#finished reading

[magicallyminiaturedilemma]

[domromreads]

I just stayed up till 4:30 am reading this book, it was so incredibly good. (no spoiler journal)

Its about an art student who wants to get rid of her student loans, so she works 2 years in the oil fields.

My friend Leo tipped me off about this. I grew up reading Beaton's webcomics, and it was one of obama's top books the year it released, so I wanted to get to it pronto. Read till the end for something interesting>

in the Alberta oil sands, men outnumber women fifty to one- and they are all in isolation. so everyday she experiences sexual harassment and some really close calls and other stuff im not gonna talk about. im not gonna lie its not an easy read, sometimes the way men talk to her just doesnt stop, page after page and its nightmarish. its super interesting and grounding and definitely one of the best books ive read, and the picture it paints of her situation and the people there is super complex.

I actually picked it up finally because I saw an askreddit post titled "What jobs have crazy money and nobody wants to do them." and the top comments were all talking about going to the oil fields.

one of the top commentors was talking about how "men dont know how to spend the money they get there. some of them drop out of school in 6th grade, too, and spend so much on houses and vehicles and vegas trips that a year off work, they just head back to the oil fields." and theres a passage from the book where an officer literally gets mad at other workers for that behavior

last month I got coffee and there was a really rambunctious dude hitting on everyone in sight and talking about his clothing company startup.

I thought he seemed interesting enough and was genuinely curious what he was doing with a venture like that since I am interested in that line of work. turns out he was just some random dude who worked at oil fields a bunch of years and when he finished he moved right to LA and bought like three different clothing printing machines. he had no local work and no idea what he was doing. everything he showed me on his insta page was so awful. he barely even knew how to work his printers and invited me to come over and "smoke a j and figure them out," partly because he had no friends. I said id think about it (but like, no) and a few days later I got coffee there again and saw him playing with a drone

[riddlehashobbies]

I just finished reading The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

And I’m still sitting here reeling over so many things! How I guessed the ending in the beginning but some how Im still shocked by it! The fact that this is the saddest feminine rage book I ever read yet I somehow love that for it! How I even pity the monsters in this story for they were not born they were made. The fact that it inspired me to write something that sappy! Let’s just say Im impressed and I may have to get this for my personal collection after all this (I had checked it out from the library after I saw that a book club on fable was reading it)

[impressionism]

Finished reading Heated Rivalry.

I enjoyed it. I think it’s biggest strength compared to the show is the inner dialogue and thoughts that Shane and Ilya had throughout the book. The anxiety, fears, excitement, paranoia of having big feelings when you are on display and how to navigate it.

Huh, sounds quite familiar right now.

[use-your-words]

i finished “don’t let the forest in” by cg drews in two days and here’s my review:

genre: dark academia, horror, fantasy, YA

overall rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

would i recommend: YES

cg drews’s writing aches with haunting, melancholic beauty. from start to finish, my mind was working to visualize his carefully crafted, and sometimes cryptic, descriptions. when starting “don’t let the forest in”, i could tell within the first few chapters that this book was going to be a favorite. i won’t go too much into the plot, but i will say that the tragedy of the characters that we see in this novel can make the most stoic of reader’s heart ache. i’m already itching to read more from drews.

[phoenixofthegreenwood]

I finished Sunrise on the Reaping the other night and guys I’m about to cry 😭

Haymitch, can I give you a hug?

[rhi-etzweiler]

Finished Reading: Dungeon Crawler Carl #1.

This particular series has had my curiosity piqued for a couple months now, and I finally broke down. The beginning quarter of this book is slightly tedious with the amount of gaming stat explanations and details. If you can slog your way through that, it's actually a very interesting plot with well developed characters and a fascinating universe. Reminiscent of Jupiter Rising, which disappointed me only because it wasn't based on a book series. Also has Running Man vibes, for the gameshow survival aspect.

Up until now, I have veered away strongly from LitRPG genre works. Largely because I wasn't entirely certain what to expect, but also because I know what problematic (sexist, racist) tropes and stereotypes go along with DnD style fantasy, usually.

I'm giving #2 a chance, largely because Carl and his ex-girlfriend's champion show cat had me laughing my ass off so many times I lost count.

If you need some escapism, barefoot pants-less Carl and Princess Donut Chonk can provide.

[alberta-sunrise]

This book was addictive 🙌🏼

Literally couldn’t stop reading it any free moment I got! Next ones been preordered ♥️