Weekend reads, or what I'm not reading...
Serious book rut.
Not helped by the 100 degree weather here which makes focusing on anything but ice impossible.
How's your summer going? Reading anything good?
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
Title:Gillespie and I
Author: Jane Harris
Genre: Fiction (British / Scottish / 19th century / Artists / Unreliable Narrator / Missing Children / Secret Identities)
Publisher/Publication Date: Harper Perennial (1/31/2012)
Source:TLC Book Tours
Rating: Loved like I wanted to marry it!
Did I finish?: Yes, inhaled over a matter of days.
One-sentence summary: Elderly Harriet Baxter puts down in writing the events from her tumultuous time in Glasgow in the late 1880s while facing another mystery of her own.
Reading Challenges:Historical Fiction, Victorian
Do I like the cover?: I love it: it's striking, and kind of creepy, and reflects elements from the novel.
I'm reminded of...: A.S. Byatt, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters
First line: It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie.
Did... I get up early three mornings to have more time to read?: YES, and this was after staying up wicked late to keep reading. (Perhaps why my cold was prolonged. Ooops!)
Buy, Borrow, or Avo…
Author: Jane Harris
Genre: Fiction (British / Scottish / 19th century / Artists / Unreliable Narrator / Missing Children / Secret Identities)
Publisher/Publication Date: Harper Perennial (1/31/2012)
Source:TLC Book Tours
Rating: Loved like I wanted to marry it!
Did I finish?: Yes, inhaled over a matter of days.
One-sentence summary: Elderly Harriet Baxter puts down in writing the events from her tumultuous time in Glasgow in the late 1880s while facing another mystery of her own.
Reading Challenges:Historical Fiction, Victorian
Do I like the cover?: I love it: it's striking, and kind of creepy, and reflects elements from the novel.
I'm reminded of...: A.S. Byatt, Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters
First line: It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie.
Did... I get up early three mornings to have more time to read?: YES, and this was after staying up wicked late to keep reading. (Perhaps why my cold was prolonged. Ooops!)
Buy, Borrow, or Avo…
Don't stress about it - you'll get your reading mojo back soon.
ReplyDeleteAwww, it happens to all of us. If I were voicing a personal preference, I'd vote for you to read The Kiss Quotient because I've heard it's delightful. HANG IN THERE, books will be fun again soon!
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