leaving home at all.

Soon, Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are—not a war, but a revolution—and decide how she, too, will cry for Syria’s freedom.]]> 417 Zoulfa Katouh 0316351377 � poppy � 5 1st-shelf-tbr-2023 5 stars 4.48 2022 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
author: Zoulfa Katouh
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/19
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5 stars
]]> Funny Feelings 123395266
When falling in love is the punchline�

Farley Jones is a loud, chaotic, and hilariously clever standup comedian on the way to stardom. The only thing she loves more than the rush of telling jokes in front of a revved-up audience is her hot older manager Meyer, though he doesn’t have a clue. Keeping her feelings hidden from him is agony (a tragedy, even―in lieu of flowers, please send cash...) but Meyer has been Farley’s closest and most treasured friend, not to mention vital to the trajectory of her career. She can’t risk ruining their relationship by telling him how she truly feels. After all, who else would have the patience to put up with a hot mess like her?

A former standup star himself, single father Meyer Harrigan left the stage years ago in order to focus on raising his deaf daughter Hazel. Farley has been everything to them since she came into their lives three years ago, and despite his grumpiness, his protectiveness over Hazel, and his disdain for public attention, Meyer will do anything to make her standup dreams come true.

When the biggest opportunity of Farley’s career comes along and forces the pair to fake-date in order to stir up publicity, it doesn't take long for their act to bring all those other funny feelings out into the open. Like most matters of the heart, it quickly begins to feel like anything but a joke.

Touching on the creative spirit and all that comes with sharing that gift, Tarah DeWitt's Funny Feelings is a swoony story about friendship, love, and looking for the laugh in life.]]> 320 Tarah DeWitt 1250329361 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.66 2022 Funny Feelings
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average rating: 3.66
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]]> <![CDATA[Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)]]> 59050133
The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.

Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.]]> 702 H.D. Carlton � poppy � 1 4.05 2022 Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
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average rating: 4.05
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rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)]]> 58763686
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.


The Shadow

I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.]]> 583 H.D. Carlton � poppy � 1 need-to-bleach-my-eye-asap
Awful.

]]> 3.95 2021 Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
author: H.D. Carlton
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2021
rating: 1
read at: 2022/04/30
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please check out TW before reading this.

Awful.


]]> <![CDATA[How to Change Your Mind The New Science of Psychedelics Paperback 30 May 2019]]> 168392055 Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness

When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief to addicts and the mentally ill. But in the 1960s, with the vicious backlash against the counter-culture, all further research was banned. In recent years, however, work has quietly begun again on the amazing potential of LSD, psilocybin and DMT. Could these drugs in fact improve the lives of many people? Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig, Michael Pollan has written a remarkable history of psychedelics and a compelling portrait of the new generation of scientists fascinated by the implications of these drugs. How to Change Your Mind is a report from what could very well be the future of human consciousness.]]> 0 Michael Pollan � poppy � 0 to-read 4.18 2018 How to Change Your Mind The New Science of Psychedelics Paperback 30 May 2019
author: Michael Pollan
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.18
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]]> Earthlings 50269327
Now Natsuki is grown. She lives a quiet life with her asexual husband, surviving as best she can by pretending to be normal. But the demands of Natsuki's family are increasing, her friends wonder why she's still not pregnant, and dark shadows from Natsuki's childhood are pursuing her. Fleeing the suburbs for the mountains of her childhood, Natsuki prepares herself with a reunion with Yuu. Will he still remember their promise? And will he help her keep it?]]> 247 Sayaka Murata 1783785675 � poppy � 3
Insanely disturbing. It dealt with so many important but triggering issues in a very peculiar way.

Its you aren’t used to books that are a big “WTF� every single page and that are like gory descriptive and very ???? Then you will probably be traumatised by this.]]> 3.59 2018 Earthlings
author: Sayaka Murata
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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Im nauseous snd baffled

Insanely disturbing. It dealt with so many important but triggering issues in a very peculiar way.

Its you aren’t used to books that are a big “WTF� every single page and that are like gory descriptive and very ???? Then you will probably be traumatised by this.
]]> <![CDATA[Bone Crier's Moon (Bone Grace, #1)]]> 46249012 From #1  New York Times  bestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology flush with doomed romance and macabre magic, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi.

Bone Criers are the last descendants of an ancient famille charged with using the magic they draw from animal bones to shepherd the dead into the afterlife—lest they drain the light from the living.


Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become their matriarch, but first she must complete her rite of passage: to kill the boy she’s destined to love.

Bastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. Now his vengeance must wait, as Ailesse’s ritual has begun and their fates are entwined—in life and in death.]]> 480 Kathryn Purdie 0062798774 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.63 2020 Bone Crier's Moon (Bone Grace, #1)
author: Kathryn Purdie
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.63
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]]> <![CDATA[Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?]]> 53967929

With unparalleled insight and wit, Nochlin questioned the acceptance of a white male viewpoint in art history. And future freedom, as she saw it, requires women to leap into the unknown and risk demolishing the art world’s institutions in order to rebuild them anew.


In this stand-alone anniversary edition, Nochlin’s essay is published alongside its reappraisal, “Thirty Years After.â€� Written in an era of thriving feminist theory, as well as queer theory, race, and postcolonial studies, “Thirty Years Afterâ€� is a striking reflection on the emergence of a whole new canon. With reference to Joan Mitchell, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and many more, Nochlin diagnoses the state of women and art with unmatched precision and verve. “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?â€� has become a slogan and rallying cry that resonates across culture and society. In the 2020s, Nochlin’s message could not be more urgent: as she put it in 2015, “There is still a long way to go.â€]]> 112 Linda Nochlin 0500023840 âœ� poppy âœ� 0 currently-reading 4.28 1971 Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> Betting on You 60197314
Now, Bailey and Charlie are still polar opposites, but instead of everything about him rubbing Bailey the wrong way, she starts to look forward to hanging out and gossiping about the waterpark guests and their coworkers—particularly two who keep flirting with each other. Bailey and Charlie make a bet on whether or not the cozy pair will actually get together. Charlie insists that members of the opposite sex can’t just be friends, and Bailey is determined to prove him wrong.

Bailey and Charlie keep close track of the romantic progress of others while Charlie works to deflect the growing feelings he’s developed for Bailey. Terrified to lose her if his crush becomes known, what doesn’t help his agenda is Bailey and Charlie “fake dating� in order to disrupt the annoying pleasantries between Bailey’s mom and her mom’s new boyfriend. Soon, what Charlie was hoping to avoid becomes a reality as Bailey starts to see him as not only a friend she can rely on in the midst of family drama—but someone who makes her hands shake and heart race. But Charlie has a secret—a secret that involves Bailey and another bet Charlie may have made. Can the two make a real go of things…or has Charlie’s secret doomed them before they could start?]]> 432 Lynn Painter 1665921234 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.13 2023 Betting on You
author: Lynn Painter
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
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]]> <![CDATA[The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries]]> 61261531
Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a surreal place the Universe can be. In this light-hearted book she delves into some of the more arcane facts that her work has revealed, and tells us how we have actually managed to discover these amazing truths.



Did you know: the galaxy is flatter than a sheet of paper; supermassive black holes can sing a super-low B flat; it rains iron on a brown dwarf, and diamonds on Neptune; you could grow turnips on Mars if its soil weren't full of rocket fuel; the Universe is beige, on average; Jupiter's magnetic field will short-circuit your spacecraft - and, of course, the Milky Way smells of rum and raspberries.]]> Jillian Scudder � poppy � 0 science, to-read 3.94 The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> The Do-Over 51035594 In this riotous young adult romp for fans of Recommended for You and A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, a teen girl has the worst Valentine’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again.

After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another nightmare V-Day.

Emilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day. In addition to Josh’s recurring infidelity, Emilie can’t get away from the enigmatic Nick, who she keeps running into—sometimes literally—in unfortunate ways.

How many days can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs?]]> 304 Lynn Painter � poppy � 0 to-read 3.93 2022 The Do-Over
author: Lynn Painter
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> Death's Obsession 128123545 He’s coming for you.

Death is meant to come on a chariot of broken dreams or in the dark trenches of a storm, not in love letters and gifts.

He did not take my soul when I was meant to die. He did not want it all the other times that I’ve offered it to him on a silver platter. Yet, time and time again, he reminds me that I am his: His night monster, his dark love, his perfect other.

Death was the only thing keeping me alive. He watches me from his corner, taunts me with sweet messages, marks my body with his touch as I sleep.

He took the people that I love away from me. Still, no one believed me when I said that I saw the faceless man on the night of the accident.

No one can escape death.

Me? I’m chasing it.]]> 178 Avina St. Graves � poppy � 3
This was peculiar but good-ish nonetheless.

I think the main thing that lowered my rating was the mixed messages throughout the book, like most of the things death says and well as his intentions don’t make sense. And i mean i get that the point is that death is this entity and whatnot but it felt a little messy at times.

The book did have beautiful writing most of the time as well as some enchanting quotes, it just those inconsistencies that away from it a little.

The overall premise and characterisation of death was great and so interesting. The whole mood of the book was so intriguing and i loved the idea of it.

And i wouldn’t be against having death as my boyfriend or sugar daddy.
I mean the man maintains her house, fixes everything, gives her personalised presents, stocks her pantry, cooks her meals, tells her she is beautiful and pretty every chance he gets, is hot asf, sends her cute notes and messages, takes care of her (in lots of ways if you know what i mean) what more could someone ask for�.

yeah he stalks her and made everyone think she is crazy and delusional but idk sounds like a good deal to me]]> 3.38 2023 Death's Obsession
author: Avina St. Graves
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/09
date added: 2023/12/30
shelves: bizarre-in-a-good-way, gothic-fiction, hot-serial-killers-or-psychos
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3 �

This was peculiar but good-ish nonetheless.

I think the main thing that lowered my rating was the mixed messages throughout the book, like most of the things death says and well as his intentions don’t make sense. And i mean i get that the point is that death is this entity and whatnot but it felt a little messy at times.

The book did have beautiful writing most of the time as well as some enchanting quotes, it just those inconsistencies that away from it a little.

The overall premise and characterisation of death was great and so interesting. The whole mood of the book was so intriguing and i loved the idea of it.

And i wouldn’t be against having death as my boyfriend or sugar daddy.
I mean the man maintains her house, fixes everything, gives her personalised presents, stocks her pantry, cooks her meals, tells her she is beautiful and pretty every chance he gets, is hot asf, sends her cute notes and messages, takes care of her (in lots of ways if you know what i mean) what more could someone ask for�.

yeah he stalks her and made everyone think she is crazy and delusional but idk sounds like a good deal to me
]]> <![CDATA[Ibu Tercinta - Please Look After Mom]]> 51615857
Perempuan yang hilang itu tak kunjung ditemukan, dan keluarga yang kehilangan ibu/istri/ipar itu mesti mengatasi trauma akibat kejadian tersebut. Satu per satu mereka teringat hal-hal di masa lampau yang kini membuat mereka tersadar betapa pentingnya peran sang ibu bagi mereka; dan betapa sedikitnya mereka mengenal sosok sang ibu selama ini—perasaan-perasaannya, harapan-harapannya, dan mimpi-mimpinya.]]> 296 Kyung-Sook Shin 6020315401 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.95 2008 Ibu Tercinta - Please Look After Mom
author: Kyung-Sook Shin
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)]]> 40969531
Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. Beneath her worn scarf and thick glasses, the young girl hides the ability to read and communicate with the souls of objects, and the power to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence on the Ark of Anima is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancée to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Why has she been chosen? Why must she hide her true identity? Though she doesn’t know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.]]> 446 Christelle Dabos 1787701425 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.90 2013 A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor, #1)
author: Christelle Dabos
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Tempting the Neighbor (Mount Macon #2)]]> 66652820 This entire thing started because of a faulty tree.

Becoming a homeowner is not all it's cracked up to be, let me tell you that right now. Especially in the dead of winter, when apparently trees can just fall in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

Did my next-door neighbor help me remove said tree? No, he did not�

So, really…he left me no choice.

I broke into his house.

While I only intended to steal a little warmth and maybe a cup of coffee, I fell victim to his jacuzzi tub.

But he returned early and that’s really when things went south.

Instead of a cold glare or icy reply, all of which I fully expected from my disagreeable neighbor.

Colson Hanes offered to make me breakfast.

Then he asked me to stay…]]> 304 Ashley Munoz 173379199X � poppy � 1
Bad, the writing was alright (i cant say much about the spice scenes as I skipped them bc i hated the ml too much to see him have fun and be happy)

Everyone in this book was the absolute worst to Nora (the fl) EVEN HERSELF. Honestly every single chapter was worse and worse. The ending fix some small things up but too many plot whole to be considered good, also too inconsistent, you’re telling me all these characters have acted a certain was all throughout the book and somehow change attitudes towards the end? I don’t buy it.

It made me sad to read about such a weak fl, and I don’t mean in the way most of the book presented her as (and was the main “plot point) like that she couldn’t take care of herself and she was useless, no i don’t mean it like that because thats just life and you learn by experience and her past forced her to be that way, i meant it in a emotional way.

Girly folded immediately for this man that treated her like trash, not even i treat the mosquitoes in my room that badly.

You can’t convince me this man doesn’t hate her and only lusts because bro was so mean and fickle.

He made fun of her for not knowing things and relying on other while forcing her to receive his help after following her around then giving her the cold shoulder then forcing her to receive more help, acting out romantically or doing something relationship-y with her and the kicking her out or giving her the cold shoulder again.

And repeat.

This was him the entire book, and this doesn’t even include him doing most things with and ulterior motive and lying/hiding stuff from her for MONTHS.

Also i wrote in my review for the first book (the one for her bestie) that i hoped the best friend would be good for her like the fl was for her in her book. Well NO

The best friend was à horrible friend, i wont go into detail but it frustrated me so much, the fl definitely didn’t have anyone on her side because those type of friends will always prioritise their boyfriends and somehow their boyfriends.

So if its not clear yet, i hated this. I felt bad for the fl and the stepsister of the ml but for the fl, she accepted most of the mistreatment with open arms, i get its her being used to it and trauma but this is fiction and it would’ve been nice to see the author making her visit a therapist or for her to actually work on herself (not those empty filler scenes they told us she did do so) and be away from these awful people.]]> 3.87 Tempting the Neighbor (Mount Macon #2)
author: Ashley Munoz
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.87
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2022/09/21
date added: 2023/12/25
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0.25 �

Bad, the writing was alright (i cant say much about the spice scenes as I skipped them bc i hated the ml too much to see him have fun and be happy)

Everyone in this book was the absolute worst to Nora (the fl) EVEN HERSELF. Honestly every single chapter was worse and worse. The ending fix some small things up but too many plot whole to be considered good, also too inconsistent, you’re telling me all these characters have acted a certain was all throughout the book and somehow change attitudes towards the end? I don’t buy it.

It made me sad to read about such a weak fl, and I don’t mean in the way most of the book presented her as (and was the main “plot point) like that she couldn’t take care of herself and she was useless, no i don’t mean it like that because thats just life and you learn by experience and her past forced her to be that way, i meant it in a emotional way.

Girly folded immediately for this man that treated her like trash, not even i treat the mosquitoes in my room that badly.

