Final check in for #SummersEndReadathon
I got so close to my goal at 2,809 of 3,000 pages but didn't make that final push. It's okay though I read some great stuff and finished 10 books, which is one more than I usually read in a month.
Thank you @thespineview for hosting!
panIn the end, the only reason I really enjoyed this one was because of the absolutely fantastic discussions with @BarbaraJean !! The book itself was... frustrating. I really wanted more about LMM's craft and the way her skills developed (considering she was almost completely self-taught) but instead Waterston chose to dwell a LOT on (very) tenuous connections between LMM's writing and her real life, some of which made sense and others of which ⬇
pickFinally got around to reading the next book in the Temeraire series. When I'm reading these books, I'm totally into them. When I'm not reading them, I don't care about them haha Novik uses a rather formal language for these to make them sound more old-fashioned. It mostly works, but also makes them come through as rather impersonal at times. I love the characters, the concept, and the story, but somehow these books just don't hook me in. ⬇
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After Day 8:
Read The Raging Storm - 400 Pgs
Read The River We Remember - 432 Pgs
Read The Cook‘s Book - 304 Pgs
Read The Stranger Upstairs - 288 Pgs
Listened to Dark Angel - 361 Pgs
Read The Eye of God - 556 Pgs
Read Dead on Target - 256 Pgs
Read Traitors Gate - 384 Pgs
Total Read - 2981 Pgs
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After Day 7:
Read The Raging Storm - 400 Pgs
Read The River We Remember - 432 Pgs
Read The Cook‘s Book - 304 Pgs
Read The Stranger Upstairs - 288 Pgs
Listened to Dark Angel - 361 Pgs
Read The Eye of God - 556 Pgs
Read Dead on Target - 256 Pgs
Total Read - 2597 Pgs
#SummersEndReadathon #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023
After Day 6:
Read The Raging Storm - 400 Pgs
Read The River We Remember - 432 Pgs
Read The Cook‘s Book - 304 Pgs
Read The Stranger Upstairs - 288 Pgs
Listened to Dark Angel - 361 Pgs
Read The Eye of God - 556 Pgs
Total Read - 2341 Pgs
#SummersEndReadathon #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2023
After Day 5:
Read The Raging Storm - 400 Pgs
Read The River We Remember - 432 Pgs
Read The Cook‘s Book - 304 Pgs
Read The Stranger Upstairs - 288 Pgs
Listened to Dark Angel - 361 Pgs
Total Read - 1785 Pgs
There were things about this book that irked me (not just the high body count), but in the end I enjoyed the Deanna Raybourn of it. Humor, insight, and little bit of raunchiness. It also gets at least half a star for one character‘s monologue on women‘s guilt, which reminded me a little of America Ferrara‘s speech from the Barbie movie.
Another book completed for #summersendreadathon and extended #rushathon
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After Day 4:
Read The Raging Storm - 400 Pgs
Read The River We Remember - 432 Pgs
Read The Cook‘s Book - 304 Pgs
Read The Stranger Upstairs - 288 Pgs
Total Read - 1424 Pgs
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#SummersEndReadathon Book 5 of 20
This was slow to start but picked up after 50 pages or so. Told from two perspectives: one a family barely making it day to day and the other a family with wealth and education in Nigeria. The title suggests hope to me but there is very little to be found in these pages. 3.5 🌟
