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I don't know why, but I wasn't super invested in characters. I liked them and they had touching backstories, but something was missing that would have made me to love them.

This had a nice atmosphere, I loved the world. It felt alive.

This felt a bit slow to read: things happened but there were slower parts too. Or it felt like that when every little detail was explained. I would have been happy with less details & more action.

#ManicMonday time!

Book: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

Author: I‘ve only read one thing by R. Eric Thomas, but it was the funniest damned thing I‘ve EVER read, so I‘ve gotta choose him above all others

Show: Ted Lasso

Band: The Tea Party? I have surprisingly few T artists in my music library unless we get into singers‘ first names or The [Whatever], which I don‘t do with this meme

Song: Take To the Sky - Tori Amos

#readathon, the fireplace is so soothing!

Mid- #readathon update
#FabulousFebruary @Andrew65

I haven't read much, so far. I managed about 10% of Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay.

Not a reading slump, just a lot going on at the moment.

I don‘t believe in flawless books, and TIGANA is no exception. One character adopts blackface as a disguise, and YMMV on many other elements.

That said, it‘s my favourite fucking book, profanity necessary because I feel too strongly to abstain. TIGANA is vast. It‘s personal. Kay imbues the text with such deep, layered emotion I can hardly stand it. I want to scream about it all day and I want to keep my love just for myself.

7 stars

1. I‘m all set to do some #audiocrafting this afternoon! This ship is kind of a joke gift for my dad. Long story.

2. TIGANA‘s probably my favourite book, but I haven‘t revisited it in almost 10 years. I‘m excited.

3. I uninstalled & reinstalled Libby to try to fix a problem with download speeds. It didn‘t work, but it DID somehow activate the 3x option, which I‘ve never had before despite many updates. Whee!

Currently reading. Some good stuff here but I feel like I have too many tabs open at once! 😅
Reading resolution... no more than 2 at a time!!!!

Kay writes beautifully. A brilliant story about remembering the past.

@TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo
Square 12 ✔️

Please please please let me love this book.. two DNFs this morning alone and I absolutely LOVED The Fionavar Tapestry..... High hopes for this one

#mapsinbooks !! An evil wizard cast a spell to wipe out the name - and therefore the memory - of the land of Tigana. Now a brave few are trying to bring it back...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭⚔️⚔️⚔️
and the WORLD IS GONNA KNOW YOUR NAME
#hamilton

I. AM. UNDONE.
This was exquisite. So many chilling, brilliant, heart-stopping moments within these 700 pgs. I loved Kay from Lions of Al-Rassan and this had the same heart and soul, but much darker. Also more subplots, but count on Kay to artfully weave everything together. His style is so lyrical and I love how he plays with flashbacks in a very particular way.
The ending, not 100% satisfying, but I think that speaks to the darker quality.

Thanks for the #wondrouswednesday tag, @Eggs !

1. Messed up jerks are kinda my thing, but I THINK Felix Harrowgate from Monette‘s Doctrine of Labyrinths is the worst fictional person I legitimately love. (He is NOT on my sublist of Faves I Never Wanna Punch.)

2. Genre snobbery. Also, excessive use of “had.” CUT OUT YOUR HADS, WRITERS.

3. I‘m really glad I‘ve got signed copies of both TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay and BITTERBLUE by Kristin Cashore.

#WyrdAndWonder day 4: rebellions are built on hope

Happy Star Wars day! May the fourth be with you and all that jazz. I‘m going with rebels - Tigana is Guy Gavriel Kay‘s lyrical fantasy of a country so vanquished its conqueror has magically suppressed the very memory of its name. Only those born there can recall it, and once they‘re dead it will be as though it never existed. Can hope and love restore Tigana?

Tiny Book Market haul. 😔 The trouble with having an obscure wishlist is, I hardly ever FIND anything off it.

They did have a bunch of Steven Brust and Michelle West this time, but of course it was all stuff I‘ve got. Sigh.

To be honest, I mostly bought these two because the proceeds go to the Children‘s Hospital and I wanted to give them money. I HAVE always wanted this edition of TIGANA, and the WicDiv deluxe hardcover is awfully pretty.

I‘m having trouble settling on what to read right now, so I‘m going to try Tigana. I first read this about 15 years ago and credit it with my love for fantasy. Let‘s see if it holds up. Or keeps my attention, at least.

“Don‘t worry,” I said, “I just need to get out of the house. I‘m not gonna buy anything.”

#famouslastwords

My book guardian 🐱📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten

Thanksgiving break reading.

My weekend read is a #fantasy set in an alternative renaissance Italy.

Feeling a bit stressed because we‘re house hunting.

#friyayintro time!

1. I couldn't move very much on Tuesday or Wednesday, so I no longer have the most weekly steps of anyone I'm friends with on Fitbit. Grr.
2. We don't have Target here and I don't go to the US, so I'd give it to my mum. She heads down there sometimes and she loves Target.
3. I'm kinda hopeless at keeping track of new releases, but I'm excited to reread TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay this summer.
4. California rolls.

Gotta show everyone my books now...

Bookshelf #1.

#bookshelf #booksidontread #booksihaventread

I haven't been around for a few days because I was at When Words Collide - A Festival for Readers and Writers. This is my signed stack of books from the weekend.

Refreshing to read such an original fantasy novel. It was complete, I am not left wanting anything more. Very satisfying.

Kay is a #commonwealthauthor I have yet to read, but I plan on fixing that this year! #marchintoreading

My husband made me a couple more floating shelves for my book nook. 😊

#Favevillain #SomethingforSept. Brandin from Tigana. Why? I grew up reading Sci/Fantasy and was used to villains who were black and white. Brandin is definitely the bad guy in this story, he is the conqueror, the tyrant, the murderer. But as you see him through others eyes you realise that he is also a moral man, except when overruled by passion, that he is a man who acted for understandable reasons and is trying to be a good ruler.

Since I'm reading his latest now, my #TBT pick is Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana. This was my first Kay book and my first fantasy novel. I fell in love with his writing but not the genre, which is why he's one of the only fantasy authors I read today. I really need to re-read this one, it's been 25 years!

This is quite possibly my favorite fantasy novel of all time. A lot of people go back and read The Lord of the Rings every year. This is my yearly read.