Review: Alphabetical Diaries

Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

GIRL LEAVE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 stars because the concept is interesting even if this is the most male-centric thing I have ever read in my life. The best part of this was each time the alphabet would reach the name of a person in Heti's life, and you would get a full view of her relationship & thoughts on that person through those sentences starting with their name. Unfortunately, her thoughts on a lot of the people in her life are excruciating.

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Review: Bloodchild and Other Stories

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
My rating: 3 of 5 stars ⭐

~Stories~

• Bloodchild - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• The Evening and the Morning and the Night - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Near of Kin - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Speech Sounds - ⭐⭐
• Crossover - ⭐

~Essays~

• Positive Obsession - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Furor Scribendi - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

~Other Stories~

• Amnesty - DNF (halfway through)
• The Book of Martha - DNF (Like 3 pages in)

Average: 3.1 ⭐
Favorites: Bloodchild & Near of Kin

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Sugar Rush: Choose Your Own Adventure

Sugar Rush: Choose Your Own Adventure (43,295 words) by The_Lavender_Creator
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Wayward Children Series - Seanan McGuire
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Onishi Sumi, Emily Carlton, Kade West, Christopher Flores (Wayward Children Series), Stephanie (Wayward Children Series), Antoinette "Antsy" Ricci, Cora Miller (Wayward Children Series), Jack Wolcott, Gideon (Wayward Children Series), Skeleton Girl (Wayward Children Series), Regan Lewis, Eleanor West (Wayward Children Series), Yulia (Wayward Children Series), Wizard of Fondant, Layla "The Baker", Alexis Chopper, Nancy Whitman
Additional Tags: Choose Your Own Adventure, Choose Your Own Ending, Ships Vary On Pathway, Possible Character Death, POV Alternating, Book 11: Through Gates of Garnet and Gold

Summary: What will Emily, Kade, and Christopher do with the power to travel through the Doors at will? Only you can decide...

Review: The Queen of the Damned

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is just Maharet, Mekare, Jesse and Khayman to me. No one else exists. There's nothing else. What's that about Lestat? La la la I can't hear you

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Bookish Asks Collection, Pt 2

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871238824296448/do-you-read-mysteries-if-yes-do-you-have-a

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871347091931136/what-books-most-surprised-you-in-any-way-through

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871365292064768/what-book-would-you-most-want-to-see-have-a

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871521946124288/what-genre-do-you-find-yourself-reading-the-least

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871672234328064/favorite-standalone-and-if-theyre-not-the-same

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871728869048320/what-author-would-you-most-want-to-have-dinner

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822872084554366976/whats-the-worst-book-youve-read-either-that-you

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822872181094645760/a-series-you-wish-was-a-standalone-even-if-its

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822872654001422336/best-and-worst-audiobook-youve-experienced

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822872728841388032/favorite-scene-in-any-book-you-like

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822873278819467264/a-book-and-song-that-remind-you-of-each-other

Bookish Asks Collection, Pt 1

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822779215582822400/whats-your-favorite-wayward-children-book

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822779249874403328/what-books-in-your-tbr-list-are-you-most-excited

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822784976814800896/have-you-ever-read-the-night-circus-its-my-most

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822844132898783232/hiiiiii-my-book-ask-for-you-is-how-would-you-rank

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822846420310802432/rarepairqueenmochi-keeps-trying-to-send-me-an-ask

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822870582844686336/what-are-the-prettiest-books-you-own

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822870638275526656/if-you-could-compel-any-author-to-publish-another

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822870789646843904/if-any-book-you-like-could-get-a-sequel-which

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822870854501318656/also-how-are-you-enjoying-queen-of-the-damned-and

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822870919781449728/a-book-that-doesnt-feel-like-it-matches-its

https://www.tumblr.com/the-lavender-creator/822871074138177537/when-you-finish-your-current-reads-what-books-are

Raquel Reyes Book Scans

In June, I sent three of the books in my Samantha Parkington collection to @samantha-and-nellie on Tumblr so they could be digitally scanned for ditigal reading and distribution. The books I sent were Hello, Samantha (the board book which came with the purchase of the My First Samantha ragdoll), The Diary of Raquel Reyes (which came with the purchase of the Raquel doll), and Raquel Reyes Saves the Wedding (which is, more or less, a proper novelization of the fictional diary that came with the doll).

The books have now been digitized and can be accessed in the links below.

• Hello, Samantha
• The Diary of Raquel Reyes
• Raquel Reyes Saves the Wedding

The posts by @samantha-and-nellie releasing the scans are here: 1 | 2 | 3

It should also be noted that the scan for Hello, Samantha includes a board cover, which I personally cut out of the packaging for the My First Samantha doll. The book comes slotted within the board cover, which is part of a horizontal board that hovers over the doll within its box (photo right).

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Other related posts of mine:

• My book review for The Diary of Raquel Reyes
• My book review for Raquel Reyes Saves the Wedding
• My First Samantha doll unboxing post
• Saves The Wedding page