Spending my “appreciate you covering extra shifts” gift card on cat food for the domesticated mountain lion and a book for me.
#TPRC prompt 5 Deputy Hawk: book by #indigenousauthor (no matter which country)
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Yesterday was the 24th of April, time for the drawing of #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge 's featured prompt of April/May. Sorry I'm one day late, but... Yesterday has been incredibly taxing, I just couldn't.
Remember, it is completely optional whether you try to prioritise the prompt or not! It's a bit of added spice for those who feel like it.
This month the prompt is 5. Deputy Hawk - a book by an indigenous author.
#TPRC #TwinPeaks #indigenousauthors
pickDespite the cover blurb, I don't think I would term this one as “nail-biting“. However, it did keep me turning the pages. This is a sort of character-study thriller, with a slow reveal of backstories and motivations, exploring both a current and past case. While I did have some mixed feelings about some aspects, overall I enjoyed it and actually reserved the second book at the library. 😁
I seriously slacked off on my Stephen King reading plan, so I‘m starting back at the beginning.
Using this for #TheDoubleR (Book title with two ‘R‘s exactly) #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #TPRC
#ReadAway2024
pickWent into my favorite used bookshop looking for Deadwood, but came out with a copy of Pete Dexter's other masterpiece. A pitch-perfect illustration of small-town dynamics and repression, and a powerful warning of what happens when you allow evil to linger too long unchecked. Paris Trout is one of the more disturbing characters in fiction, a perfect embodiment of a certain type of paranoid rage that seems to exist everywhere now.
A little book splurging therapy after enduring a chaotic work week. I ordered all of them online since they‘re listed as out of stock at my B&N. And now I wait for the Shanghai star crossed lovers and their gang to arrive in the mail. Except Our Violent Ends. That‘s a pre-order to a June release.
#TPRC
@Yuki_Onna
pickA good mystery with its roots in the Nazi occupation of Denmark during WWII, but I think the author was trying too hard with her private investigator hero, giving him a few too many quirks.
This works for quite a few #TPRC prompts, but I‘m going for #6 #DamnFineCoffee
pickAn old seaside mansion. Dark gothic atmosphere. An exotic setting. Sinister locked-room mystery. Depraved and broken characters. A public prosecutor in search of the truth. Unreliable narrators.
Japan, unsettled nation during the aftermath of WWII. Multiple elaborate murders. Elegant, refined prose. An outstanding translation.
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Another 24th has come, therefore it's time for the drawing of #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge 's featured prompt of March/April from my impromptu prompt jar 😁
Remember, it is completely optional whether you try to prioritise the prompt or not! It's a bit of added spice for those who feel like it.
This month the prompt is 20: Big Ed & Norma - a book with star-crossed lovers.
#TPRC #TwinPeaks
pickGlad I listened to the recommendations, because I really enjoyed this one. The writing felt both contemporary and timeless, somehow. The themes are evergreen, I suppose - mother/daughter relationships and the difficulty of truly knowing another person, even someone as central to one's own life as a parent. Riley has a keen eye for detail, and her style is lean and biting in the best possible way.
