The Barnhill is an excellent book club pick. And the Newfoundland book is totally worth the read - it's all about the economics and interpersonal dynamics in small, isolated communities and how those factors intersect with folkloric beliefs about witchcraft. Hot tip: if you've been cursed by a witch, you can break the spell by peeing in a bottle and put it in the oven. Which, ew. But desperate times, I guess?
THERE you are! It's nice, but tiring, to have traffic up to normal levels, isn't it? This is the first semester in three years that has felt normal ish. I too read a Kingfisher or so (What Moves the Dead). Good to see you again -- and I wish I could show you the little pile of Christopher Pike and similar I've gotten lately!
I finally got to PRIDE & PREMEDITATION as well! I have been doing catch up reading this summer in case I had to sit a Cybils panel so my reading list is pretty eccentric. I also just read T. Kingfisher's THORNHEDGE and I'm gearing up for A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES. I love that cover and I trust Ursula as a writer enough to read my first horror novel. (Somehow the title helps; it's subtle enough to let me believe I won't have nightmares, unlike, oh, THE TWISTED ONES, which...no.)
Physically my autoimmune kicked my bum this summer, so sometimes I just lay down and tried audiobooks, but that's still a listening skill I'm trying to learn. Graphic novels work better for cruddy days, and serial webcomics. I started The Innkeeper Chronicles on Tapas and it's so fun...
Good to have you back! I hope it won't be too much pressure on you if I ask, will there be more posts on or at least a wrap-up of Prom Dress? I was really enjoying that bonkers book. :-)
M has read a ton of McManus, though she preferred the One of Us Is Lying/etc series to her standalone ones. I randomly picked up A House With Good Bones also and enjoyed it so I'll look for some other Kingfisher. I keep trying to get M to read Maureen Johnson and it doesn't take despite it looking RIGHT up her alley?! Maybe she needs to start out of order too? Is the first one slow or something? My Heart is a Chainsaw wins on title alone. Z is still in dystopian / sci fi / zombie apocalypse / teens with powers / mode which luckily seems to have a never ending supply. I don't have to feed them with books as often now that school started, hah.
YAY Truly Devious!!! I love that series so much
The Barnhill is an excellent book club pick. And the Newfoundland book is totally worth the read - it's all about the economics and interpersonal dynamics in small, isolated communities and how those factors intersect with folkloric beliefs about witchcraft. Hot tip: if you've been cursed by a witch, you can break the spell by peeing in a bottle and put it in the oven. Which, ew. But desperate times, I guess?
Welcome back! I've read some great nonfiction over the last couple months:
Ducks: Two Years in the Oilsands
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells
I also finally read Rebecca, and I LOVED Kelly Barnhill's When Women Were Dragons.
THERE you are! It's nice, but tiring, to have traffic up to normal levels, isn't it? This is the first semester in three years that has felt normal ish. I too read a Kingfisher or so (What Moves the Dead). Good to see you again -- and I wish I could show you the little pile of Christopher Pike and similar I've gotten lately!
I finally got to PRIDE & PREMEDITATION as well! I have been doing catch up reading this summer in case I had to sit a Cybils panel so my reading list is pretty eccentric. I also just read T. Kingfisher's THORNHEDGE and I'm gearing up for A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES. I love that cover and I trust Ursula as a writer enough to read my first horror novel. (Somehow the title helps; it's subtle enough to let me believe I won't have nightmares, unlike, oh, THE TWISTED ONES, which...no.)
Physically my autoimmune kicked my bum this summer, so sometimes I just lay down and tried audiobooks, but that's still a listening skill I'm trying to learn. Graphic novels work better for cruddy days, and serial webcomics. I started The Innkeeper Chronicles on Tapas and it's so fun...
Bring on the films!🥰
Good to have you back! I hope it won't be too much pressure on you if I ask, will there be more posts on or at least a wrap-up of Prom Dress? I was really enjoying that bonkers book. :-)
M has read a ton of McManus, though she preferred the One of Us Is Lying/etc series to her standalone ones. I randomly picked up A House With Good Bones also and enjoyed it so I'll look for some other Kingfisher. I keep trying to get M to read Maureen Johnson and it doesn't take despite it looking RIGHT up her alley?! Maybe she needs to start out of order too? Is the first one slow or something? My Heart is a Chainsaw wins on title alone. Z is still in dystopian / sci fi / zombie apocalypse / teens with powers / mode which luckily seems to have a never ending supply. I don't have to feed them with books as often now that school started, hah.