Finally got to this, which has been on my #BookSpin list forever. It was... sort of worth it? I described it as a really good writer's worst book.
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pickThis is a dark take, wrapped in history with a little bit of magic.
As a rejected daughter, she travels to be a wife to an ambitious man with many dark secrets. As she struggles to navigate a violent, male dominated world, can she find herself again and reclaim her name and power?
3/5 read for a historical take on The Play that centers the brutality of women‘s lives. Extremely well written but not a happy read.
I wanted to read a book set in Singapore, and this was one of the books suggested by the library. I went in without reading any reviews, or looking it up on Litsy and I‘m pleasantly surprised by how much I‘m enjoying it. 🇸🇬
Setting: 1910 - Singapore
Genre: Murder mystery
pickAn original post-it note review from Mom @Doll8455 plus I recently gave it to my legal secretary Nancy to read it & she gave me her review! (the blue post-it).
pickI listened to the next one (No. 6) in the Amelia Peabody series and liked it very much. The change of the setting and storyline, which were the quite similar in the first four, definitely made No. 5 and this one more interesting. The notion of finding a society hidden from our modern day world reminded me very much of Balck Panther and Wakanda. 😊
Day 2 on vacation and already halfway through. Better order Gilgamesh for when I‘m back. (And good thing I brought a second book to read)!
Yay for #roll100 picks! Sind I've already started reading my number 77 today, I took a look at my extra list and added Nr. 117 instead. I'm really curious about Babel.
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pickThe vill of Sticklepath holds many dark secrets and when the skeleton of a young girl is found and rumours of cannibalism abound, Sir Baldwin and friends come to investigate.
The author is very good at invoking an atmosphere but be warned, it's a very depressing one.
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