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Hello everyone!! I’m so sorry I’ve fallen extremely behind on the readathon. My schedule has completely changed and I’m struggling to adjust to it. I’m hopeful that once I do I’ll be able to fit the readathon back into my routine, but it will definitely take me a while to get caught up. Lots happening in my life right now!

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Im so behind but i will catch up i swear to god

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Rosewood Readathon Day 26!!

Chapter 24

- Lottie is finally feeling good and Jamie just had to rain all over her parade??? He’s being so rude for no reason in this scene like I get he has issues but don’t take them out on Lottie

- Insane how oblivious Raphael is at all moments in time. Love him to death

- The book thing gives me so much secondhand embarrassment

Chapter 25

- If they go into Liliana’s study so often how do they not get caught when the bird statue very obviously opens up into a giant door like what??

- Why is the school not doing anything about these incidents? Obviously they don’t know it’s the chocolate or that it’s the Hamelin formula but they know there’s some sort of epidemic, why on earth is school operating like normal?

- Imagine if it wasn’t Lola crying and they were just following someone random who was upset

- I would like to also sit in the Rose Wood sobbing my eyes out eating biscuits (I think biscuits mean cookies or something in the UK, I want AMERICAN biscuits thank you.)

Chapter 26

- Oh wow the birth of Jamie x Bucky. This is historical

- He’s getting distracted by Lottie because he knows deep down he cares about her more than Ellie

- Raphael and Micky friendship is so sweet I need to see them more

- Does it make anyone else sad that the first thing asked to Micky by both Raphael and Jamie was “Where’s Lola?”? Like, they really don’t have an identity away from each other do they?

- I love Lottie + Ellie + Binah + Lola as a group

- I think asking Lola about the poison theory while she’s sobbing on the floor of the woods was not the best move though tbh

- It kills me that Lottie can’t tell Lola how much she can relate to her

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Rosewood Readathon Day 25!!

Chapter 21

- Binah was so wrong for the pumpkin costume omg

- When does Binah have the time to make Halloween costumes not just for herself but for Lottie and Ellie??

Chapter 22

- You wouldn’t think that Binah is the type to believe in ghosts but also it makes perfect sense for her to be leading a seance at the same time

- Also shouldn’t they be, I don’t know, focusing on making sure no one gets poisoned at the party instead of summoning ghosts

- They had it set to M for Mini Mayfutt, when it should have been set to W for Wumbo William

Chapter 23

- I want to go to a mysterious boarding school and solve a ghost story mystery with my friends on halloween night in costumes and go through secret tunnels and find secret rooms. Is that SO MUCH TO ASK

- I can’t help but wonder if Lottie’s mom knew about the family connection to Rosewood with their ancestors, she must have right? Why else would she want Lottie to go there so bad?

- Ellie and Lottie meeting was literally FATE I’m dead

Heyyy so I took some days off because my life is very busy but here I am lol! I didn’t have a lot to say today, but that is mostly because I got really engrossed in these three chapters. I really love this part of the book where Lottie discovers everything about her family history :) day 26 coming next!

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AGREED literally one of my favorite duos ever and no one talks about them

Ch 20

The Jamie/Binah dynamic is hilarious and underrated imo

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Ch 20

FUCK YEAH TUNNELS. I LOVE YOU ROSEWOOD TUNNELS. EVERY STORY SHOULD HAVE TUNNELS

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Ch 18

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Rosewood Readathon Day 24!!

Chapter 18

- Lottie is always having nightmares about whatever is happening in her life I swear

- “Neither of my parents came from any form of nobility” is a crazy way to start your family tree but I guess it is royal history so good job Binah

- I’m always so sad for Lottie when reading this scene, giving her “family history” while saying her real family history in her head at the same time

- Binah probably felt like god when Lottie said “we need your help”

Chapter 19

- This has gotta be one of my favorite chapters

- Is this a real science experiment or is Connie making things up haha

- Binah Fae, the icon that you are. Sneaking in to see what happened to Jamie on the nurse’s file. And being super genius enough to recognize that that’s exactly what’s happening now with the other students. She could save the world I think. SHE could have ended COVID-19 before it even started

- And she’s so unbothered when asking about Saskia and Leviathan, like it’s just another normal question. Binah just blew Lottie and Ellie’s minds and yet she remains unfazed. Best character in all of fiction ever

Chapter 20

- Raphael doesn’t even know what “to thine own self be true” means????? Do you know a single thing about Shakespeare

- Jamie cares so much about Percy I could cry

- Poor Raphael though being made to leave and not knowing why lmao

- I don’t know why but I just love this scene where Jamie has learned that Binah knows literally everything. It’s so funny to me. He’s so serious about it and Binah is sooo unbothered

- THE TRIO JUST HAD A WHOLE ARGUMENT, IT GOES SILENT AND BINAH JUST RANDOMLY SPITS SOME WISDOM. ALL HAIL. BE MY THERAPIST.

