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When All the Girls Are Sleeping

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When All the Girls Are Sleeping by Emily Arsenault My rating: 4 of 5 stars I attended an all-girls private college fraught with both good and bad experiences, and the rampant emotions in this book hit close to home for me. I cannot get over this passage in particular; it feels like a conversation pulled directly from my mind: "Does it ever bother you how beautiful our school is?" I asked. "All of the bricks and ivy... When I first came, I thought I would be it somehow. That it all looks so smart and beautiful and classy, that if I was here, I would kind of melt into it... lose myself in it. But I never really felt that way. I was just... there . It's just a place ." "Yeah? What else did you except it to be?" I expected it to redeem me , I thought. I expected it to make me a different girl than the one I'd been. ❧ View all my Goodreads reviews.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany My rating: 2 of 5 stars It is not often that I feel inclined to write legitimate reviews on this site—I can usually content myself with ratings. However, I have to vent my thoughts about this for my own personal therapy. What follows will be semi-pathetic whining. You have been warned. I have delayed reading Cursed Child for years because I saw enough about it online to know I would not like it. Alas, the completionist and dedicated fan in me finally took the plunge, and the (potentially self-fulfilling) prophecy was realized. Let me begin by admitting that I am biased. I am part of the generation that grew up with Harry Potter , and I am one of those Millennials whom the Zoomers meme about building a whole personality around the HP series. I remember sitting in a kindergarten classroom circa '98-'99 and being positively enthralled as my teacher read aloud from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Full Moon O Sagashite, Vol. 7

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Full Moon O Sagashite, Vol. 7 by Arina Tanemura My rating: 4 of 5 stars Overall Series Rating: - Art - 5⭐ - Story - 3⭐ ❧ View all my Goodreads "reviews."