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My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: 💀🤯🕵🏻‍♀️

SPOILERS!

I LOVED this book! 

Oh my god, I was hooked reading this book.

Two best friends growing up in an orphanage get separated when one of them gets adopted. 

The main character is a hot mess. Her roommate gets murdered in her apartment, and she blacks out. When she goes back to her apartment, all the evidence of there ever being a crime is completely gone. She starts to lose her mind, imagining things and remembering things from her time in the orphanage.

Her adoptive parents are gone on a trip for a long time, so she is watching their house. She starts seeing things and becoming paranoid about everything around her. 

This story is in a few different time periods of the main character’s life, throughout the whole story.

The plot twist?! Amazing, loved it. I guessed part of it, but it got seriously dark.

THE ENDING?! 

I’ve read another book by this author, and she has a great way of storytelling and keeping her readers on their toes.

10/10 would recommend it if you like fucked up mysteries/thrillers.

I borrowed this book from the library and read this in March 2023.

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little free libraries

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Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Summary: 🥵💔💀😈

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶/5

Whew! 

MAJOR SPOILERS

Okay, so I wanted to read this book after seeing it on instagram a lotttt. I love fucked up books but man haha

I love that Adeline is an author, I wish we could have seen a little bit more of that side, but I understand that it wasn’t really part of the storyline.

ZADE?! Listen, is he problematic? Absolutely. Do I love him anyway? YUP!

His mission in life is really interesting, those pedophiles deserve to die anyway. He’s doing the world a favor, sorry not sorry. I also love how he explained why he does this, it’s because he wants to! He’s not traumatized or anything, he just saw a video one day and was like “fuck this I’m gonna go kill these guys” 😂

It is a little confusing for me why he stalks Adeline given his profession, but homie is just fucked up like that. Immediately obsessed. I fully understand why he wouldn’t court her the normal way, also given his profession, because she would have wanted something he couldn’t give her, which is normalcy. In his sick twisted way, he showed her exactly what she was getting herself into, and she still wants him.

SPEAKING OF. Ma’am, I get it, he’s hot. But he’s also your stalker? I love that Addie knows she’s being stupid about this man, but does it anyway. I’m wondering if she wasn’t attracted to him, would she have moved out of her house and away from him? Would that have done any good, since finding people is his literal job? IDK man.

THAT GUN SCENE?! Weirdly hot. I’m not sure how that would work logistically, but it’s fiction so you can do whatever you want.

THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS?!?! Honestly, that was the hottest part of the book. Idk why she even bothered running, they both wanted to fuck. 

Zade says some of the dirtiest things and yeah I’d probably fall in love with him too 😂

The ending with the cliffhanger?! I have some thoughts. I feel like Daya is involved somehow because that would be interesting. She obviously knows Zade is Z (her boss) and is an incredible hacker, so it would make sense for her to be somewhat involved with the pedophile ring thing and the kidnapping of Addie. She’s also dating one of Max’s friends I believe? It would also make sense why her reaction to Addie FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER STALKER is way more lowkey than anyone’s normal friends I think. She’s just... fine with it? I don’t get her reaction unless she was involved somehow. She also texts Addie that she’s upset but then won’t answer her phone, which also makes her seem involved, unless she’s in trouble and/or someone hacked her phone to get to Addie.

Another thing! When Addie and Daya are at the fair and the senators are trying to kidnap both of them, why don’t they just kidnap Daya while Zade and Addie are fucking in the House of Mirrors? They had the opportunity, Zade was too busy to protect her. This also makes me feel like she was somehow involved, unless they were only allowed to bring both or none. Oh wait, did they die before the House of Mirrors scene? I don’t remember.

Going to start reading Hunting Adeline soon, I just got it delivered a couple of days ago. I’m really excited to read it, but also anxious because I know it’s worse (trigger warnings) than Haunting Adeline.

Wish me luck!

Finished reading July 2023

#bookworm #bigheartedbibliophile #book review #k's thoughts #booklover #bookish #reading #tw: death #books and libraries #haunting adeline #h. d. carlton #super fucked up #tw: murder #tw: stalking #Tw: gun play #tw: child death #tw: child abuse #tw: sexual assault #tw: pedophiles #adeline x zade #zade meadows #zade #adeline reilly #zade x adeline

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#harry potter percy jackson twilight and hunger games lol #as well as divergent

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📖 books i read in 2023: icebreaker by hannah grace

“You ate twenty chicken nuggets in about four minutes. It was like you were in an eating competition, but you were the only contestant. I’ve never been more in love with you.”

#this is on my tbr #something to read before I dive into hunting adeline #kinda need a mental break from the first one #but also i want to devour the second one

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#book quotes

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"You are in my church where I am your God and you are my equal. I'm not a jail, little mouse, I am your sanctuary."

- Haunting Adeline, H. D. Carlton

#book quotes

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I finished Haunting Adeline and wtf did I just read. (I loved every second of it)

#thoughts #haunting adeline #k's thoughts

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I finished Haunting Adeline a few days ago... wow. I need someone to talk to about this book, and I need to order Hunting Adeline immediately. I read reviews for Hunting Adeline and I'm lowkey worried for my mental health lol. Someone said it made Haunting Adeline look like a romcom 👀

I can't find the "I'm in danger" Simpsons gif, but I'm sure you know exactly which one I'm talking about.

I'll write a review for both of the books once I finished the second one. I have a feeling I'm going to want to compare them.