You can’t convince me this man doesn’t hate her and only lusts because bro was so mean and fickle.

He made fun of her for not knowing things and relying on other while forcing her to receive his help after following her around then giving her the cold shoulder then forcing her to receive more help, acting out romantically or doing something relationship-y with her and the kicking her out or giving her the cold shoulder again.

And repeat.

This was him the entire book, and this doesn’t even include him doing most things with and ulterior motive and lying/hiding stuff from her for MONTHS.

Also i wrote in my review for the first book (the one for her bestie) that i hoped the best friend would be good for her like the fl was for her in her book. Well NO

The best friend was à horrible friend, i wont go into detail but it frustrated me so much, the fl definitely didn’t have anyone on her side because those type of friends will always prioritise their boyfriends and somehow their boyfriends.

So if its not clear yet, i hated this. I felt bad for the fl and the stepsister of the ml but for the fl, she accepted most of the mistreatment with open arms, i get its her being used to it and trauma but this is fiction and it would’ve been nice to see the author making her visit a therapist or for her to actually work on herself (not those empty filler scenes they told us she did do so) and be away from these awful people.
]]> <![CDATA[The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)]]> 18798983 One Life to One Dawn.

In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new bride only to have a silk cord wrapped around her throat come morning. When sixteen-year-old Shahrzad's dearest friend falls victim to Khalid, Shahrzad vows vengeance and volunteers to be his next bride. Shahrzad is determined not only to stay alive, but to end the caliph's reign of terror once and for all.

Night after night, Shahrzad beguiles Khalid, weaving stories that enchant, ensuring her survival, though she knows each dawn could be her last. But something she never expected begins to happen: Khalid is nothing like what she'd imagined him to be. This monster is a boy with a tormented heart. Incredibly, Shahrzad finds herself falling in love. How is this possible? It's an unforgivable betrayal. Still, Shahrzad has come to understand all is not as it seems in this palace of marble and stone. She resolves to uncover whatever secrets lurk and, despite her love, be ready to take Khalid's life as retribution for the many lives he's stolen. Can their love survive this world of stories and secrets?]]> 416 Renée Ahdieh 0399171614 � poppy � 4 4.05 2015 The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
author: Renée Ahdieh
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/19
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]]> For the Wolf (Wilderwood, #1) 53418394 The first daughter is for the Throne.
The second daughter is for the Wolf.

As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose—to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he'll return the world's captured gods.

Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again.

But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood—and her world—whole.

The author has provided a list of content warnings here.]]> 437 Hannah F. Whitten 0316592781 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.58 2021 For the Wolf (Wilderwood, #1)
author: Hannah F. Whitten
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)]]> 54373691 In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...

From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.

Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:

The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift...

This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?]]> 192 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 1529050863 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.98 2017 Tales from the Café (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2)
author: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Caught Up (Windy City, #3) 88151671
I’m a single dad and starting pitcher for Chicago’s MLB team.
I’m stretched too thin, but I don’t want help raising my son.

Each of his previous nannies only lasted a few weeks before I let them go.
Now, my coach is putting his foot down by hiring the one person I can’t fire—his daughter.

Miller Montgomery is the last woman I should fall for. Too wild, too young, and too unattached.

Chicago is just a quick stop for her. I thought I’d be counting down the days until she left, but summer feels too short when I start thinking about forever.


Miller

As a high-end pastry chef who recently won the most prestigious award in my industry, I’m desperate to prove I deserve it. But with a new title comes new pressure, and I can’t create a fresh and inspiring dessert to save my life.

With only two months to get back on track, I should be focusing in the kitchen, but instead, I let my dad talk me into using my time off to nanny for his star player’s kid.

Kai Rhodes forgot how to have fun, and I’m eager to jog his memory. But when he and his son start to feel like home, I have to remind us both that my time in Chicago ends with the summer.

Besides, I’ve always been a runner, and the last thing I want is to get caught.]]> 393 Liz Tomforde � poppy � 3
I am so sad I didn’t love this as much as i thought i would considering I’m obsessed (or was) with Kai. In the last book he was my fav but in his own book idk�.

I will try (but will probably forget) to review this book properly another day :)]]> 4.41 2023 Caught Up (Windy City, #3)
author: Liz Tomforde
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/12
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3.333333 �

I am so sad I didn’t love this as much as i thought i would considering I’m obsessed (or was) with Kai. In the last book he was my fav but in his own book idk�.

I will try (but will probably forget) to review this book properly another day :)
]]> <![CDATA[Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)]]> 57917042 Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, the university will allow her to enroll. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books � she’ll need bodies to study, corpses to dissect.

Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living, then.

But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets. Hazel and Jack work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.

A gothic tale full of mystery and romance about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.]]> 338 Dana Schwartz � poppy � 0 3.81 2022 Anatomy: A Love Story (The Anatomy Duology, #1)
author: Dana Schwartz
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1)]]> 75396525
There are no whispered words here. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for.

But that doesn’t mean secrets don’t threaten to tear the school in two. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend.

Because for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen: thirteen promising students destined to change the world.

If the ghosts of Hollow’s Groves� victims don’t kill them first...

The Coven is book one in the Coven of Bones series and ends on a cliffhanger. This is a gothic, dark-academia, paranormal romance and includes elements that may be triggering to some listeners.]]> 298 Harper L. Woods � poppy � 0 kindle-unlimited, to-read 3.73 2023 The Coven (Coven of Bones, #1)
author: Harper L. Woods
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Camera Chemistry (Love Through a Lens, #1)]]> 83823487
There’s an undeniable heat between us, and electric energy surges through my veins whenever he touches me. When he invites me back to his place for a one-night stand after we finish the shoot, I don’t even hesitate.

He’s attentive, funny, sweet and kind. And his mouth is downright filthy, hearing my fantasies and delivering on every one. It’s only twenty-four hours, no strings attached. That’s it. Except there’s one tiny problem; he makes me feel more alive than I have in my entire life.

I can’t stop thinking about him, and I’m wondering if he’s thinking about me, too. I try to tell myself it’s just camera chemistry. Adrenaline from a fun photography session, not actual attraction. There’s no way men like this exist in real life, is there? If so, Aiden Wood is the blueprint, and I’m the sucker who’s desperate for more of him. One night wasn’t enough.]]> 197 Chelsea Curto � poppy � 0 to-read 3.53 2023 Camera Chemistry (Love Through a Lens, #1)
author: Chelsea Curto
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mine to Take (Southern Weddings #5)]]> 61851486
Things are supposed to go smoothly on your wedding day.
Aren't they?

Sofia Barnes
I’ve always loved to play dress-up.
Creating fake weddings was my childhood pastime.
Now it is my dream come true.

I’ve finally been handed my first client.
But nothing could prepare me for who greeted me when I walked in.

He was my first kiss, my first everything, including my first and only heartbreak.
Now I have to plan his wedding.

Matthew Petrov
My family is filled with hockey royalty.
From my grandfather to my uncle to my father.
Now it is my turn to work my way up the leaderboard.
I had everything that I’ve ever wanted in my life.
Or so I thought.
Nothing could prepare me for coming face-to-face with Sofia.
I knew her inside and out.
She knew my inner secrets.
Two years ago, I let her go, and now she’s planning my wedding to someone else.
They say time heals old wounds. They lied.
Maybe she was just mine to take.]]> 295 Natasha Madison � poppy � 0 to-read 4.14 2023 Mine to Take (Southern Weddings #5)
author: Natasha Madison
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> How to Kill Your Family 50224049
When I think about what I actually did, I feel somewhat sad that nobody will ever know about the complex operation that I undertook. Getting away with it is highly preferable, of course, but perhaps when I’m long gone, someone will open an old safe and find this confession. The public would reel. After all, almost nobody else in the world can possibly understand how someone, by the tender age of 28, can have calmly killed six members of her family. And then happily got on with the rest of her life, never to regret a thing.

