 I don't know how to do this. Why does this exist? Why do people read this? Why do people like this? Why would the author choose to do this? Yeah, sorry. Welcome to a tier ranking of all of the books that I read in 2021. It's 175 books. My total for the year was 177 because two of the books I read twice within 2021. So we're gonna rank 175. I'm not gonna rank that twice. 175 books is a lot and I can get a bit rambly. So I'm just gonna kind of get started on this and then we'll see where we're at and I might split this into two parts if it's getting too long. I've also never in my life done a tier ranking because I kind of hate tier rankings. You're welcome. Yeah, so I've never done this before. I don't know how to do this. So this may never seem the light of day because I don't even screen recording, matching with this. Don't know what I'm doing, but we're gonna do our best. Okay, so I've started a screen recording. Hopefully you're seeing what I'm seeing. So the categories that I've come up with are, ew, I don't like the colors. I don't know. Can I change the colors? Because like the top should be the best. Oh, I can. Okay, we're gonna do that because I was like, why is the top? Ain't getting the best. Red, which to me means bad. Well, my favorite color is orange. My least favorite color is purple. Great. So we're going to do a purple to orange scale. Great. So yeah, the categories are immaculate, meaning it's perfection. I love it. It is the wisdom of crowds. Then would read it again because I liked it so much that like, yeah, I would totally read that again. Really liked it. Once was enough is like, I liked it but like not enough to reread it. Then I don't get it, which is something that I say a lot about books that like are like really hyped. And I just like, I don't get it. Or like, this is a thing that people seem really into. And I just, I don't get the appeal. Or it's like, I don't necessarily hate it, but I just, I don't get why, why. But I do have a category called why, which is when I'm, it's a deeper of a funnelment where I'm like, why does this exist? Why do people read this? Why do people like this? Why would the author choose to do this? Why am I being subjected to this? And then the final category is hours of my life that I will never get back. Because that's all I think about when I think about the fact that I have wasted time. Precious minutes of my life that I will never recover. Yeah, I can't really think of anything worse than that. So 175 books, let's, let's freaking do it. So these are not in the order that I read them. I don't know what order they're in. They're in whatever order this website put them in. So, but I've got them all here. And the first one up is A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie. That is, we're going to be here all day if I'm allowed to just gush about that. So we're just going to put that in a maculet. And I don't think I need to explain that. Next is Ace, which I only ever talked about in the wrap up of the month that I read it. And Ace is a nonfiction book that's about not only about the ace identity and what that means, like defining it, but also kind of talking about the way that aceness is erased by everything, in terms of it's not represented in media. And it's also not accounted for in the way that we speak to each other. Like other queerness is accounted for in the way that we speak about couples and love and whatever. But aceness is erased. Like it's like it doesn't exist. So it's just a really informative and also interesting and enjoyable read. And I feel like it was very short, but I feel like I got a lot out of it. It's weird to write nonfiction. I guess I'll put it in would read it again, because I feel like I read it pretty quickly. And I would, I would want to read it again. So that I could get more out of it and like really, I don't know, think about those ideas. The alienist, I really was excited to read because I really wanted to see the show that it's that is based on the alienist. And I still want to see the show and I think I will like the show. But the book was so dry and so boring. And I swear the author, like, would just had done a bunch of research. And so by gum, he was going to stick it in there. It wasn't going to have been for nothing. So even if that ended up with this like research that he did, even if I had no place in what he was writing about, it had no relevance to the story. He was like, I want you to know that I know this thing. I want you to know that I bothered finding this out. So it's going in the book. And you're like, why? Why are you stomping to tell me these like random historical facts? And the story itself just like wasn't very good. And the characters weren't very good. So I don't think the show is going to stop to just like tell me his normal facts. Plus like the wooden characters will be helped by the fact that actors, good actors just sort of bring a three dimensional quality to characters by virtue of being human beings that will just be emotion that is lacking is just