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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Sep 5

Book #126 of 2025: Arcana Academy by Elise Kova

4/5 ⭐️

The magic system and the world were interesting but underdeveloped. The story was trope-y and didn’t feel very original. I liked the interpersonal dynamics and found family but I wish that was more of a focus.

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Cover art for arcana academy by Elise kova, showing a black background with a gold building with tarot symbols, a gold cup, star, moon, sun and swords surrounded the building

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Sep 3

Book #124 of 2025: We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 🎧

4.25/5 ⭐️

This book was genuinely terrifying. The ending wasn’t completely clear, but it was more satisfying than most creepy books. I wish we had gotten to know some of the characters more outside of the creepiness.

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Cover art for we used to live here by Marcus kliewer- showing a blue house with white trim covered in snow, but the photo of the house has been sliced and arranged out of order so the house looks trippy

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌩️ August reading wrap up

Busy work/life month, so fewer books than average

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August reading wrap up: 13 books, 5,632 pages, Ave rating 4.31. 100% fiction 69% audio 15% digital and 15% print

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 31

September 2025 TBR

📚 Katabasis by RF Kuang
📚 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
📚 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
📚 Ledge by Stacey McEwan
📚 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 31

Yes

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 31

Book #123 of 2025: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4/5 ⭐️

After DNFing this a couple years ago, I was convinced to pick it up again but it still wasn’t my favorite story. Most of the husbands’ stories were underdeveloped.

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Cover art for the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo - showing a woman in a green ball gown

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 27

Book #122 of 2025: Apprentice to the Villain by Hanna Nicole Maehrer 🎧

3.75/5 ⭐️

This book was definitely a step down from the first book & was clearly a bridge between the beginning & the conclusion. The story really wandered and the “will they/won’t they” without a resolution got old.

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Cover art for the apprentice to the villain by Hannah Nicole maehrer- showing a red background with torture devices hanging from the ceiling, a shelf of books with a skull, a spiders web that reads “villains rule” and a unicorn head with a candle in it

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 26

Book #121 of 2025: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab 🎧

5/5 ⭐️

This was fantastic, the writing was lyrical with a strong beat & the story was interesting & woven together perfectly. I don’t usually like multiple timelines but it really worked. The characters felt real.

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Cover art for bury our bones in the midnight soil by VE Schwab - showing dark blue roses with thorny stems on a black background

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 26

Book #120 of 2025: The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold by Ally Carter 🎧

4.5/5 ⭐️

This was a fun book and engaging story - the jumps in timeline/location/narrators got pretty confusing, especially listening to the audio. The characters were surprisingly complex

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Cover art for the blonde who came in from the cold by ally carter showing a cartoon woman with long blonde hair wearing a blue zip up, a blue head band and blue sunglasses- a man can be seen in the reflection of the sunglasses

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 26

Book #119 of 2025: Julia Song is Undatable by Julie Soto

3.75/5 ⭐️

I found this book a little boring, and I wasn’t really rooting for any of the characters - they all felt pretty flat. The setting fell pretty flat too. I appreciated all the aspects of Korean culture woven in though

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Cover art for Julia song is undateble by Susan Lee, showing a Korean man and woman leaning against the title on a orange background

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 13

Book #118 of 2025: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

4.5/5 ⭐️

I’m glad I finally got around to reading this and I’m excited for the rest of the series. The magic and world are interesting and well developed - but a little confusing. I wish the characters had been aged up, they feel too young.

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Cover art for legend born by Tracy Deonn - showing a young black girl with red fire magic swirls around one arm and blue around the other arm

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 13

Book #117 of 2025: The Goldens by Laura Wilson 🎧 (ARC)

4/5 ⭐️

I loved this premise & the writing style worked well. I also loved the characters & setting. But there was so much foreshadowing that detracted from the ominous feeling the story tried to build. The ending was very abrupt.

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Cover art for the goldens by Lauren Wilson - showing a blond woman in a flowing white dress running through a field dotted with candles toward lit up trees

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 13

Book #116 of 2025: Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher 🎧 (ARC)

4.75/5 ⭐️

I love the way that Kingfisher writes characters Anya is such a fully formed character, aware of her flaws & strengths. The story was incredible & such an unusual idea. The world & magic system were well developed.

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Cover art for hemlock and silver by t kingfisher showing a snake wrapped around an apple with flowers in a still life arrangement on a black background

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 3

That’s fair, it’s definitely a different experience.

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 3

Lots of audiobooks, not many hobbies, and I switched jobs earlier this year and had a lot of free time during the training

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 2

Book #115 of 2025: Zomromcom by Olivia Dade (ARC)

4.5/5 ⭐️

I loved Max and Edie - the romance was very insta-love but it worked for the story. The world was interesting, if slightly underdeveloped. And the ending felt pretty rushed & abrupt - I was really hoping for a long epilogue.

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Cover art for zomromcom by Olivia dade showing a purple background with pink hearts, zombie hands coming in from the edges and a man in all black holding a sword and a woman in neon pink overalls holding a cleaver

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 2

August 2025 TBR

📚 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
📚 Arcana Academy by Elise Kova
📚 The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
📚 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
📚 Witch King by Martha Wells

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yes I listed on audio! I prefer non fiction on audio

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 1

Definitely The Raven Scholar — one of my favorites of the year

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Aug 1

🌻 July reading wrap up

Lots of audiobooks this month!! 🎧

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Dkjones’s July 2025 reading wrap up: 17 book, 6,617 pages, Ave rating of 4.29. Highest rated reads: bury our bones in the midnight soil by ve Schwab, invisible women by Caroline criado-Perez, and raven scholar by Antonia hodgson. Ave page length 399 pages, ave time to finish 3 days. 6% nonfiction, 94% fiction. 8 fantasy, 6 romance, 5 thriller, 4 contemporary, and 2 horror. 65% audio and 35% digital

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Jul 26

Book #114 of 2025: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez 🎧

5/5 ⭐️

This was a reread & it was just as good the second time. So much data/stats packed in to support every argument. It’s really eye opening how far women’s rights have come, and yet far we still must go for equality.

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Cover art for invisible women: data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline criado Perez, showing lines of stick figures of men and women, the men in black and the women in gray so it looks like the women are fading into the background

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Jul 24

Book #113 of 2025: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

5/5 ⭐️

Wow this book was amazing - the world building and magic system were fantastic, the scenery was so vivid, the story was so compelling. I loved all the characters (human and god) so much. I cannot wait for the next book!!

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Cover art for The raven scholar by Antonia Hodgson - showing a white line drawing of a raven on a purple background

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Jul 23

Book #112 of 2025: The Library of Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw 🎧(ARC)

3.5/5 ⭐️

The gore was gratuitous & very repetitive. The premise was interesting but there wasn’t a story arc/character development. The narrator didn’t follow the dialogue tags for tone/accent, which was frustrating.

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Cover art for the library at hellebore by Cassandra khaw, showing a fig with a wasp in it and flowers

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DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yes

DK Jones 📚 @dkjones32.bsky.social · Jul 22

About the first 2% and the last 15-20% were the modern day I think - and I found it a jarring jump in vibe and only parts of the modern day added to the main story.

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