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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Up next on my reading journey SUNRISE ON THE REAPING By SUZANNE COLLINS and here we are completing my read through of THE HUNGER GAMES books with the 50th annual Games and the second quarter quell with Haymitch SPOILERS AHEAD #booksky 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

The cover to Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
A snake and a mocking jay face off with rays of sunshine come through the middle

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Up next on my reading journey THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES by SUZANNE COLLINS. I am now in the prequels and thus uncharted territory for me #BookSky 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

A mockingjay sits on a branch with a snake below it. They sit in the middle of a target

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Up next on my reading journey MOCKINGJAY By SUZANNE COLLINS the final part of Katniss’s journey and the book I’ve read the least from the original Hunger Games books #BookSky 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

A mockingjay breaking from containment on a sky blue background

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Up next on my reading journey we continue with CATCHING FIRE By SUZANNE COLLINS I haven’t reread this one ever so I’m noticing a lot more. This thread is gonna be wild #BookSky 🎧📚🪐📚💙📚

Them cover to CATCHING FIRE by SUZANNE COLLUNS

The Mockingjay is displayed over a wheel of spikes on an orange background

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Next up on my reading journey I am revisiting THE HUNGER GAMES one that I haven’t read it in a long time #BookSky💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

The cover to the hunger games shows the mockingjay pin in a targeting reticule

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Next up on my reading journey. It’s a marathon as I read the third book in the LEGENDBORN CYCLE OATHBOUND by TRACY DEONN. This series has consumed me for the past month. Spoilers in this thread #BookSky 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

Bree Matthews is surrounded by magic while the shadow king stands behind her

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

No surprises here I knew historical fic and fantasy fic were gonna be tied #BookSky💙📚 #BookishQOTD🦋📖

A chart showing my most read genres of 2025 so far with historical and fantasy tied at eight a piece while sci-fi and literary are tied at seven a piece

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Annnd what will come as no surprise to anyone: Next up on my reading journey Book Two of the Legendborn Cycle BLOODMARKED By TRACY DEONN “There is a cost to being a legend Daughter. But fear not. You will not bear it alone” #BookSky 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

Bree Matthews stands back to back with Selwyn Kane they are both surrounded by red and blue aether

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Next up on my reading journey. A book that has been in my feed a lot. Or at least the first book in the series LEGENDBORN by TRACY DEONN #BookSky 💙📚🎧📚🪐📚

A black woman with brown eyes and naturally curly hair looks at the reader as red and blue magical energy surrounds her
Cover to Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Art by Hillary D Wilson

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Next up on my reading journey: let’s revisit my preteen and teenage years as I start to reread ANIMORPHS by reading THR INVASION by K.A. APPLEGATE. This one is sure to stir up some memories so I’m gonna get a little more personal on this one 💙📚🪐📚🎧📚

The first edition cover to ANIMORPHS number 1 THE INVASION By K. A. APPLEGATE
A young boy is shown transforming into a lizard

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

To add more to the Atwater-Rhodes conversation #BookSky 💙📚

Two omnibus editions of The Den Of Shadows Quartet and The Shapeshifters by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Finally it’s time I closed out the Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang by reading THE BURNING GOD. Is it going to destroy me?? Possibly it’s written by R.F. Kuang after all. Spoilers in the thread #BookSky 📚💙📚🪐📚🎧

The cover to The Burning God by R.F.Kuang Book Three of The Poppy War Trilogy

Rin is seen jumping at the reader blade slashed out toward them. In the background is the top of a wall

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Why do I find this so satisfying. All the babas are clean

Six clean bottles are all broken down and cleaned

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Next up on my reading journey BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD By TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI I was looking for something more intimate and this seems to be right up my alley with time travel #BookSky 📚💙📚🎧📚🖋️📚🪐

The cover to before the coffee gets cold by TOSHIKAZU kawaguchi
A table with two chairs a cat on the floor two cups of coffee with a teal background

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Next up on my reading journey. I need a break from the heaviness of the last few books so I’m going to read THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR By AMAL EL-MOHTAR And MAX GLADSTONE. I have been meaning to read more romance and this one is based around time travel sign me up #BookSky 📚💙📚🪐📚🎧📚🌶️

The cover to This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

On a light blue background a Cardinal and blue jay sit attached at the feet

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

My February reading stats via StoryGraph #BookSky 💙📚

A graphic breaking down my reading in February

My highest rated books all 5 stars were
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Beloved by Toni Morrison
And
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

I read 6 books with an average of 347 pages a book taking 5 days on average to read them I read 67.25 hours of audiobooks

Reading trends for February

I read mainly fiction with my main format being audio

Fifty percent of the books were less than eight hours
Thirty-three percent were from eight hours to fifteen hours and fifty-nine minutes
Seventeen percent were sixteen hours plus

My most read genres this month were tied with four books a piece in historical and literary fiction

Reading two horror and two classic books as well

While I only read one thriller novel

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I started to read Priory I need to get back to it I love Samantha Shannon’s writing.

A stack of books sit in a teal crate
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Bone Season
And
A Day of Fallen Night

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Confession time I actually liked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out of Their Shells. I know it’s cringy but I wore that VHS out

Teenage mutant ninja turtles coming out of their shells

Michelangelo bursts forth from a turtle shell holding a guitar

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Up next on my reading journey a book that I can’t stop thinking about so much so that it moved up twice on my TBR THE REFORMATORY by TANANARIVE DUE this one was highly praised by so many and I’ve seen it on my feed so much that it’s in my head #BookSky💙📚🩸📚🎧📚l⏳📚

Image shows the cover to The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

A run down school sits in the foreground with overgrown grasses and an ominous tree in the mist surround it in an evening setting.

