Drood: A Novel | 
I really shouldn‘t be allowed at Barnes and noble lol. Not pictured are some other books I got that might be good for the #hauntedhollowswap and #basicwitchswap (I know the matches for these haven‘t been sent so if the person I get doesn‘t seem like they‘d like the ones I picked up today I‘ll just keep them for myself)
so-soTold from the point of view of Wilkie Collins, this did not redeem him as a character at all. I found him cold, chauvinistic, and unreliable as a narrator. The story itself was okay, but dragged on in that way that Victorian period novels do. I likely would‘ve enjoyed this more if I‘d been more familiar with Wilkins and if I‘d actually read Dickens‘ The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which I have not.
pickI love this book, and just finished re-reading it. Dan Simmons does an incredible job. Based in Victorian England, this story seeps with history and horror, and is un-put-down-able.
"The beetle in my brain seemed assuaged when I was writing..."
"Stupid scarab."
#BookNDinner! This is what‘s been helping me lose weight—lots of salads 😊. Accompaniment this pleasant and bright evening: garden salad of spring mix, cherry tomatoes, bella mushrooms, cucumbers, and rotisserie chicken strips, with ranch and parmesan & romano cheeses, and sparkling mineral water. MMMmmmm 😋! This has been another presentation of: #MrBookKitchen. Happy reads & happy eats! 😎👌🏻
Looking to get this great clunker done today for tomorrow‘s book club meeting! Finally a nice, comfortable day to sit outside without needing to take a shower afterward, lol.
More importantly, what are YOU reading?!
Sorry I‘ve been MIA over the last few days! I‘m doing 2 big things: first, getting some projects ready to roll within the next couple months *finally*; second, I‘m working on my book club reads. This is the clunker I need done in a week, and I‘m really enjoying it.
Based on actual biographical events, it explores the still-unsolved mystery of Charles Dickens‘s dark final days, and what came to be the world‘s first great mystery masterpiece! 😁
panLife got in the way and it took me months to finish it. I remember flying through the first 200 pages and then it became a slog.
bailedI believe this is going to be a bail, I've struggled to get 82 pages in (out of 946 😯) and Bryson has even turned his back :)
Today's Thriftbooks #Bookhaul.
pickI feel like a king having finished this! Was it scary? No, not like the author‘s other novels. Was it predominantly about Dickens and Drood? Not really. If I had to describe it (and it‘s difficult to do so), it‘s a story about jealousy, madness, ambition, competition, and how quickly friendship can turn to hate. I can see why people love it or hate it. I loved it. It was a project, but it was amazing.
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My goal this week is to read at least 50 pages each day of this novel. That will bring me to page 500, and then I will have a normal sized book of pages left to finish. 😂 #heftyreads #currentlyreading
Love reading hefty books and keeping track of my pages on Goodreads. Feeling accomplished that I‘m nearing page 200 of Drood. Goodreads: you‘ve read 19% of the book 😳😳😳 #bookishproblems
1) To read 150 books, including a lot of hefty ones that have been sitting on my shelf (tagged book- almost a decade 😳)
2) Appetizers but this year it was sushi.
3) Batman!!
4) March
5) 🙌🏼 Happy Birthday Jan babies!!
#friyayintro @howjessreads
My next read: this whopper!! The size is as daunting as the cover. #currentlyreading
"Drood", or Dickens, as the whole book about him. Those who know biography of Dickens know that" the Mystery of Edwin Drood " is the writer's last unfinished novel. It is also known that Dickens was fond of mysticism and hypnosis. The novel is conducted on behalf of Wilkie Collins, also a writer and a close friend of Dickens, who describes the strange and terrible events that happened to a friend and with him.
This sound really good!!! Damn you desk calendar! My TBR is out of control!
Book tagged if I have to pick a novel and one that actually freaked me out.
#boobooks
I'm listening to this on audio, and I've been reading a lot of comics, but have no current read. I've read one novel since finishing 'the Dark Tower' series but haven't been able to pick another. I usually avoid recommendations since I've got more than enough to read for one lifetime already, but I'm curious what people might say. Looking for fiction, preferably dark, but other than that give me a rec!
For both of these, I #didntlikebutstillfinished them. I made my family miserable during both of them, because I complained so much. My husband begged me to get rid of both of them. He kept pointing to my TBR shelf and begging me to move on, but I persisted for both. I can at least appreciate Jane Eyre. I know it is a well-loved classic. Drood was just long and terrible. #marchintoreading
Oh my gosh I could not finish this. I'm not sure why. I pretended I did for my best friend who loved it. Still not out about that but he's not on Litsy. #readjanuary #dnf
One of my favorite scary reads! #allhallowsread #scaryread #creepycover
panWell-researched, technically well-written, but the suspense suffers greatly with all the meandering (771 pages isn't unheard of, but there isn't quite enough plot to fill them). It's all a bit joyless and nasty, and London is apparently crammed full of jerks.
However, there is a man with no eyelids, if that waves your flag at all.
#hallowreads #HalloweenHorror #spooktober #generalnastiness
"Gravediggers had to leap up and down on new corpses, often sinking to their hips in rotting flesh, just to force the reluctant new residents down into their shallow graves, these new corpses joining the solid humus of festering and overcrowded layers of rotting bodies below."
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#booksnottobereadatthedinnertable #Hallowreads #spooktober #HalloweenHorror
I picked this up at first for the spooky cover, then read all the accolades on the back and front. Off I went and it was a great read! I'm reminding myself now to pick up another Simmons soon. #impulsebuy, #augustphotochallenge
