This morning’s breakfast and a book (French toast and The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black). What are you reading this weekend?
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This morning’s breakfast and a book (French toast and The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black). What are you reading this weekend?
#saturdaymorning #amreading
Don't think I'll finish the wonderful Soul Guardian by Alex Karne today so here's my month end wrap up from Storygraph. Highly recommend Storygraph for this fun feature as much as any other! #books #bookstodon #amreading
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"It's eat or be eaten"
"The Starving Saints" by Caitlin Starling wasn't what I expected it would be - but I still wasn't disappointed by this enticing, fast-paced, vivid story of false idols and (CW) cannibalism. The second half gets a bit too trippy for my taste and I feel it doesn't quite tie up all lose ends. But it's an exciting ride nevertheless. I also liked the narration of the audiobook. @bookstodon #WeekendRead #bookstodon #amreading #iamreading #frauenlesen
Currently enjoying Sandra Newman's fresh perspective on Orwell's 1984. Puts some humanity and flesh on what I always found a very cold novel. Am having a good run with new perspectives on classics. Everett's James and Kingsolver's Demon Copperhead were both outstanding and offered fresh perspectives. #AmReading #Bookstodon
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THE EYE OF THE WORLD Chapter 3: The Peddler
I've been putting away clothes that were LONG overdue for being put away (including a garbage bag of clothes from the move) and listening to The Hills of Tanchico (from #WheelOfTimeTVshow) on repeat bc it's been stuck in my head, when I suddenly realized: I could be listening to my audiobook!
Padan Fain you horrible creep, let's meet you!
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In my weekly Substack, I always highlight some quotes I've come across while I #AmReading, that are notable in some way. Here's one from this week, and you can see others at https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/164504169/notable-quotes
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#AmReading The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman. It's been decades since I've read a good Arthurian story!
Weekend reading! I'm so loving Soul Guardian by Alex Karne. Absolutely brilliant cozy fantasy. Next up will be The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen. I really enjoyed her first & I'm hoping she's done as good a job with her second. #amreading #weekendreading #books #bookstodon
Oh my gosh, everyone, did you know that if you have a #library card, you can enter this big building full of books, look at all the #books (and magazines and newspapers) you want, and then they will let you take whatever books you want home with you for a couple of weeks?
For free!
I did forget to reserve the new Carl Hiassen, though. I ran out of time being distracted! I'm gonna see if I can reserve it online.
I usually don't have time to browse after my meetings at the library, but this one ended early. So, some books that caught my eye got to come home with me! Yay!
I promise my new book will only stomp on your heart once. ...maybe twice...
Kickstarter now open:
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the library finally delivered the audiobook of THE EYE OF THE WORLD (book one of THE WHEEL OF TIME series), so HERE WE GOOOOO
Rosamund Pike (who is FANTASTIC as Moiraine in the TV series) is narrating a new set of audiobooks, but my library only has the old ones, narrated by Kate Reading and Michael Kramer ... it's v nostalgic of the time my glasses broke and while waiting for the new ones to be made, I repaired them badly and then couldn't wear my glasses unless it was absolutely necessary, so I got Books On Disc from the library and listened to the Wheel of Time books
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#AmReading: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERY by Faith Martin. Seemed appropriate reading the week before my own birthday It's the first in a new-to-me #CozyMystery series introducing Jenny Starling, a cook who figures out whodunnit when her problematic employer for her current catering job is killed.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/164504169/the-birthday-mystery-by-faith-martin
Up until the midway point, "Annie Bot" by Sierra Greer was excellent - insightful, provacative and told from a fresh angle. Unfortunately, the plot falls apart a bit in the second half, but the story and the themes it touches still have much going for it. @bookstodon #bookstodon #weekendread #books #amreading #iamreading #frauenlesen
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Book 18 of 2025
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
5 stars
A prose poem about a queer mountain lion living in Griffith Park in LA based on a true story. It sounded fun and wacky when a friend recommended it. I trust her taste, so I dove right in and read it in one sitting.
It ended up being deeply riveting and surprisingly devastating. I have a soft spot for this type of fiction that dares to imagine an animal protagonist and really commits to fragmented prose and capturing an entirely non-human world view and way of being. It reminded me of Children of Time and The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore in that way.
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