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Armadale: By Wilkie Collins - Illustrated | Wilkie Wilkie Collins

I pulled this off the shelf thinking I‘d make this my bedtime chunkster. NOPE. The print is minuscule! 😵‍💫

KathyWheeler I listened to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel because the print was so tiny in my hardback that I just couldn‘t face it in such a huge book! 4mo

Tamra @KathyWheeler good idea - I should look for an audio edition via the library. 4mo

AlaMich I miss the old days when I didn‘t have to pay attention to print size. *sigh* 4mo

Tamra @AlaMich 😆 yes, agreed! However, even when young I didn‘t enjoy micro print. Feels like work. 4mo

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Insightsintobooks

Drood: A Novel | Dan Simmons

I really shouldn‘t be allowed at Barnes and noble lol. Not pictured are some other books I got that might be good for the #hauntedhollowswap and #basicwitchswap (I know the matches for these haven‘t been sent so if the person I get doesn‘t seem like they‘d like the ones I picked up today I‘ll just keep them for myself)

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batsy

The Law and the Lady | Wilkie COLLINS

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This book is BANANAS & I'm not ashamed to say that I was riveted. How you get along with it will depend on your tolerance for all of the bourgeois Victorian anxieties that come alive in these sensation novels; in this case, we have the usual fears & prejudices about "otherness" in relation to bodies, disability, & also ideal womanhood. The protagonist being an intelligent, independent woman is welcome; the embedded notions of femininity, less so!

batsy I found it strange & fascinating. I feel like the book was unintentionally revealing of the middle-class British Victorian psyche & it was all kinds of amusing, intriguing, & ugly. Lol. The mystery's resolution was also wild because of the notions of propriety that govern the conduct of the "good" characters. The men are absurd & the husband is beyond useless! This was a trip. Read it for #cloakanddaggerchristmas for the Inspector Bucket prompt. 3y

Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y

Amiable Love your review! 👍🏼 3y

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Lindy Stacked! 3y

Suet624 I only want to read about anxieties that make me laugh. :) Sounds like this might be the one to do it. 3y

Billypar Great review - sounds memorable to say the least! I've been curious about trying The Woman in White but I'm always a little hesitant to pick up giant 19th century tomes 🙂 3y

batsy @Cathythoughts @Amiable Thank you! 💕 3y

batsy @Lindy @Suet624 Just feel that I should warn you guys that what I found interesting might drive others up the wall 😅 3y

batsy @Billypar Ooh, The Woman in White is really fun! Right up my street with its weird Gothic-y detective fiction vibes 🙂 3y

merelybookish What a rollicking review! Your enjoyment of the book comes through! You manage to make Victorian lit (which I do love) sound...fun! And congrats on one inspector down. 😀 3y

quietjenn Well then! I'm convinced! Love this review. 3y

batsy @merelybookish Thank you! I love Victorian lit too, so maybe I'm predisposed to being somewhat favourable to this but Collins definitely has a knack of making things weird in a way that I enjoy 😁 3y

batsy @quietjenn Thank you! I hope it's a good read for you when you get to it. 3y

LeahBergen I‘m always down for some good bourgeois Victorian anxieties. 😆😆 3y

LeahBergen @Billypar I‘ve been meaning to read it for years, too! 3y

BarbaraBB Sounds great! I loved Woman in White and The Moonstone and have been looking for more Collins I just bought a copy of

The New Magdalen: A Novel

batsy @LeahBergen Right? The whole point of reading, imo 😂 3y

batsy @BarbaraBB Oh, nice! I haven't read that one. I'm looking forward to more Collins 🙂 3y

Ruthiella Not sure how I overlooked this post previously? Definitely stacking. Have you read No Name? Also bananas is the best possible way! 📚 🍌 3y

batsy @Ruthiella I haven't and I'm very excited to learn that it's also bananas! 😆 I do plan to read as much of Collins as I can. 3y

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Yuki_Onna

Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur

1. Haruki Murakami, Wilkie Collins, Neil Gaiman

2. Hmm... 🤔 I'd say Hiraku Makimura (in Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami) - an unsuccessful overrated writer character... 😆 Honi soit qui mal y pense...

3. Tagged. Saw it today when shopping for #jolabokaflodswap and #littlechristmasswap and bought it immediately. Discovered it on here earlier this year... Typical #blameitonlitsy buy... ⬇

Yuki_Onna ...
Thank you for the tag, sweet @hannah-leeloo! 😊

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday #thanksgiving #gratefulness #health #mentalhealth #Novemberreading #harukimurakami #wilkiecollins #rupikaur #poems #poetry #neilgaiman

In the mood to play @Nute @StaceGhost @JoeMo @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Mandoul ? 3y

Trashcanman ,❤️ 3y

Eggs Thanks for joining in 📚👍🏼🥰 3y

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Coleen

Drood: A Novel | Dan Simmons

so-so

Told from the point of view of Wilkie Collins, this did not redeem him as a character at all. I found him cold, chauvinistic, and unreliable as a narrator. The story itself was okay, but dragged on in that way that Victorian period novels do. I likely would‘ve enjoyed this more if I‘d been more familiar with Wilkins and if I‘d actually read Dickens‘ The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which I have not.

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emz711

The woman in white | Wilkie COLLINS

Classic tale that I feel like gets talked about in other novels and I had to track it down! You know when you just want to find a book the old fashioned way? Second hand bookshop with a shipment of classics for the win!

Can't wait to see how it is! Anyone read it before?

#gothic #white #wilkiecollins

JamieArc I enjoyed it! 3y

LeslieO I loved it! 3y

BarbaraBB It‘s fantastic! 🖤 3y

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catebutler

No Name | Wilkie COLLINS

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I‘ve always adored Collins‘ atmospheric storytelling - he doesn‘t fail in this tale of two sisters, disinherited & made illegitimate by an outdated Will. The main story unfolds as each deals w/ the blow to their status & lives. News alert, one of them takes a flying leap into the underworld of disguises, false names, & an intense & gripping scam worthy of a play out on the big screen. I could not stop reading when this part of the plot played out.

LeahBergen Stunning photo! 😍 I really need to read some Wilkie Collins; it‘s one of my “bookish shames” that I haven‘t (and, of course, I have them waiting on my shelves 😆). 4y

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen I share the “bookish shame.” 😂 4y

catebutler @LeahBergen Thanks Leah! Yes you do! 😂 And you‘re in good company, I‘m sure all of us readers have quite a few “bookish shames”. I think you‘d really really like WC. He‘s brilliant. 4y

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erzascarletbookgasm I love this photo! 👏❤️ I‘ll pull this further up my tbr. I loved The Woman In White, was thinking of Moonstone next..perhaps this will be next. We shall see😄 4y

batsy Nice review! I'm keen to read this! @erzascarletbookgasm Definitely add The Moonstone to your list 🙂 4y

catebutler @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you!! The Moonstone is excellent. I usually recommend reading those two first before dipping into his other works. But, I was seriously surprised and impressed with how much I loved this one!! 4y

catebutler @batsy Thank you! Love to hear what you think once you pick it up! 4y

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