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so-soLove them or hate them, Valente's stories are never boring. Or rather, they're never executed in boring ways. She's all about execution, this author, and it may resonate with the reader or not. This time, it was way too much form over substance. I'm aware it has a secondary reading—this being about Zelda Fitzgerald and her hubby—but I'm not submerged deep enough in the context to care. Barely so-so.
2.75/5
#fantasy #novella #smallbooks #onedayread
“It‘s all fucked anyway, you see? The end of the world already happened. It‘s happening all the time. It‘s gonna happen again. And again after that. Just when you think it‘s done falling on it‘s face, the world picks itself up and throws itself off a roof. Boom. Pavement. The world‘s ending forever and we‘re not even allowed to toast at her funeral. So we gotta do something else or she won‘t know we ever loved her.” 🍸
Fairy tales on the dark side. https://www.bustle.com/p/9-fairy-tale-retellings-that-are-way-creepier-than-the-...
#happilyeverafterswap
Finished with Samantha Bee, closing in on the half way point, drinking my favorite highly caffeinated citrus spice tea, and taking down a novella before midnight... #24in48
#CoolBooks #Fairy
Zelda Fitzgerald's life told as a fairy tale.
The inside is so classy.
Haven't read it yet, but going to soon.
pickOof. Valente is hypnotic in this story about a hotel stuck like a pin through the world where the underworld lives in the subbasement and the Volstead Act is a fairy thing. Read it if you‘d like high octane aesthetic injected directly into your veins.
Catherynne Valente's books always have a beautiful #rhythminside. They deserve to be read out loud, so you can appreciate the #beautifullywrittenbook(s) in all their glory 👌
#DecDays #Allthebooksof2017
This is one of the more #stranger books I remember having read. It almost felt like being drunk - everything went by so fast, it was a bit confusing, but also, a lot of fun 💃🥂
#AwesomeAutumnBooks
I think these might be the most #artdeco 'ish books I have. I really like this art style, especially art deco patterns, so I would love more books with beautiful art deco covers 😍
#feistyfeb
#Fortheloveoffont - Spine edition
I am always drawn in by a interesting spine when I am in bookshops. I love beautiful books, and the spine is often a good indicator that a book has a lovely front cover 😍
#readJanuary
Jumping on this #TBT. What I was reading last year. A bit jealous of myself!
I went out of my way to get this book (I'm not saying that it's the reason I went on a US holiday... but it was a bonus 😂) and I haven't read it yet... 🙈 my bad?