going to have like show on their face, you know, like they they're just like by being living breathing humans just flesh that out by virtue of existing. So and I've heard, I think, pretty good things about the show. Anyway, so I still watch the show, but this I'm going to put it in why because I really didn't like it. And I was like, why, sir? Are you doing these things? American Hippo. This was one of the books that was assigned to me by Bethany. American Hippo is a book that was assigned to me by Bethany when we swapped TBRs. And I hated it. So it is an alternate history that the thing that inspired it is actually very interesting to me, although I shouldn't say very interesting, but it was the most rewarding thing about being forced to read this was like learning that I was like, oh, I had no idea. But I'm learning that thing. I was like, I don't know that there is that much to say about it as like maybe a short story. And so this is a bind up of like two novellas and two short stories. And it felt very thin even for that. But basically at some point in American history, they considered the government considered importing hippos and ranging them. Obviously, the US government decided to not go with a hippo plan. But this book or these stories are set in an alternate America where they decided to go with a hippo plan. And the thing is, it doesn't really do anything with that concept. Like if you're going to like the thing that would make that interesting, but the thing that would be interesting to explore about that is like the repercussions that would have on society and culture, the economy, the landscape of America, like those are the things that would be affected by this that would be interesting to examine. But this, the books or the stories had no interest in exploring that. It just wanted to tell like this little like adventure story with some really flat cardboard cut out characters. And then like they also have like hippos around because like isn't that fun. And I'm like, what's interesting about the idea that America considered doing this is like that would have had massive repercussions potentially. And that's just like not what we're here to do. In which case I'm like, why did you bother with this at all? Why not just like tell a historical fiction story in an America where these are horses, because it would change almost not. So I was just, and I just didn't think there was, it wasn't like, okay, I wish you'd examined the hippo thing, but these are good stories. Like I thought the stories were really weak and the characters really wouldn't flat and uninteresting. And it was just not for me. And it felt even though like this is an alternate history, it's still, I feel like it's still appropriate to say it feels anachronistic because like a lot of it was like oddly modern for the era of America that this is alternately examining. I guess this goes in why, because like why wouldn't you examine the premise that you chose for this story? Then Ariadne, which is a, it was sort of pitched as, you know, some like for fans of Cersei, for fans of Song of Achilles, that kind of thing. And I love Cersei and I love Song of Achilles. And this was just not it. This was like a pale imitation of that. I feel like I don't think it's inaccurate to say that about it. It's just, yeah, it's just not nearly as good as that. So if you're, the part about it that's inaccurate is that it's setting up the expectation that you're going to have a story that's that good that you're going to have, yeah, it's in that sense is inaccurate because it wishes it was Madeline Miller. There just like wasn't that she wasn't doing anything that interesting with the story of Ariadne. It wasn't a story that I had been that interested in the first place, but I wasn't, I'm not that big a fan of myth and particularly Greek myth in the first place. So like, it's not like I picked up Cersei and Song of Achilles because I'm obsessed with the Iliad or with the Odyssey. I don't really care about those stories in the first place. It was Madeline Miller's amazing take on them that I was there for. So it's not like I'm obsessed with the story of Ariadne. And it's not like, oh, I don't like Ariadne, therefore I would never have liked this. I don't care about Achilles and I don't care about Cersei, but I liked those books because they were well written. And Ariadne, I was like, well, I don't care about Ariadne, but like, you want to write a good book about Ariadne? Sure, I just wasn't a very good book in my opinion. It was like entirely adequate. So I should have maybe changed the name of this category to just adequate. Um, can I still change it? Oh, I can't. I'm going to rename it adequate. There you go. I think Ariadne was entirely adequate. Then Assassin's Quest, which is the third book in the far seer trilogy. I'm a little far seer. I didn't like Assassin's Quest as much as I like Royal Assassin. It's so good and fits in the pool and every god, it's so good and night eyes. See, I just become increasingly incoherent when I