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12, 13 and 14 for the book asks!!

ty bethany!!

12. Any books that disappointed you?

hmm nothing too bad. I was excited about The Priory of the Orange Tree but i think it ended up being a bit underwhelming, with a lot of pacing issues. And He Who Drowned The World was also kind of underwhelming for me and didn’t hit like i thought it would and it was a bit of a struggle to push through for me. But i wouldn’t say either are bad reads!

13. What were your least favorite books of the year?

The only book that i read that i didn’t really like was The Daughters of Izdihar. I don’t even really know why but it just did not stick with me at all while i was reading it lmao also I tried to read Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R Alban, an f/f regency romance, because i’ve been on a f/f historical romance kick, and it was so bad. like. i have finished bad f/f regency romances before and I couldn’t even finish that one lol.

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

Jade War by Fonda Lee! I’m almost done so so should be able to finish it today or tomorrow, and I probably won’t have time to finish anything else but I def plan to keep reading this series

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43, 45 and 50 for the book asks :)

43. Title of a book you own that's in the worst physical condition you have. Explain what happened to it. Post a picture if you want.

It’s probably this book which I just got from a yard sale this past weekend, it’s from 1908 and the cover/back are just. Fully detached. also sorry for bad lighting in the photo it is the night time.

[id: photo of a book titled ‘the pansy token’ featuring illustrations of pansies]

but I picked it up bc. oh my god ‘a PANSY token’ are you serious. and pansy is on my list of future tattoo ideas and the illustrations are gorgeous, can 100% see myself showing this to a tattoo artist for inspiration. It’s part of a series of ‘friendship token’ books based on different flowers and features different little poems about pansies. there’s an inscription inside that says ‘to Ronald from your s.s. teacher’ which I am going to speculate about endlessly.

45. What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of?

honestly this is niche and prob not gonna happen, but I would love for more adult fantasy to get animated adaptations. like I would killlll for a beautifully animated version of tooth and claw by jo walton. Or broken earth! Or any t kingfisher! the singing hills cycle! just more animated fantasy! we got earthsea/howl’s moving castle from studio ghibli but I think we deserve even more!

50. What kind of book have you never read but always hope to find at some point in the future?

I would love to one day be able to read a book in French! being monolingual is. embarrassing. also the fact that French is the language I have the most experience with is. ridiculous but! it’s what my 13-yr-old self picked! Idk why! but yeah a couple friends have gone to France and brought me back books in French and I’ve always just been like thank you <3 I can’t read this <3 but hopefully someday!