Chuck Tingle - Lucky Day
This was such a strange read. I did it entirely as an audiobook, which I rarely do. Mara Wilson's narration absolutely helped encapsulate the cosmic horror of the story! This book is a heavy one about fate, the universe, probability, and nihilism. It also has a lot of violence and just general absurdist horror so be warned of that. But I loved it!
~ ironstrangle
The Wager by David Grann
This story is soooooooo incredibly melodramatic and it's something that really happened at sea! I won't say too much because this was such a gripping read as someone going in without prior knowledge. It goes a bit pop-sci style of writing since I guess it's a pop-history book but I'll forgive it since it shares this bonkers, horrific voyage!
~ Highwaystars
Confessions of The Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
I think I might have liked this if I hadn't had horrible and life-changing negative experiences in academia. Like, lol, if my masters hadn't contributed in my cynical, depressed view of the world maybe this would have been more fun but it was not to be!
~ Highwaystars
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This one didn't particularly grip me but it wasn't bad! I read it (on my phone) by candlelight which was fun and I'm so surprised by how many elements of vampirism HAVEN'T changed in centuries! Anyway, missing WWDITS now lol
~ Highwaystars
Lipstick & Camera Clicks by DJ Murphy
It was fine! It was fun enough but sadly for the book I ended up watching the movie Heat for the first time between reading sessions and have had my mind and heart altered forever. Hard to buy into this drama when after having my heart wrenched and seeing one of the most romantic ends to a movie ever.
~ Highwaystars
Tree and Leaf by JRR Tolkien
Unfortunately the last illness I had a couple weeks back has left my brain sooooo fogged up so this essay was extra difficult to follow sometimes. But I think I got most of it, fun to read someone's thoughts on fairy folklore as a folklor aficionado myself 😎😎
~ Highwaystars
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Some good bits, some bits that I didn't care for, some banger lines. Sorry I didn't feel more about this book:(
~ Highwaystars
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
I wasn't sold on first chapter but then the book gets to be suuuuuuuch a fun adventure. He writes action so well too, both combat and boat-on-boat. Makes me wanna be a better writer! Was sad to see the slurs and questionable poc opinions, though 🥀🥀🥀 warning to anyone out there
~ Highwaystars
Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
I'm sorry I actively disliked this one but finished because I can finally make an irl book club hosted in town. Very unimaginative use of tropes and story here, I didn't feel the chemistry, there wasn't anything really to hold my interest. Very boring action compared to the richness of last book I read 🥀🥀
~ Highwaystars
Bloodbones by Jonathan Green
This is my first Fighting Fantasy book and oh my god it is HARD!!! Very difficult to get to the end, I played it on the app and had to switch to easy mode because I kept dying so much, hahaha. Maybe I'll go back to it and explore more, love the pirate setting:)
~ Highwaystars
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