A Court of Frost and Starlight

By Sarah J Maas 

229 pages

This book was so pointless. 

Like no plot advancement. 

But annotations return! 

Demon Copperhead

By Barbara Kingsolver 

546 pages

Hardback

FHS Book Club read - Feb 2024

It's a modern David Copperfield. 

This part made me laugh. 

This comment on reclaiming language caught my attention. 

Sad

Aw, even the book is insulting my paycheck.

Potential 

Quote 1

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What a way to sit in a chair!

So I had to look up the Battle of Blair Mountain. Becuase I didn't know it. 

Wikipedia article

Reading

Ideas!

The hardest part of a lot of things is the people. 

Hell is other people.

Overall, the book was relentlessly sad. I desperately wanted more plot sometimes - rather than an aimless recollection of a shitty life. 

But it was a beautiful book, and I'm glad I read it.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

By Sarah J Maas 

699 pages

Hardback

Book 3!

If feels... done? But there are more books.

I was enjoying this so much, and then I started getting tired of the seemingly endless melodrama, and then the plot picked up again. 

One of the most fun parts, though, were the annotations a previous reader left behind.

Okay, I don't know why the photos insist on importing sideways. 🤷‍♀️

Some NSFW below this part...

This one made me laugh so much:

At the very end:

BUT ALSO:

Bunch of swan ladies? Vassa? A girl named Briar shows up? 

More fairytales to be woven in?!