pickAn enjoyable October read, this ate up a lot of my focus for the month. I enjoyed many of the characters, as well as the twisty plot, even though it did begin to seem dragged out. I surmise that its original serialization is to blame for that. Not much else I can say without spoilers, beyond expressing that I am left entertained. I think I may end up trying to be a completist of Wilkie Collins, but perhaps I‘ll reserve his books for #Victober. ⬇️
My latest booktube video features 6 Canadian, Australian & American books. There‘s a bonus clip at the end with footage from my seaplane journey home from the Vancouver Writers Fest. #queer #Victober #comics #audiobooks #poetry
https://youtu.be/6WiKs8r8twM
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📚Currently reading:
🎧Lud in the Mist
Progress:
last week was pretty productive, even if I wasn't feeling my best. Finished my #Victober read, Haunted House, and my palette cleanser; The Little Prince. Looking forward to hopping into Lud in the Mist, I'm quite fascinated by pre-tolkien fantasy novels.
so-soMy last #victober read is pretty underwhelming, unfortunately.
This book felt a bit too drawn out for the amount of plot it contained. It opens up an interesting conversation about abuse and abused women and their reasoning for going back to their abusers. Although I can sympathize with Helen, I also think she shouldn't have gone back to take care of her abuser and still be abused by him because “maybe he'll redeem himself in the end“
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📚Currently reading:
🎧How to Sell a Haunted House
🎧The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Progress:
I have mostly been focusing on my #victober read, and thus I did not finish anything last week. Will definitely finish the tagged book this upcoming week and resume HTSAHH
Whenever I read Wilkie Collins it tends to be in October. Of course there‘s the #Victober tie-in, but his books also seem to fit the season. Melodrama, cliff-hanging chapter endings, mystery, dynamic characters. Something about the crisp fall weather makes me want to curl up, get cozy, and escape into a twisty story with a meticulously arranged plot. I started this yesterday morning and I‘ve been immersed since. 1/4 way through this page turner!
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📚Currently reading:
🎧How to Sell a Haunted House
🎧The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Progress:
I finished two books last week. Will continue onto my 3rd #victober pick, though I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish it before the month ends. I have also been making my way through HTSAHH and I'm having mixed feelings about it, definitely not what I expected it to be.
pickThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a marvelous October read! It was challenging at times- passages of dense, florid language, and the encyclopedic descriptions of Chapter 11. Nonetheless, I found this to be a page turner. There were several quite shocking twists (I gasped at one point), and the philosophical discourses appealed to me. I even found myself often amused by Lord Henry‘s waggery! This is one that will stand up to a reread in future.
pickThe first #Victober read of the year is done. I honestly had no memory of this but it is a nice little short story/novella. Very simple story that is probably inspired by Frankenstein in some aspects.
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