bailedAt 45%, I‘m cutting my losses and bailing. It started off so strong that I was sure it would be one of my favorites of the year and then it just became a slog. What should have been a warm hug of found family cozy fantasy (even with the underlying theme of grief) just became…something else. It‘s giving dull and icky vibes. (Pardon Tasha‘s dragon carcass in the background 💀🐉)
The BBC is releasing an audiobook/podcast series of Charles Dickens ghost stories, read by David Suchet.
The first episode is part one of Dickens's own abridgement of the story which he would read to audiences, so while it's not the full book, it's still authentic 😊
And then, David Suchet is so perfect a choice to narrate - well, it's actually a performance 🎭❤️ Can't wait for part 2 to be released in a few days.
Link in comments 🛜
Another Estate Sale treasure from yesterday, a beautiful illustrated edition of Animal Farm - missing the dust jacket but fantastic illustrations.
My final partner read i#of the year. I got this at book expo and it‘s been on my tbr for over 7 years.
panPoor me for persevering with this tripe. Started ok then became a weird male fantasy about a Frankenstein-type woman with the brain of a child. So, the sexual encounters are quite disturbing. They‘re dressed up as male created “monster”(woman) having agency and manipulating the dumb, stuffy Victorian men, but I‘m not fooled by the paedophilic undertones. Also, read a Flashman for proper, interesting use of historical footnotes to situate fiction
Even in the seemingly endless terror of middle school...
pick5*/5 ⭐
Loved this book, I think it's now one of my favorites from Stephen King.
so-soDefinitely outside my wheelhouse but fun. A little too 🌶️ for my taste. And you know it not really your thing when you finish and you are hung up on a quick reference to an unnamed Christmas movie about a father trying to buy a gift to make up for not being around the rest of the year and wondering if it‘s The Man in the Santa Claus Suit that you remember from way back when and that it had Bert Convy in it and down that rabbit hole you go.