like something. That's why my rants are rudder. I'm very coherent and very articulate about why I hate something. If I like something, I'm just like, night eyes. It's just meaningless noises. So yeah, let's go ahead and put Assassin's Quest in wood read again. We'll reserve Immaculate for Royal Assassin. So next is Baron the Nightingale, which is one of the books that I read twice in 2021. And Baron the Nightingale, I have read it three times now. So obviously, I would read it again. I think this is going to go in Immaculate because it is so beautiful. It's such just like absolutely masterclass in like what fairy tale retellings should be, what historical fiction has the capacity to be, what when people talk about purple prose, like you can't just put a bunch of adjectives in. Like you actually have to be lyrical and artful and poetic in what you're telling, in the story you're telling and the way you're telling it. And the way that it just transports you to this magical Russia is pretty unparalleled. So yeah, that deserves being Immaculate. Before they are hanged, it's become possibly my favorite in the original trilogy. It wasn't before. I just, does it go in Immaculate or would read it again? Because obviously I would read it again. I've read it three times and I'm about to read it a fourth time. So like would read it again is the very least where it's going to go, but is it Immaculate? It's not Immaculate. The original trilogy has flaws. Yes, that's right. You heard me. Abercrombie is not perfect. So we're going to put that in would read again because it's just accurate. Besser cold. I like this a little less on my rereads. So I don't think I can put it in Immaculate. I would have after my first read. But now that I've read it again, and it's not as fun to reread as the other Abercrombie books are even the first law trilogy, which originally I liked Besser cold better than the first law trilogy. But the first law trilogy is more fun to reread. I think on a first read through Besser cold is a better first read, but rereading the trilogy is better. It's got more like it rewards a reread more than Besser cold does. So we're just going to put it in read it again, because I'm going to read it again, obviously. The Black Company. I read this, I picked it for Blades and Vigorous, and I didn't like it either. So it's not like I can blame the ladies. Like sometimes Blades and Vigorous has bad books, and it's my fault. I'm not upset that I read it though. So this will not go in hours of my life. But I mean, I read it and wanted to read it because as a sort of student of the genre, as somebody who likes grim dark, I wanted to sort of see one of the grand daddies of the genre, which the Black Company is often credited with being sort of one, if not the first, then one of the first like the progenitors of the grim dark genre or subgenre. So like, I think I'm going to put it, I don't get it because I my main reaction to it was I'm really glad that this happened. I'm really glad that people read this and wanted to continue writing grim dark. I don't understand how anyone could read that and be like, we need more of this because reading that would put me off grim dark. But apparently it did. I am grateful for that. Then the Black Town Thief, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed that, maybe not surprised because I guess I had really high hopes for it. And then I heard pretty middling reviews when it came out and people would had arcs of it or were reading it right when it came out were like, we love that in principle though. So I feel like I, I mean, I had a really good time reading it, but I don't think it was that good. And I definitely credit my enjoyment largely. Like a lot of the credit goes to the narrator, which is the actually the author. So does that mean he still gets the credit? Does that mean it's a good book? Because he had a fun energy when he read it and like the singing of the songs really helped. And it oddly enough reminded me of Angela's Ashes, which is one of my favorite books. Adequate, it seems a little, I don't think it was that good. And I don't know that I would read it again. So we're going to, we're going to put that in Adequate. Blade itself, just going to put that in would read it again, because we know that I would. I just did for the fifth time. From Blood and Ash, Blades of Modesty or Prospect, which was atrocious, I vlogged my painful journey, but which of the bad categories does it go in? I don't know if it quite deserves hours of my life. But I mean, this did win, I think Goodreads Choice Awards. And like there's a bunch of special edition boxes for it. And people are obsessed with this. This is the situation where like it's not even like with Sarah J. Mass, I would probably still put it or Sarah J. Mass, I would put in like, I don't get it because like I don't feel that way. But with from Blood and Ash, it's in why? Because why is this popular? Why do people like this? This is beyond I don't get it. This is just please explain why. Maggie Steve