Tonight‘s treelight read. Maybe it‘s because it took me over a year to source THE REVOLUTION BUSINESS and a couple months beyond that to actually read it, but it feels very much like a bridge book. Stuff‘s happening, and it‘ll probably be important to the grande finale, but it hasn‘t gripped me the way the first four volumes did. Oh well. It‘s still interesting, just not AS interesting as I expected it to be.
I love the concept, but I'm not sure it is for me. It was hard to follow (maybe just a little too convoluted for audio?), and while absurd in some funny ways, I think some of the jokes were lost on me. Probably doesn't help that I'm not a Jane Eyre fan. I do like this type of humor and the concept is fun, so I may try more in the series and other books by Jasper Fforde.
No #WinterGames2024 word search words, but this was a TBR read!
#XmasChaCha
Halfwayr through with this one and so far it‘s very intriguing- the eerie wasteland makes me think of Vandermeer‘s Annhilation/ Southern Reach novels which I also enjoyed lots!
I read She Who Became the Sun in one sitting. I was completely engrossed. I kept having to force myself to go back to He Who Drowned the World.
I'm not even sure what it was that I wasn't enjoying. It wasn't as tightly plotted as the previous book and there were pacing issues.
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I‘m so close to finishing this but i have zero motivation. there‘s a lot to like about this book but there‘s not enough character or story for me. it‘s an incredibly detailed world and so much care was put into jt. but i‘m a character girlie. if the characters aren‘t pulling me in, detailed worldbuilding just feels like a textbook. it‘s disappointing because it has important things to say about the colonization and genocide of indigenous peoples
Selling my mystery books at a craft fair today. Started reading this in the low points. Got an hour left and it's completely dead so hopefully I'll get through a bit more!
HISTORICAL FICTION - HOLOCAUST - WORLD WAR II
ANNELIES is about Anne Frank and describes what the author thinks she would have been like had she lived.
Mr. Gillham did an outstanding job of researching as well as using a creative method of portraying Anne Frank‘s life as it may have been even though she did not survive the Holocaust.
FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/3byertns
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pickThis hefty and magical work of literary fantasy is a masterpiece.
Full of atmospheric moments, superior world building, gorgeous prose, and wry Georgian character, Norrell and Strange exudes quality from every pore.
Unarguably a slow burn, this book will linger in the mind long after reading.
I hit a massive reading slump around page 700, but it picked up again by the end, and I will never forget Norrell or Strange in all their eccentricity!
Put aside one book and picked up this one. So far, so good. 🤞🏻
