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i posted an original short story on ao3! go check it out

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oh man i love figuring out how to fix an entire problem in a wip i’m actually screeching this is so good

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Florence Welch, Useless Magic:Lyrics and Poetry

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okay imma cool it on the reviews for now but i have a few more that i want to get up soon...hopefully in a few days? 

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epically earnest by molly horan - review

Read from: July 4 2022 - July 4 2022

Rating: ⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TWs: online sexual harassment, abandonment issues

Thoughts: again, another book i really wanted to like, considering how it’s inspired by the importance of being earnest (which is my favorite oscar wilde play), and again, it’s another book that fell short. i think the best way i can describe it is: extremely, epically weird. it’s SUCH a weird book, right down to the characters themselves. the protagonist and her best friend are not actually good as friends, and the main romance is bland and underdeveloped. the secondary romance is so uncomfortable sometimes?? there’s a lot of emphasis placed on how innocent one of the characters in the relationship is compared to the other character and the result is a very icky situation that i didn’t like reading about. not to mention that the book actually had typos in it, which makes me think it wasn’t actually edited. the ending was cute but it felt unearned. the writing is okay, i guess? i don’t know, i think the overall issue is that it could have been more and i would have liked for it to have been more, but it wasn’t, and that just makes me so sad. 

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melt with you by jennifer dugan - review

Read from: June 11 2022 - June 15 2022

Rating: ⭐️.5/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TWs: emotional manipulation, some abandonment issues

Thoughts: i reallyyyy wanted to like this book because i liked dugan’s other book some girls do, but this one was just not it. i summed it up on goodreads as “the miscommunication special” because that’s really all it is—if the characters actually sat down and talked to each other, there would be no need for the book. it’s so frustrating because it COULD have been good, but the way the protagonist and her love interest interacted was just so annoying. they’re both unlikeable and not even in a fun way, just a “oh my god please shut up” way. there were some really sweet moments that i did enjoy and i’ve definitely read worse, but yeah, this one was just not great. i’m just happy that i got my copy through a giveaway so i didn’t have to pay for it 😭

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an emotion of great delight by tahereh mafi - review

Read from: May 19 2022 - May 19 2022

Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Major TWs: islamophobia, depression, suicidal ideation, death (particularly of a family member (full and detailed list of TWs can be found here)

Thoughts: this definitely was not as good as mafi’s other book that i read, a very large expanse of sea, but i did find myself enjoying some of it. the problem is that there isn’t really a lot to say about this one? i initially gave it a 3.5/5 stars on goodreads but after a few months, i think i’m going to drop it to a 2.5. the prose is beautiful, unsurprisingly, and there are definitely a lot of emotions in this one (mostly sad ones, all of which are described well), but i found the overall story to be a little lacking. it feels almost unfinished? i don’t know. i really wanted to like this one, but it sadly didn’t do it for me. 

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i forgot about this account AGAIN but this time i swear i’m gonna use it. i’ll post reviews of all the books i’ve read this year that i won’t be posting on my bookstagram so i have somewhere to keep them. (and also so i have something to do with this account 😵‍💫)

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really forgot about this account already huh

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tumblr is the root of half the internets trends and memes

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i have been on bookstagram for two years now??? what in hell

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i really want to do camp nano next month but then i realized it’s in less than 2 weeks and i haven’t touched my wips since november 🥲 pain

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about the author

- my name is claire! my pronouns are she/they, and i’m sapphic aroace

- i’m not a minor, so please DNI if that makes you uncomfortable!

you can find more of me on bookstagram @lavender_pages, but all of my links are available here

that’s all for now! have fun exploring!