When Grace Bernard discovers her absentee millionaire father has rejected her dying mother’s pleas for help, she vows revenge, and sets about to kill every member of his family. Readers have a front row seat as Grace picks off the family one by one � and the result is as and gruesome as it is entertaining in this wickedly dark romp about class, family, love� and murder.

But then Grace is imprisoned for a murder she didn’t commit.

Outrageously funny, compulsive and subversive, perfect for fans of Killing Eve and My Sister, the Serial Killer.]]> 355 Bella Mackie � poppy � 0 to-read 3.49 2021 How to Kill Your Family
author: Bella Mackie
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.49
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]]> Business or Pleasure 62710608
Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Her next project is ghostwriting a memoir for Finn Walsh, a C-list actor best known for playing a lovable nerd on a cult classic werewolf show who now makes a living appearing at fan conventions across the country. But Chandler knows him better from their one-night stand of hilarious mishaps.

Chandler’s determined to keep their partnership as professional as possible, but when she admits to Finn their night together wasn’t as mind-blowing as he thought it was, he’s distraught. He intrigues her enough that they strike a deal: when they’re not working on his book, Chandler will school Finn in the art of satisfaction. As they grow closer both in and out of the bedroom, they must figure out which is more important, business or pleasure—or if there's a way for them to have both.]]> 352 Rachel Lynn Solomon 0593548531 � poppy � 0 famous-stardom, to-read 3.72 2023 Business or Pleasure
author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[My Roommate Is a Vampire (My Vampires, #1)]]> 60041932 True love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy.

Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price.

Of course, her new roommate Frederick J. Fitzwilliam is far from normal. He sleeps all day, is out at night on business, and talks like he walked out of a regency romance novel. He also leaves Cassie heart-melting notes around the apartment, cares about her art, and asks about her day. And he doesn’t look half bad shirtless, on the rare occasions they’re both home and awake. But when Cassie finds bags of blood in the fridge that definitely weren’t there earlier, Frederick has to come clean...

Cassie’s sexy new roommate is a vampire. And he has a proposition for her.]]> 341 Jenna Levine 0593548914 � poppy � 4 cinnamon-roll-mc
Frederick makes this book so good, if it weren’t for this gem of a character I might’ve even gave this book a 3 � but the character was so fun to read i though a 4.25 was slay. Also i had forgotten about this and i just now finished it even tho i started it in October……]]> 3.46 2023 My Roommate Is a Vampire (My Vampires, #1)
author: Jenna Levine
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/25
date added: 2023/12/25
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4.25 �

Frederick makes this book so good, if it weren’t for this gem of a character I might’ve even gave this book a 3 � but the character was so fun to read i though a 4.25 was slay. Also i had forgotten about this and i just now finished it even tho i started it in October…�
]]> El amor 123453431 116 Simone Weil � poppy � 5 &lt;3 Simone weil 3.74 El amor
author: Simone Weil
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average rating: 3.74
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<3 Simone weil
]]> Gravity and Grace 730139 Gravity and Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon, the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death, compiled in one remarkable volume a compendium of her writings that have become a source of spiritual guidance and wisdom for countless individuals. On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition - by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1952 - this Routledge Classics edition offers English readers the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever, by incorporating a specially commissioned translation of the controversial chapter on Israel. Also previously untranslated is Gustave Thibon's postscript of 1990, which reminds us how privileged we are to be able to read a work which offers each reader such 'light for the spirit and nourishment for the soul'. This is a book that no one with a serious interest in the spiritual life can afford to be without.]]> 224 Simone Weil 0415290015 � poppy � 4 4.32 1947 Gravity and Grace
author: Simone Weil
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1947
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Escritos políticos libertários]]> 126030622 290 Simone Weil 8412559037 � poppy � 5 4.17 Escritos políticos libertários
author: Simone Weil
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Best Kind of Forever (Riverside Reapers, #1)]]> 156714652
Hayes Hollings� checkered past refuses to stay very far behind him, and his mistakes are even more catastrophic when they’re broadcasted to the whole world. Being a disgraced NHL player isn’t good for his love life or his reputation. Determined to get into the public’s good graces, Hayes constructs a devious plan to rebrand his image as a doting boyfriend.

Aeris has grown to accept that she’s not destined for what love has to offer, but when Hayes rewrites her fate, she’s thrown into an internal battle that has her stretched between giving love a shot or keeping her distance from the Riverside Reapers� biggest playboy. Hayes might seem like the perfect guy to help Aeris learn how to love again, but little does she know that he’s harboring a secret big enough to ruin her completely.

Will love prevail between two polar opposites, or will fatal lies break these two apart?

The Best Kind of Forever is a hilarious hockey romance featuring a swoon-worthy, reformed playboy, a fake dating scheme, spice hot enough to make you question your religious values, and a newfound chance at love between two polar opposites. It’s the first book in a series, but can be read as a standalone.

The Best Kind of Forever is a hockey romance, he falls first and harder, opposites attract, midsize heroine sports romance with no cheating and a satisfying happily ever after.]]> 308 Celeste Briars � poppy � 0 to-read 3.07 2023 The Best Kind of Forever (Riverside Reapers, #1)
author: Celeste Briars
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.07
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]]> Chilean Poet 58492105 A writer of “startling talent� (The New York Times Book Review), Alejandro Zambra returns with his most substantial work yet: a story of fathers and sons, ambition and failure, and what it means to make a family

After a chance encounter at a Santiago nightclub, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his first love, Carla. Though their desire for each other is still intact, much has changed: among other things, Carla now has a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family—a stepfamily, though no such word exists in their language.

Eventually, their ambitions pull the lovers in different directions—in Gonzalo’s case, all the way to New York. Though Gonzalo takes his books when he goes, still, Vicente inherits his ex-stepfather’s love of poetry. When, at eighteen, Vicente meets Pru, an American journalist literally and figuratively lost in Santiago, he encourages her to write about Chilean poets—not the famous, dead kind, your Nerudas or Mistrals or Bolaños, but rather the living, striving, everyday ones. Pru’s research leads her into this eccentric community—another kind of family, dysfunctional but ultimately loving. Will it also lead Vicente and Gonzalo back to each other?

In Chilean Poet, Alejandro Zambra chronicles with enormous tenderness and insight the small moments—sexy, absurd, painful, sweet, profound—that make up our personal histories. Exploring how we choose our families and how we betray them, and what it means to be a man in relationships—a partner, father, stepfather, teacher, lover, writer, and friend—it is a bold and brilliant new work by one of the most important writers of our time.]]> 358 Alejandro Zambra 0593297946 � poppy � 0 dnf 4.07 2020 Chilean Poet
author: Alejandro Zambra
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)]]> 52706058 One of Japan's greatest classic murder mysteries, introducing their best loved detective, translated into English for the first time.

In the winter of 1937, the village of Okamura is abuzz with excitement over the forthcoming wedding of a son of the grand Ichiyanagi family. But amid the gossip over the approaching festivities, there is also a worrying rumour - it seems a sinister masked man has been asking questions around the village.

Then, on the night of the wedding, the Ichiyanagi household are woken by a terrible scream, followed by the sound of eerie music. Death has come to Okamura, leaving no trace but a bloody samurai sword, thrust into the pristine snow outside the house. Soon, amateur detective Kosuke Kindaichi is on the scene to investigate what will become a legendary murder case, but can this scruffy sleuth solve a seemingly impossible crime?]]> 189 Seishi Yokomizo 1782275002 � poppy � 3 3.25 � 3.63 1946 The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)
author: Seishi Yokomizo
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1946
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/21
date added: 2023/12/21
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3.25 �
]]> Heaven 56927764 From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying.

