In the mood to read.

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Thrifted Classics Book Haul

I have a reading goal for this year and that is to read and appreciate classic literature, so here are the thrifted classics I have acquired this week. Bought from the following stores: Biblio (purveyors of pre-owned books), Books for Less and Second Shelf (my new go-to online store for thrifted classics).

Thrift-shopping for books has become one of my favourite past times after classes, I love the thrill of possibly finding a great book I will either absolutely love or hate.

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January (2024) Reading Wrap-up

A great collection of contemporary romance as a warm-up for the month of love, wherein I find the epitome of book boyfriends (I'm looking at you, Charlie Lastra). The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston has become my absolute all-time favourite when it comes to this genre—it added a small twist that I appreciate a lot and was a cozy reading experience.

— Beach Read by Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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Books with a "tinge" of pink.

Do you ever just stare at the book you're reading because of how beautiful the cover is? I know I did with these books. Long story short, I enjoyed Bunny so much that I'm currently re-reading and annotating it right now.

— Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Bunny by Mona Awad, All's Well by Mona Awad

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The category is: dark academia.

I read the three quintessential books of this popular genre and enjoyed all three reading experiences I had. I most definitely love If We Were Villains, find Babel the most enlightening among them and love the writing in The Secret History the most.

— Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang, If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio, The Secret History by Donna Tartt