#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😍)
1. I still can cry over BREAKING THE CHAIN: THE GUARD DOG STORY: a comic book by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of MUTTS. So poignant!
2. The tagged: THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO. #ugh I couldn't even get through this one with the #hashtagbrigade! That's really saying something! 🤣
panBoy, I wish I hadn't forced myself to finish this! Real no thank you hours!
pickA nice creepy Gothic horror set in an alternate world that feels like Victorian England and where magic works. Utterly atmospheric
And I can't tell if girlcat Ellie really liked or really hated the cover.
pick🫣 What wild satirical ride on the Victorian Horror Bus! Imagine the Bronte sisters unleashed & unhinged.
Loved it as a spoof! 😳
pickMaud lives under the thumb of her oppressive father, a religious zealot with sins. The manor house crumbles as his sanity does, as told through his journal-parallels only he can see mirroring a medieval manuscript. The reader can see the megalomania take him; Maud pays the price to keep her beloved fen (wild marshland) safe. I loved this book, and less than 500 words cannot do it justice!
so-soI think I had my fill with the Victorian motif. The Ghost Writer was amazing. I‘ll admit I didn‘t really get past the first few chapters of The Asylum. Maybe just wasn‘t feeling it, and it could be that it was so familiar as a trope. Since I can‘t give a proper review, I‘ll give it a so-so as benefit of the doubt.
pickWhat? No! She couldn't possibly!
Just absolutely spot on horror-satire. Recommending this one to all the unhinged girlies with a twinkle in my eye!
pickI loved this! It‘s funny and vicious and violent and so tongue in cheek that I couldn‘t stop listening to the audiobook. The author names all the characters the funniest names - Ms. Manners, Mr. Pounds, etc - and it just felt very Dickensian. It‘s also really short and definitely could be read/listened to in a day. Highly recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
pickWhat an unhinged governess! Quick horror novella featuring Winifred who is a little more murderous than a governess perhaps should be. I loved the underlying themes of class and what it meant/means to be a woman both in current day and in the past. It‘s just a wonderfully dark ride.
