so-soNew book review up! In this episode, Connie and I review “Taltos“ by Anne Rice!
https://youtu.be/8ax8HzaLdnE?si=vnztNSjzkt9BAJEL
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so-soNew book review up! In this episode, Connie and I review “Taltos“ by Anne Rice!
https://youtu.be/8ax8HzaLdnE?si=vnztNSjzkt9BAJEL
pickI think I expected this book to be more typical romance and/or horror. It wasn‘t that, but it was all the better for it. The characterizations were complex, plot slow at points but ultimately impactful, richly depicted settings, with a dash of the philosophical. I enjoyed it immensely.
The usual Saturday - egg and cheese on a cheddar chive biscuit, iced americano, and some reading before running errands
panI read this series as a teenager and remembered that this was my least favorite. Holds true. Lestat is impossible. His lack of impulse control is ridiculous and not at all charming. The rape scene of his first foray into sex as a human again was awful. And then he basically did the vampire version of that at the end by making David Talbot a vampire without consent. His remorse after each was laughable. Completely led by his emotions.
Relaxing Saturday with my favorite egg and cheese on a cheddar chive biscuit, a mocha, and a book 📖
Started re-reading Interview with the Vampire last night. Sometimes a re-read is the reset my brain needs to get out of a slump. I haven‘t read this in 20-ish years so I‘m curious how it‘s gonna hold up. Especially now that the TV series (a masterpiece) exists and improves on (while simultaneously respecting) the book. Who knows, maybe book Louis won‘t annoy me as much this time.😉 #CurrentlyReading
pickFinished!! I cannot recommend listening to this book enough. It was fantastic, just the right amount of horror and all the toxic romanticism I was told to expect.
Lunch (egg and cheese ona cheddar chive biscuit and a gingerbread latte) and starting part II of this novel before running errands 📖
