READER’S LIFE
Books that crushed my soul, characters that live with me, and quotes that changed everything.
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I am in desperate need of a five-star read. The problem is: I don’t even know what I’m looking for anymore… I don’t feel like fluffy romances. God forbid a series longer than two books. Some kinks are not kinking anymore (I fear I’m getting immune). And fantasy… fantasy is starting to feel all the
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To be honest, I cannot keep up with reviews of all the books I read. I read way too much, still too much, despite my best intentions. The goal of one book per week (which is already excessive according to my husband) is a no-go. I need books to survive, and I cannot deny it;
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Somehow, I thought it was a good idea to give fantasy a break. I cannot say I regretted it; I can only say this one hit too close to home. So much so that I read and re-read it after, unable to move on from it. There are some ways to love that get imprinted
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By SenLinYu. Soundtrack, meaning the only music I’ve heard for the last week while reading: Voilà – André Rieu, Johann Strauss Orchestra, Emma Kok. As expected, this book masterpiece emotionally destroyed me – so much so that I feel the need to pour it all out – in words, tears, and quietness. It’s a physical
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By SenLinYu. After several months of postponement, decided that it was time. Another piece of information about me, I am a Harry Potter fan. The kind of fan who reads the books more than 5 times each, in English and Portuguese (my mother tongue). The kind of fan that uses daily golden snitches as earrings,
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So the goal this year is to read 52 books. One per week only. The goal last year was 40 books and I doubled it, with 80 books read in 2024, excluding the re-reads. It was an excess and it cannot happen in 2025. Discipline. Control. I can do it.
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By Keri Lake. The first 5* book of 2025. An exact mix of an amazing thriller plot (science-based as I like it), mixed with romance, wonder places, and good smut. And the writing had the perfect depth, never cliché. It made me feel a lot of things. I tilted my head back towards the window
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By Carissa Broadbent You know a book is good when you start underlying full sentences on the prologue. This book, as every other that she writes, breaks your souls, chews you up and leaves you fraying. They are not a light reading. In times of great darkness, humans crawl to light like flies to the
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For the Fans by Nyla K. The book left me empty hearted by the end. And it should have not, considering it should have been a light reading and it is, after all, a spice book. Not going to enter in this wasp nest of discussing spice, but there is a difference between books with
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When the Moon Hatched: A Novel by Sarah A. Parker. And now I am not sure anymore that I will be able to write a book. What an amazing experience. 5 out of 5 read! I cannot stop feeling things! The book got be anxious, in a ball of nerves, ready to slice some filthy
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