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Airport reading has turned into beach reading
Mad Miss Mimic | 
Airport reading has turned into beach reading
I hope I wasn‘t being disrespectful here. I saw a kid posing like this & copied them
pickMad Miss Mimic is a very, very good book but it will make you work for it. It's well written, well edited & the imagery is just phenomenal but it's not a "fluffy" YA.
Henstra's portrayal of drug addiction, evil & complicity in evil are second to none & her excoriation of the media has to be read, it's simply brilliant.
This is not an easy read per se, I'll grant you, but it is a brilliant book and I highly recommend it.
I confess to finding this book....difficult. The protagonist is a very authentic 17y/o & the setting immaculately researched but I think that's almost what's so hard about it. I wince at what I know are actual insults for stutterers. I am incensed at what I know is a historical truth, that women married very young in the hopes of some measure of "freedom" but her portrayal of evil & complicity is second to none & it's a very good book. #conflicted
"I wanted to discover the facts. I wanted to do what was right. But most of all I wanted to be less afraid." #quote #madmissmimic
Lunch with my parents before they headed off to the airport ended with wandering up the street to the Half Price Books warehouse sale (my book obsession is genetic). I showed admirable restraint, and only filled one bag. I got all of these plus some DVDs, a couple CDs, and a few things on vinyl for $20. I'm very pleased with some of the hardcovers I found! (Rampant is because @JennyReadsBooks keeps telling me I need to read it.)
There are things I cannot say in any voice.
I was born Leonora Emmaline Somerville, but I am not at all sure that is still who I am. 💕
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Has anyone read Mad Miss Mimic? It sounds so intriguing - a mix of Jane Austen meets Arthur Conan Doyle! Very much looking forward to this one 💕
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Plus, look at that cover! 😍
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QOTD: Would you rather be permanently transported 500 years into the future or permanently transported 500 years in the past?
To me the 1500's by in large don't seem that great, especially for females… So I think I'd go to the future and hope for the best 😉
And this book sounds amazing, thank you so much for sending it to me @penguincanada I can't wait to start it.
I had to have dental surgery this morning and it sucked, so I bought some books to cheer myself up. 🤘🏻🖤📚
bailedI gave this one a valiant effort but I COULDN'T get into it and that super bummed me out :( I wish I had been able to, but it wasn't a page turner for me and it took too long to pick up.
*thank you netgalley*
Anyone know if this books picks up? I feel like I'm just waiting for something to happen.
pickIf you love Jane Austen or Sherlock, try this book. A smart young lady named Leonora, Leo for short, struggles with a stammer and she compensates by becoming a mimic of other people's voices. Charmed by a handsome, rich and seemingly good Lord, Leo gets swept into an opium plot that threatens to blow up London. Suspenseful & fast paced, this book was fun to read and kept me guessing, as well as hoping that Leo would find her happily every after.
I got some Vegas size bath bombs that the husband came back with and a new galley. It's been a long weekend.
