English Animals | 
pickFeeling lonely in London, Mirka decides to leave the city and ends up in rural England. She accepts a job working for a married couple. Once she gets there, she finds out the work is a little bit different than she thought. The husband needs help with his taxidermy business. Mirka soon also finds herself more involved in the marriage than she expected.
This is my #DoubleSpin for November @TheAromaofBooks
pickEnglish Animals had some of the realest characters I think I‘ve ever met in a book. I felt like two of the main characters, Richard and Sophie especially were people I had met in real life before. It is a lovely slow read, with the relationships between the three characters developing, with an interesting backdrop of taxidermy and the English countryside
pickI‘ve had a pretty crappy reading year so far, but I finally finished a book I enjoyed! English Animals was full of quirky characters, well written with a good plot. I picked this up after a visit to the tiny natural history museum in Lille, France which is full of taxidermied animals -super creepy but it reminded me that I had not read this book. A very entertaining read and I recommend it to anyone who likes small town quirkiness.
#day6 #junetunz #brokedownpalace Maybe not quite palaces, but these 3 novels came to mind... Eccentric property-rich folks living in a crumbling castle (I capture the castle), a home-turned-artists commune (in The Strays) and in my current read... the 'English Animals' are not just the those preserved by taxidermy, but also the mostly drunk Richard and Sophie, whose manor house seems to be falling apart around them!
#day3 #riotgrams #howyouread I'm an equal opportunity reader....I always have an audio, an ebook and a physical book on the go at once, so I'm ready for all occasions... Love listening to audiobooks on my Beats or my Bose Color so I'm prepared for any listening situation... iPhone or pad for any ebooks.... these are my three #currentreads
bailedNot much to say about this. Really couldn't finish. Guess I am tired of reading about eccentric white people and their issues
#librarybookhaul 2 a good catch this week. I am really looking forward to reading some physical books after so many arcs.
I read at least a couple novels last year that featured taxidermists. What does it say about me that this one, similarly-themed, also sounds interesting? You're dying to tell me to get stuffed, aren't you?
