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Chapter 11

Wat algemene dingen die ik nu denk over het boek:
Bladzijde 189, ongeveer 60%

||- Het begin vond ik erg leuk. Emily vind ik een fijn karakter om van te lezen. Voelde als een fijne cosy fantasy. Helaas ging het al snel naar helemaal niet cosy. Vind de marketing dus niet kloppen voor het boek.

- Ik vind het niet echt leuk/passend dat dit een dagboek is. Bij sommige verhalen klopt het gewoon niet en dat heb ik hier ook. Er worden dingen in verteld die niet logisch zijn in een dagboek. Daarnaast snap ik de voetnoten dan dus ook niet. Volgens mij is dit namelijk van haar zelf, de encyclopedie wordt later pas aangevuld met alles wat ze hier heeft onderzocht.

- Ik weet helaas dat er een romance gaat komen tussen Wendell en Emily en heb daar helemaal geen zin in. Ik vind ze veel te leuk als vrienden.

- Het verhaal heeft voor mij geen fijne rode draad, ik heb meer richting nodig. Het voelt tot nu toe te chaotisch.

Conclusie: ik ga ermee stoppen. Nu ik het allemaal zo uitschrijf, vind ik het niet voldoende leuk genoeg om mee door te gaan. ||

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Beautiful prose 

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I have read West wind by Mary Oliver. I read the ebook. This is an adult poetry collection.

I randomly picked this up, because I was in the mood to read something short and easy. My favorite podcast talked about this author, so therefore picked this poetry collection up instead of another. I'm glad I did, because I very much enjoyed it. It was easy to follow with beautiful prose and a theme that I liked. 

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Fascinating process to follow

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I'm currently reading Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein. I'm listening to the audiobook. I'm reading this one for the Nonfiction November Readathon with the prompt: path. This is an adult nonfiction book with art, memoir and nature elements.

Enjoying this so far. It's very fun to follow the process. I like that this is part memoir and part facts. It is a lot about covid though, not really enjoying that. It also feels a bit chaotic, not a lot of structure. Sometimes a bit hard to follow therefore. 

I really liked this one. It had a lot of different nonfiction elements/genres in it, which was really fun. I learned a lot. It was still quite chaotic, but easy enough to follow. The covid parts were not that present anymore in the latter half of the book, so that was great.
 

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Cute but also sort of problematic?

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I have read A complicated omega's second love by Kichi Uekawa. I read the ebook. Read this because I have quite a few manga on my ereader and just want to read more of those. This is an adult romance manga with LGBTQ+ characters. 

I liked this one! The concept of omega's and alphas etc is not really my thing. But it wasn't that prevalent in this story I think. It was more so a love story between these two men and I really liked that. 

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Start was good, but went downhill fast

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Really cosy and cute

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I'm currently reading The pumpkin spice café by Laurie Gilmore. This is the first book in the Dream harbor series. I'm reading the Dutch ebook. This is an adult romance book with a mystery.

I randomly started this book. I couldn't find a nonfiction book I was interested enough in to start as an ebook. Saw this and am in the mood for something easy and funny, so started it. It's out of my comfort zone, because it is a female/male romance. Hopefully I will like it. So far I have laughed a lot, so that is great.

I really liked this one! Have I become a female/male romance reader? Maybe. It really depends on the kind of story I think. There was enough in this book for me to like other then the romance. I also really liked the characters, so that helped too. There were some sex scenes, but not a lot. I also really liked that they were not really explicit. They were, but certain terms weren't used. So I'm definitely continuing the series. 

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Silly and fun, laughed a lot

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I have read Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher. I read the ebook. Read this for the T. Kingfisher readalong I'm doing on Discord. This is an adult fantasy book. 

This was really good, really enjoyed it. I usually don't like retellings, but Kingfisher does it very well. What I liked about this book is that the story is very different from the one I know. Therefore it was an interesting read. I loved the characters, as always in her books. The pace in this book felt good to me, the length was perfect. Just really liked it overall. 

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