Otter's Blue Lily Lily Blue. I really, really enjoyed what I read it again. I think I would. I would think I would read the whole Raven Cycle again. So we're going to put that in would read it again. Boxing the Woods, which is a truly devious novel, but it's not part of the truly devious series. It's just like the character from Truly Devious solving a different mystery. And I feel and I said this when I like did it in my wrap up that like when I did it in my wrap up when I talked about it in my wrap up that I felt like truly devious was stretched a little thin like three books was too much for that mystery. But one book was not enough for Boxing the Woods. So I'm going to put this in adequate because like I enjoyed it. But I was like, that's too fast. Then Broken Girls by Simone St. James. I was pretty disappointed with this, especially because I'd heard such amazing things about Simone St. James and about that book specifically. Like I didn't think it was bad. I just felt like it, I just don't think it executed its plot that well. And I felt like it was a little hand-fisted about some of the points we were trying to make to the detriment of the plot. So we're going to put this in adequate. I always put it in, I don't get it because it does get a lot of praise and I kind of don't get it, but it was adequate. Broken Things, not to be confused with Broken Girls, even though it has girls on the cover. It was also adequate. Like I didn't think it was very good, but I don't think it was bad. It was like a fine YA thriller that was like it was fine. Burning God. Oh, I'm gonna have to put this in adequate because I don't think it was great and I wouldn't read it again. I feel like the project of this book of these books is to be commended, but I don't think that it was that enjoyable of a reading experience and the characters are pretty one-note. And ya, sorry. I called out the hack, which is the spin-off series from the Raven Cycle, which is about a rune and a lynch of a character. I might have to put this in adequate because like it's kind of a, it's not as bad as King of Scars. I liked it a lot better than the King of Scars, but it's a similar situation to King of Scars where like the idea of having a spin-off about this really beloved character sounds appealing, but in practice isn't that good and also just like with King of Scars, for a book about Nicolai, King of Scars isn't that much about Nicolai, and for a book about rune and lynch, Call Down the Hawk isn't that much about rune and lynch. Like I'm gonna continue with the spin-off series, but just a bit of a letdown. Then The Castle of Lear by Lloyd Alexander. I really enjoyed my journey through the Chronicles of Pradain, and Castle of Lear was no exception and I would read it again. Christmas Carol would definitely read it again. It's a classic for a reason. I've never actually read it before, so it's fun actually like I felt like I'd read it before because I'd seen so many versions of it, but I hadn't actually ever read it before, so it was really nice reading it. Class of Kings. I definitely would read it again. Is it Immaculate? No, it's not Immaculate. But I would definitely read it again. That was my second time and like I've forgotten how good George R. Martin is. That's, we're just gonna be putting all the songwriters in Power Books, and I might put one of them in Immaculate. Claw of the Conciliator is the second book in the book of the new son. I don't know if I can rate the, I mean I did rate them separately. They are separate books. I think I would put it in, would read it again, and not even because like, oh it's so good I want to read it again, more just because like, I think I need to read it again. Good book presents. I don't know if I got it all the first time. Clockwork Sparrow. I would read it again. It's a really cute middle grade mystery that's set in sort of Edwardian era, and it's just, it's very good in terms of being a mystery, in terms of having nice characters to follow, in terms of being accurate to the time. We had a great time. Dark Age. I think it's Immaculate. It is Pierce Brown's best work to date in my humble opinion, and so it goes in Immaculate. That was my second time reading it. So like, obviously it would at least be would read it again. But I think it's Immaculate. But then didn't Kyro, I don't get it. I just, I heard so much about Peter J. Lee Clark, and I really wanted to love this world and his writing. The concept, I'm super sold on the concept of this like, alternate version of Kyro that has actually like, Jinn and Ifritz, and all this other like, mythological stuff. I just don't think it was very interestingly or compellingly, or even like, mystically written. Like for a book that's like a murder mystery set in a magical version of Kyro, like how did you make that work? Continuing on Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha, all these times that I've talked about this book, and I've still never looked up how to say the author's name. I, I'm not worried about it. I didn't