That was... something.

I‘ve had worse Saturday nights.

Sweet moment in the sun with my little buddy, shortly before I found out my copy of Ship of Magic is misprinted and has 50 pages of some kind of collection of Byron's poetry right in the middle of it. 🙃

Black Dog, red kitten. Can't get over how absolutely stunning these editions illustrated by Daniel Egnéus are. ??

First read of the year! Bit of a slow start, but it's growing on me 💫

Knitting, tea, and books. Sounds like my kind of Saturday ☕️📚

These stories feel like they are woven into a dreamscape where they all dip into one another, connected by their shared cosmos. However, they never feel too similar to one another, which is something that can sometimes happen with short story collections. This collection centers around childhood and growing up, brought forth in imagery rooted in both reality and dream. The title story is one of the best short stories I've ever read. 🐺

Liked the first in the series a lot more. I found all of the plot twists predictable, and was a bit annoyed by how often the characters exclaimed "Bleeding skies!" and "Ten bleeding hells!" (Or just "skies!" or "ten hells!"). Also, the writing felt a bit telly rather than showy. Not sure if I'll continue the series or not.

To be perfectly honest - this love polygon thing is very tiresome.

Loved this to death. Such a quiet, yet powerful, story about the freak occurences in life that can leave you scrambling, and how we still manage to build ourselves up when our whole life changes forever. Gorgeous writing, funny, REAL characters that you get to know intimately. Read this if you want to feel everything from sadness and despair to hope and happiness.

How flipping good is this book??? Damn

Logan's writing style is intimate and direct in a way that made me fall in love. I struggle to remember some of the stories, but on the other hand there were some that were pretty amazing and that both filled me with wonder and left me unsettled.

I am very much a newbie when it comes to biographies, so I can't say that I know what makes a good one. But this was so compelling and told the story of Charlotte's life in such a detailed, yet well rounded way, that I was hooked from the beginning. What a life she had, what a remarkable woman!

Back in my favourite reading spot at my folks' house and finally picking this one up. This edition is not only very orange, but the print is also teeny-tiny, which is the reason I've been putting it off for so long. 🍊

My first delve into hard sci-fi, and it was a solid novel. It felt like there was a little too much of telling rather than showing, but I get that there may not be any other options when you need to explain orbital mechanics and such.

Once again I am completely shattered by the utter perfection of this book.

Summer feels like the perfect time to revisit this old favourite 🗽

I just don't know. I kinda see where McCarthy was going and the philosophical aspect is very ambitious, but the writing just put me off. The sentences felt very longwinded and needlessly intricate. HOWEVER, that writing style fit perfectly with the narrator. Ugh. I don't know.

Fun and clever but with a lot of depth. However, I didn't always feel like I was following along in the philosophical twist and turns. Liked it, but didn't love it.

Loved this. It has so many elements that speak to me: unreliable narrator, stories within stories (within stories), the power of stories, the power of words, the value of art. Highly recommend!

"All I do is give them new content." This book has some gorgeous, whimsy writing, and the protag is ridiculous. ?

A fun read with furious pacing and an intriguing mystery at the center of its plot. However, archetypical male characters and female characters reduced to love interests spoiled the fun for me a bit. Will be continuing on with the series though, keeping my fingers crossed for character development.

This has been a wild ride from the start. Currently 173 pages in and it's seriously addicting, the pacing is great 🚀

This book read like a comedy a lot of the time, but there was a prevalent seriousness beneath it. More than anything it asks the question whether anything beautiful, good, and pure can endure in our world. There's some great characters in here, with writing subtly getting the point across.

Honestly enjoying this so much 👌🏽

I'd forgotten how wonderfully smooth and easy Dostoyevsky's prose is (okay, monologues aside I guess), very much enjoying this so far.

Liked the premise of this, and the interview-style narrative. However, sometimes the characters said things in the interviews that didn't feel believable in that setting, and it also lacked a bit of a punch, I think. But I still recommend it and am looking forward to the sequel!

This started out well enough but later turned into an info-dump that put the first 50 pages of The Lord of the Rings to shame. And it made no sense.

Boy, I sure am glad that's over. So. Many. Adjectives.

Hey HP Lovecraft, have anyone ever talked to you about the concept of "show don't tell"? Because man this is the most telly tale ever told I kid you not

Finally decided to read some HP Lovecraft but am struggling immensly with this story.

This book has left me feeling very conflicted. A lot of interesting POVs, a lush, blooming language and even more unsettling developments in the plot. Unfortunately I was not very satisfied with the ending, though I appreciate what VanderMeer was trying to do.

Loved everything about this book, from the sketchy narrator to the well-written female characters to the language. This might actually be one of the best novels I've ever read.

OH. My god I literally cannot care less about Control, give me all of the other POVs except his.

This book suffered severely from Second Book Syndrome. The plot drags, the protag is incredibly boring compared with the dazzling Biologist from the first book, and it really just feels like transportation. It does have some exciting elements towards the end though.

So far I'm not even close to enjoying this as much as I did Annihilation. Mainly because I care approximately 0% about Control and his life.

I was completely mesmerised by the voice of the Biologist from the start. The writing is some of the most spellbinding I have come across, bewitching and at the same time deeply unsettling. The ending leaves more questions than it answers.

This book contains some seriously gorgeous writing and some damn freaky stuff.

The haunted aura they radiate is merely the effect of tight corsets. Too constrained to inhale enough oxygen, they're ethereal only in the sense that they might as well be gasping the ether of Everest.

Continuing with my exploration of books out of my comfort zone, I am ready to plunge into this 900+ pages historical fiction novel. Very happy with this edition paperback that has the soft, flippy spine that opens flat without breaking!

Been wanting to pick this up since I re-read Jane Eyre in April. So excited about this one!

Starting this and couldn't be more excited! Have only heard great things about it.

(Audio) Great pacing, likeable (and unlikeable) characters, and at times simply beautiful writing. The setting (a fantasy world inspired by the Roman Empire) is one I haven't come across in YA before, and it worked nicely. A bit of a predictable storyline, but very well executed.

Why I decided to rate this 4 stars back when I first read it I will never understand, since it clearly deserves five. The writing is as stellar as anything Gaiman has ever written, and the story is perfectly crafted so as to leave you content but yet wanting for more. As a good story should.

I ❤️ Neil+Chris