→ i rate my books generously ♥

→ currently reading:

• Silverborn
  • WIP: so friggen hyped about this book, been waiting for literal years. since I’m a newer reader, I know know the struggle of waiting and waiting and waiting for a new book in a series to release!!! and we even got punked into thinking it would come out last year :,)
• The OCD Handbook
  • think i need to just own this one

→ on hold but will get back to it:

• Meet Me by the Fountain
  • 50% and feeling DNF only because it's very dense, but the info was great. i should just finish it lol
• The Comfort of Crows
• Backyard Bird Chronicles
• A Letter to the Luminous Deep
• Cemetery Boys

→ have read...

2025:

• Full Speed to a Crash Landing (☆☆☆)
  • this book was not a fav. really disliked all the inner dialogue thoughts. it reminded me too much of that TZ book I read last year (Icarus) which was the first instance of this kind of thing and it makes the book so distracting and impossible to read. I truthfully DNF right before the end because of this and I have no regrets. (note to future self, never write a book with this whitty facing but annoying banter nonsense). I’m sure Beth revis has som other great books including a SW book on my TBR <3
• First-Time Caller (☆☆☆☆)
  • it was good. not amazing but good. decent. i got grossed out from the explicit scenes... something about switching from being normal to all that dominance stuff just gross. but the rest of the book was good. i didn't like the MMC continuously trying to convince everyone he was no good for love?? like he was fine? he clearly loved her. it was incongruent and kinda took up too much of the story. oh yeah, also no romance book has any right to be 12 HOURS long. that's like 400+ pages. 200 pages more than it needed to be. i liked that it really seemed like they were in baltimore. i mean they were. ok if i write any more down i will convince myself to reduce a star so i'll stop.
• Beautyland (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • WIP: about 20% in and a little overwhelmed that there aren't shorter chapters. also feeling kinda uncomfortable about her realization of emotions and makes me sad that she has this relationship with her mom (and others)
  • another WIP thought 70% in: mouth sounds YES i get that so much, and the words that you can't distinguish from sex words, i get that too. wow. am i an alien?
  • finished: i've just determined that this book is telling me that being human is simply alien most of the time.
• Thrill Ride (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • finished: loved this!!! amy ratcliffe's debut indie romance novel about a former imagineer... yes. i had so many quotes i loved while going through this but of course i didn't write them down so i guess for posterity i'll just have to reread the book!
  • wip: rollercoaster romance!!!!
• Willodeen (☆☆☆☆)
  • found this book in the free library and thought i'd try it out. was so glad i did because it was very comfy. hummingBEARS... I NEED. screechlers are bascially dragons right??? i loved the theme that overfarming and overfishing etc does horrible damage to our whole balance of the world. that's a good message for kids to learn ♥.
• Feral Creatures (☆☆☆☆)
  • there was quite a lot of action, yet again, which i feel like took me out a little bit. BUT i did like the story generally and it felt necessary to finish. it was a pageturner for sure. i love love looooove all the animal facts sprinkled in. and Umingmak was probably my favorite character.
• Hollow Kingdom (☆☆☆☆)
  • wip: HELL yeah, only 10 chapters in and there's already a convo with a wise octopus. I'm gonna love this book.
  • finished and really liked it overall but only complaint was the action scenes were a bit too much for me, and HATED that Dennis died right after his fakeout death so sad so dark :(
• Open Throat (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • wow. i don’t even know what to say. Just that if i forget how this book made me feel, i must promise myself to read it again. i’m still crying. this book feels really personal to me for many reasons.
• There's No Treason without Tea(☆☆)
  • ok the rating is harsher than usual, but i just could NOT get into this book. i loved all the concepts promised, but it didn't deliver. in other words: i hate high fantasy, but i was promised low stakes cozy fantasy which it was NOT.
• Pure O OCD
  • i dont usually rate self help type books. this was informative to me as someone with pure-o ocd. recommend for others!
• Mall Goth (☆☆☆☆)
  • this book was made for teenage me... i wish i had it 20 years ago! ♥
• The Soul of an Octopus (☆☆☆)
  • i really hated learning how octopuses come to the aquarium and how inhumane it is... aka : the octopus hyperfixation to vegan pipeline...
• Darth Plagueis (☆☆☆)
  • plagueis = bad ok got it. sidious = extra bad ok got it. jesus, the wookiepedia was enough, i didn't have to sit through 15 hours of audiobook for this story.
• The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World (☆☆☆☆)
  • always love this dude's sick humor, i know he really actually loves birbs
• Rules for Camouflage (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • she had autism, he had ocd, Aretha was the queen
• Fahrenheit 451 (☆☆☆)
  • it was probably groundbreaking for its time, but i felt like i was somehow choosing to torment myself with reading required reading for high school again for no good reason. the reason i did read it, was because it was mentioned in the library book which i'd just finished and i thought it would be cool to check out.
• False Knees (☆☆☆☆)
  • funny
• The Library Book (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • it read like a informative podcast; is this what non-fiction is like?
• Remarkably Bright Creatures (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • gave me a new special interest in octopus
• House of Frank (☆☆☆☆)
  • the story didn't grab me like i was hoping, but it was written well and a good debut novel

