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I appreciate that the POV switches within the same chapter actually announces which POV you’re in with this book. because you know who didn’t have that? the Crescent City books

I guess it does come with the full audiobook download but 3 vinyl variants that contain the prologue + 3 chapters of the audiobook is absolutely wild and people thought the period underwear was the most random product we were getting with this book release

all the rina kent dual narrated audiobooks will be rerecorded and released in duet!!! 👀👀👀 I liked some of these in dual so we’ll see if I get the new ones

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my hardcover preorder is apparently getting delivered today? idk it’s showing it’s still processing at my local UPS facility but showing today as a delivery date so we’ll see

I’m very thankful the houston public library got so many audiobook copies, but I would also like to complain that recorded books media blocked this from being able to purchase with credits on libro.fm until Jan 25, 2027 😒

i’m 36% in and despite my misgivings about acowar, acofas, and acosf about certain things, the acotar books are superior in every way to the crescent city ones i’m afraid 😭 I was worried about diving into this after reading the CC books but never fear. this is better

there’s an author’s note included that says to read one of the bonus scenes included in this book before starting, but if your audiobook copy also doesn’t have them labeled, it’s the third one/last one.

update: libby audiobook came in around 2:00 am central

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I actually don’t know when libby has audiobooks available for new releases. I guess we’ll all find out together. this is the final houston public library count for the acosh audiobook

I actually don’t know when libby has audiobooks available for new releases. I guess we’ll all find out together. this is the final houston public library count for the acosh audiobook

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so this is now the current situation with my rina kent shelves and the vipers series is taking up a lot of space lol

okay this was kind of pricey but I didn’t buy the indie model hardcovers when they were available and these from baddies book shop winded up being cheaper than trying to get those secondhand now 😅 these are very beautiful and soooo customized. I have zero regrets.

my youtube algorithm is primarily musical theatre related and looks like I’m finally getting the critical videos around a certain off broadway show playing right now 👀 youtu.be/a4U7EdbPD0M it’s been disappointing watching the (mostly white) theatre goers and influencers talking over Black voices

finding out a NHL player has read more books than me this year…? I need to get off social media and READ 😭 (he has this account linked in his instagram bio so it does seem like it’s his actual account)

this started out as 2 pots and now they are 6 😅 I finally got a new, bigger pot yesterday at Ross and do y’all know how hard it is to dig through their shelves for these when their shelves and carts are overflowing with christmas decor already

broadway across america announced their spring trips to NYC and do they not know Dreamgirls isn’t planned for the 2026-2027 season now or do they know something no one else knows

also I priced it out compared to what my mom and I are paying if we were going 3 days instead of 7 and this would cost double what we’re paying

so this is a series made up of trilogies (1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12) and this is such a large drop off from the first trilogy to the newest one after the coauthor breakup. books 10-12 are with a single author also, none of the ARC reviews can be trusted

like it’s just wild to me if it’s true the person who wrote the majority of the books was the one who lost ownership of the series, but apparently everyone can tell by their individual books they’ve released who really wrote the first 9 books 💀 I just feel bad for the fans in all this

wanted to search for some books but apparently it’s way too niche. mostly reading indie dark romance makes me want things that simply do not exist in histrom 💀 like, just trying to find non mystery/fantasy histrom books that follows the same couple for multiple books just isn’t a thing

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I know K.A. Merikan, Sierra Simone, Emily Rath, Victoria Vale, and Nina Pennacchi have books closest to the vibes I’m going for but I think I’ve seen more recs for original works on ao3 than anything else

wanted to search for some books but apparently it’s way too niche. mostly reading indie dark romance makes me want things that simply do not exist in histrom 💀 like, just trying to find non mystery/fantasy histrom books that follows the same couple for multiple books just isn’t a thing

update. I got it and it is the largest manga volume I’ve ever seen 😭😂 it is SO heavy

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y’all should I check out this massive encyclopedia size Gundam manga lol (vol 1 is in another section but they do have it)