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Figured it was about time to work through my Penguin 'Little Black Classics', considering I've had them for years and barely read half of them 😬 (They've made even more of them since I bought these too)

That said, I liked this collection. It was surprisingly open minded in the title story, where lesbians were at once the villains and not. Where they were both reviled and embraced...

Continued ⬇️

#AugustRoundUp

8 books this month, so not quite as impressive as last months 14!
📱1 #eBook - finally finished Once Upon a Curse
📚5 Print books - including 2 Graphic Novels
🎧2 #AudioBook s - including the tagged, which was my favourite this month

#LeastRated #TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

So total time is around 38 hours (lost a bit of time when my phone restarted 😕). Finished 3 (albeit short) books and put a lot of progress into a few others. I call that a success 😎

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So my phone decided to update last night and the timer reset 😫 so I guess I'm starting fresh this morning 😅

I've hit a bit off a reading wall because I'm not sure I fancy any of the books that I've got on my current #TBR so I'm going to have a reread of something I know I love but haven't properly reviewed yet and come back to my #TBRChallenge picks when I'm ready 😊
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Forgot to post this yesterday 😅

I hate to say it, but for this a so-so is pretty generous. I liked the idea of it a lot more than the execution, and I don't know whether it was down to a below par translation taking away the original version or a poor choice of works... either way, this just about scraped together enough intrigue to make itself a so-so and I don't think I'd ever recomend it.

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So after yesterday's stop-start reading at work I've added quite a bit of time, but not a lot of progress 😕 I felt like I was spending as much time finding my place again as I was actually reading!
Still, I've almost finished the tagged, I got an hour of Vindolanda in before work called, and Clockwork Angel is calling to me.
Hurray for bank holidays 😅
#SummersEndReadathon #LeastRated #TBRChallenge #TBRCleanup

So I figured I might as well keep my #TBRCleanup going for the variety, alongside my #LeastRated 😊

Out of the 10 left I think I'll try to finish the tagged book first, because I was reading it the most recently, then I think I'll try The Fire Queen because it's been half finished for the longest...

But it's me so I'll probably read something entirely different just because I can 😅

#TBRChallenge ❤🧡💛

There was a brilliant variety of stories in this collection - some better than others, but that was to be expected. I liked how some spun well known (and some lesser known) tales into something new, and how some took familiar fairytale elements and create something new and interesting.

I look forward to reading the other collections in the series.

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The Final Straw - I was excited to see a retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin, because it doesn't seem to be very popular. It kept a lot of the traditional elements, but made the heroine less pathetic. Really loved this one.

The Unicorn Hunter - I'm not crying, you're crying! A Snow White retelling with demons and unicorns and a happy/sad ending. If that's not enough, then nothing is 😅

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Still Red - this one gets a post of its own... not because it's good, but because I'm not sure a story has ever confused me so much before in my life.

Supposedly a retelling of Little Rsed Riding Hood, I can say I recognised any of the original story except a couple of names (maybe?). It was more if a delusional fever dream, and I've read it a couple of times now and if anything that made it worse.

2 more to go! 😊

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