2024:

• Star Wars: R2-D2 is LOST! (☆☆☆☆)
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built (☆☆☆)
• The Wild Robot Protects (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe (☆☆☆)
• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (☆☆☆☆☆)
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Wild Robot Escapes (☆☆☆☆)
• Bury Your Gays (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Star Wars: Darth Vader, Vol. 2: Shadows and Secrets
• Kit & Basie (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (☆☆☆☆)
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (☆☆☆)
• Somewhere Beyond the Sea (☆☆☆☆)
• Temptation of the Force (☆☆☆☆)
• Hitchhiker's Galaxy (☆☆☆☆☆)
• You Can Go Your Own Way (☆☆☆)
• The Mary Shelley Club (☆☆☆)
• Radio Silence (☆☆☆☆)
• Pumpkinheads (☆☆☆☆)
• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Apostles of Mercy (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Truth of the Divine (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Day of the Living Liv (☆☆☆☆)
• The Lightning Thief (☆☆☆)
• Star Wars: The Living Force (☆☆☆☆)
• The Icarus Plot (☆☆☆☆)
• Star Wars: Hard Contact (☆☆☆☆)
• Outbound Flight (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Sure, I'll Join Your Cult (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Ace
• Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Eye of Darkness (☆☆☆☆☆)
• I am Ace
• Loveless (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Greenglass House (☆☆☆)
• Heartstopper Volume 5 (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Solitaire (☆☆☆☆)
• The Heartstopper Yearbook (☆☆☆☆)
• Nick and Charlie (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Heartstopper Volume 4 (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Heartstopper Volume 3 (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Heartstopper Volume 2 (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Heartstopper Volume 1 (☆☆☆☆☆)
• And Then There Were None (☆☆☆☆☆)
• All Creatures Great and Small (☆☆☆☆☆)

2023:

• The Nightsilver Promise (☆☆)
• The Swarm (☆☆☆)
• Murder on the Orient Express (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Check & Mate (☆☆☆☆)
• Bookshops & Bonedust (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Narwhal's School of Awesomeness (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The House in the Cerulean Sea (☆☆☆☆)
• My Life at the Bottom: The Story of a Lonesome Axolotl (☆☆☆☆☆)
• A Super Scary Narwhalloween (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Surprise Island (☆☆☆)
• Legends & Lattes (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Boy Who Cried Wherewolf (☆☆☆)
• Under the Whispering Door (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Welcome to Dead House (☆☆☆)
• You, Again (☆☆☆)
• Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (☆☆☆)
• The Road to Roswell (☆☆☆☆)
• The Boxcar Children (☆☆☆)
• In the Lives of Puppets (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Lesser Evil (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Bloodline (☆☆☆☆)
• Greater Good (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Man's Search for Meaning (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Chaos Rising (☆☆☆☆☆)
• We'd Know by Then (☆☆)
• What The Hex (☆☆)
• Love, Theoretically (☆☆☆)
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Thrawn: Treason (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Doctor Aphra (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (☆☆☆☆☆)
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Orville: Sympathy for the Devil (☆☆☆☆)
• Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Drow (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Thrawn: Alliances (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Jedi: Battle Scars (☆☆☆☆)
• Darth Vader Vol 1
• The Fallen Star
• Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas, #1-3) (☆☆)
• Into the Dark (☆☆☆☆)

2022:

• The Rising Storm (☆☆☆☆)
• All About Me! (☆☆☆☆☆☆ iykyk)
• Love on the Brain (☆☆☆☆)
• Brotherhood (☆☆☆☆)
• Kenobi (☆☆☆☆☆)
• The Love Hypothesis (☆☆☆☆)
• A New Dawn (☆☆☆)
• Go Hex Yourself (☆☆☆)
• Light of the Jedi (☆☆☆☆)
• Queen's Hope (☆☆☆☆)
• Queen's Peril (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Star Wars: Allegiance (☆☆☆☆)
• Queen's Shadow (☆☆☆☆)
• Survivor's Quest (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Axiom's End (☆☆☆☆)
• Vision of the Future (☆☆☆☆)
• Dark Disciple (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Specter of the Past (☆☆☆☆)
• The Last Command (☆☆☆☆☆)

2021:

• Thrawn comic (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Dark Force Rising (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Heir to the Empire (☆☆☆☆☆)
• Thrawn Treason
• Thrawn Ascendancy Lesser Evil
• Thrawn Ascendancy Greater Good
• Thrawn Ascendancy Chaos Rising
• Thrawn Alliances
• Thrawn (☆☆☆☆)
• Ahsoka (☆☆☆☆☆)

2020:

• Charlotte Sometimes (☆☆☆☆)
• Fangs (☆☆☆☆)