pickI‘ve never read the books but I know they‘re popular. I wasn‘t necessarily blown away by the art here but it suffices. If you‘re a fan of the books you‘ll likely enjoy this one.
I *did* learn something: Quarin, more traditionally QUAREEN. Pre-Islam & Islamic mythology. A djinn that can either be good or evil but the Quareen is someone‘s companion, guardian, driving you to good or evil behavior.
Day 8 #36by36 #Readathon
I didn‘t have a lot of reading time this week so I didn‘t get to reach my thirty-six hour goal. Made it to almost nineteen hours.
I got a couple more hours of reading done last night to finish Odd Thomas.
pickWent deep into my TBR stacks trying to make progress before the end of the year & came across this book—I think I got it for my husband?!? 🤷♀️ Anyway, it‘s about a school of sorcerers who protect the world from demons and three students who are just getting started. I enjoyed it, may even read more, but I‘m not sure why I thought my husband would…I must have seen a recommendation somewhere. Anyway, a quick fun read.
pickPicked this up on a whim yesterday, and it had me hooked.
To be fair it dragged in the third half of the book, and a lot of the events could have been summarized in a chapter or two. But, towards the end the book picked up the pace again and the very ending was extremely satisfying.
The gothic horror delivered well enough, although Italy isn't really ideal for a “scary book“ Maybe that's just me.
so-soIf the writing wasn‘t so good, this would be a Pan. Descriptions and sentiments are wonderful, but the story is a mess of extraneous details irrelevant to the plot, too many meaningless background characters, and a useless protagonist. Confusing without being mysterious, ending did not feel earned.
Days 6 & 7 #36by36 #Readathon
Got a little over four hours of reading done over the past two days. Almost finished Odd Thomas.
pickThese are the first two books in the Harper Connolly series. I love this series. Harper was struck by lightning when she was a teenage, and now she can see dead people. So now her and her stepbrother travel the country trying to solve murders.
#WickedWords #Criminal #Hotel @AsYouWish
pickAlright I won‘t lie, I expected more based off of the Netflix show, but this book was still great. It was a slow burn classic haunting that ended in tragedy. Definitely a great spooky season read!