In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror?

Unflinching yet tender, sharply observed, intimate and multi-layered, this simple yet profound novel stands as yet another dazzling testament to Mieko Kawakami’s uncontainable talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors at work today.]]> 167 Mieko Kawakami 1509898247 � poppy � 0 3.74 2009 Heaven
author: Mieko Kawakami
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> Giovanni’s Room 38462 here.

Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself. After meeting and proposing to a young woman, he falls into a lengthy affair with an Italian bartender and is confounded and tortured by his sexual identity as he oscillates between the two.

Examining the mystery of love and passion in an intensely imagined narrative, Baldwin creates a moving and complex story of death and desire that is revelatory in its insight.]]> 159 James Baldwin � poppy � 5
Will review later.

But in short absolutely beautiful and devastating at the same time. Its a book full of shame, sorrow, regret and so much in just its short length. A must read for everyone.]]> 4.31 1956 Giovanni’s Room
author: James Baldwin
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1956
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/13
date added: 2023/12/15
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5 �

Will review later.

But in short absolutely beautiful and devastating at the same time. Its a book full of shame, sorrow, regret and so much in just its short length. A must read for everyone.
]]> The Only One Left 62703226 At seventeen, Lenora Hope
Hung her sister with a rope

Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope’s End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

Stabbed her father with a knife
Took her mother’s happy life

It’s now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer�I want to tell you everything.

“It wasn’t me,� Lenora said
But she’s the only one not dead

As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there’s more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor’s departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.]]> 383 Riley Sager 0593183223 � poppy � 4 This slayeddd

Honestly I devoured this book, the sort of beach cliff somewhat gothic were immaculate. I swear i could hear the waves crashing and just imagining the house on the cliff and its surroundings was so enjoyable.
I quite like the whole book, the characters (or at least most, some like Archie, and jessie felt a bit random or like they lacked details and a bit muddy at times), the premise, the environment, the description and ofc course the typewritten pages were all incredible.

This is my first riley sager book and im definitely gonna check out some of her other stories. And regardless of if I thought of this book mostly perfect because I haven’t read many mystery/thriller books these past 2 years and my unseasonedness makes me enjoy it more or if it was actually close to perfect, i still think its worth reading.

Its also very fast paced and easy to get into, so if you need a book like this to finish of the year well then I certainly recommend it.

I only decided to give this 4.25 instead of 5 is because the timeline, not so much of the past but that in the present it all just so happens to happen when the fl arrives, and that some of the twists were presented properly or foreshadowed enough. I feel like a good twist, predictable or not (like in this case) should still make some sense or idk have some slight minuscule indication beforehand.

But yeah, apart from that read it, enjoy it (hopefully) and as always have fun!

P.S. I haven’t written a review nor a book note in AGES so if this is more of less messy and like a thought dump journal page then i wish you special power to be able to read it and comprehend whatever i meant.
]]> 4.12 2023 The Only One Left
author: Riley Sager
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/15
date added: 2023/12/15
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4.25 â­ï¸
This slayeddd

Honestly I devoured this book, the sort of beach cliff somewhat gothic were immaculate. I swear i could hear the waves crashing and just imagining the house on the cliff and its surroundings was so enjoyable.
I quite like the whole book, the characters (or at least most, some like Archie, and jessie felt a bit random or like they lacked details and a bit muddy at times), the premise, the environment, the description and ofc course the typewritten pages were all incredible.

This is my first riley sager book and im definitely gonna check out some of her other stories. And regardless of if I thought of this book mostly perfect because I haven’t read many mystery/thriller books these past 2 years and my unseasonedness makes me enjoy it more or if it was actually close to perfect, i still think its worth reading.

Its also very fast paced and easy to get into, so if you need a book like this to finish of the year well then I certainly recommend it.

I only decided to give this 4.25 instead of 5 is because the timeline, not so much of the past but that in the present it all just so happens to happen when the fl arrives, and that some of the twists were presented properly or foreshadowed enough. I feel like a good twist, predictable or not (like in this case) should still make some sense or idk have some slight minuscule indication beforehand.

But yeah, apart from that read it, enjoy it (hopefully) and as always have fun!

P.S. I haven’t written a review nor a book note in AGES so if this is more of less messy and like a thought dump journal page then i wish you special power to be able to read it and comprehend whatever i meant.

]]> Untold Night and Day 45893865 A seductive, disorienting story about parallel lives, unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul's summer

For two years, 28-year-old Kim Ayami has worked at Seoul's only audio theatre for the blind. But Ayami has just been made redundant, and thinking about the future feels like staring into the unknown.

Open to anything, Ayami spends a night in the company of her former boss, searching for a mutual friend who has disappeared, and the following day looking after a visiting poet who turns out to be not what he seems. Walking the streets of the city with each man in turn, Ayami talks about art, love and the inaccessible country to the north. But in the sweltering heat of Seoul at the height of the summer, order gives way to chaos and the edges of reality start to fray, with Ayami becoming an unwitting guide to its increasingly tangled threads.

Seductive, disorienting and wholly original, Untold Night and Day asks whether more than one version of ourselves can exist at once � and shows why Bae Suah is considered one of the boldest and most original voices in Korean literature today.]]> 152 Bae Suah 1787331601 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.43 2013 Untold Night and Day
author: Bae Suah
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> The Beast in the Jungle 10400601 The Beast in the Jungle was first published in London by Henry James in 1903 by Methuen Publishing in the collection "The Better Sort".
It is the story of John Marcher, a man who, for as long as he can remember, has been obsessed by the feeling that some life-changing - even catastrophic - event lies in wait for him like a jungle animal. Then the tragic day arrives on which the terrible true nature of the beast is revealed.

Excerpt:
speech that startled him in the course of their encounter scarcely matters, being probably but some words spoken by himself quite without intention—spoken as they lingered and slowly moved together after their renewal of acquaintance. He had been conveyed by friends an hour or two before to the house at which she was staying; the party of visitors at the other house, of whom he was one, and thanks to whom it was his theory, as always, that he was lost in the crowd, had been invited over to luncheon. There had been after luncheon much dispersal, all in the interest of the original motive, a view of Weatherend itself and the fine things, intrinsic features, pictures, heirlooms, treasures of all the arts, that made the place almost famous; and the great rooms were so numerous that guests could wander at their will, hang back from the principal group and in cases where they took such matters with the last seriousness give themselves up to mysterious appreciations and measurements.]]> 112 Henry James 0141196009 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.49 1903 The Beast in the Jungle
author: Henry James
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.49
book published: 1903
rating: 0
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]]> Girl, Interrupted 68783
Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching documnet that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.]]> 169 Susanna Kaysen 0679746048 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.95 1993 Girl, Interrupted
author: Susanna Kaysen
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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]]> A Modern Detective 29415645 116 Edgar Allan Poe 0241252326 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.15 1842 A Modern Detective
author: Edgar Allan Poe
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.15
book published: 1842
rating: 0
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]]> Summer 49393336 A story of forbidden sexual passion and thwarted dreams set against the backdrop of a lush summer in rural Massachusetts

Seventeen-year-old Charity Royall is desperate to escape life with her hard-drinking adoptive father. Their isolated village stifles her, and his behaviour increasingly disturbs her. When a young city architect visits for the summer, it offers Charity the chance to break free. But as they embark on an intense affair, will it bring her another kind of trap? Regarded by Edith Wharton as among her best novels, Summer caused a sensation in 1917 with its honest depiction of a young woman overturning the rules of her day and attempting to live on her own terms.]]> 160 Edith Wharton 0241422248 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.62 1917 Summer
author: Edith Wharton
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1917
rating: 0
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]]> Freshwater 43268788
"[A] witchy, electrifying story of danger and compulsion . . . Freshwater recounts the ‘litany of madness� suffered by Ada in a serpentine prose that proceeds by oblique, hypnotizing movements before it sinks its fangs into you . . . As striking and mysterious as the ways of the gods who narrate it." � Wall Street Journal

Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction]]> 230 Akwaeke Emezi 0571345409 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.98 2018 Freshwater
author: Akwaeke Emezi
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> The Inseparables 58949787 The lost novel from the author of The Second Sex

When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age, but walks with the confidence of an adult. Secretly Sylvie believes that Andrée is a prodigy about whom books will be written. The girls talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But they can't stay like this forever.

