pickI enjoyed this spooky tale, it‘s full of mysteriousness and suspense. It‘s really quite sinister and chilling and deals with quite a serious subject matter. It‘s well written and quite a page turner. It kept me on the edge of my seat until the last page. There are fairy rings, witches and things that go bump in the night which all added to the sense of fearfulness and eeriness beautifully. A great supernatural tale.
bailed30% in and it‘s nothing but piss, pustules, belching, and dog shite. Who wrote this, two twelve year olds? Was it written for twelve year olds? There is no discernible story. I literally have no clue what kind of create the MC is, and I‘ve given up caring. This is nothing like I thought it would be, and I have zero will to continue.
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Three chapters in, and I like each one has been its own thing. WTF is going in with this book? And how old are these authors that there is almost a paragraph on the MC‘s urine (piss in the book)? I‘m not sure I‘m going to make it with that one. The narrator is great, but even he can‘t save this so far.
I needed something relaxing to listen to before bed; and for whatever reason this seemed like it would fit the bill.
#JeffNoon #SteveBeard #Gogmagog #audiobook #fantasy #dragons #HereBeDragons
bailedA book from the point of view of a zombie after the apocalypse seems like a good idea. And I found the first few pages pretty funny. Unfortunately not long after that I got really bored with it. It felt very stream-of-conscious, with not much plot. I made it to about 40%.
I‘m reading this with my online book club. The theme is a spooky story.
so-soI‘m so sad that I couldn‘t find the appeal in this European Groundhog day experience. I do not think I will be reading on. It took me forever, I stalled 20% in, finally got a bit caught up in some of the poetic paragraphs but powered through only because I admire y‘all and it‘s due back at the library tomorrow. I feel as trapped as the MC. Happy Red Wine 🍷 Day
#Oct2025 Book93 Note: my wedding anniversary is Nov 19. We will celebrate 37 years?!
pickLoved this! I have Vol II on audio, and await the publication of Vol III next month.
I‘m reading Frankenstein at the same time and there are some intriguing parallels; Tara refers to herself as a monster and I‘m just at the part in Frankenstein where the monster is living in an annex and watching the family next door…. Sound familiar?! 🤔
Henry on his one night camping trip, supposed to be two but I have the lurgy so we came home early.
#HauntsAndHexes Day 5: It is clear that the ‘weird tales‘ in this collection go beyond the mere presence of ghosts, #zombies, glittering vampires in highschool, or werewolves with six-pack abs. China Mieville‘s Afterweird: The Efficacy of a Worm-Eaten Dictionary perfectly sums up the collection in this blurb I took a photo of and edited using an app. My feature here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8Fh
At the library picking up books… #sigh #AbundanceofRiches #toomanybooksnotenoughtime
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(Love it when the blurbs on the back of a book feature some of my favorite authors ✅
