→ new goal this year:

• ☆ don't rate books ♥
• ☆ read books even if they're rated low on goodreads etc ♥
• ☆ drop books if i'm not into them or struggling / don't struggle through to complete ♥

→ tbr:

• unteathered sky

→ currently reading:

→ finished reading:

• the invisible life of addie larue
  • ok i loved the book all the way until the very end. when she doesn’t manage to find a way out of luc’s grasp it really bothered me. shouldnt THAT be the story being told??? Not this “when he least expects it I’ll get him back” but HOW after 300 years of abuse and torment, she finds a way to end this tumult? I saw it a mile away that henry made a deal for time, and knew addie would do something to trade her own life for it or some sort of exchange with luc, but i really thought the ending would be the two of them living out mortal lives together. NOT that they’d be separated and henry would publish her story and she’d not be with him. I dunno why it even matters to me so much that they be together, he didn’t seem so interesting, but he had potential. It was only a few months anyway. I just wanted addie to rise above and break away from her stupid contract with luc. Also, he says like twice that she’s not a mortal, so then is she a god?!?? Surely there are more gods, and she could be one of them. She definitely was enough people’s muse and so many people profited off of her. She deserved to have a god status, to do some fucking damage to at least luc. I dunno, like i said the book was mostly good until the end. The potential was wasted to me.
• james
  • so this book took me into a whole other place. (I just finished reading some stupid jerk’s review on goodreads and don’t feel like responding to them directly so here’s my thoughts). not only was it so palpable the horror and violence that enslaved people went through, but the tone throughout was they experience it so much that it’s past the point of trauma for them anymore. which is enraging and sickening that they went through this. it was so meaningful that other slaves like the one who stole the pencil for him, gave their lives willingly so that he could move forward. his kin really believed that he was worth their sacrifice. the reveal that James was huck’s father and that they basically went their separate ways— that was very realistic to me. huck has passed this whole time, why go with james anywhere when he can live free. Im still sad that the white passing man died… im sad that there were so many deaths. but it feels realistic. james getting revenge on the overseers… finally in that part of the book (part 3) he had full confidence and control. he’d been through being sold, getting whipped by random white assholes on his journey, minstrel singing, appeasing every white person on his way back home. the moment he is looking for his family he is done letting things happen to him, he is ready to do whatever it takes with whatever consequences come with it. the fact that it ends with them in Iowa like that… this is a new james. The journey the story it was written in the way it would’ve been in that time. and we’re meant to believe that he wrote it down with that pencil. loved it.
• cobalt squadron
  • it was good, kinda wish there was more but not sure what i was hoping for from a story about a character that they gave up on because disney fucking sucks. Rose Tico is my girl and she deserves better!!!!
• oathbound
  • omg probably my fav of the three? Definitely fav of 2 and 3. So much learned in these 3 books, can’t fricken wait for next year for 4th!!!
• bloodmarked
  • so great
• legendborn
  • 11%: so far I’m loving this!!! it’s a really long book and I hope I don’t fizzle out like I have been lately. but maybe why I’ve been fizzling out with other books is because I’ve been looking for something like this
  • finished and i truly cannot put into words how damn good this book was. she made me really give a damn about arthurian legend! it’s such a good premise, so well executed. bree is such a strong character and I loved her ability to connect with her ancestors. black feminine strength is so needed in literature. the way that the women in her lineage got their powers from the first woman in a trauma makes for such a tension filled story, i’m here for it entirely. go Bree!!!!
• vagabond
  • great memoir by Tim curry. comforting too.
• the wake-up call
  • really great romance book, good for research. liked the set up. liked the payoff.
• Cougar Crossing
  • LOVE, want this in my collection for sure <3
• Imogen, Obviously
  • 15% through: wow the author is really taking a magnifying glass to a literal experience I’ve had that is so unique/niche and isolating and really telling you that you’re not actually alone
  • finished: loved it and really resonated with imogen. really solidifying my feelings about being queer and calmed thoughts about it not needing to be explained. coming out is for you. there’s no one perfect way of being queer. it doesn’t fit into a box, and it shouldn’t.
• Project Hail Mary
  • wip: loving the past tense and present tense timelines and honestly having a great time with this book, genuinely want to know what happens next and not intimidated by the book length
  • finished: well I chose a funny time to stop rating books because I’d give this five astropage free stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. it was so goood!!! I absolutely LOVE the first contact aspect, absolutely entranced by Rocky and his people. what a delightful read.

→ dnf:

• leia, princess of alderaan
  • only a few chapters in and I’m reminded of why Leia is the best leader. What she’s doing to help those people on the occupied planet… literally things that are going on right now in our government. Chilling. Love her!
  • ok so i dunno if it's just my attention span lately or what, but i keep having trouble getting past the first 1/3 of the book. maybe another time...
• master and apprentice
  • just absolutely could not get into it
• trials of the Jedi
  • tried so many times… couldn’t pay me to care rn
• meet me under the mistletoe