like it. Maybe I'll worth books of the year. Um, but honestly, I kind of want to put it, maybe I don't get it. I'll put it in, I don't get it. Because like, the other gals seem to enjoy their time with it. And I can get it. Devil's Divine is the second book in the Dreadnation duology. It wasn't as good as Dreadnation, but it was very good. So I would read it again. Oh no, I did not think through how this would change. Oh god. I have to adjust. Okay. Okay. And we're back. Declaration of the Rights of Magicians. This made my favorite books of the year. Um, and I am kind of obsessed with it. My channel has kind of become just like a stan account for the shadow histories. So and of the two, it was definitely my favorite in the duology. So we're going to put that in Immaculate. Demon and White Immaculate, the whole spoilers, the whole book of, uh, or the whole Sun Eater is going to go in Immaculate right back. Maybe not the Lesser Devil. The Sun Eater, it's so good. I just, I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. Okay, moving on. Destiny's Captive. Why? Whose fantasy is this? It was what I wanted to know the whole time I was reading. That was one of the books that Bethany thanked for me. And I just, why? Why? Why would she think this for me? Why would somebody want to read this? Why would somebody think this is ideal? I don't understand. I have so many questions. Uh, so Beth, why? Why, why, why, why, why? Devil and the White City, uh, was really, really good. I read this in The Alienest around the same time. And I was like, okay, Devil and the White City is actually nonfiction. And it reads more like a compelling novel than The Alienest. Um, so we're going to put that in when we read it again. Devouring Gray was adequate. No, but it was, it was pretty shit, if I'm honest. I'm going to put that in. I don't get it. Not that there's anything specific that I don't get. Which is because like, I'm not like upset by the way I am with like stuff and why. But I just like, I don't get it. I know there's people that like it. And I don't get it because it's, it's not very good. Dragon Republic, adequate. I'm sorry. I liked the Poppy War better. I would put the Poppy War in like, would read it again. Although knowing how the series goes, I don't know that I necessarily wanted to read it again. But like I really enjoyed the Poppy War. And after that, it just like got very samey. And for that reason was boring and not that compelling to read. The drawing of the three was why. I really disliked it. After everyone was like, don't judge the Dark Tower by the Gunslinger. Even Stephen King says the Gunslinger is shit. And I actually kind of enjoyed the Gunslinger. And then the drawing of the three, which many people told me is their favorite in the Dark Tower. There are so many things in that book that I'm like, why? Why would you write it like this? Why? Why was this necessary? Why would you choose to do this? Why? So nothing goes in why. Dreams of the Dying. My worst book of 2021. And that's gonna go in hours of my life that I will never get back. Dune. I guess would read it again. This was a pretty high reading, but I've already read it twice. And I could see myself reading it again. There's a lot of stuff in there. It's far from perfect. So I will continue to be critical of it. But I've also said many times that it's a classic rare reason. So yeah, Emerblade was adequate. I think that there's like a good story in there. But I don't think it's that well written. I don't think the characterization is that good. I don't think the prose is very good. I don't think the like the way the world building is delivered to you is very good. So like, there's stuff in there to like, I kind of get why people like it. But it's quite past mustard with me. Empire of Silence is immaculate. Evening in the morning, I kind of forgot how I read that. I think that's adequate. It's a it's a Ken Follett book. I've never actually read. That was my first Ken Follett book reading it. And I'd seen a few Ken Follett adaptations. So having seen the adaptations and now reading this book and hearing the criticisms that Ken Follett writes the same story just in different with different names and like different time period. I was like, yeah, he kind of does. Like all the historical detail is really good. So being into that kind of thing, I enjoyed that. But the story is and if like if he hadn't written anything else, I'd be like the story is good. But unfortunately, I am aware that like this is the same story that the other two that I'm familiar with the Pillars of the Earth and World of that End. I was like, even those two, I was like, we have a pretty similar story here. And then evening in the morning, I was like, and again. So um, Fable was adequate. I kind of want to put it, I don't get it because like Fable is like really popular, especially like on bookstore. But like, I kind of get it. I just I think it's pretty boring. Not that compelling. And I definitely didn't feel like there was any chemistry that relevance to get