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The Orphan Collector | Ellen Marie Wiseman

so-so

This book didn‘t work for me. I felt the characters were flat; I was not at all hooked into the story - I found it tedious. I would let days go by or would pick it up, read a sentence and ...put it back down. Do I not like plot plot plot? Sigh. Marking this so-so, but truthfully, I wanted to bail. What I ended up doing was reading the last 20-30 pages, commented to myself that the book is TOOOO long, got annoyed by how many times the phrase 👇🏼

BkClubCare “But she sold babies!” was repeated, smiled with satisfaction that I skipped 200 pages and could fill in the gap holes with my imagination. (edited) 3y

BkClubCare #DogsofLitsy #EstherAssisting #HappyDogDay #whpg #Griff #PlagueLit #ConstructionZone (edited) 3y

Ruthiella So were you so annoyed you tore up all your flooring? 😂 3y

BkClubCare @Ruthiella - that is the detritus of tearing down a wall. We have 5 layers of wallpaper that won‘t be conquered unless destroyed 🤣 3y

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batsy

The Masque of the Red Death | Edgar Allan Poe

pick

To make more sense of life as we currently know it, I decided to face #plaguelit head on! Well, in small doses. This short story by Poe is sumptuous in its language & suitably dreadful & gothic. A part of me, in reading the daily news & wondering how we've built a social & economic order that places human life last, read this as a revenge tale on the ruling class. Let them eat cake? Well, the red death comes for you, too ☠️👑 #pandemicreading

batsy Illustration above is by Arthur Rackham. 5y

emilyhaldi Glad I‘m not the only one... I‘m currently reading (and loving!) this one

The Plague

batsy It's on my list @emilyhaldi ! Just working up the courage. Happy to hear that it's a good one! 5y

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Lindy Might be time for a reread of this... love the illustration! 5y

batsy @Lindy Rackham is amazing 🙌🏽 5y

Lindy @batsy 💯 5y

Cathythoughts 👍🏻❤️ 5y

readordierachel You are braver than I 🙈👏🏼 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts 😘 5y

batsy @readordierachel Something quite refreshing about Poe's "if I'm going down we're all going down" vibe re: the aristocrats ? 5y

AvidReader25 This is a powerful piece to read right now! 5y

batsy @AvidReader25 Yes! 5y

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