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March #roll100

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 174.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Library worker struggles : the returns sorter fails and you read the blurbs of books waiting to be returned while it reboots… and add another book to an already overwhelmed tbr stack 😉😂

Bored and listing favourite fiction in English, day... 4?
In the End of Mr Y, Ariel Manto is a PhD student somewhere in England, researching a long dead author and his book, of which there are no copies. Until she finds one in a charity shop, that is, and then things get really weird. For example, homeopathy works in this book, but not as pseudo medicine, but as magic which lets you time travel. Through genetic memory. Also featuring the god ⬇️

I kept thinking that I'd read it before but it's just because I've read books with similar premises and themes and it felt very familiar. Thomas doesn't really offer anything original which makes the long stodgy discussions of quantum and dimensional physics caught up in mysticism and philosophy very dull. The narrator (Ariel Manto) is a collection of tired tropes rather than a person so there was nothing to hook me in. Free space for #bookbingo

The idea of £50 being too much for BOX OF BOOKS 🤯 (it might be more than you could afford but the idea that you could never even WANT to pay spend that much!)

#booktober day 2: an orange book! (please come play, the main graphic is on my Sept 30 post! )
one of my favourites (Scarlett Thomas unfortunately switched story style after this and I haven't liked any of her newer stuff. Popco and Going Out are excellent though.) I can't explain this book; it's weird and delightful.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 76 #bookstoread #tbrpile #bookstagram

Came across it by chance at my company‘s charity event. Costed me Q9, so I never hurried to read it. Finally started around Christmas last year and what a surprise! I couldn‘t have liked it more - it‘s one of those where you stop seeing the words and start seeing things happening in front of you, fall in love with the characters and totally understand how messed up they are, even if you yourself are not. One of a handful of books that made me cry.

Physical books I read this month

1) the end of mr y is fantastic. 2) cheez doodlez or bust 3) sunset. Sunrise is way too early. 4) clothes, travel, books. Easy done. 5) I forget what counts by American rules, so I'll go by "primary and middle" and say 5th. #friyayintro @howjessreads via @Emilymdxn

Ewchhh a dull drizzly day so a book about a book to see me through. Two chapters in and its caught me👀

This was darker than I‘d expected, mostly because of the very damaged, self-destructive protagonist. But it‘s an interesting, intelligent and enjoyable read, although I found myself irritated by some of the indulgences which took the plot off in strange directions...

#FreakyFriday book 3 from @zeljka - this book was too cool. A doctoral student finds a rare book that seems to cause everyone who encounters it to disappear - because they can time and space travel with the info inside. It's mix of library research story and philosophical treatise and sci fi mind bender all in one. Makes me want to go finish S by J J Abrams! My cat likes the mouse on the cover too.
@Clwojick @monalyisha
#catsoflitsy

This book is so wonderfully smart and interesting that it kept me thinking about it a long time after I finished reading. (Scarlett, I apologize using it to save one of my characters by stopping a bullet😍)

Thanks for running the #eyecandygiveaway @Kalalalatja

These are some of my beauties. (Don't tell the other books)

I didn't have a great long run this morning, so I'm drowning my frustrations in coffee and new books.

I went to the soft opening of @interabangbooks this past weekend. Lori suggested this novel and...WOW! I have added so many book darts, and that last page! I would suggest this book for people who like science, theology, and a good book about magical books. A cursed book takes the characters to another dimension where they can read minds and time travel. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My fav women certainly know how to write about #obsession in all its forms: sexual, romantic, platonic, intellectual, philosophical. All of these women are flawed, damaged, complex, unlikeable and likeable, and interesting. Love these writers and books so much 💜
#maybookflowers @RealLifeReading

Another #latepost #bestblurbs #seasonsreading2016 @RealLifeReading

#novemberland #wereallmadhere #weirdestbook

The End of Mr Y is one of the weirdest books I have ever read! It took a while to get into as there are some pretty gross descriptions at the start, but I loved the novel as a whole, despite its weirdness and the craziness of the story. 🐀

Bought these at Gladfest earlier this year, has anyone read either of them? 📚 #bookhaul

This incredibly weird story features both a mouse god and a cursed book, yet is extremely philosophical. Ariel, a Ph.D. student, finds a book that has caused all of its readers to die or disappear--including her thesis advisor. Through the book, she reaches an alternate dimension which allows her to enter the minds of others and travel through time. Loved the plot and scientific concepts, although the characterization was a bit lacking. 4 stars.

I know I have already done my #weirdbooks for #somethingforsept but then I remembered reading this beauty!
Such a bizarre story, odd characters, and of course a book that no one knows the end to (Mr Y)
An intriguing story and one I would highly recommend, but an absolute mindf*#k!

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