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ApparentParadox

ApparentParadox@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

GWM living in Oregon.I used to love books that would really stretch me, but lately I've needed more solace from the books that I read.

My ratings are as follows: * 5 stars: it's truly a great book, and I'll want to re-read it again and again. * 4 stars: it's a good book, and I enjoyed reading it. I'll probably re-read it. * 3 stars: It's a fine book, just not special. I may re-read it if I'm looking to just relax and not have to think, but I would probably pick up a new book instead. * 2 stars: I finished it, but might have given up if I were in a different mood. * 1 star: I didn't enjoy the book and probably didn't finish it. I wouldn't blanketly recommend against it, because it might speak to someone else.

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Cat Sebastian: After Hours at Dooryard Books (2025, Self)
Chade-Meng Tan: Joy on demand (2016, HarperOne)
Daniel M. Klein: Travels with Epicurus (2014, Penguin Books)

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Dorothy L. Sayers: Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (2024, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
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Macy Blake: All or Nothing (Paperback, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)
Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol in Prose: A Ghost Story of Christmas (Charles Dickens)

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James Clear: Atomic Habits (EBook, 2022, Avery)
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Fel Fern, Kara Kitt: Sawyer
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C.G. Rayne: A Wolf's Secret (Fantastical Press)

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reviewed The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening by Naomi Kuttner (Retired Assassin's Guide, #1)

Naomi Kuttner: The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening

Enjoyable, just not special

Please see my profile for my star rating system!

This book was enjoyable, but it just didn't grab me. It was difficult to believe that an assassin could be so bad at faking being normal. How could he avoid detection in crowds given how bad he was at small things?