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Catherine Jayne

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English Teacher ✏️
Ardent reader and writer 📖
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Have not updated this account in some time… but this is my current read in case you were wondering!! 😛 So far I like it. It is, admittedly, a bit boring. But I don’t seem to mind the slow pace. by @c_jayne_reads

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2 years ago

ACOWAR was a journey. Tears were shed, heart was shattered. You know, all the things. I did not love it quite AS MUCH as ACOMAF, but then again, I don’t think any book in this series can/ will truly compare. I have heard that the next book will be much lighter and more cheerful than this one, and that will be much needed after what the book put me through 🙃 by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

THIS. BOOK. The literal second I finished A Court of Thorns and Roses I ran to my bookshelf and started reading it. I have never flown through a book so quickly. It was everything 🥹🥹 I will accept no criticism on this book. Anyway, on to A Court of Wings and Ruin! by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

I don’t know why I waited to long to read this after countless recommendations… I am late on the bandwagon, but all I can say is that it is WORTH THE HYPE. So many times I forgot I was even reading because of how absorbed I was in the story and how lost I was in its world. I have many opinions that I will not share because ✨spoilers✨. But if you are looking for a book to get you into fantasy, this is it! (At least it was for me). by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

I forgot to post my other November read! I mainly listened to the audiobook, which was quite good. This was not my favorite book ever, but it did capture my attention and thoughts. I recommend if you like books about generational curses and modern day tragic heroes. by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

I never thought that a book centered around video game design would capture my attention, but here we are! I loved this book so much more than i expected to (minus the ending— mixed feelings about that). The references to The Odyssey, The Iliad, and to the works of Shakespeare built so much depth. I know that people either love or hate the characters, but I found them to be pretty realistic. Marx was my favorite. Anyway, I recommend! Especially if you’re a fan of the “in love, but never lovers” troupe. by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

More like “Pool Read”😅… Emily Henry never lets me down. This was the light and easy read I needed for July. by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

My first read of the summer was Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. I DEVOURED this book. There were days where it was all I thought about. The story takes place in a small town in New Hampshire, where Olivia works as a beekeeper and Lily has just moved to with her mom. In alternating POV chapters from each heroine, we learn that Olivia’s son, Asher, is both in love with Lily AND the prime suspect in the case of her murder. Not only will this book keep you questioning literally everything, but it will also unravel the lives of two incredibly strong women on their paths to claim their identity and self worth after years of abuse and hatred. Thank you so much @emily.lynn_3 for recommending/ lending it 💛 by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

I spent the greater part of Spring reading The Overstory, by Richard Powers. This book was dense and challenging, but ultimately very rewarding. The first section feels like an anthology of short stories about American families who are fatefully linked to trees. The rest of the novel unravels how the characters in these stories intertwine and intermingle to reach one common purpose— to save Earth’s trees. This book pushed me to reimagine and reconsider the way I view trees and the naturally occurring world around me. This book is definitely worth the challenge 🌲 by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

In February, I ALSO read Tiny Beautiful Things, derived from the advice column, “Dear Sugar.” I cried, laughed, ached, etc., while reading each anonymous submission, accompanied by Cheryl Strayed’s heartfelt/ sarcastic/ warm response. It was impossible not to find bits and pieces of myself and my wonderings about life intertwined with the questions people sent to Sugar. It became a sort of ritual for me, reading a question and response each night, then falling asleep wondering about what Sugar would say to me and the people I care about in light of everything and anything that was going on at the time. I have a feeling I will return to this book over and over again throughout my years. by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

So I accidentally (and unintentionally) took a hiatus from posting my 2023 reads… BUT ALAS! Stay tuned as I update my feed with my most recent page turners 😀😂😜😜
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Seven Days in June was my February read and I really enjoyed it. It follows two writers who (no spoilers I promise) have a secret/ intense history, dating back to their teenage years. After parting ways abruptly, and for reasons troubling to both of them, both go on to write several books and become celebrated authors. BUT, what their fans don’t know is that the characters and plot lines in each of their novels are secretly inspired by one another/ modeled after their unspoken feelings for one another. When the two of them end up at the same event years later, the past unfolds before their eyes and they are forced to uncover what was left unturned. I HIGHLY recommend!! by @c_jayne_reads

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3 years ago

Book TW: mental illness, substance abuse

Reading this book feels like sinking into a vortex. It’s consuming and personal and intimate and chaotic and a damn good study of two characters that struggle to make peace with their minds and with coexistence and with the confusing nature of belonging to to the world.

Alone With You in the Ether is labeled as a love story, but it is a lot more than that. The novel follows Regan, a compulsive artist, and Aldo, a routine-oriented mathematician, and their happenstance (but maybe not??) collision into each other’s lives. Olivie Blake paints such a realistic and intimate portrait of these two and their relationship by fusing together elements of traditional dialogue, stream of consciousness, omniscient narration, and even at times what feels like a play script. A vortex!

This book had me questioning the nature and meaning of time, the nuance of language, what it feels like to mistake someone else’s voice in your head as your own, and many other things that would take too long to list out here.

I really really really loved this book and will be thinking about it for a very long time. by @c_jayne_reads

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4 years ago