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Loved Sabriel on audio. Tim Curry narrating!

#weeklyforecast
The Good Soldier is on #serialreader so I know I'll finish it (can't say I'm enjoying, but yay for another #1001books down)
I'm loving Fault Lines so far, so I'm sure I'll finish it, then probably go back to Wild Seed, which I'm also enjoying
For audio, I'll finish Jeeves and start The Phoenix Crown - highly anticipated so 🤞 it lives up to my hopes

Started Evelina this evening!

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I‘m just not a fan of Virginia Woolf‘s style. This is beautifully written with detailed descriptions from the perspective of various characters, but I was again disappointed by the lack of plot. I didn‘t especially care about any of the characters except for the story of Septimus and Rezia, and theirs is just sad.

I read most of this on #SerialReader but also listened to an #audiobook version. It was easier to follow the characters in print.

In all the discussion of books in chapter 6, I found this one the most interesting and amusing. The author‘s own first book is included on the shelves. According to the footnotes in my print copy, he never wrote a second part.

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I can‘t give this a pick, because it was so difficult to keep going at some points and dragged interminably in many places. Yet, I can appreciate what Richardson accomplished with this story and thought it used the epistolary format very well. It was frequently slow and repetitive, but it also made me feel connected to the characters as well as developing strong reactions to their choices and words as well.

#SerialReader #1001books #Clarissa

✅ Done!

I need to think about this a bit more and will probably wait for this weekend‘s discussion to post a final review, but I finished reading Clarissa this evening! It‘s one of the hardest books I‘ve pushed myself to keep reading, but I can also see its merit, so rating and reviewing is tough.

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I made it to the 95% mark according to Serial Reader today with my lunchtime reading! We will finish this book and soon!

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A little backyard Sunday morning reading

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I‘m still not going to quite get caught up by this weekend, but I‘ve made it to 75%, so I‘m celebrating that! 🎉

Reading another of Lovelace‘s long letters has me wanting to throw the book (actually my phone) again. He seems to have no concept of the harm he has caused, and he‘s cruel even to those he considers his closest friends. I so want Belford to truly turn on him before this is all over.

#Clarissa #SerialReader

I‘m still behind in my reading of Clarissa, but I‘m making progress (Volume 7 Letter 20 this morning). I appreciate that we‘re hearing from more voices again now, and although I don‘t know how much to trust Belford, I am enjoying his perspective. After Lovelace‘s whining about his pain of waiting to hear about Clarissa, I was amused by Belford‘s response.

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