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This is one of those cases where I don‘t dislike the book—I‘d absolutely recommend it to anyone who loves Wilkie Collins and his ilk—but I‘m gonna step away at page 175 because I don‘t think the enjoyment I‘ll get out of it will be worth the sheer amount of time I‘ll have to spend between its covers. The pace is glacial, thanks to the many character-establishing tangents in the letters, and that‘s made it tough for me to stay engaged.

Sigh.

It appears I‘ve caught a cold. Hopefully this ginseng & ginger tea will help.

I‘m now 50 pages into FREEDOM & NECESSITY, the oldest title on La TBR and the last one on my September Must-Reads list, and I might have to read it in chunks. It‘s very good, but the font is TINY and the writers are committed to their 19th century setting so there are lots of LONG paragraphs. Each page takes me forever, and y‘all know I hate reading slowly.

I‘ve settled on my September Must-Reads:

~ the next book in Butler‘s Patternist series

~ the oldest book on La TBR. I think I‘ve had it for 15 years or more; it came off the $1 bargain shelf at Chapters the first time I ever saw them offer discounts like that

~ Australian SF romance with archaeology

~ a contemporary romance chosen more or less at random

Really behind on #ReadJanuary so catching up. Here are some of my favorite #epistolary books. I would say novel but 84, Charing Cross Road isn't fiction.

For today's books + stationery #augustphotochallenge I've chosen an epistolary novel which I sadly have not gotten around to reading, yet (although from the description it seems like something I'd like 😉) and some notecards designed by my friend Jami at letterspacepaper.com