- Okay yeah this chapter is another favorite of mine for SURE. The group dynamics happening here are on point

- Why is Jamie so mad about not knowing there are tunnels? Honestly the tunnels are the least of your worries right now

And next up is the Halloween party, dang this book is just banger moment after banger moment

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Rosewood Readathon Day 23!!

Chapter 15

- The DND group are so iconic I was SURE they were gonna come back later in the series

- I love them being the seven dwarves. Based on their descriptions I’ve decided Stevie is Doc, Jun is Dopey, Mia is Sneezy, Sunny is Sleepy, Horace is Bashful, Leonard is Happy, and Eddie is Grumpy

-Lottie’s “study” is so clearly not a study I’m dead

- For a series that is not supposed to be set in a fantasy world, I always thought it was interesting that ghosts are canon

- I want to make an Elwin wish too tbh

Chapter 16

- Ellie having made friends separate from the group on the fencing team is something we never talk about but also good for her for branching out without Jamie and Lottie, most of her life revolves around those two so it’s good she has a space away from them

- Ellnastacia your potential does not go overlooked …..

- Fencing is clearly the gayest sport ever

- Ellie pushing Ani about Saskia is annoying, let her process it for a minute before constantly pressuring her to go talk to her

Chapter 17

- There are so many poems these characters have to read

- When is Lottie gonna figure out that not telling Jamie things is never a good idea

- AU where Ellie actually ate that chocolate and got poisoned … would be interesting to see Jamie freak out about that lol

Tomorrow I’m gonna really try to do two days lol

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Ch 13

Back down Horace Silverton Smith. You will never be him

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Rosewood Readathon Day 22!!

Chapter 13

- Do you guys think the different house dining halls serve different foods or are they all the same

- Fencing is such a random sport to be Alfred Tompkins’ favorite but so long as it’s plot convenient lol

- Honestly Ellie is right, royal history sounds so boring

- I’m adopting Horace

- If I was a normal student and walked into royal history class to see who I think is actually a literal princess I would be soooo mad HAHAHA like she has the clear advantage here

- I have such a clear vision of this classroom in my head

- Ok wait Professor Devine makes eye contact with Lottie when she mentions the Wolfsons but in the first book we know that Devine knows Lottie is a bursary winner. So there’s another person who definitely knows she’s a Portman. But does she know what a Portman is? My first instinct was yes, she’s teaching royal history, but Portmans are supposed to be a huge royal secret. I’m so curious as to how much the staff knows about the Portman arrangement, especially the staff who knows that Lottie was accepted on bursary.

- If reincarnation exists in the Rosewood universe Ellie is absolutely a reincarnation of Liliana

Chapter 14

- I love how obvious it is that Binah knows Lottie isn’t the princess

- It’s really sad that Liliana’s legacy (as the princess, not as William Tufty) was to become a misogynistic cautionary tale

- Also the Maravish princess absolutely does have a cousin Binah and you have met him

- Fellas is it straight to feel your chest grow warm as you watch your totally platonic best friend save someone from falling (and you’re both girls)

I am still so behind ahhfhfdhdhdhhshfhdshdhhfhsbdhdhshsh. I like these chapters from today a lot though so yay

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RWCH Readathon: Day 21

Princess in Practice - Chapter 12

I adore ollie. This va in the audiobook is so perfect too

I love that hes just like mhmm but research is fine right

Even ollie seeing her as a real princess in that moment is sweet

But still, him recognising lottie has a normal person same as him is refreshing, theres no pressure because hes seen her through everything

Then the sad loneliness sinking in... ouch

I like the subtle detail of his mum calling him, it just really reinforces the idea of family, and how lottie feels like family to him

Him just spamming everythign into google is so so funny to me. Hes just like us fr

The two dark figures in the background. Remidn anyone else of the bodyguards and partizans from book 1?

I really like that despite everything he goes back to "what would lottie do?"

Im furiously printing out the pictures is so funny to me because is his plan to send them to lottie by mail?

Again we see the theme of family, in that hes so relaxed and comforted by his mum

"What could be so scary about a picture anyway?"

THATS SUCH GOOD FORESHADOWING OH MY GOD??????

Idk if im overtired and im firgetting BUT IS THIS THE FIRST TIME IVE REALISED ITS ABOUT PERCY AND HIS FUNKY PICTURE BRAINWASHING??????

