interesting two short stories about grief and death at a young age. the writing reminded me of haruki murakami but without the male gaze, however i’m not sure if that is a result of the cadence of japanese translated to english or a result of japanese culture influencing the writing or if they are actually similar writing styles. neither story had much of a plot but are more like a cute little stories with beautiful writing.

honestly don’t understand the point of this book. he just discusses how great nature is and how terrible people are and how writers write because they like the sound of their own voice. to be honest he read himself for filth and it was accurate

like To Kill A Mockingbird but with a man who has aspergers. interesting writing style showing lack of emotion.
listened via audiobook

well it was certainly epic
the plot and characters were all immensely interesting and although it was 800+ pages the story was a page turner. it split between 4 characters to tell the story: tane (an orphan dragon rider from the east), ead (a trained assassin mage who is a placed spy mean to protect the queen of the western court), loth (the best friend of the queen in the western court), and nikalys (an old man alchemist who was banished from the western court to live out his days in the east). the story hosted a plethora of diversity in sexuality and race without making it a big deal.
i do wish there was more description. because there was so many characters and such a large world it was hard to keep track of places and people because there was very few physical or visual traits described for them. there was also often fantasy lingo specific to this world that made it a bit difficult to understand in the beginning however this world is so vast and rich and is eventually fleshed out by the end if you just push through and keep reading.
i wish there were more chapters for tane she was so interesting but had few chapters, which i admit however made sense for the plot
it has pirates dragons sorceresses knights and battles what more could one want in an epic
very refreshing to read a story that is matriarchy centered. this story was about strong women kicking ass and living their best lives and it brought up several points that made me consider my views such as knighthood, commonly associated with men, was equally represented as female in this story. there was also a very cute take on the marriage ceremony in this.

i think this was the worst book i’ve ever read.

never thought i’d read a book that has a chapter on orgies thanks for that Namjoon.
the conclusions were very dated, sexist, and racist and all around the book was sorta a load of bullshit. it essentially blames all personality problems on mother’s and describes how mothers need to not be anxious or stressed or overbearing or distant, it goes on and on.
the only interesting chapter was when it discussed religious relationships such as a follower to a god and maternal religions vs paternal religions and how maternal religions the followers expect love and compassion from the god and the paternal religions the followers feel the need to warn the compassion and love.
the only valid point in the whole book was how you have to love yourself before you can love others/be loved by others. but rupaul said it better so honestly don’t read this book it sucked

quick read
not sure how i feel about it’s conclusion of curing a disability for a happy ending

about a horny boy growing into a horny adult and i’m his unhealthy relationship with his sexuality

cute little YA romance