@SincerelyWinona @MeganAnn @Reggie #LPMBC
I had such a great time reading everyone‘s notes. Through this group, a not-good book has become a treasure. I cracked up reading your comments, especially Winona‘s friend‘s summation of the sex scene. I loved what emerged from this: the conversations, the recommendations, the recipe (!), the attention to beautiful lines I overlooked in my first reading.
I 💜 this. I‘m so grateful for the experience.
so-soIt‘s gonna be a while before I can read the words, fuschia, flower, and orchid without getting frustrated. At times even Megan‘s pen color choice was frustrating me! (😜) I think if the story character order went like: Hazel➡️Shadrach➡️Hosea/Edna/Scarecrow➡️Tamaris➡️Lincoln/Xavier➡️Amarantha/Fiona. If the story had been told linearly ending with AMA‘s backstory I would have enjoyed it better. There was so much opportunity to dive deeper into👇🏼
so-soI‘m hovering between a low pick and a so-so on this #lmpbc book. As an amateur artist myself, I found the art descriptions + idea of a spectral muse fascinating and somewhat inspiring. However the book is disorganized and would have benefited from some heavy editing.
@SincerelyWinona your paragraph on page 200 was something else 😂😵
@Reggie I mailed this off at the post office just now and you should have it early next week.
so-soA book about art, the African-American experience, salt marshes, & the color fuchsia.
Hang out until page 200 for an unexpected paragraph that almost (but not quite) makes the shuffled narration worth it.
Finally finished this last night and getting it mailed to @MeganAnn today! Sorry it‘s belated, but thank you for the kind patience as I had to wait a few weeks to comfortably read after my concussion. I‘ll get caught up before the end of May!
My physical TBR stack is just piling up and I‘ve had an absolutely intense month that started with an April fool‘s joke of an interstate car accident and severe concussion that literally messed up my vision, focus, and memory. I‘m trying to keep up with everything, especially my Litsy Markup Postal Book Club reads, but I feel like I‘m barely making a dent even though all I want to do is read!
panI am so bummed I didn‘t like this book. AND I picked it for #LMPBC, which is unfortunate. I feel like all the components of a good book are here and at its best it‘s hallucinatory but it‘s also messy and poorly edited to the point that I found myself frustrated and bored. The concept is really intriguing and I‘ve thought about it a lot since finishing it. I will be curious what the rest of #GroupQ thinks.
Keeping with the color palette. (💜 this cover)
A Spectral Hue | 
