European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman | 
pickIn the sequel to the critically acclaimed The Strange Case of the Alchemist‘s Daughter, Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature‘s mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society‘s nefarious plans once and for all.
pickThis is the second book in the series and I enjoyed it a lot. Many interesting characters and a great story, it's a long book, over 700 pages but I was hooked. Already got the final book to read.
This is one of my three current reads, it's I think just of 700 pages. It's also the second in this series and I am really enjoying it.
pickThis was a super fun audiobook, just went on for a bit too long. #RoaringWolf Monster Mash #scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter #ReadWithUs #LittenListen #Spookoweenreadathon #Wickedathon
pickThese books are just fun - I think I enjoyed this one even more than the 1st, despite it being absurdly long. Diana is a hoot!
I am having absolutely the laziest day... #audiocoloring and naps
pickThis was an awesome sequel for this fantasy of manners series. Goss is an author that certainly needs more attention and readers. And here is Diana's favorite food too: Knödel!
Finally starting the second installment of this trilogy! I loved The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter a few years back, but seeing 700+ pages just makes me so nervous ? I'm trying to get over my fear of "big books," and it's time to stop putting this off!
pickThis is a continuation of #theextraordinaryadventuresoftheathenaclub . A good detective story that also features monsters, mysticism, and characters from typical English novels. The book has a lot of humor, funny comments-inserts of characters that dilute the narrative. The book is very voluminous, but easy to read and quickly addictive.
I don‘t have much motivation to get work done today. I‘m currently audio coloring (loving this book!) whilst a sleepy cat naps next to me. We shall see how much writing I get done today...
pickA very fun follow up to The Strange Case of the Alchemist‘s Daughter. I‘m hoping the library gets the audiobook for book 3 soon
pickAmazing sequel! Absolutely loved it! Can‘t wait to go and buy the third!
Perfect weekend reading
so-soThis was a reread. And it annoyd me so much more the second time. I think this could be summerized with "Mary had no idea what was happening." I don't know what happened between the first book and this, but apparently it contained a fairly succesful lobotomy for most of the main cast, especially Mary.
Sheesh ?
pickJust finished the second instalment of the Athena Club! As with the first book it was filled with strong female personalities and there were a few new faces this time round too. I love the commentary from the main characters, I feel somehow closer to them for it. Can‘t wait for the next adventure!
pickLoved this! I‘m very excited to read the 3rd. I love how the author has combined notorious characters together into the narrative
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A sort of female League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: the members of the Athena Club must race across Europe to stop the nefarious plans of the Société des Alchimistes, with the help and hindrance of other famous fictional characters. Very different from my usual kind of read, I enjoyed the familiarity of the names and the story was fun. Thank you @ulrichyumiodd for this book.
A perfect end to the Christmas holidays. Tomorrow the children go back to school and the routine returns. It‘s been a fabulous four weeks of family, fun and of course reading.
pickWhile I still enjoyed the book, I didn't like it as much as the first one. It dragged a bit and could have been shorter than its 700 pages. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to the third and last book in the series.
I am so excited to read this one
#CreepyChristmas #CreepyChristmasSwap @ulrichyumiodd Wow!! Thank you so very, very much for my creepy gifts!! Merry Christmas and happy reading!
pickLoved this second book in the series and have just downloaded book 3 ... such clever use of the characters and how they are being woven into the story!!
pickI'm loving this series! This one was a bit harder to get through because it's so long and so much happens but it is an enjoyable read (listen?). The audio is awesome, the narrator is just spot on.
#chillingphotochallenge #monster
One of my absolute favorite reads (listens?) of last year!
#TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon @Clwojick 1 point (132 total)
pickJust finished this lovely monstrosity over night while I was sleepless with some viral crud. Fun second book of the series!
Without giving to much of the fun away, I will say this: there are #vampires 😊🖤 So not only is it a book in the #scarathon theme finished for #teamstoker , but it also fits the #chillingphotochallenge 🦇 🧛♂️
pickSuch fun! And the writing on this second novel in the series was true Goss, and worthy of her rep.
Joining the “monstrous gentlewomen” on this new adventure are Irene Adler and a full cast of Van Helsingborg vampires, including Dracula himself.
