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smilebackwardsReading Wednesday. Short stories and re-reads.
Finished Reading:
The Thing In the Walls Wants Your Small Change by Virginia M Mohlere
Ten Excerpts From An Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen. I literally just read this and maybe should not have done so so close to bedtime but I love stuff with a story fit into bibliographies. I haven't decided if the academic tone makes it less creepy or more.
And I did skim re-reads for the parts I care about from The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan and Cress and Winter by Marissa Meyer. Still hundreds of pages so I'm counting it. I think Winter is actually like 800 pages?? It's hard for me to judge ebooks because you can't just tell by thickness and I don't always check the table of contents. I feel like books have gotten longer and my attention span has gotten shorter.
Now Reading:
Nothing really but I just found this post with unsettling short stories so I'll be working my way through that. I remember reading The Most Dangerous Game, The Lottery, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Gift of the Magi, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Cask of Amontillado. I've always been oddly fond of The Cask of Amontillado. That weird minute a few years ago where it was a meme was a joy to me.
Failed Out:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
I always feel a bit bad when I give up on books. And there was nothing wrong with this one really, just over a hundred pages in I still wasn't invested. I used to power through books no matter what but at some point I decided there's too much content out there to keep reading things I don't really care for.
Up Next:
The library has The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty for me so I'll be picking those up this weekend. I've heard good things and hopefully they hold my attention the way most things haven't lately.
Finished Reading:
The Thing In the Walls Wants Your Small Change by Virginia M Mohlere
Ten Excerpts From An Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen. I literally just read this and maybe should not have done so so close to bedtime but I love stuff with a story fit into bibliographies. I haven't decided if the academic tone makes it less creepy or more.
And I did skim re-reads for the parts I care about from The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan and Cress and Winter by Marissa Meyer. Still hundreds of pages so I'm counting it. I think Winter is actually like 800 pages?? It's hard for me to judge ebooks because you can't just tell by thickness and I don't always check the table of contents. I feel like books have gotten longer and my attention span has gotten shorter.
Now Reading:
Nothing really but I just found this post with unsettling short stories so I'll be working my way through that. I remember reading The Most Dangerous Game, The Lottery, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, The Gift of the Magi, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Cask of Amontillado. I've always been oddly fond of The Cask of Amontillado. That weird minute a few years ago where it was a meme was a joy to me.
Failed Out:
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
I always feel a bit bad when I give up on books. And there was nothing wrong with this one really, just over a hundred pages in I still wasn't invested. I used to power through books no matter what but at some point I decided there's too much content out there to keep reading things I don't really care for.
Up Next:
The library has The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty for me so I'll be picking those up this weekend. I've heard good things and hopefully they hold my attention the way most things haven't lately.
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Date: 2019-08-08 01:56 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-10-21 06:00 am (UTC)You absolutely did not miss out with The Bear and the Nightingale. The book is actually the first in the trilogy and the author does not do a good job of creating a compelling standalone story in the first volume. I did get through, but I've not sought out the sequel.
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Date: 2019-10-22 01:58 am (UTC)I heard several good reviews from people but it just didn't work for me. Always a bit sad when that happens, but on to the next book to catch my eye!