Written in 1954, five years after The Second Sex, the novel was never published in Simone de Beauvoir's lifetime.]]> 148 Simone de Beauvoir 1784877182 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.16 2020 The Inseparables
author: Simone de Beauvoir
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> No Longer Human 11222940 Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide attempt as an adult. Without sentimentality, he records the casual cruelties of life and its fleeting moments of human connection and tenderness.

Semi-autobiographical, No Longer Human is the final completed work of Osamu Dazai. Still one of the ten bestselling books in Japan, No Longer Human is a powerful exploration of an individual's alienation from society.]]> 177 Osamu Dazai � poppy � 5 3.80 1948 No Longer Human
author: Osamu Dazai
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1948
rating: 5
read at: 2021/05/29
date added: 2023/12/07
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]]> The Forgery 59736712 120 Ave Barrera � poppy � 0 to-read 3.88 2013 The Forgery
author: Ave Barrera
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Kitchen 36053646 
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571342723.

Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film.

When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there for over a year and sold millions of copies. Banana Yoshimoto was hailed as a young writer of great talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of modern literature, and has been described as 'the voice of young Japan' by the Independent on Sunday.]]> 160 Banana Yoshimoto � poppy � 0 to-read 3.92 1988 Kitchen
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)]]> 55987278 How far would you go for happily ever after?

For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.

Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.

But after Evangeline’s first promised kiss, she learns that bargaining with an immortal is a dangerous game—and that the Prince of Hearts wants far more from her than she’d pledged. He has plans for Evangeline, plans that will either end in the greatest happily ever after or the most exquisite tragedy...]]> 408 Stephanie Garber 1250268397 � poppy � 4
will review properly later on :)]]> 4.06 2021 Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
author: Stephanie Garber
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/02
date added: 2023/12/04
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3.5 â­ï¸ rounded up.

will review properly later on :)
]]> <![CDATA[Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)]]> 123179008
For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmy� Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy’s got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend’s younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?]]> 356 Lyla Sage � poppy � 0 to-read 3.82 2023 Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
author: Lyla Sage
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease]]> 25663961 New York Times Bestseller

"This book may help those who are susceptible to illnesses that can be prevented."—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

"Absolutely the best book I've read on nutrition and diet" –Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones Solution

From the physician behind the wildly popular NutritionFacts website, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death.

The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives.

The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer.

History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in its tracks.

In addition to showing what to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death, How Not to Die includes Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen -a checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day. Full of practical, actionable advice and surprising, cutting edge nutritional science, these doctor's orders are just what we need to live longer, healthier lives.]]> 576 Michael Greger 1250066115 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.41 2015 How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
author: Michael Greger
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> The Problems of Philosophy 31799 116 Bertrand Russell 1421903679 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.92 1912 The Problems of Philosophy
author: Bertrand Russell
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 1912
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy]]> 1038873 312 Simon Blackburn 0192100246 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.74 1999 Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
author: Simon Blackburn
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding]]> 130119 96 David Hume 1420926993 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.93 1748 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
author: David Hume
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1748
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]]> Miracle Creek 40121959 Miracle Creek is a powerhouse debut about how far we'll go to protect our families, and our deepest secrets.

In rural Miracle Creek, Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine. A pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives,� it's also a repository of hopes and dreams: the dream of a mom that her child can be like other kids; the dream of a young doctor desperate to cure his infertility and save his marriage; the dream of the Yoos themselves, Korean immigrants who have come to the United States so their teenage daughter can have a better life.

When the oxygen chamber mysteriously explodes, killing two people, all these dreams shatter with it, and the ensuing murder trial uncovers imaginable secrets and lies. In Miracle Creek, Angie Kim takes a classic form—courtroom drama—and draws on her own experience as an immigrant, a lawyer, and the mother of a real-life "submarine" patient to turn it into something wholly original, unputdownable . . . real. This is a spellbinding novel by an exciting new voice.]]> 355 Angie Kim 0374156026 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.86 2019 Miracle Creek
author: Angie Kim
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ice Palace (Penguin Modern Classics)]]> 36200536 139 Tarjei Vesaas 0241321212 � poppy � 3 Even though its such a short book I really struggled with it. I think the mismatch from the poetic prose while the juvenile/ attempt to write in the pov of a child didn’t work well for me. Most dialogues or inner thoughts just stood out to me (not in a good way)

Beautiful writing but not properly delivered ]]> 3.78 1963 The Ice Palace (Penguin Modern Classics)
author: Tarjei Vesaas
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1963
rating: 3
read at: 2023/10/26
date added: 2023/10/26
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2.5 �
Even though its such a short book I really struggled with it. I think the mismatch from the poetic prose while the juvenile/ attempt to write in the pov of a child didn’t work well for me. Most dialogues or inner thoughts just stood out to me (not in a good way)

Beautiful writing but not properly delivered
]]> Yellowface 59357120
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.]]> 329 R.F. Kuang � poppy � 4 Will review properly soon 3.84 2023 Yellowface
author: R.F. Kuang
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/26
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Will review properly soon
]]> Neutral Zone 152313409
To my fans, I’m known as Ivan Fitzgerald.
To my teammates, I’m just Fitz.
And to the girl I’ve been talking to online, I’m ShootsAndScores.

There’s no doubt in my mind that the woman on the other side of the screen is completely out of my league. Why wouldn’t she be? Sure, I’m a professional hockey player, but that doesn’t mean anything when I’m shy and awkward in the most basic social situations and she’s a fiery vixen who oozes sex appeal.

No matter how badly I want her, I can’t have her. Because the woman I love watching so much? The one I might be slowly falling for?

She’s not just some stranger on the internet. It’s Rosie, the woman who serves me coffee and donuts every morning.

And she has no clue it’s me.

NEUTRAL ZONE is a standalone sports romance novel. It features a hot, toothless hockey player, a curvy woman who is confident in her body, lots of fun banter, and STEAM!]]> 332 Teagan Hunter � poppy � 3
No a lot of plot but the characters and the cam girl thing were great. The male lead fitz is so adorable. Shy guys are my favs.


]]> 3.28 Neutral Zone
author: Teagan Hunter
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.28
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/14
date added: 2023/10/21
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3.5 �

No a lot of plot but the characters and the cam girl thing were great. The male lead fitz is so adorable. Shy guys are my favs.



]]> <![CDATA[Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)]]> 123257687
ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer―naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.

But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain―and his entire nefarious empire―out.

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.

After all, a good job is hard to find.]]> 342 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649375808 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.88 2023 Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2023
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]]> Diary of a Void 59629744 A prizewinning, thrillingly subversive debut novel about a woman in Japan who avoids harassment at work by perpetuating, for nine months and beyond, the lie that she's pregnant

When thirty-four-year-old Ms. Shibata gets a new job in Tokyo to escape sexual harassment at her old one, she finds that, as the only woman at her new workplace--a company that manufactures cardboard tubes--she is expected to do all the menial tasks. One day she announces that she can't clear away her colleagues' dirty cups--because she's pregnant and the smell nauseates her. The only thing is . . . Ms. Shibata is not pregnant.

