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- Emmalita December 9, 2024 at 3:43 pm on Super Toxic RomanceThe curse is a cute cover!
- Cannonball Read December 9, 2024 at 2:13 pm on An AI-assisted review experimentI emailed you too. 😉
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 2:01 pm on An AI-assisted review experimentOoh thanks for saying so--I'm not interested in doing this anymore but it was fun to try once?
- Cannonball Read December 9, 2024 at 1:13 pm on An AI-assisted review experimentThis is an interesting experiment. Thanks for sharing with us. It illustrates some of the reasons that Cannonball Read is developing a no ChatGPT/AI policy for CBR17. So please hold off on any AI reviews folks, and drop us a...
- Tracy December 9, 2024 at 12:20 pm on I can’t believe I only met Emily this yearI agree sometimes the diary entries don't really work well, but fortunately it wasn't enough to affect my enjoyment of the story.
- Mrs. Julien December 9, 2024 at 11:42 am on “If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.”I wondered the same and checked. The letters are real. They also made a lovely film adaptation with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 8:31 am on An AI-assisted review experimentIt was pointed out that by doing this I was giving ChatGPT "training material" on book reviews...
- Tracy December 9, 2024 at 8:30 am on An AI-assisted review experimentThat sounds like an interesting experiment. I've used Chat GPT to provide feedback on my reviews after I write them (and then condense them for me to post on Goodreads), but I never thought about asking it to summarize my...
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 8:19 am on “If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”Pajiba rated it highly but I'm really bad at sitting for TV so I'm thinking it might make for a good "home for the holidays with family" show?
- Sophia December 9, 2024 at 8:18 am on “If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”I haven't watched the TV series yet, but I remember thinking it might work for me better than the book. I thought Ewan McGregor might bring some more emotion to it. Have you seen the series? Did you like it?...
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 7:47 am on “If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”I felt like this book was all about the vibes, especially since you're rooting for a member of the aristocracy that, evils of Stalin/Lenin aside, weren't necessarily spotless themselves. I remember liking it and I've recommended it to others looking...
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 7:45 am on A Dark Academia Masterpieceooh dark academia yesss. I also went to put this on hold and realized that one of my friends with whom I share a library card has already done so, so I don't even have to wait that long!
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 7:44 am on “If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.”maybe this is obvious but are these real letters or fictional?
- wicherwill December 9, 2024 at 7:41 am on Project managers and analysts are the ones really living the good lifeWait yessss I'm sort of done with my active TBR list and have no desire to start The God of Small Things this sounds like exactly what I need
- Laurie December 8, 2024 at 11:00 pm on I see dead people? I think?I’m so glad you wrote this because I’m not even half way through and am ABSOLUTELY getting I see dead people vibes. So much of it is so far fetched that it takes me out of the story and I...
- Pooja December 7, 2024 at 7:25 pm on Holiday Book ExchangeI'm so glad you like them! I know you like the I Survived books, and I really enjoyed Goblin Market, so I hope you enjoy it too!
- Malin December 6, 2024 at 9:21 am on Isn’t There a White Knight Upon a Fiery Steed?Love on the Brain is her second book, so yes, she's had time to improve since then. I absolutely agree that The Love Hypothesis is her weakest book. Love, Theoretically was my favourite until Not in Love came out, now...
- Tracy December 5, 2024 at 8:51 pm on Lost in TranslationIt’s really good. It’s not fantasy, though.
- Emmalita December 5, 2024 at 5:07 pm on Lost in TranslationI think Yellowface is worth picking up.
- Uncoolaidman December 5, 2024 at 11:34 am on Lost in TranslationI have not. I've seen the book in stores, but honestly didn't know she was the author until now. Do you recommend it?
- Tracy December 5, 2024 at 11:06 am on Lost in TranslationHave you read Yellowface
- Axle December 5, 2024 at 12:29 am on I read Killing Eve so you don’t have toI watched the TV show before trying to read the books... I also find myself getting confused with the shifting perspectives and narrators. The show was actually pretty clean and subtle in ways I wish the book was. The book...
- Emmalita December 5, 2024 at 12:27 am on This broke my brain.I love this series, but I think it really helped that I binged the first three books as audiobooks, so it was akin to a long psychedelic trip. I think it’s like the Locked Tomb in that it either hooks...
- Emmalita December 4, 2024 at 12:54 pm on A Hanukkah RomanceLove You a Latke has a lovely cover. I’ll be interested to hear what you think. And I was wondering why I hadn’t requested an arc, so I looked, and it was published by Berkley. Berkley never approves my requests....
- Emmalita December 4, 2024 at 11:47 am on Greek gods + The Hunger Games, but so much worseThat is a silver lining!
- J December 4, 2024 at 9:03 am on Greek gods + The Hunger Games, but so much worseMe, too. Oddly, it might have worked to get me out of my slump? Because now I want to read something that's actually good? 🙂
- Tracy December 4, 2024 at 8:49 am on A Hanukkah RomanceOoh, a Chanukah romance! I recently got Love You a Latke, which I'm hoping to read by the end of the year.
- Emmalita December 3, 2024 at 10:35 pm on Greek gods + The Hunger Games, but so much worseThis sounds very disappointing. I hope your next read is better.
- TylerDFC December 3, 2024 at 3:33 pm on Heads will rollGood reviews. I would also recommend Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry for another take. Ben Van Brunt is the transgender teen son of Brom and Katrina in the years after Ichabod Crane disappeared from Sleepy Hollow....
- Emmalita December 3, 2024 at 1:26 pm on Giving TuesdayThis year I have made several in kind donations, so I’m not able to donate $ today. But it’s always in honor of my mother, Peggy Jennings, my cousin, Marnie Muir, and my many friends who thankfully survived. baxlala is...