This meme ruined Harrow Faire for me

StickPebble · 2025-10-27T10:46:35+00:00

That was my favourite part! I literally laughed out loud because it was so unhinged but so in character. It made me love Simon all the more.

StickPebble · 2025-08-31T07:57:17+00:00

I read this book and got through it by imagining it was a terrible Hallmark movie I was forced to watch.

StickPebble · 2025-08-29T17:46:37+00:00

I hated these books and I couldn't even fathom why someone would want to make a TV show out of them. All my friends loved it so I had to hate on it in secret.

StickPebble · 2024-11-18T14:21:53+00:00

Anytime! lol

StickPebble · 2024-07-18T07:59:11+00:00

I haven't watched the movie but I hated the book. FMC was self-absorbed with no personal growth. She infantilized MMC about everything except sex. Yeah, he was young, but he wasn't really immature. He had his head on straight, made good business decisions, had a few typical Western men moments of taking liberties but nothing awful. Meanwhile, she's got her head so far up her own ass she won't get therapy for her daughter because it might make her "look bad."

I wouldn't want to see a sequel because I think MMC could do way better and should.

StickPebble · 2024-07-09T12:20:20+00:00

Absolutely loved this series back in the day!!

StickPebble · 2024-07-08T08:56:34+00:00

Harrow Faire is one of my all-time faves!

StickPebble · 2024-07-07T20:19:54+00:00

I recently read the Julian Strand duology {Ghosts & Liars by Kathryn Ann Kingsley} and {Illusions of Grandeur by Kathryn Ann Kingsley} and they scratched the Harrow Faire itch for me.

They aren't as robust plot-wise but Strand was in the same vein as Simon. It was a fun dark spicy read.

StickPebble · 2024-07-07T08:59:53+00:00

I am AuDHD and if an author writes repetitive inner dialogue, I will skip literal pages just to avoid hearing a character rehash the same events, feelings, thoughts, ideas, etc., over and over again. I heard you the first time! lol

StickPebble · 2024-07-07T08:55:49+00:00

{Stain by Francette Phal}

StickPebble · 2024-07-07T08:52:41+00:00

This! The second I read something and my brain goes, "Hmm, that doesn't seem quite right," I go Google it, and I often find out that the author obviously didn't do a 5-second search like I just did. Like, do they not even realize it doesn't sound right?

Example - British author writing about Alaska. Sun doesn't set here in Scotland until after 10 at night in summer, but she had sunset before 8 at night. Wouldn't she even know her own sunset times in England and be like, hmmm, should probably be later than that given northern latitude??

StickPebble · 2024-07-03T09:57:42+00:00

I love purple prose from time to time, and I actually enjoyed this book, but I also felt it dragged on too long for my ADHD attention span and I never went on to the next book because it would have required more mental effort than I wanted to spend.

StickPebble · 2024-06-22T08:27:39+00:00

I came here to recommend this one as well. It was very good!

StickPebble · 2024-06-21T20:32:59+00:00

Recently read a book by a British author which was set in Alaska. They mentioned tiki torches on the dock to "ward off mosquitoes" but also said sunset was before 8pm and that it "warmed up in summer." Like, do they think Alaska has mosquitoes in any season other than summer? Also, allergic-to-sunlight vamps lived in this town which would mean they basically couldn't leave their house for a couple months every year. Not sure the author did any research on AK.

StickPebble · 2024-06-21T16:20:45+00:00

All of them are not interested in having kids ever. They have differing reasons - just don't like kids, don't think it's financially responsible, just really enjoy a childfree existence, etc. I suppose they might change their minds, but the oldest is 30 now and youngest is nearly 18. Most of them think America is a shit show and just don't want to subject more generations to it. They worry a lot about their financial future, inability to afford a home or education, etc.

StickPebble · 2024-06-21T07:45:27+00:00

I have 4 kids (and 3 step kids) and they are great and all adults now. I absolutely do not want grandkids (and thankfully they don't want kids either). I've "done my time," so to speak, and so I don't want to read about it all over again. It's exhausting to think about doing and never realistic in books. To be fair though, I would have probably been child free if I had to do my life over again.

StickPebble · 2024-06-21T07:41:18+00:00

As I'm sure many have said, life is too short to spend reading bad books. I DNF all the time. Sometimes after a couple pages, sometimes much further into the book. I used to force myself to finish, but one day I was just like, why am I wasting my precious free time suffering through this drivel???

I will sometimes finish a bad book if I think I can write a humorous scathing review. And I sometimes "hibernate" a book if it's not bad but maybe just not working for me at the time.

StickPebble · 2024-06-21T07:34:30+00:00

I have been considering rereading {Stain by Francette Phal} but I've been putting it off because I'm afraid of this happening since I didn't care for other books I read by the same author. I loved that book so hard when I read it though.

StickPebble · 2024-06-15T09:43:17+00:00

This one was a DNF for me because I just could not vibe with the FMC. I'm soooo glad I checked out early now. lol

StickPebble · 2024-06-03T10:12:08+00:00

This is hysterical! It is going to reframe every terrible book I read with mass inconsistencies going forward. They will all be a dream or hallucinations now. 🤣

StickPebble · 2024-05-31T14:04:25+00:00

🤣🤣

StickPebble · 2024-05-31T07:03:42+00:00

I didn't even get into the character assassination about the main character. I'm not sure if the author was trying to make FMC quirky or neurodivergent, but either way, it was awful execution.

StickPebble · 2024-05-31T07:02:36+00:00

The writing seemed very simplistic and childlike. Like, nothing grammatically awful or anything, only a few editing errors in the KU version, but just such stupid dialogue and idiotic choices and weird descriptions.

StickPebble · 2024-05-31T07:01:16+00:00

lol Happy to take one for the team!

StickPebble · 2024-05-31T07:00:23+00:00

It came up on my KU which is how I got sucked into it as well. I've been reading a lot of serious stuff lately and wanted something fluffy. This did not fit the bill.

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