Pregnant Ms. Shibata doesn't have to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata isn't forced to work overtime. Pregnant Ms. Shibata rests, watches TV, takes long baths, and even joins an aerobics class for expectant mothers. But pregnant Ms. Shibata also has a nine-month ruse to keep up. Helped along by towel-stuffed shirts and a diary app on which she can log every stage of her "pregnancy," she feels prepared to play the game for the long haul. Before long, though, the hoax becomes all-absorbing, and the boundary between her lie and her life begins to dissolve.

A surreal and wryly humorous cultural critique, Diary of a Void is bound to become a landmark in feminist world literature.]]> 213 Emi Yagi 0143136879 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.51 2020 Diary of a Void
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]]> Idol, Burning 60470072 The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer, a twenty-first century Catcher in the Rye that brilliantly explores toxic fandom, social media, and alienated adolescence.

Akari is a high school junior obsessed with "oshi" Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza. She writes a blog devoted to him, and spends hours addictively scrolling for information about him and his life. Desperate to analyze and understand him, Akari hopes to eventually see the world through his eyes. It is a devotion that borders on the religious: Masaki is her savior, her backbone, someone she believes she cannot survive without--even though she's never actually met him.

When rumors surface that her idol assaulted a female fan, social media explodes. Akari immediately begins sifting through everything she can find about the scandal, and shares every detail to her blog--including Masaki's denials and pleas to his fans--drawing numerous readers eager for her updates.

But the organized, knowledgeable persona Akari presents online is totally different from the socially awkward, unfocused teenager she is in real life. As Masaki's situation spirals, his troubles threaten to tear apart her life too. Instead of finding a way to break free to save herself, Akari becomes even more fanatical about Masaki, still believing her idol is the only person who understands her.

A blistering novel of fame, disconnection, obsession, and disillusion by a young writer not much older than the novel's heroine, Idol, Burning shines a white-hot spotlight on fandom and "stan" culture, the money-making schemes of the pop idol industry, the seductive power of social media, and the powerful emotional void that opens when an idol falls from grace, only to become a real--and very flawed--person.]]> 144 Rin Usami 0063213281 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.20 2020 Idol, Burning
author: Rin Usami
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.20
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]]> <![CDATA[I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki]]> 49228706
PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?

ME: I don't know, I'm � what's the word � depressed? Do I have to go into detail?

Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like?

Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.


—â¶Ä”â¶Ä”â¶Ä”â¶Ä”â¶Ä�


Aku: Bagaimana caranya agar bisa mengubah pikiran bahwa saya ini standar dan biasa saja?

Psikiater: Memangnya hal itu merupakan masalah yang harus diperbaiki?

Aku: Iya, karena saya ingin mencintai diri saya sendiri.

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I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokpokki adalah esai yang berisi tentang pertanyaan, penilaian, saran, nasihat, dan evaluasi diri yang bertujuan agar pembaca bisa menerima dan mencintai dirinya.

Buku self improvement ini mendapatkan sambutan baik karena pembaca meraskan hal yang sama dengan kisah Baek Se Hee sehingga buku ini mendapatkan predikat bestseller di Korea Selatan.]]> 232 Baek Se-hee 6237351035 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.26 2018 I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
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]]> A Disappearance in Fiji 143393034
An indentured Indian woman goes missing from a sugarcane plantation and Fiji's newspapers scream 'kidnapping', just as the Indian indentured servitude program is being scrutinised for alleged abuses. Fiji's inspector-general reluctantly assigns Akal the case, as the senior Indian police officer available. Akal, eager to achieve redemption, agrees - but soon finds himself far more invested than he could ever have expected.

When he arrives at the plantation to investigate, Akal must confront the brutal realities of the indentured workers' existence and the racism of the British colonisers in Fiji - along with his own thorny notions of identity and class. His interrogations of the white plantation owners, Indian indentured labourers and local Fijians yield only one there is far more to this case than meets the eye.

Nilima Rao's sparkling debut mystery offers an unflinching look at the impact of colonialism, even as it brims with wit, vibrant characters and fascinating historical detail.]]> 239 Nilima Rao 1760688282 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.99 2023 A Disappearance in Fiji
author: Nilima Rao
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.99
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]]> Poor Deer 127823311 A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting to reshape the narrative of her life—from PEN/Faulkner Award nominee Claire Oshetsky

Margaret Murphy is a weaver of fantastic tales, growing up in a world where the truth is too much for one little girl to endure. Her first memory is of the day her friend Agnes died.

No one blames Margaret. Not in so many words. Her mother insists to everyone who will listen that her daughter never even left the house that day. Left alone to make sense of tragedy, Margaret wills herself to forget these unbearable memories, replacing them with imagined stories full of faith and magic—that always end happily.

Enter Poor Deer: a strange and formidable creature who winds her way uninvited into Margaret’s made-up tales. Poor Deer will not rest until Margaret faces the truth about her past and atones for her role in Agnes’s death.

Heartrending, hopeful, and boldly imagined, Poor Deer explores the journey toward understanding the children we once were and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life’s most difficult moments.]]> 240 Claire Oshetsky 006332766X � poppy � 0 to-read 3.97 2024 Poor Deer
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name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.97
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]]> Foolish Hearts 33275690 the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year.

Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Foolish Hearts, a YA novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting--and loving--people for who they really are.

A contemporary young adult novel by Emma Mills about a girl whose high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream leads her to new friends--and maybe even new love.]]> 320 Emma Mills 1627799370 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.22 2017 Foolish Hearts
author: Emma Mills
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Caught on Camera (Love Through a Lens, #2)]]> 199278295
When Lacey’s date refuses to kiss her on the kiss cam, she’s mortified� until Shawn saves the day, cutting an interview short to kiss her in front of seventy thousand screaming fans.

The kiss doesn’t mean anything. But when the video goes viral in a matter of hours, Lacey and Shawn are forced to reevaluate how to handle the publicity.

They agree on a simple solution: a fake relationship through the holidays. It’s mutually beneficial: it gets Shawn’s family off his back about bringing home a significant other for Christmas, and it makes Lacey look good at her office Christmas party.

As the weather turns colder and they spend more time pretending, things between Lacey and Shawn heat up. Soon, faking it feels like the best relationship both have ever had. With New Year’s approaching, will they realize how much they care about each other, or end the agreement and move on?]]> Chelsea Curto � poppy � 0 to-read 3.88 2023 Caught on Camera (Love Through a Lens, #2)
author: Chelsea Curto
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.88
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]]> Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) 34992929 448 Tahereh Mafi 0062676369 � poppy � 3
There was lots of miscommunication at the beginning and it was incredibly frustrating. I was mega stressed half of the book and mega “tf is going on� the other half.

Juliette was annoying
Warner was a douche most times and keep so many info he should’ve said from the start
Castle was Agahahsh, i rlly dislike him.
Nazeera is queen, i like her
Kenji carried this book, kenji carries this series.
The others were irrelevant.

Tbh I read some reviews for the books and ppl say it only gets worse from here, and not in a we-are-getting-more-well-planned-drama-and-problems but in a the-writing-and-everything-gets-messy-and-annoying kind of way. So I might only read the next one and skip the last book all together, or i might only read/skim the other two to get this over with because if the other two are worse than this one, i dont want to read them.]]> 4.14 2018 Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
author: Tahereh Mafi
name: � poppy �
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2021/09/19
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Emm idk what to think about. It was good, but not as good as the others. They revealed and explained lots of stuff in this one but also “explained� things that didn’t make any sense. I felt like this book was way slower than the other ones.

