pickPosting my fifth and final #trappedinaspookyhouse review just in time for #snowedin, haha.
This was fun and I enjoyed it, but somehow it felt a little flimsy to me. The gimmicks and wordplay were great and the worldbuilding was very creative, but the plot and particularly the love story needed a little more polishing. Maybe the later books in the series do better with this? Let me know. Anyway I‘m glad I read it; it‘s been on my TBR for years.
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Been putting off my review of this one because I don‘t quite know what to say. It was good; I enjoyed it. Thought-provoking and left me wondering if I‘d missed some of the symbolism (no, actually - I‘m *sure* I missed some). I liked the idea of the strange world “Piranesi” inhabits and the book does a good job of contrasting the motives of the different characters who come to see him there.
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👻 Final points: 3,910
🤓A much slow reading month…life🤷🏻♀️ I did however, manage to finish 4 audiobooks, 1 Kobo, 3 magazines & 2 physicals (‘Girl Forgotten‘ not pictured above🤦🏻♀️).
🫂🤓Thanks so very much to all October hosts & participants!! A wonderfully fun month👻🎃
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Opening this kobo read while enjoying a final cozy evening on the back deck, we winterize it💨🥶 I‘m already sad🥺with the sense of loss, even though it‘s only for a few months.
👻: 1
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Another satisfying instalment in the Lady Sherlock Series🤓📚
👻: 1
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pickSheriff Titus has his hands full with an anticipated march in support of a statue honoring a Confederate hero and likely counter protesters organized by a black preacher, when a bloodthirsty serial killer‘s evil deeds are discovered following a school shooting of everyone‘s favorite teacher. No simple solution to find the killer, and things get pretty twisted and bloody very quickly. And yet there are the most endearing moments between Titus & ⬇️
pickMerritt inherits a magical house that makes his life miserable. Thanks to a magical housekeeper, Hulda, the house is tamed. Merritt, Hulda, the house, and staff all start getting along charmingly until an evil magician desires to upend everything. Set in the mid-1800s, it often feels anachronistic but then magic isn‘t real either. With a touch of romance, this is a charming story and I‘ll plan to continue with the series.
panThis is supposed to be set in a British uni and yet nothing about it feels British. There are a few obvious things like eggplant rather than aubergine, cheerleaders being a common thing, but in general it doesn't feel British.
Also, I've never heard students talk the way they do. It's jarring.
There wasn't much to this book. The romance was fairly anaemic and the world wasn't really explored
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panThe book starts with a lot of info dumping. It takes about 200 pages before anything happens. I kept going because I've heard how amazing it was.
For me, it did not improve. There was too much narration, hardly any dialogue, and I was bored.
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