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"Emily, what are you doing to meeee!???
Thank you to Mo, The Scarlet Siren, for suggesting this! 🙌🏼" — Apr 20, 2023 01:44PM
"Emily, what are you doing to meeee!???
Thank you to Mo, The Scarlet Siren, for suggesting this! 🙌🏼" — Apr 20, 2023 01:44PM
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"I’m not sure how I made it this far, but this storyline could have been good with some actual depth behind the writing. Instead, it’s a creepy, over-written, sexually-charged mess. Yikes. 😬
I’m not sure how much longer I’ll continue on, but this is why I don’t willingly do “DARK” reads. Because, if this is dark, it’s laughable - at best. 🙄" — Apr 10, 2023 08:31PM
"I’m not sure how I made it this far, but this storyline could have been good with some actual depth behind the writing. Instead, it’s a creepy, over-written, sexually-charged mess. Yikes. 😬
I’m not sure how much longer I’ll continue on, but this is why I don’t willingly do “DARK” reads. Because, if this is dark, it’s laughable - at best. 🙄" — Apr 10, 2023 08:31PM
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“Why do I read?
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh
and to be motivated.
I read to understand things I've never
been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just
said monumentally dumb things to the
people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I
feel broken, discouraged, and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole
world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of
skin and bones, of sights, feelings,
and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm
also made up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's
hidden in my heart.
Words are alive--when I've found a
story that I love, I read it again and
again, like playing a favorite song
over and over.
Reading isn't passive--I enter the
story with the characters, breathe
their air, feel their frustrations,
scream at them to stop when they're
about to do something stupid, cry with
them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a
friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many.”
― Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
I just can't help myself.
I read to learn and to grow, to laugh
and to be motivated.
I read to understand things I've never
been exposed to.
I read when I'm crabby, when I've just
said monumentally dumb things to the
people I love.
I read for strength to help me when I
feel broken, discouraged, and afraid.
I read when I'm angry at the whole
world.
I read when everything is going right.
I read to find hope.
I read because I'm made up not just of
skin and bones, of sights, feelings,
and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm
also made up of words.
Words describe my thoughts and what's
hidden in my heart.
Words are alive--when I've found a
story that I love, I read it again and
again, like playing a favorite song
over and over.
Reading isn't passive--I enter the
story with the characters, breathe
their air, feel their frustrations,
scream at them to stop when they're
about to do something stupid, cry with
them, laugh with them.
Reading for me, is spending time with a
friend.
A book is a friend.
You can never have too many.”
― Shelf Life: Stories by the Book
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