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Eating while reading gotta keep up my strength

A pink bowl of Shin Black Ramen sits on a dark green table with a can of Doctor Pepper Blackberrry

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Next up on my reading journey BELOVED By TONI MORRISON. I have heard this book is is gonna be very dark and borderline horror #BookSky 💙📚🖋️📚🎧📚🩸📚

A solid red cover with the word Beloved in a script font

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Welp this is the most snow I’ve ever seen

An apartment parking lot covered in over half a foot of snow

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

In case y’all were wondering how my day is going

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I would like for the snow to stop

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A very satisfied baby girl who just got the ba they were lookin for

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ever have a random book call to you and throw off your reading plan? CHAIN GANG ALL-STARS By NANA KWAME ADJEI just did that. Spoilers in this thread #BookSky 📚💙📚🖋️📚🎧

A scythe breaks the letter C in the title Chain Gang All-Stars on an all yellow background

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Next up on my reading journey is JAMES by PERCIVAL EVERETT switching around because I cannot do huckleberry Finn back to back witg Tom Sawyer like I planned on Twain is hella wordy #BookSky 🖋️📚💙📚🎧📚

The cover to James by Percival Everett

The name James in big yellow letters on a black background a silhouette of a man is in the hook of the j

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

More StoryGraph January wrap up graphs. I did not clock 147 hours reading the spikes were where I had to switch from an omnibus to a single volume i actually clocked 127 hours which is still impressive #BookSky 💙📚🎧📚🩸📚🖋️📚🪐📚

My StoryGraph wrap up showing my highest rated books plus my hours read
Top 3 highest rated books were
Kindred by Octavia E Butler
The dragon republic by R.F Kuang
Network Effect by Martha Wells
I read 9 books in January with a total of 127 hours and 7 minutes StoryGraph has me at 147 because I had to switch formats on a book
Page count average was 372
Average time to finish a book 4 days
Average Rating was 4.17

Graphs showing that I preferred fiction an audiobook length of 8 hours or more and that my main format was audio

I read 5 fantasy books
4 sci-fi books
3 historical fiction books
2 literary fiction books
And 2 speculative fiction books

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

My ratings collage from StoryGraph for January #BookSky 🎧📚💙📚🩸📚🪐📚🖋️📚

My reading ratings for January
Network Effect by Martha Wells 5 stars
Fledgling by Octavia E Butler 3.5 stars
Poppy War By R.F. Kuang 4.75
Carls doomsday scenario by Matt Dinnaman 4.25 stars
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang 5 stars
Piranesi by Susanna Clark 4.75 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 4.75 stars
Kindred by Octavia E Butler 5 stars
A short stay in Hell half a star

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Next up on my reading journey. Because I want full context when I read JAMES by PERCIVAL EVERETT I will be reading THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by MARK TWAIN #Booksky 💙📚🖋️📚🎧📚

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn painting a fence

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Next up the book that will probably carry me into February before I start my classics. HORRORSTÖR by GRADY HENDRIX. This will be my first by this author that I am very hopeful about #Booksky 💙📚🎧📚🩸📚

The cover to Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

A display room of fruniture and pictures like out of a catalog. There are shelves in the background with various Knick nacks a yellow couch marked with a price tag of 299. On the wall there are pictures of hands and a face

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Next up A SHORT STAY IN HELL by STEPHEN L PECK. I have heard some mixed feelings about this one but I figured with such a short read I will have nothing to lose #CurrentlyReading #BookSky 💙📚🎧📚🩸📚

A man falls between two buildings where you can see the silhouettes standing on the balcony

A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L Peck

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Here have a random pic of my youngest son

A toddler climbing from under the table with a chaotic smile

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Not starting this tonight. I need the night but my next book will be KINDRED by OCTAVIA E BUTLER one of her first and a book I’m looking forward to reading(thread will contain spoilers #BookSky🎧📚📚⏳🪐📚💙📚

The cover to KINDRED by OCTAVIA E BUTLER

An hour glass is set in the middle as a black woman is seen splitting in two

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Just so y’all know my partner also gets updates #bookSky 🪐📚💙📚🎧📚

A text exchange between partners as one is torn apart by a book

Mother fucker you made me care about a rock alien you better not kill him (my book) the blue bubble says

Huggies the black bubble says

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Welp seeing as how the previous book rocked my socks I think I’m going to go with another highly recommended book in PROJECT HAIL MARY by ANDY WEIR #BookSky #CurrentlyReading 📚💙📚🪐📚🎧(Thread likely to contain spoilers)

The cover to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

An astronaut floating in front of a planet

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So I’ve decided on what I’m reading next #CurrentlyReading PIRANESI by SUSANNA CLARKE. I’ve heard such good things about this one. Spoilers in thread #Booksky 📚💙📚🪐

A saytyr sitting on a column in the sky playing a flute

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Pssst partner hath given me permission to show ultrasound pics

An ultrasound picture of our incoming baby girl

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I need something lighter because I’ve been sick. I’ve decided to read CARL’S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO #BookSky 💙📚🪐

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Darth Thought @shadowsofthot.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

#TBRChallenge 🗡️ Next Book You Plan to Read: The Burning God by RF Kuang 🥀 Latest Edition to My TBR Katabasis by RF Kuang 🌕 Prettiest Cover on my TBR A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon 🐦‍🔥Most hyped book on My TBR The Will of The Many by James Islington

The cover of THE BURNING GOD BY R.F. Kuang

Rin is poised to jump over a wall with sword outstretched in attack position

The placeholder cover for Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

A blue and gold serpentine dragon graces the cover of A Day Of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

Crumbling Roman columns in gold on a dark blue background the Cover of The Will of The Many by James Islington

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