#k's thoughts #bookworm #bigheartedbibliophile #reading #haunting adeline #hunting adeline #hd carlton #zade #zade meadows #adeline reilly #zade x adeline #adeline x zade #severe trigger warnings if you decide to read

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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Park Sue

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: 😭😨💧🏜

This story is told from two different perspectives. One is from a girl named Nya in 2009, and the other follows the journey of Salva from 1985 to 2009. 

Salva’s journey takes him far from home. The journey starts when he is at school, and the rebels come into his town and start shooting and bombing. He is separated from his family, and has to walk many days in the desert, without food, shelter, or water. Eventually, he finds a familiar tribe he can join, and they continue their journey from South Sudan to Ethiopia. Salva faces many challenges along his journey and learns what it means to persevere. 

Nya’s story takes place in 2009, in a village without easily accessible water. She has to walk many miles daily just to get water for herself and her family. One day, strangers come to her village and start trying to find water, in places where she knows there isn’t. Nya learns what it means to persevere and work through the challenges she and her tribe faces, and learn to trust other people. 

Overall I enjoyed this story. I like how the different perspectives connected, and how they had similar challenges to access water. I wish we as the readers were able to learn more about Nya and her journey, because the book mostly focused on Salva. 

I read this with my 6th-grade students in April 2023. This is part of our curriculum, and we do a fundraiser every year for tribes like Nya’s to get access to water.

#bookworm #bigheartedbibliophile #book review #k's thoughts #booklover #bookish #reading #book quotes #books and libraries #good book #tw: death #tw: violence #linda park sue #a long walk to water #salva #nya #ethiopia #true story

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Not a lot of people have the courage to say what they’re actually thinking.

Colleen Hoover

#book quotes

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Agent 355 by Marie Benedict

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Summary: 🕵🏻‍♀️🤴🏻☠

This was an interesting historical fiction book about the Revolutionary War and spies.

This isn’t a genre a typically read, so it was a nice change!

The story was about a woman that really existed, but they don’t actually know her name.

She lived in New York, New York, during the Revolutionary War. This area was loyal to the British, and did not approve of the rebellion to gain independence. 

This particular woman was not a Loyalist, and dreamed of helping the rebellion.

In this time period, women were not seen as anything besides arm candy, and men would freely talk of the War and their tactics in the women’s presence.

This woman noticed this fact about men, and British soldiers in general, and was able to use that to her advantage to become a spy. She was able to pass on information that was given directly to General Washington!

She was given the name Agent 355 to hide her identity as information was passed. 

Unfortunately, she was captured by British soldiers eventually, and she spent the rest of her life on a prisoner ship.

Overall this book was really good, and I learned a lot! I didn’t know what this book was about going in, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This was an Audible, finished in January 2023.

#bookworm #bigheartedbibliophile #book review #k's thoughts #booklover #book quotes #bookish #books and libraries #reading #agent 355 #marie benedict #historical fiction #good book #revolutionary war #spy #spies

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Check out my reading stats for 2022!

I've read 64 books in 2022, and my goal for 2023 is to read 75! Follow me on the storygraph @ bigheartedbibliophile to stat updated on my 2023 progress!

Cheers to 2023, and may you all read great books! Feel free to send book recommendations my way!

#bookish #bookworm #books #bigheartedbibliophile #bibliophile #k's thoughts #authors #reading wrap up #reading log #reading challenge #2022 reads #great book #some books were better than others!

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The new, updated version of my Dream Library print is available here with 3 background colour options!

Which would you most want? I would personally love to read the potentially award winning book that I occasionally have vague ideas about writing..

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y'know what other little book-related goal I'd like to set myself in 2023? blogging more.

I live on tumblr, I'm always here, but 2022 was definitely the year where my queue ran out the most. so I think I'm gonna try my best to just reblog more - other people's reviews, photos, discussions, ask games (and I will always send something to the person I reblog one from because it's just good manners)

I'm also gonna get back in the habit of going through a book's tag after I've finished it to reblog reviews or edits or quotes or whatever. I used to be fastidious about this but I lost the habit sometime last year...

I love booklr, I love reading with you all, but booklr doesn't exist if we don't participate in it and interact so I hope this year we all get back into sharing things with one another because it's why we're here in the first place, right?

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Rating: ⭐⭐.5

Summary: ☠🤯😈

SPOILERS

This story was extremely slow to start. 

The plot is interesting enough, where Dorian, the main character, strives to stay youthful.

Dorian Gray is an unloveable character, which is the point. He is arrogant and selfish, and lustful.

He loves Sibyl, an actress, because she acts so well. When she decides that she can longer act because she has real love from Dorian, he breaks off the engagement. He is cruel.

His friend Basil painted a masterpiece of Dorian, and as Dorian is supposed to be physically changing as he gets older, the painting instead shows his age, as well as his cruelty.

As his cruelty continues, so does the painting’s wickedness. After murdering his friend and evading Sibyl’s brother through a hunting accident, Dorian is driven mad. He tries to destroy the painting, but the painting ends up destroying him instead. 

Listen, I think I didn’t like this book because of the time it was written. It’s an older book, and Oscar Wilde is notorious for detailing things instead of getting to the point.

It’s not a style of writing that I like to read, but that’s the beauty of books and book reviews in general; these are my opinion.

I did enjoy the plot though, I just wish it wasn’t so long-winded.

I would be interested in reading a more recent version of this storyline, I’m not sure that exists but it’s worth looking into.

#bookish #booklover #bookworm #books #bigheartedbibliophile #bibliophile #book lover #bookaddict #books & libraries #books and libraries #tw: death #tw: mental illness #tw: murder #book review #the pciture of dorian gray #oscar wilde #the cover is so pretty #k's thoughts