The Remains of the Day absolutely kicked me sideways in the end, damn. The entire last stretch of the book was so cathartic thematically but also a bit devastating even if it did seem to frame things in a more optimistic tone. One of my favorite reads this year for sure.
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Watch the Emma Thompson/Anthony Hopkins adaptation if you get the chance. I think it does a great job of portraying what’s a very internalised narrative.
Read some great books already this year:
* The Overstory
* Still Life
* Riambel (picked up at random in a bookshop because the cover was nice, and absolutely blown away - my favourite read in a long time)
* Women Talking
* The Pachinko Parlour
* Our Wives Under the Sea
All fantastic.
* The Overstory
* Still Life
* Riambel (picked up at random in a bookshop because the cover was nice, and absolutely blown away - my favourite read in a long time)
* Women Talking
* The Pachinko Parlour
* Our Wives Under the Sea
All fantastic.
Oh by the way, this is tomorrow!
Apparently one of the judges has accidentally let it slip that Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine is likely on the list. Photo of her reading for the prize on her Instagram last week, and you could see the distinctive endpapers.
Apparently one of the judges has accidentally let it slip that Ruth & Pen by Emilie Pine is likely on the list. Photo of her reading for the prize on her Instagram last week, and you could see the distinctive endpapers.
I read Bewilderment last month - the writing was just lovely- & very keen to get into The Overstory soon.
I'm trying to read If We Were Villains because I was told it was very similar to The Secret History but it's giving AU fanfiction of the latter.
I like Bewilderment more (one of my favourite novels ever, if you pushed me to pick) but the lovely writing is there in spades in The Overstory.
Interesting list - amazing to see Charco Press on there! I have negative interest in Glory though.
Dd I'm perched for you. Not sure how far you got but there's more ripping where that came from!
I'm listening to the fourth installment of the Morgan Brice gay cop and sorta kinda psychic stores. I discovered the first one during a big life change year, really first year of being a proper-ish adult in hindsight, and I fell in love with the ridiculously perfect relationship with double X-rated sex scenes that prominently feature the word "length." Kale Williams sounds hot too.
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Almost finished it. 82% read, 1 hour left. Aren't e-readers amazing?
At times it's very scientific. But that way you learn a lot as well, which is nice. And there was always happening something new. The variety between the flashbacks and the present kept it interesting too. And now I can't wait to find out how it will end!
I CANNOT. The fourth installment of my favorite white gay nonsense, Morgan Brice's Badlands series, is called Loose Ends. IT ENDS WITH SOMEONE'S BARE ASS STICKING OUT OF A HOSPITAL GOWN. Literally the last sentence. Loose ends! Concept novel!
Has anyone read The Last House on Needless Street? If so, is it good?