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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ever DNF a series bc of an ick? I loved the first one, thought the second one was interesting, but the third one? WTF. If an author ever says “girls hit their sexual maturity at 13.” In their work need their hard drives checked. Especially when they are to mate with a 70yo. #booktok #booksky #dnf

The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. Mostly Lee.

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I really enjoy #LitRPG as a genre. Last year was my first foray into it with the #Cradle series by Will Wight and loved it. Now I’ve read all that’s out of Dungeon Crawler Carl #DCC and loved it so much I got a tattoo. Now I’ve started He Who Fights With Monsters and loved it. #booktok #bookreview

He Who Fights With Monsters By Shirtaloon

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

#HeWhoFightsWithMonsters was really fun. I’m excited to see what his magic ends up doing. I imagine the spell incantation in the voice of the zombies from call of duty when it yells “fetch me their souls!” The writing could use some work but overall fun! #booktok #booksky #bookreview

He Who Fights With Monsters by Shirtaloon book 1 cover

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

There are two wolves inside you. Both are gay and hate the government.

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“No bread or circuses here. Just YouTube Shorts and Instant noodles.” Absolutely banger song lyric. I would love to learn how to play that song and it’s not even out yet! @rainmcmey.bsky.social

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I’m reading Crime and Punishment for the first time and Raskolnikov is such a fuckin tweaker I love it. Dude is out of his mind this entire time. The murder scene tho? 10/10 on the build up to that. #crimeandpunishment #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

So, nobody was gunna mention that Dua Lipa was a book girlie?! And she has good taste?! #booksky #dualipa youtu.be/kUEdoHJbj7o?...

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I read a lot of good books. I’ve also read a lot of bad books. But I’ve read more than the majority of Americans. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Listening to the #Hamilton biography is a hoot bc the audiobook narrator is the same one as all of the #Dune books. It’s like Paul Atreides is giving me a history lesson on early American politics. #booksky #nonfictionbook

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I’m 95% sure that the author Will Wight has played FF14. The Cradle books remind me so much of that game. #unsouled #willwight #cradle

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I’m 1/4 of the way into #AtlasShrugged by #AynRand and I gotta say… she’s such a pick me little bitch. Just a “oh I’m smarter than everyone in this room. Let me tell them.” But couldn’t find her way out of a paper bag if it was torn in half. God she would’ve been insufferable on Twitter.

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The world is so cool. The story was really interesting. I think the MC was kinda annoying sometimes tho. Really made my eyes roll how much he self depreciated. #Reforged #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

That was weird. But good weird. LeGuinn weird. I really enjoyed it. It makes you think. I wanted more of an answer as to what the fuck is going on. But that was just my wishful thinking. Good book tho. It really delves deep into our innate humanity and what creates humans. #booksky

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Eh. #TheCircusInfinite is written in a 3rd person present style and it felt like I was being told the whole story instead of shown. The MC was very frustrating. Cool abilities but overpowered. Everything the author was trying to say in the subtext was too heavy handed and felt forced. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The Secret History was surprisingly good. I was bored as hell the first 20% but after that it was excellent. Wild ride. I honestly hate all the characters. They’re all terrible people. But it was really well written and turned out to be a good book. #booksky #donnatart #thesecrethistory

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I was under the impression that this was a #thriller? It’s not. It’s #literaryfiction. That’s on me tho. Or the person who recommended this to me on tiktok. It was good! It’s a time capsule of pre-covid politics on race, gender, and class. Very well written. I liked it well enough. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This was really confusing at first but was pretty good by the end. I didn’t realize #Circe was a #cat until much later in the book. Very brutal and violent and horrific. On par for her writing. This style of #dystopian #horror is hard to pull off well but I think this was successful. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I really enjoyed this. I love #sci-fi #horror that is inspired by #Alien. This was a lot of fun. I wanted more of it honestly. This needed to be much longer. A full novel would’ve suited better the story. The author is very talented. I hope to read more by them soon. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This man’s penis led him to places I wouldn’t go with a gun. I’m surprised he made it thru the AIDS epidemic tbh. While at times this book was verbose and rambled like an old man at a nursing home, I couldn’t tell you what would happen next his life was that crazy. #booksky #bookreview

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I found my favorite read of 2025 this month. Buffalo Hunter, Hunter is amazing. Everyone should read it. I had just a banger of a month in general. The new hunger games book was amazing. Finding the Cradle series, Just so many good books #booksky #stephengrahamjones #buffalohunterhunter

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I’ll take “Calling everyone you don’t like a faggot” for $500 please. This book was insanely boring. I finished it out of spite. The characters were so flat. The dialogue was a snooze fest. The plot goes nowhere. Hell there isn’t even really a plot. 0/10 don’t recommend. #booksky #bookreview

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Even with the couple of dog deaths, this is probably my favorite read of 2025. It was beautifully constructed. The nested framing similar to Frankenstein was so interesting and made the story feel that much more vibrant. And that ending?Good god. I could definitely reread this many times. #booksky

Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

That’s was… lame. That was so boring. There wasn’t any twists or turns. Everything was pretty damn predictable. Not a single thing I couldn’t see coming. The books actual structure was atrocious. It bounced around a tonne. It needed a better editor. It wasn’t an enjoyable read. #booksky #thriller

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The second one is just as good as the first. Lindon is on some Rock Lee type crazy it seems. I loved it. The power scaling rivals a Shonen anime. It’s very Hunter X Hunter. I’m having a blast. It’s fun, they’re fairly short. The characters are cool as hell. The magic is cool as fuck. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This one was dense… like really dense… and dry… oh lord was it dry. This one focuses mostly on the wars and battles and violence of the American government and the European powers. It was very informative. I do wish it delved further into the relationship aspects tho #booksky #bookreview

Ned Blackhawk and the rediscovery of America

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#Romantasy as a genre on the whole is fraught with vapid books that put the story on the back burner. This is NOT one such case. This one has a plot. The characters are complex. The one actual sex scene was lame as hell tho. 🥱 Yawn boring hetero stuff But overall, a good #fantasy book. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The story of huckleberry Finn told through Jim was a great expansion on an already great novel. See the world through a slaves eyes as well as already seeing it through a young boys eyes brought such a unique light to the story. The author is incredibly talented. #booksky #james #bookreview

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Entirely underwhelming. The horror aspects were inconsistent. Is it a zombie? A poltergeist? A ghost? Who knows! The author didnt. The main dog doesn’t die but other dogs do. It’s like if The Ruins by Scott Smith and In the Tall Grass had a lame younger cousin who copies them. #booksky #bookreview

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I forgot how horny this book is. Bunch of WHORES Makin a mess of New Orleans and Paris. 🙄 But for real, it’s a well written story. I like the way the world is built and how the vampires are made and stuff. And this book is SO GAY! #booksky #AnneRice #interviewwithavampire

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This one need more structure. It should’ve had more research and less personal anecdotes that relate to the topic. It felt very scattered and more vibes than anything tangible. I like the author, in a general sense but this book needed more time in the oven to finish cooking. #booksky

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montel

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hella cringe, sexist, and weak writing. Just… ugh… the amount of women he wrote tits first was… ugh… it’s like he was trying to write Locke Lamora but for 4Chan. Overall just a lame ass book. #booksky 💙📚

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Brent Weeks writes at the same skill level as Brian Herbert. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Three novellas in a trench coat pretending to be a novel. This was… weird. I’m not a fan. It had so many strange plot holes that required a lot of “suspension of belief”. Way more than you would need to for a sci-fi novel. #scifinovel #booksky 🪐💙

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Oh hey! Look who’s coming to town! For all my romance girlies in Metro ATL. #booksky #romancebooks

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

That was… some of the best sci-fi I have ever read. I don’t know how to feel… Why did it have to end like that 😭 that was heartbreaking! I loved it. Amazing trilogy. I will say, I think he is a little sexist. But 21st cen sexist. It’s still an amazing series. I will definitely reread. 💙📚 🪐📚

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A little outdated and the author is definitely a boomer but it was good. It came out before the human genome project so it’s missing a lot of information that we now have but it was a solid book. A little repetitive sometimes and he has some biases you can see but overall I liked it. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I had some absolute bangers in March. Excellent reading month for me. Moon of the Turning Leaves or Lies of Locke Lamora are my favs. It’s too close to tell which ones are the best. Kill the Farm Boy was awful. Worst book of the year so far. Even with DNF’ing We Hunt the Flame. #booksky #wrapup

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Hey so… that was fucked up. Very graphic descriptions of child physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse. But the way she was dealing with it all? Wow… that ending was… a lot… I actually gagged a couple of times. The book was good, but the content was… disturbing. #booksky #horrorbook

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Now THAT is a sequel. Hot damn that was good. The middle books usually drag to set up the third one but this one didn’t. It was so interesting! I was hooked and engaged the entire time. I love Lou’s writing style. I will say, he is a little sexist. But, in the typical sci-fi author way. #booksky

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I saw a bumper sticker today that said “My other car is an Iliad” And I have never been more confused… What do you mean?! Like Odyssey makes sense bc 1.) Honda Odyssey 2.) that’s the journey part of the story But Iliad is your other ride? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! #booksky #iliad #odyssey

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

#Severance is if you mixed Station 11 with Black Water Sister. I liked it, but I felt like I had read this story before? It didn’t feel new or original to me. I think the narrative was interesting but idk how I felt about it at the end. It just felt, good? But not great. #booksky 💙🪐

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Yeah…. These book covers track for Heinlein’s nasty ass. He was a sexist pig and his books really suck. #scifi #heinlein #booksky 📚🪐

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I love getting to the end of a job interview line, with 3 interviews with four different people and getting failed out bc of a test designed to fuck over autistic people. (I’m not, but I could clearly see the bias in the questions) #jobhunt #interview

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Angell @thegr8estangell.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Eh. A pretty solid space opera. I liked it well enough. Brian and Kevin aren’t the strongest writers. The actual philosophy in the book is really surface level and ham fisted. But the story is cool 🤷🏻‍♂️ overall it’s entertaining. I’m almost done with this series… #booksky #dune 🪐💙

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