• evih (65)in #fiction • 6 hours ago

  The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yōko Ogawa

  source This was such a sweet and endearing experience. I totally fell in love with the characters and how intimate the MC and the professor's relationship felt. I was in the mood for a shorter, slice-of-life

  $1.52

  • Pending payout amount: $1.52
  • Breakdown: 0.76 HBD, 3.25 HP
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 2 days ago

  Doctor Sleep - Stephen King

  source I didn't even realize I was near the end because that last part was so intense! I couldn't stop listening and the whole book and day just went by without my noticing! Okay, so how cool is it that

  $2.49

  • Pending payout amount: $2.49
  • Breakdown: 1.25 HBD, 5.33 HP
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• evih (65)in #france • 4 days ago

  Candide - Voltaire

  source I am not a philosopher. Or have read that much philosophy. And I know very little about the exact books and ideas that Voltaire is making fun of. So, this might not be the most intellectual review.

  $1.96

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  • Breakdown: 0.98 HBD, 4.19 HP
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 6 days ago

  The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho

  source I went into this with 0 expectations and I have never read a Paulo Coelho book (though I know that he's polarizing - frankly after this book I do understand why). Initially I thought that this book

  $1.83

  • Pending payout amount: $1.83
  • Breakdown: 0.92 HBD, 3.92 HP
  • Payout tomorrow

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• evih (65)in #mystery • 7 days ago

  Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

  source This was like super dark and deeply unsettling ride with both highs and lows. While I figured out the killer’s identity early on, I kinda didn’t mind the predictability. It was the slow, twisted

  $1.58

  • Pending payout amount: $1.58
  • Breakdown: 0.79 HBD, 3.38 HP
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 8 days ago

  Intermezzo - Sally Rooney

  source This was my most anticipated/ intimated reads for November I love salley Rooney books like it may be a hit and miss for most people but this one was different than her most work. This book was

  $1.03

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• evih (65)in #romance • 9 days ago

  I Fell in Love with Hope - Lancali

  source It’s been a while since I finished the book and I was hoping for it to grow on me eventually but seems like it never did. Maybe I come under an older gen than the target demographic? While reading

  $1.47

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  • - Author $0.74
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 10 days ago

  Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler

  source This definitely felt like the first book in a trilogy. I know it's only two books but I believe that's because Butler died before writing the third book. I feel like this story is incomplete, because

  $0.96

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  • - Author $0.48
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 11 days ago

  The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

  source The way the mystery wrapped up provided closure in some ways, but it also left me conflicted. The decision Mikael made to cover up the Vanger family's dark secrets for the so-called "greater

  $1.45

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  • - Author $0.73
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• evih (65)in #fantasy • 12 days ago

  Ring Shout - P. Djèlí Clark

  source I think it was a really enjoyable read! Loved Maryse's whole conflict with her inner self and the hurt that was swelling up inside her, and I think it was a stroke of genius for her to reframe that

  $1.67

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• evih (65)in #fiction • 18 days ago

  Coup de Grâce - Sofia Ajram

  source Starting with what I liked about the book. I thought some of the descriptions of the endless hallways were creepy. Especially in the combination with the pictures Jana posted. That had potential.

  $1.40

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  • - Author $0.70
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 19 days ago

  Pet Sematary - Stephen King

  source This is one of my favorite Stephen King novels honestly because I really like the plot and it’s eerie and atmospheric. I don’t like Louis and never have, he’s making one questionable decision after

  $1.36

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• evih (65)in #fantasy • 20 days ago

  Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas - Shea Ernshaw

  source I have so much affection for The Nightmare Before Christmas that I kind of don't know what to rate this. I have some problems with this so I'm gonna have to do a kind of compliment sandwich energy.

  $1.13

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• evih (65)in #fiction • 21 days ago

  The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers

  source This was a re-read for me, so there was nothing exceptionally new I got out of reading it again. I gave it a 5/5 on my first read back on Oct 26, 2019 and I think I would give it a 4.5/5 now. The

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• evih (65)in #fiction • 22 days ago

  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab

  source I went into this expecting a 5 star read based on my close friends' recommendations, as well as the high regard I had the author in. The only other book I've started by her was 'Vicious' but forgot

  $1.14

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  • - Author $0.57
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• evih (65)in #fiction • 23 days ago

  The Covenant of Water Novel by Abraham Verghese

  source I rate The Covenant of Water 1.8/5 ⭐ This one is on me, really. From the start, I didn't like it really, wasn’t engaged, but I kept reading, hoping it would improve or ||delve deeper into the cultural

  $1.26

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• evih (65)in #fiction • 2 months ago

  Exhalation - Ted Chiang

  source "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" At first I was a little confused by the setting and the time it is set in. I guess a part of me thought that sci-fi = futurism. But I enjoyed it,

  $1.60

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• evih (65)in #fiction • 2 months ago

  The Shining - Stephen King

  source I saw the movie years ago, did not remember much, but some of what I remembered wasn't even in the book It was so well written and creepy at times. The fire hose scene, the scene where Jack sees

  $1.80

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• evih (65)in #starwars • 2 months ago

  Ahsoka Season 2 Delays

  source I think I read somewhere that they plan on recasting Baylan, not writing him out, which, if true, is something I completely agree with. As well, if it were true, that wouldn't mean they'd have to

  $0.84

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• evih (65)in #classics • 2 months ago

  Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol

  source I enjoyed this book a bit more than I expected to. the first half is quite humorous and then it dies down around chapter 7-8 and gets progressively slower toward the very end where we get the full

  $1.77

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  • - Author $0.89
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