Setting up the next book, we learn at the end that Alice (the scullery maid) is actually Lydia Raymond (read Great God Pan) who has been captured by ... Prof. Moriarty. Can‘t wait!
so-soI love these main characters, and will very likely read #3, but this sequel was very inferior to the first. Sherlock Holmes continues to be superfluous. He spends most of this book missing, but the author throws in a dozen borrowed and new characters who add zilch. It‘s sooooo repetitive that each chapter reads like a new book! The plotting stinks, and the finale is flat. Only my love of Mary-Cat-Bea-Diana-Justine saves it from a pan. #fantasy
Somehow I read 16 books in August, probably a record for me. This might explain my lack of productivity this month 😂
Audio-4, physical-12
Out of the books that were not re-reads, I liked the tagged best, with Pumpkinheads close behind.
#augustwrapup
pickWhat a fun romp! The Athena Club series is brain candy (I fell through this 700 page book in three days) but brain candy with delicious references throughout, both to Romantic and Victorian literature and some real world events. I liked this, although I liked the more involved nature of the plot and antagonists less than the first one. Looking forward to # 3 this fall. More commentary with spoilers in comments.
1. Done! Sequel to “The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club“ (Litsy library audiobook)
2. I plan to listen to audiobooks and get my nature fix on!
3. Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie
4. I have played clarinet and dulcimer but haven't played anything in donkey's years. I'd love to take up pan flute and pennywhistle.
5. Going to like a bunch right now
#friyayintro @howjessreads
Justine smiled wanly. "you sound like an avenging angel."
Mary had to smile at that image of herself. "on your behalf, I'll be happy hold the flaming sword of... I don't remember. Whoever guarded the gates of Eden or something like that. " ?
Did I mention it's delightful?
(and I realize some readers hate the meta commentary / framing device dialogue, but I love it.)
Everything is very brown today due to a lack of jam tarts (in the coffee shop; they were present in the book!) I forgot how much faster fiction is to read, this one is 700 pages but I'm more than a quarter through in two sittings. And there may be an István in this book, since it promises Hungary! I suppose that only makes sense if you have read more than a handful of Goss' short stories.
Nineteen pages in and already a delight.
No messing up this reading order now. I'll keep reading Sakhalin Island at the same time as well.
I adored the first in the series but now I'm struggling with the second because it's getting bogged down in waaaaay too much unnecessary detail 😕
pickLoved the 2nd book in this trilogy. Excited about the 3rd but sure I‘ll have a long wait at the library.
The author brings in some relevant themes (and a funny part about mansplaining), including this quote:
“But you‘re as bad as the Londoners who told me to go back to India, that my kind weren‘t wanted here.”
I was a little annoyed by at least 7 typos. And I thought the action towards the end could have been bigger, after all the build-up.
This book is going faster than I thought it would. Although, I did read the first one quickly, too. They‘re very interesting with so many characters from history packed into the story. I have a list of things to do, but it‘s also tempting to do most of them tomorrow & finish this today.
I know a lot of you have read this one & liked it. I started it last night while charging my kindle. I try to get long books on kindle, but my library only had it in print or audio. So, I‘ll be packing a 700-page book around for awhile. 💪 another Victorian age novel w/feminist themes.
#Audiobookwalk with the Monstrous Gentlewomen. Plus Sherlock, Irène Adler, Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, and lock-picking orphans! These books are a lot of fun, especially if you're a fan of 19th century lit.
pickThis book was... long. Perhaps longer than it needed to be, BUT I still liked it and am looking forward to reading the 3rd book when it comes out.
Goss has an extensive knowledge of early science fiction and noteworthy people of the Victorian era. She weaves both literary characters and historical figures into her book. I found myself frequently checking Wikipedia to see where she was drawing from. She is thorough. It‘s a fun series!
Overall I liked this book, BUT...It‘s 700 pages because it gets bogged down with stuff like this- an entire page that basically says, “Mary woke up, washed her face, and got dressed. Then she went downstairs for breakfast where she noticed some of her companions were wearing pants.”
Every meal, train car, parlor, and teacup is described in GREAT detail in this book.
Be forewarned
