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BooksPlanted: August 2, 2025
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Book Log
This is going take a (LONG) while to update because according to Storygraph, as of August 5, 2025, I have read 417 books. I plan to add new books as I read them and then slowly post my older reads randomly as I feel like it.
For sake of some sense of organization, the books are sorted by date read, not date added to this page. I think I may eventually separate my book log by year... or by genre? idk we'll get there when we get there
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Click on a cover for more information and my rating/review.
The Haunting of Hill House
Read (not yet)
Rating:
I actually haven't read this book yet, this is just a filler for now while I build this page.
It's on my desk though. I'm looking at it right now.
I am currently reading Jackson's Dark Tales, a short story collection.
Short stories would give me a sense of her writing style, right? Well, I was told that it would have been better to start with The Haunting of Hill House. oh well.
Bunny
Date read: 10/13/2024
Rating:
Unhinged and like reading a fever dream. One of my favorite reads from 2024.
It's like Mean Girls or Heathers but with twee milennial grad students and lots more bleeding and hallucinating.
Gideon the Ninth
Date read: 12/20/2023
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This was so awesome I could scream. Everything escalated so quickly and I devoured this book in only a couple of days.
It was sort of difficult to read and follow what was going on, partly because of the writing style and partly because there are so many characters. I didn't get a chance to read the next book in the series yet, and so much time has passed that I'll probably give it a re-read before I do. And then I'll understand better haha
Annihilation
Date read: 10/13/2022
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Atmospheric and haunting. I could vividly imagine navigating Area X: the tower, the lighthouse, the base, and all the flora and fauna in it. I loved the mystery and the inexplicable, and can't wait to explore more of this world in the next two books.
I started collecting these sick holographic editions in 2024.
Sabriel
Date read: 05/14/2015
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Tween Heather's favorite book. I actually read the sequel, Lirael, first after buying it on a whim at the Solano County Mall because the cover looked so cool lol. Anyway. Necromancy. Badass female lead. Very clever magic system with bells. A cat. This book has everything.
10 or so years later, in 2015, I listened to the entire triology on audiobook, which I HIGHLY recommend because it's narrated by Tim Curry. That's all I need to say about it. It's fantastic.
It's been another 10 years since I read the book so I think it's about time for a reread. In 2021, I purchased the 25th anniversary hardcover edition with the iconic illustration by Leo and Diane Dillon but then Harper Collins decided to NOT rerelease the other books in in hardcover??? I even emailed them and they ignored me! So I bought first-edition hardcovers of Lirael and Abhorsen on eBay and now they look awesome on my bookshelf. Anyway this wasn't really a review so thank you for putting up with me and reading me yap about my nostaglic fav.
Rating System
For many years I would rate my books, shows, movies, etc. completely on vibes alone, until I saw a rating system, below, created by aromanticduck on Tumblr. All my media reviews on Yogo Magpie will use it because it's incredible and simple to use. I won't specify if it's spicy or bland tho
| Nothing really wrong with it | A few things wrong with it | So many things wrong with it | |
| Lots of awesome things | 5 stars | 4 stars (spicy) | 3 stars (spicy) |
| A few awesome things | 4 stars (bland) | 3 stars (mild) | 2 stars (spicy) |
| Nothing really awesome | 3 stars (bland) | 2 stars (bland) | 1 star |
The idea is that you rate the thing on how much stuff you loved and how much stuff you hated, and those things weigh against each other. There's only one way to get 5 stars or 1 star, so those should end up as the rarest ratings, with 3 stars being the most common.
'Spicy' means that the thing inspires emotion, whether positive or negative, while 'bland' means it doesn't affect you much either way.
An example of a 3-star (spicy)—for me personally—would be the Twilight series, beacuse there's plenty of garbage in there but also some things that are like crack to me. I can't think of an example of a 3-star (bland) because by nature they don't stick in the mind.
(This also assumes giving 0 stars isn't allowed. That'd throw it out of whack...)