There was lots of miscommunication at the beginning and it was incredibly frustrating. I was mega stressed half of the book and mega “tf is going on� the other half.

Juliette was annoying
Warner was a douche most times and keep so many info he should’ve said from the start
Castle was Agahahsh, i rlly dislike him.
Nazeera is queen, i like her
Kenji carried this book, kenji carries this series.
The others were irrelevant.

Tbh I read some reviews for the books and ppl say it only gets worse from here, and not in a we-are-getting-more-well-planned-drama-and-problems but in a the-writing-and-everything-gets-messy-and-annoying kind of way. So I might only read the next one and skip the last book all together, or i might only read/skim the other two to get this over with because if the other two are worse than this one, i dont want to read them.
]]> In Memoriam 61034676
When Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks, he signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, their friends are dying in front of them, and at any moment they could be next.

An epic tale of the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut.]]> 380 Alice Winn 024156784X � poppy � 0 to-read 4.56 2023 In Memoriam
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Hopeless Romantic (McCabe Brothers, #1)]]> 123845213 Extended 2023 edition, with 100 pages of new & updated content! �

When he falls, he falls hard.

Millie Baylin just moved to a new city to start college. Introverted and studious, she plans on spending most of her time holed up in the library working on her novel and keeping to herself. But when she gets dragged along to a school football game by her fun, football-mad new roommate, the hot alpha quarterback almost drops the ball at his very first sight of her.

Bo McCabe is saving himself. A hopeless romantic at heart, he’s holding out for the real thing. As soon as he lays eyes on the shy stranger with the striking gray eyes and the angel’s face, he’ll stop at nothing to find out if she’s the one he’s been waiting for all along. Millie thinks Bo's insta-obsession is insanity and wants nothing to do with him. But Bo is determined. Because, somehow, Millie has already stolen his heart � and he is now utterly obsessed with winning hers.

Can Bo convince Millie he’s the man of her dreams?

Hopeless Romantic is a sexy standalone sports romance, starring an obsessed hero and the love of his life (includes two hopelessly romantic HEA epilogues!). This book is a tribute to love at first sight and insta-everything (because it happened to me :).

Book 1 in the McCabe Brothers series]]> 266 Julie Capulet � poppy � 1
Its like someone trapped in the 2015 ‘Im so unique and no like other girls� mentality wrote this.

Also the ml is insane, dude is obsessed with a fantasy of this girl and treats her like a manic pixie dream girl the entire book. His friends do the same.]]> 3.24 2019 Hopeless Romantic (McCabe Brothers, #1)
author: Julie Capulet
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.24
book published: 2019
rating: 1
read at: 2023/10/04
date added: 2023/10/04
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This gave “kidnapped by one direction� wattpad book vibes but not in a good way.

Its like someone trapped in the 2015 ‘Im so unique and no like other girls� mentality wrote this.

Also the ml is insane, dude is obsessed with a fantasy of this girl and treats her like a manic pixie dream girl the entire book. His friends do the same.
]]> The Shift 91239480
It’s time to get laser focused on what makes us feel happy and fulfilled. Lifestyle creator, advice expert, and podcast host Tinx wants to take your hand and guide you to a new way of thinking about life, love, happiness, and friendships—where dating evolves into era of self-discovery and not just a means to an end, sharing wisdom becomes a collective power, and chaos turns into a source of creativity. Making small but mighty shifts in thinking can be a tool for personal growth that fuels you instead of fatigues you. The point is to know yourself, discover what you fulfills you, and have fun along the way.

In The Shift, Tinx collects all her revolutionary theories and hilarious personal anecdotes in one place, presenting you with a guide to simple mindset shifts that will completely change the way you approach decision making and relationships.

Through her own stories, from the good to the bad, Tinx will help you better understand how to step into your power and own self-worth. Some say you cannot love another before you learn to love yourself: Tinx will teach you how to do both at the same time. And she’ll do it while making you laugh out loud.

With her signature wit and candor, Tinx will teach you:
-How to change your scarcity mindset
-How to understand and employ her famous Box Theory dating concept
-How to feed the things that fulfill you
-How living well is the best revenge
-How therapy can reframe struggles into strengths
-How to break up with dignity
-How knowing your worth makes you a better friend and partner]]> 288 Tinx 1668007630 � poppy � 0 to-read 3.92 The Shift
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]]> I Hope This Doesn't Find You 124932739 I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.

Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class." It’s not easy, but she has a trick to keep her model-student smile plastered on her face at all times: she channels all her frustrations into her email drafts. She'd never send them of course -- she'd rather die than hurt anyone's feelings -- but it's a relief to let loose on her power-hungry English teacher or a freeloading classmate taking credit for Sadie's work.

All her most vehemently worded emails are directed at her infuriating cocaptain, Julius Gong, whose arrogance and competitive streak have irked Sadie since they were kids. "You're attention starved and self-obsessed and unbearably vain . . . I really hope your comb breaks and you run out of whatever expensive hair products you've been using to make your hair appear deceptively soft..."

Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her emails, because nobody will ever read them... that is, until they're accidentally sent out.

Overnight, Sadie’s carefully crafted, conflict-free life is turned upside down. It's her worst nightmare -- now everyone at school knows what she really thinks of them, and they're not afraid to tell her what they really think of her either. But amidst the chaos, there's one person growing to appreciate the "real" Sadie -- Julius, the only boy she's sworn to hate...]]> 320 Ann Liang 1338827154 � poppy � 0 to-read 4.17 2024 I Hope This Doesn't Find You
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> Unsteady (The Undone, #1) 198853583
During last year’s Frozen Four, the Waterfell University hockey captain, and NHL legacy, took a brutal hit that left him with a concussion and a new discomfort on the ice. Plagued by nightmares and panic attacks every time he attempt to skate, Rhys wonders if he’ll ever play again � if he’ll ever want to.

Sadie Brown is staying focused this semester � no matter what.

Currently drowning in debt, custody hearings for her younger brothers and skating practices, she's just trying to make it to the next day. A spitfire figure skater known for her bad attitude and frequent disappearing acts, she has a reputation on campus. And it’s not a pretty one.

When she accidentally witnesses one of the golden boy hockey captain’s panic attacks and attempts to help him, a strange sort of understanding strikes up between them.

No questions asked. Just comfort.

But Rhys finds himself drawn to Sadie. Where he feels empty, a shell of the man and player he was before, Sadie is so full of everything it bursts from her; every emotion she feels seems like it’s blasted at max. Rhys is desperate to feel anything, Sadie wants to stop feeling so much.

But healing doesn’t mix with secrets, and they’re both skating a thin line, unsteady .]]> 384 Peyton Corinne � poppy � 0 to-read 3.82 2023 Unsteady (The Undone, #1)
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name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Desire or Defense (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #1)]]> 66293764 I’m not the hero in this story.

I’m the villain...

The notoriously angry, grouchy, D.C. Eagles defenseman that just can’t keep his temper in check. The temper that leads to a fifteen game suspension from the NHL.

As if that’s not bad enough, I'm forced into a short term youth-hockey coaching gig. Which my manager swears will “rebuild my image.�

But what I didn’t expect was for a gorgeous, spunky blonde to stomp onto the ice on day one and lecture me about being rude to her little brother.

Something about this spitfire of a woman, and the boy she’s so protective of, has my defenses melting.

And if I’m not careful, I’ll burst into flames, forever melting the ice I’ve carefully kept around my heart.



(This is a closed-door romcom with mild language. Trigger warnings include: parental substance abuse & dealing with grief/loss of parents).]]> 284 Leah Brunner � poppy � 4 3.71 2023 Desire or Defense (D.C. Eagles Hockey, #1)
author: Leah Brunner
name: � poppy �
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/25
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