Flora Segunda

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

so-so

This book is a tricky one for me to rate, so I'm going with so-so. It's very quirky and imaginative, which I loved, but the plot felt a bit all over the place at times and I didn't really feel much of a connection to the characters until near the very end. I'm curious enough to read the rest of this trilogy, but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would.

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TheSpineView Fantastic! 14mo

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 14mo

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wordslinger42

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

I haven't been feeling well off and on the last couple days, so I've decided to take the time to rest and picked out a stack of books to enjoy while I do 📚

RaeLovesToRead Hope you feel better soon! 💕 14mo

hannah-leeloo Hope you feel better soon sweet, always here if I can help 🫂 14mo

JessClark78 Hope you feel better soon. 14mo

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FlowerFairy Hope you‘re feeling better soon! 14mo

wordslinger42 @RaeLovesToRead @JessClark78 @FlowerFairy Thank you so much! 14mo

wordslinger42 @hannah-leeloo Thank you, sweet friend 💙 I'm finally feeling better and will send you an email in a bit 14mo

hannah-leeloo I'm so glad, I look forward to hearing from you 14mo

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wordslinger42

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

My reading for the next week! 📚 I'll be reading some in Wuthering Heights as well, but in small doses because wow, the characters are all pieces of work 🤣

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Just_reading

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

Can you tell when a book is bail-worthy after 10 pages? I'm thinking with this one, I can. 🤔

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xicanti

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

I made it to the abandoned golf course for the first time this year! I‘ve been anxious as all hell today, so I desperately needed some exercise in a nice, green place. #audiowalk

Cortg An abandoned golf course! That‘s awesome! 5y

xicanti @Cortg it‘s great, and it‘s an urban golf course so it‘s easy to get to! They did put a future bus route through part of it a couple years back, but it‘s mostly still all green and rolling. 5y

Tamra Good for you! 5y

xicanti @Tamra ❤️❤️ 5y

Just_reading Wow, beautiful spot! 3y

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xicanti

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

Here‘re some nice clouds to represent my morning #audiorun, even though I did it inside yet again.

This audio is... odd. I loved the hell out of the book in print, but this narrator and I hear very different qualities in Wilce‘s prose. She pronounces things weirdly, too. Adept becomes adapt with the stress on the first syllable, and glamour isn‘t gla-mer but GLA MORE, heavily stressed like it‘s two separate words. It takes me out of the story.

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xicanti

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

I finished #audiopainting, and OF COURSE the books were the first thing to go back in my closet. I ditched a lot of the oversized design books I used to have up there in favour of just my near-complete YBF&H collection (Vol 14 eludes me), a treasured anthology from my childhood, and a Harold Bloom poetry anthology I had a lot of fun arguing with a few years back and should probably page through again.

JohannaRose beautiful! 5y

xicanti @JohannaRose thanks! 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Incomplete collections make me twitchy! Are you hoping to run across it in the wild? 5y

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xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I always look, but no luck so far. 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I wouldn‘t want to ruin the thrill of the chase, but I would be totally happy to get one from AbeBooks and send it to you. No worries if not. 5y

xicanti @TobeyTheScavengerMonk that‘s really kind of you, but the cost of shipping these heavy volumes always puts the total price at way more than the book is worth to me. I‘ll keep hoping one crosses my path in person someday! 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk No problem! Best of luck on the hunt! 5y

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xicanti

Flora Segunda: Being the Magickal Mishaps of a Girl of Spirit, Her Glass-Gazing Sidekick, Two Ominous Butlers (One Blue), a House with Eleven Thousand Rooms, and a Red Dog | Ysabeau S. Wilce

Warm Brussels sprout salad with bacon, tomato, and balsamic dressing: take two. It came out much less grey this time, and it was every bit as delicious as my first attempt. Once again, I ate the whole half pound of sprouts. #audiocooking

cobwebmoth I love Brussels sprouts. 5y

xicanti @cobwebmoth they‘re the best. I love how they caramelize. 5y

CoffeeNBooks Yum! I love brussels sprouts! 5y

xicanti @CoffeeNBooks #teamsprouts 5y

Ddzmini Looks delicious 😋 5y

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