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TCLinrow
Femme Fatale | Guy de Maupassant
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Pickpick

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

Figured it was about time to work through my Penguin 'Little Black Classics', considering I've had them for years and barely read half of them 😬 (They've made even more of them since I bought these too)

That said, I liked this collection. It was surprisingly open minded in the title story, where lesbians were at once the villains and not. Where they were both reviled and embraced...

Continued ⬇️

TCLinrow Only the main (male) character was really shown to act negatively towards them, though the fact that 'everyone' at 'La Grenouillère' was chanting 'Lesbos'really could have gone either way initially.

It was an interesting read, and I might look into more work by Guy de Maupassant now.
4y
Suet624 Love this review. 4y
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Faerie Blood | Emma L. Adams
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#AugustRoundUp

8 books this month, so not quite as impressive as last months 14!
📱1 #eBook - finally finished Once Upon a Curse
📚5 Print books - including 2 Graphic Novels
🎧2 #AudioBook s - including the tagged, which was my favourite this month

#LeastRated #TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

rabbitprincess I really like your TBR cleanup bingo cards! It looks like a fun way to help choose what to read next 😊 5y
TCLinrow @rabbitprincess it is 😊 it keeps me focused as well so I don't end up with dozens of books on the go (usually). And when i get to tick something off it feels really good 😎 5y
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A book of fairies | Katharine Mary Briggs
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So total time is around 38 hours (lost a bit of time when my phone restarted 😕). Finished 3 (albeit short) books and put a lot of progress into a few others. I call that a success 😎

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup #LeastRated #SummersEndReadathon

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Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel
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So my phone decided to update last night and the timer reset 😫 so I guess I'm starting fresh this morning 😅

I've hit a bit off a reading wall because I'm not sure I fancy any of the books that I've got on my current #TBR so I'm going to have a reread of something I know I love but haven't properly reviewed yet and come back to my #TBRChallenge picks when I'm ready 😊
#SummersEndReadathon #LeastRated #TBRCleanup 🖤💜❤

Clwojick Oh no! This happens far too often! 5y
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TCLinrow
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Mehso-so

Forgot to post this yesterday 😅

I hate to say it, but for this a so-so is pretty generous. I liked the idea of it a lot more than the execution, and I don't know whether it was down to a below par translation taking away the original version or a poor choice of works... either way, this just about scraped together enough intrigue to make itself a so-so and I don't think I'd ever recomend it.

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup #SummersEndReadathon

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So after yesterday's stop-start reading at work I've added quite a bit of time, but not a lot of progress 😕 I felt like I was spending as much time finding my place again as I was actually reading!
Still, I've almost finished the tagged, I got an hour of Vindolanda in before work called, and Clockwork Angel is calling to me.
Hurray for bank holidays 😅
#SummersEndReadathon #LeastRated #TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

Clwojick Fantastic time! 🌟 5y
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Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare
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So I figured I might as well keep my #TBRCleanup going for the variety, alongside my #LeastRated 😊

Out of the 10 left I think I'll try to finish the tagged book first, because I was reading it the most recently, then I think I'll try The Fire Queen because it's been half finished for the longest...

But it's me so I'll probably read something entirely different just because I can 😅

#TBRChallenge ❤🧡💛

Suet624 This is such a great idea. I need to do it! I have a huge TBR. (edited) 5y
TCLinrow @Suet624 same! I decided it was about time I got it under control 😂 5y
Suet624 Did you use an app to put this grid and book photos together? 5y
TCLinrow @Suet624 I did 😊 the grib was a from a site called myfreebingocards.com and I added the pictures on once I finished them on an app called Pic Collage 5y
Suet624 Perfect! Thanks for the info. 5y
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TCLinrow
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There was a brilliant variety of stories in this collection - some better than others, but that was to be expected. I liked how some spun well known (and some lesser known) tales into something new, and how some took familiar fairytale elements and create something new and interesting.

I look forward to reading the other collections in the series.

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup #ShortStories

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The Final Straw - I was excited to see a retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin, because it doesn't seem to be very popular. It kept a lot of the traditional elements, but made the heroine less pathetic. Really loved this one.

The Unicorn Hunter - I'm not crying, you're crying! A Snow White retelling with demons and unicorns and a happy/sad ending. If that's not enough, then nothing is 😅

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup #ShortStories

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Still Red - this one gets a post of its own... not because it's good, but because I'm not sure a story has ever confused me so much before in my life.

Supposedly a retelling of Little Rsed Riding Hood, I can say I recognised any of the original story except a couple of names (maybe?). It was more if a delusional fever dream, and I've read it a couple of times now and if anything that made it worse.

2 more to go! 😊

#TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

AkashaVampie I love the cover 5y
SW-T Love your review: “delusional fever dream.” Oh my! 5y
Crewgurl So was this a yes or no pick? Lol 5y
TCLinrow @Crewgurl I've actually just finished the last of the stories in the book and I'm about to post a review 😊 Its a pick though, overall. 5y
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