Amazing

10/10

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RWCH Readathon: Day 21

Princess in Practice - Chapter 11

Lottie stood alone

Oh

Yeah

The roses and trees shaking and us being told theyre anxious of whats to come is such a powerful way to 1. Set the scene and 2. Again relate lottie to the physical grounds of rosewood again

Lottie in a tracksuit sounds wrong, idk what else she'd wear tho

"Interesting times" is so vague but so ominous and its such a perfect way to set up the anxious suspense

'We're supposed to trust each other' bestie none of you have any trust in anyone

Jamie again being referred to as wolflike, this time in his smirk (is it a little red riding hood reference?) His teeth being wolf fang like

Her walking the last bit is so iconic and so relatable

Ugh i also need to get more fit and get better at running and stuff

"I like being soft" i really really like that lottie is determined to be soft AND strong

I feel like in media, especially for girls, theres a real focus on being strong but thats so frequently just showing skinny but muscled people, lottie is a perfect embodiment that you can be both - strong without losing your softness

And i like that jamie does come around to it, he accepts that part of her, without diminishing it, but also considers how it can be a strength too!

On the other more sad side, even the soft side of her, the last remaining piece that makes her who she is, is being weaponised

I dont think i could run for 20 minutes if i tried

Im sad that it means that Raphael has also lost another friend hes down to like... just Binah and even then

God Lottie knows nothing about her friends does she. I love her and i know its been a stressful year but shes really not a good friend in terms of that stuff

I really like lottie refkecting on herself and realising how her own insecurity reflects on her actions with other people

"So differentfrom the other wolfsons" as if he is one?

Honestly id also be mad if someone kept pressing on a subject i wanted to avoid

Also percy not sleeping is so not surprising. More boy has been so so much and now also is thrown into a complete new scenario, then yeah everything else...

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I imagined the inside decorations more like Casita from Encanto ???? I don’t know why

Ch 6

Ive always loooved the atmosphere of Ollie's house, the lopsidedness the cliff lookout... This is oddly specific but it reminds me so much of this exact frame in ever after high

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RWCH Readathon: Day 21

Princess in Practice - Chapter 10

Again i feel so so bad for Raphael. His two best friends in his house and everything are from his pov, completely ignoring him

"The training will help" jamie sweetie youre right but you shouldnt have to do this

Again we see unstoppable being twisted into something darker, more repressive. Using her mantra to justify her actions under the guise of protecting ellie, while repressing herself and her feelings more and more

Omg croak is talking more

I love that even though its small, connie highlights the difference between their sign languages, i wonder if she got guidance from hoh people for it?

Devine being the one to immediately act is amazing, but i wish we got to see more of Dame Bolter here? That feels more her vibe yknow

Lottie being sent into a kind of panic attack here is really really well written and it really gets you into the same headspace

Then finally she pushes it down and takes control as she realises that Jamie cant help them

Poor horace, hes only 12/13

The smell. Sickly sweet. Familiar. Calm and terrified

Something wicked this way comes ! More of the more 'adult fairytale' kind of vibe

This poor school nurse must be so tired by the end of the series

Them all just canonically relying on binah yo know things, as much as weve started to rely on her is funny, but it also adds to what i was saying last liveblog, about how leviathan has a sense of power that has outgrown what we're used to

Lottie trying to reassure them, and binah even being concerned. None of them really believing it

I want to know binahs pov. It must be so overwhelming to be the one who always has an answer

Lotties yearning to be more like jamie, to be calm, collected, strong. It makes me so so sad for them both

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Ch 10

Sooo close that's called repression actually and it's bad!

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Rosewood Readathon Day 21!!

Chapter 10

- Hey Ellie isn’t that exactly what you were doing: bringing it up and making it harder for Ani

- I think a better way to deal with the trauma of the summer ball is maybe a therapist?

- I don’t understand how Percy and Jamie are even able to communicate as well as they do with different sign languages. I googled it and ASL and BSL only share about 30% of signs and they are two completely different languages. For my own peace of mind I’m choosing to headcanon that Jamie is speaking a Maravish sign language that is more similar to BSL (because why on earth would Jamie know AMERICAN sign language??)

- Side note though, as much as I’m a ride or die for Percy and Micky, Percy and Jamie lowkey is an amazing ship and no one ever acknowledges it

- The familiar scent made her feel “calm and terrified” because it reminded her of the Tompkins scent (calm) and Jamie’s spiked drink (terrified)

- The way Professor Croak says “I’m sure he would want us all to continue with the ceremony tonight” makes it sound like Horace died lmao ???

- “Everything will be fine” me when I lie

Chapter 11

- Lottie is much better than me because I simply would NOT ask Jamie to train me if I was a Portman. I would just not fight back, I am far too lazy to train

- Fellas is it straight to be “running partners” with your dude bro

- Are there any fan fictions for what Jamie is describing here about running with Raphael and trying to get information out of him? And talking about Raphael’s home life? Because I would read that

- It’s actually scary how often Jamie can read Lottie’s mind

- Why did it take her until now to understand what the word vigilant means

Chapter 12

- OLLIE CHAPTER YAYAYAYY

- For some reason I thought there were no photos allowed at the summer ball either but I guess that was just the birthday party

- Ollie’s description of Lottie is so sweet :(((

- YES SIR GET INVOLVED!!!

I fell more behind again lolol. But here’s day 21!