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sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

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WHAT WAS THAT IS EVERYTHING A LIE???!!!

Small blurry cat with its mouth open wearing a cowboy hat

November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

I forgot about Cleo’s backstory

Fish from SpongeBob standing in the foreground with big watery eyes while crying

November 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

Thanks libby I do have multiple library cards & it’s the best📚💙

You are...
The Free Spirit
You're spontaneous and adventurous always chasing variety and new experiences. You love having options and exploring without limits.
Your perfect Libby feature:
Multiple Library Cards
More cards mean more choices for your next adventure!

November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖 current listen
: ̗̀➛ the grace year
: ̗̀➛ reaction, quotes, spoilers thread
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#booksky #currentlyreading

“Currently listening to” cursive white text at the top. The center is The Grace Year by Kim Liggett cover. Background is dim & blurry white flowers & a book

November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖how to make a horror movie & survive
: ̗̀➛ ★★☆☆☆

#booksky 💙📚 #readersky #bookreview

How to make a horror movie & survive by Craig DiLouie

Listened as an audiobook
2/5 stars

Max Maury is a horror director set on making a truly scary film while his producer wants him to keep cranking out more of the same that he’s been making thus far. One day he comes across a camera that was once able to capture real horror. It’s not until after he finds out about the cameras true evil that he decides he’s going to finish his new movie & use the camera for it.

I picked up this book looking for horror & this book did not deliver. It seems to be more of a horror plot with comedic elements & gore. There wasn’t anything chilling, scary or suspenseful. I was entertained enough to finish & find out what happened but it wasn’t what I was expecting when picking up this book.

The plot moved rather slowly which I’m usually fine with but it was littered with explaining movie making terminology & the behind the scenes of actually making a movie. The movie doesn’t start getting made until after the halfway mark, then the rest of the book is a race to the finish.

I listened to the audiobook & the narrator did a fantastic job. It felt like the characters were distinct & breathed some life into these characters.

November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

Ahh yes the “who did this to you”😌

Picture of kindle showing highlighted text: “She knew Oro had received the news when a tidal wave of heat raged across the island. When Oro had found Isla, shaking and raw skinned, he had looked like he wanted to bring the entire island down. The very ground beneath their feet had shaken as he had said, very calmly, ‘Who did this to you?’”

November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖 current read
: ̗̀➛ nightbane reread
: ̗̀➛ reaction, quotes, spoilers thread

November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

november kindle refresh
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#booksky 💙📚

Kindle on a sage green blanket with drawn diamonds & leafs around it

Kindle background: a light pink, dark pink & navy lines making squares

Stickers: a calendar that says “go to the bookstore everyday”; a cat holding a coffee cup that has a smaller cat in it; 3 small cats wearing hats that resemble a carrot, an o ion & a potato; a tarot card that is a coffee cup on top of a stack of books titled “the reader”; a cat peaking out from under a blanket; a cat wearing a coat being blown in the wind; and a cat with a spoon & a plate of food

November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

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s e l f i n t r o

: ̗̀➛ 28 | she/her | mdni
: ̗̀➛ fav genres; romantasy, fantasy, ya, mystery, thriller, horror, manga
: ̗̀➛ music; sleep token, kpop (seventeen, txt, bts), pop punk
: ̗̀➛ other interests; cats, anime, crochet, video games (ffxiv, ow, dbd)

#promosky #booksky 💙📚

Auburn haired girl in a black hoodie sitting at a desk writing in a notebook. She’s sitting in front of a window overlooking other buildings. There is a black cat on the window looking out

November 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

-ˏˋ⋆ october reading wrap up ⋆ˊˎ-

October Reading Wrapup 2025
5 books read; 1,938 pages; 3.6 average rating
Average book length: 477
Average time to finish: 9 days
80% fiction, 20% nonfiction
60% print, 40% audio

Highest rated reads:
- alchemised
- two twisted crowns
- mythology

- Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig: 5 stars
- Alchemised by SenLinYu: 5 stars
- Interview with the Devil by Michael Harbron: 2 stars
- Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay: 3 stars
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton: 3 stars

October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

My adventures from today’s birthday bookstore crawl✨

ps - the cats name is Booksie 💙📚

The outside of a small building with an awning. The walls are dark green with steps leading up to the door. Lucious plants on either side

Giant wooden framed mirror with books in front & in the reflection. A girl with red hair in a tan sweater taking a selfie in the mirror

Bookshelves framing an open doorway where a black & white cat is walking out of

An L shaped bookshelf in the background with a blue circle table in the foreground covered in books & plants

October 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖horror movie
: ̗̀➛ ★★★☆☆

#booksky 💙📚 #readersky #bookreview

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Listened to audiobook
3/5 stars

In the early 90s, a group of young filmmakers shot their film, Horror Movie. Only three clips from the original movie were published on the internet, but even still the film has grown a rapid fan base. Now years later, Horror Movie has been picked up for a reboot. The story of the past & present of this films history is being told to us by the last surging member of the cast.

