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The book is a pick. The audio is a pan. So that landed me on a so-so.
Via an American journalist fascinated by Fevers, a part woman/bird aerialist, Carter introduces the many characters of a 19th century travelling circus: the lion tamer, strongman, clown, ringmaster and more all get extensive back stories. The circus world - and Carter's prose - is lavish & chaotic & strange. It's a bit like a Victorian novel on crack. And I'm sure I would 👇

I did not get on well with Angela Carter when I read her in my early 20s. We shall see if I'm ready for her in my early 50s.

“We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity.”

Remembering Angela Carter on her birthday.

#Alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Angela Carter is one of my favourite authors and this book is so brilliantly weird

It‘s a happy Tuesday! My Book Outlet order finally arrived! This is the stuff I got for myself. Couldn‘t resist those orange spines.

This book is really flying along, like Sophie Fevvers' bum in the air (the famous aerialiste, part swan part woman, ladies and gentlemen!) Before I knew it I was a third of the way through.

#babiesoflitsy

#augustisatrip #circus #tbr

"And from the coffin of your madness there is no escape.”

"We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity.”

Second try reading this. Agh, it's just so tense somehow, so..full? I can't just read as much as I would like to. It's just too much. But it seems easier as an audiobook so I'll see how that goes 😄

There‘s no way I can pick just one #favouriteauthor for #AprilBookishMadness so here are a few of my faves. They are: Charlotte Bronte, Angela Carter, Sarah J Maas, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sabaa Tahir, JK Rowling, Laini Taylor, Cassandra Clare and perhaps top of the list Margaret Atwood.

Who else could I pick but the indomitable Fevvers!
#favoriteleadingladies
#Riotgrams

The first prompt for the #readathon countdown was favourite book. This book is actually at my parents' house right now so I had to use an old photo I took for a LiveJournal post back in the day 😅. But it's worth it for the change to talk about Nights, which is a raucous adventure of a book. Sophie Fevvers is the star of the circus, the winged woman, hatched from an egg - or so she claims - a young journalist is determined to investigate...

Next on the reading pile.

North and South is my moms. I haven't read it yet. #Startswithmno no wait nmo 😆.

#challengecheckin #litsyreadingchallenge
19/25

Does anyone else ever look at their book wish list and think, wow these books all look awesome! I bet the person who wants these books is so cool. And then you remember it's your list, and you're talking to yourself and you'll never be cool? 😂 I'm super excited about this #bookmooch 🎪

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@Bookworm83

I read A LOT on this rainy day: 2 ARCs; 1 graphic novel compilation; 58% of a short story collection; & 38% of a nonfiction audiobook. Next up is one of my gifts from #cupidgoespostal (along with the bookmark I received ❤️)🙂 Because it's a long weekend, dammit, & because I can😜
#litsyafterdark
@Bookworm83

@Bookworm83 Thank you so much! I ❤️ everything you chose❤️
First I opened the envelope. Then, Jasperkitty smelled ribbon. For real, he started walking off with one of the gifts by his teeth😂 I snatched them away from him & look what I got: two books, a bookmark, & that journal! The lines are the text of Jane Eyre??? Wow! This was the best gift I've gotten in a long time - thanks again for your thoughtfulness😘
#cupidgoespostal

I do have a headless cover! I was sure I didn't. Haven't read this one yet, I'm still working my way slowly and gloriously through her many short stories. #HeadlessCovers #PhotoadayNov16

The turn of the twentieth century is the setting for this book of magical realism at a traveling circus. The main character is an aerialist with wings...unless it's all an illusion, which is what a reporter is trying to find out. The circus travels from the UK to Russia and things get progressively weirder.

At the first chords, the cats, whom she could not see, leapt on to the semi-circle of pedestals placed ready for them and sat there on their haunches, panting, pleased with themselves for their obedience. And then it would come to them, always with a fresh surprise no matter how often they performed, that they did not obey in freedom but had exchanged one cage for a larger cage....

Finished the one on the bottom, now starting the one on top.

talk about a #stack

Currently reading #nightsatthecircus . Love it so far. #angelacarter is the best kind of weird!

Interesting list of Bowie's (apparently) favourite books, disclaimer I don't know where they got this list from 😂 but it's got some good titles! https://electricliterature.com/david-bowies-100-favorite-books-e2f232601a24hickl...

A late summer circusy stack of books to read (or reread.)

"There are many reasons, most of them good ones, why a woman should want to murder her husband."

By the end you realise that you have been amazed, deighted and, at the very end, wishing deeply that there was a sequel - sadly this will never be.