Happy Sunday, bibliophiles! I hope this week has treated you well.
This was my first full week of school, and…well, it had its ups and downs. College applications have been a bit stressful, but now that I’ve seen everything a little more simplified, it’s slightly less so. Still stressful, but at least I know how everything works now. But on the other hand, I had some great things happen this week! I aced a math quiz, I have As in all of my classes so far (I don’t care that it’s the second week of school, I’m still proud of myself), and I’m slowly getting more people into book club.
Reading-wise, I’ve just been reading through all of the books I bought/was gifted for my birthday. Most of them have been pretty good, but re-reading The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea was just what I needed to take my mind off of college. I got some cool-looking books at the library, so I’m excited for that! As for writing, I haven’t been doing it as frequently as I’ve been getting used to my school schedule, but I’m slowly but surely working through the climax of my sci-fi WIP.
Other than that, I watched The Suicide Squad (solid 3/5 for me, fantastic cinematography and also the best live action Harley look), had a busy shift at the library, and busily tried to convert people to my school’s book club. But the latter isn’t too out of the ordinary for me, really.
Oh, and in case you’re having a bad day, enjoy this picture of one of my cats (her name is Hobbes) with my library books:
WHAT I READ THIS WEEK:
Ahsoka (Star Wars) – E.K. Johnston (⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes, #1) – Elizabeth Lim (⭐️⭐️⭐️.25)
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea – Maggie Tokuda-Hall (re-read) (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5)
The Good Luck Girls – Charlotte Nicole Davis (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Girls at the Edge of the World – Laura Brooke Robson (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
POSTS AND SUCH:
SONGS:
CURRENTLY READING/TO READ NEXT WEEK:
She Drives Me Crazy – Kelly Quindlen
Broken Web (Shamanborn, #2) – Lori M. Lee
Curses – Lish McBride
The Unbinding of Mary Reade – Miriam McNamara
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts – Rebecca Hall, Hugo Martinez
Today’s song:
That’s it for this week in blogging! Have a wonderful rest of your day, and take care of yourselves!
The Bookish Mutant 
Oh, I am SO curious about what you think about She Drives Me Crazy! It feels like EVERYONE loves it, but honestly I found one part of it problematic, and I’ve read a few (but not many) reviews that think the same. So I’m really interested to see what you think and I hope you’ll share with me when you’re done!
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Oh jeez thanks for letting me know, I put it on hold bc I thought it would be cute but I’ve only skimmed over a handful of reviews, I guess I’ll have to see for myself
Thanks though!!
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Yeah, a lot of people think that it’s a very cute and wholesome book! And honestly, most of it really is. However, there was one part that most people seemed to miss that really ruined the whole thing for me, and it just felt really weird.
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Yikes I’m sorry that you didn’t, I’ve read some negative reviews and the main problem in a lot of them is that they never mention the word lesbian? Which yeah YA definitely has a problem with using word lesbian but I didn’t know if that was your problem too
I’ll see when I read it though
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Yeah, I mean I noticed that but that wasn’t the problem that I had. I honestly don’t have an opinion on that either way, I’m not lesbian so it wasn’t something that I really had an opinion on, but there was another thing that it seemed like far fewer people noticed, even though, to me, it seemed really obvious? I don’t know I mean maybe other people just don’t have as big a problem with it as me, however it seems like something that the bookish world would have a problem with.
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Same here but it still kind of bothers me so we’ll see
Huh yeah I’ll be on the lookout, interesting
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best of luck with your college applications!! your cat Hobbes is so cute!
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Thank you!! I really need to post more pictures of my cats
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Ooh hope you enjoy She Drives Me Crazy! I’m really excited to read it. Congrats on your maths quiz and good luck for college apps!
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Thank you, it looks really cute!! Thanks so much!!
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good luck with your college applications! and congrats for doing so well in your classes! i love the photo of your cat!
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Thank you so much!! Awww I’m glad to hear it, I should really post more cat pictures here
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