As I mentioned above, the chapters alternate between past & present but also have a screenplay in each chapter. I listened to the audiobook which I felt was well done in its performance, but only being able to listen made the screenplay parts a little confusing. Chapter titles make it clear between past & present but the screenplay in within these chapters. After a while I got the hang of it.

Overall, it’s a very slow burn. I felt the overall vibes of this book were strange & creepy but not scary as I had anticipated from a book about a haunted film set. A few scenes did make my stomach churn & the ending wasn’t what I was expecting but felt a little anticlimactic after the slow burn of this book.

I was immersed enough to finish this to the end & felt the audiobook performance was great. But when I think to the content of the book I actually just experienced I don’t think this was the read for me.

October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖interview with the devil
: ̗̀➛ ★★☆☆☆

#booksky 💙📚 #readersky #bookreview

Interview with the Devil by Michael Harbron
Listened via audiobook
2/5 stars

Starting this book had an amazing hook. I really felt like I picked correctly when I was searching through horror books wanting a scary read. However, once that wore off the rest of the book did not continue this way.

I was fine with the slow burn beginning & by beginning I mean the entire book up until the last 3 chapters. I forgot how I originally picked up this book for something scary based on the title, cover & synopsis. But I became interested at how everything was going to play out & stuck through with it. I will say as we got closer to the interview I found myself wanting to see what was going to happen next. A couple of twists happen that really caught my interest. But by the time the interview rolled around I found myself completely uninterested. Then the book ends mid interview & we are left with a “to be continued.”

The synopsis & title could use some editing, it feels misleading as they only summarize really the last 20% of the book. This book presents itself as an interview with the devil but it’s only present at the very end & gets cut off midway through.

Maybe now that everything is established the other books in the series will really pick up, but that’s not a journey I am going to take.

And as a side note, reading other reviews mentioning accounts attacking them for the criticism in their reviews & these accounts seemingly only interacting with books from this author has left a sour taste in my mouth. Don’t know if it’s friends, family or the author themself but it has personally made me solidify more that I won’t be continuing this series.

October 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

📖alchemised
: ̗̀➛ ★★★★★

#booksky 💙📚 #readersky #bookreview

Alchemised by SenLinYu
Read in hardcover
5/5 stars

I will start by saying I did read Manacled & loved it, making Alchemised one of my most anticipated reads. In the beginning it was hard to separate them, comparing them & seeing what characters represented who. After a while though I was able to see it for what it is, a completely separate work. It has the outline of Manacled that can be glimpsed throughout, but the rest of the story was changed into something else. I enjoyed the changes made that made it its own work. This world was interesting to be apart of & learning their magic system that felt unique. If you are debating on what to read first, I’d suggest going into Alchemised first to give this book the attention it deserves. I wish I could’ve went in blind myself.

A lot of the side characters felt like little more than names. We don’t have any prior experience with them, unlike our characters who have been around each other for years. What we were given didn’t compel me to be emotionally attached to most if not all of them. At certain points it was hard to keep track of them all. I took my time reading this so when certain names came up I felt like I was supposed to know who they were as if they were mentioned one time previously 400 pages ago, but by that point I had forgotten who they were. Especially in part 2 when a bunch of new players entered the field it took me awhile before I could get everyone straight.

What SenLinYu did with this story was amazing for a debut novel. At the time of writing this Manacled isn’t fresh in my mind, however I really enjoyed this new world they created & the changes they made to the story. Certain aspects like a full cast of new characters seems to have been a bit of a struggle but there’s no doubt this author can write. I look forward to their other books & seeing what they can do with a full original story that doesn’t need to be stripped down or changed.

October 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

Show me this section of your Spotify

Screenshot of recently listened to on Spotify
Left column: sombr, eepy token, reading, in my girlypop era
Right column: Alchemised instrumental, liked songs, reading horror/mystery/thriller, man’s best friend Sabrina carpenter

October 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

Tried something new & gave Jas a heating pad. He refused to lay on it so I decided to help him out a bit.. I think he likes it😸

Brown & white cat laying on a green blanket with a royal blue blanket draped on top of him staring at the camera

Brown & white cat laying on a green blanket asleep with a royal blue blanket draped on top of him

October 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM

sydney ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

@sydspages.bsky.social

Oh my gosh am I happy to be done with this project. I had to trust the process but I don’t think she turned out too bad🎀

(you can open the bow & use as a purse)