swept away in. But it was it was all right. You know, I kind of went but I don't get it because it also got picked like Reese's book club. And like it just got like it was like Adrienne's like Adrienne's best work to date. Just no, I don't get it. Fireborn, I really enjoyed that. And I think it deserves the hype it got. So the hype I would say the hype from my circle, like it was pretty under hyped by people in general. But like, Elle who loves it and Alan who's been chilling for it. Another people I think who have read it and praised it. Like it was it was really good. So yeah, fledgling. I guess I would read it again. I guess this is a weird metric. Going from I would read it again to adequate is like quite a jump. I don't know. Like, yeah, in a long time from now I could see myself rereading it. It's kind of rough. It's not fun to read per se because of the subject matter. But it was very good. It felt short here and there on certain aspects. But overall, that's when Bethany that's one of the books about any picture. And that one that one was good. The Forever King was adequate. This was sent to me by the author and it is a like Norse inspired world, or at least like the mythology of the world is Norse inspired. And we have like, it's not actually like our real world. It's not Scandinavia. But the gods are like literally Loki is like in it. And then also like an active participant in the story. And that just like irks me. Like I don't like when like if it's a retelling of like a Norse myth, sure. Or if it's a story about Vikings who just like believe in those things, sure. When you have like the gods of the Norse Pantheon actively participating and affecting the lives of like people who are mortals, like showing up and being like, Hey, I'm looking and I'm going to participate in the story. I don't know. It really irritates me. And not just like the Norse stuff. Like I don't like it. I don't like them separate. Like if you're going to talk about Greek myth Norse myth, whatever, you can tell me about the myths. And you can tell me about people who believe in those myths in historical times. But when they're like active participants that really bugs me. Unless you're doing something like very creative to like really subvert that like American gods. So I'm just waiting for somebody to tell me that that means I can't like American gods. Freedom is a constant struggle. My Angela Davis was amazing. It's a collection of essays would definitely read that again. There was just like so much to unpack. Like I kind of wanted to read it again as soon as I finished it. Because I was like kind of like a god at all. I highly recommend it. It's a very thought promoting read. Game of Thrones is immaculate. It is a classic, a modern classic for a reason. Gap of Time, the retelling of the Winter's Tale. My friend Heather and I were reading The Hogarth Shakespeare's. Gap of Time was adequate. Like as a retelling of the Winter's Tale, it like the Winter's Tale is a weird play. I don't honestly get why this because that's the thing. The authors got to pick which play they'd get to retell. So she picked a Winter's Tale, which is really what I don't get. But yeah, it is, it is what it is. Next I have Gardens of the Moon, which I would not read that again. I was very annoyed with it. And then things happened. So we're just going to put that in. I don't get why you would tell it like that. Mostly echoes was adequate. I don't have a lot to say about that. I guess what I feel like with that series, I liked it in the beginning and it's gotten progressively weaker. That's like the third one better than the second one, but neither is what as good as the first one. Girl in the Tower is immaculate. It's my favorite in the Winter Hunt trilogy. And I already put right there. Girl the Sea gave back. Why did we need a sequel to Sky in the Deep? It was in every way. Like why did this exist? It didn't feel like a story that needed to be told. It was purely to cash in on the fact that Sky in the Deep was popular. So I guess that's an answer to the question. But otherwise, what was the point of that? The Goblin Ember, I picked that Four Blades and the Powder Surfers. And I was the one I think that liked it the least. So I just never liked any of my books even when I had to pick them. So The Goblin Ember won a bunch of awards. Like I want to put it in adequate, but also like I really don't get it. Like I don't get why the ladies liked it. I don't get why I won awards. And yeah, sorry. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart was sort of painfully adequate. After reading The Secret History, I had high expectations. And The Goldfinch, it was fine. I liked the movie better. And the movie didn't get great reviews. So I have to tell you something. I just was like, really? The author of The Secret History wrote this? Because this feels like somebody who would want to be imitating that kind of greatness. Trying to be deep. Guards, guards. It's adequate. But from everything I've heard that Alan's told me, the City Watch books get a lot more interesting. That the Guards, Guards is like the weakest one. So I would read on in the City Watch. And I like Project. The Guards, Guards just like doesn't have any meat to it. It doesn't have any tofu to it. Oh, Guns of the Dogs would read it again. And I just did read it again. And I would read it again again. It's not immaculate, but I had a really good time the first time and had a really good time the second time. Hagsie by Margaret Atwood was my favorite in the Hogwarts until the last one that we read. What I read it again. No, I just think it did its job better than the other ones. So it's still just adequate. Like it really only like works as you're reading it as like, Oh, this is a project where authors are retelling Shakespeare not as like a book I picked up to enjoy. If you just like it's a book I picked up to enjoy, you'd be like half a king, adequate, half a war, adequate. So I kept saying about the Shatter to see it's so painful to read it. And no, there's written by Joe Abercrombie because it is just so entirely adequate. I'm sick of shadows. Oh boy. Is it ours? No. But why? Yes. Why did you not Google anything to do with the historical time period that you were writing it? Like not even the most thing. Just why is there hot cocoa for a child in the Arthurian times? Why? Why? Why? Half the world is adequate. Hamlet was adequate. I know Hamlet was like, and I know actually Hamlet is going to go in. I don't get it. Because I had really high hopes for Hamlet, especially because like it's the kind of thing that would appeal to me in the first place because it's like related tangentially to Shakespeare. And then it got praised that I haven't ever read it. And I think it won some awards. And it's about like the death of Shakespeare's son Hamlet during the flake. And the book just wasn't that good. And I don't understand why people are phrasing it. I just don't. And on the wall would I read it again? I don't think that the truly neediest books are the kind of books that are a mystery that is fun to revisit over and over again. Like I don't think there'd be that much to like pick apart and be like, oh spot the clues for what's to come. I feel like it's like a one time through kind of thing. Haunting of Tramcar by Tramcar. What is it? 015. Is the yeah, the it's also by Depeche daily Clark. I feel the same as I did about dead jinn and Cairo. I like I don't I don't get how you made magical Cairo murder mystery or not mystery in this murder mystery in this case, but a mystery in a magical Cairo. How did you make that boring? I don't get it. Part of Blood and Ashes. I don't get it. It's a it's a bodice ripper that was for Blades of Otis Rippers. And I is I understand from my colleagues that is a very, very popular barbarian romance. Like it is well loved. And I thought it was like, it wasn't like the worst thing I'd read. It was definitely better than from Blood and Ashes. But I just I don't, especially because of the dude in it was like pretty aggravating. I really like the female main character. Sincerely, I did. And I just thought that she deserved some better. And I was like, again, I was like, whose fantasy is this? I don't get it. The High King, which is the last of the Chronicles of Pardane, I would read that again. It was my least favorite, but I would read the whole Chronicles of Pardane. It's just like a fun and traditional escapist fantasy. Holopogs would definitely read that again. I'm loving the Morgan Crow books. I can't wait for the fourth one. I'll probably read them all before the fourth one comes out. And I have recently acquired or I recently ordered. They're not they're not physically in my hands yet, but the UK hardcovers, which someone in the comments, I think my wrap up, let me know. So I was like, oh, I want some special editions. They're like, well, the UK ones are pretty nice. And I had always seen the UK ones with the dust jacket on. And then I saw when they then I looked it up when they told me because I didn't really like the dust jacket designs. I like the American dust jackets much better. But I had no idea that beneath the dust jacket is these these gorgeous naked books. And I was like, why did I not know? So those will be mine shortly. Home Before Dark. Well, I don't get it. I guess Riley Sager is pretty popular. I think that that book specifically is pretty popular. But it was not very good. I don't get it. Horrid was adequate. It's a like YA horror book. And I actually found it more compelling interesting than Home Before Dark. It was it was fine. House of Leaves. I don't get it. I don't understand why people subject themselves to this on purpose. But it is what it is. Just getting just getting unwieldy. How many is that? Okay, we're not quite halfway. But I think this might be a good place to stop for part one and I'll do the rest in part two. And maybe figure out how to have more space on my board. I've never done this before. But yeah, so that does it for part one. 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