Jam started reading Red Heir by Lisa Henry (Adventures in Aguillon, #1)
Imprisoned pickpocket Loth isn't sure why a bunch of idiots just broke into his cell …
jam, finally reading a book? gasp!
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As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide …
good premise, but lacks depth
2 stars
listen, i love the found family trope as much as the next person, and this book delivered just that. but every time the story veered into the romance i found myself cringing a lot because the dialogue was too cheesy for my liking.
i also wish the book touched more on what it's like to be a transracial adoptee living in britain and not having a direct connection to their heritage and culture. it did mention the struggle of being a brown witch in a white-dominated society like britain, but it never went beyond surface level and i really think that's a missed opportunity.
listen, i love the found family trope as much as the next person, and this book delivered just that. but every time the story veered into the romance i found myself cringing a lot because the dialogue was too cheesy for my liking.
i also wish the book touched more on what it's like to be a transracial adoptee living in britain and not having a direct connection to their heritage and culture. it did mention the struggle of being a brown witch in a white-dominated society like britain, but it never went beyond surface level and i really think that's a missed opportunity.
Jam finished reading The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head …
Jam quoted All About Love by bell hooks
"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet ... we would all …
Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.
— All About Love by bell hooks (11%)
Jam quoted All About Love by bell hooks
"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet ... we would all …
An overwhelming majority of us come from dysfunctional families in which we were taught we were not okay, where we were shamed, verbally and/or physically abused, and emotionally neglected even as were also taught to believe that we were loved. For most folks it is just too threatening to embrace a definition of love that would no longer enable us to see love as present in our families. Too many of us need to cling to a notion of love that either makes abuse acceptable or at least makes it seem that whatever happened was not that bad.
— All About Love by bell hooks (11%)
Jam quoted All About Love by bell hooks
"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet ... we would all …
Affection is only one ingredient of love. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients—care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.
— All About Love by bell hooks (10%)
Jam quoted All About Love by bell hooks
"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet ... we would all …
I was not ready to die because I had not yet found the love my heart had been seeking.
— All About Love by bell hooks (6%)
Jam started reading All About Love by bell hooks
All About Love by bell hooks
"The word 'love' is most often defined as a noun, yet ... we would all love better if we used …