Okay so I’m hearing I’ve gotta organise a buddy read of Jonathan Strange

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

Yes yea you are

@RaeLovesToRead

Ай бұрын

I will join you both! It's been on my TBR forever. (Not reading Black Beauty though 🤣🤣 I never even saw Bambi or The Lion King)

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

@RaeLovesToRead the lion king?!!! Not my fav Disney film ever. But feel free to join us ! We’re thinking September and it’ll probs be on fable.

@RaeLovesToRead

Ай бұрын

@@ladymairreads It had sad bits. I was a sensitive child! Haha

I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I heard about it on a podcast about Macs back when I cared about such things. The guy recommending it did so because of its length and he figured it was a good way to get good value out of Audible. I'd like to eyeball read it, especially if I had a copy like the one you have!

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

I’m so lucky my grandma had this copy! Even if I hate it not sure I could part with this book

@CamsCampbell

Ай бұрын

@@ladymairreads You won't hate it. I promise.

I also really want to read Hamnet! And also intimidated by Jonathan Strange. But there is this nice gentlemen in a hat somewhere online that really seems to like it😄

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

You make a good point! I should trust this gentleman in a hat and read it.

Echoes Saga I would really like to read, though I'm def not a prose snob! I'm happy to read very simple prose as long as the story is good.

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

Simple prose can work! Sanderson is simple but he has compelling character and world to make up for it

haha love this whole premise - i need to do this!

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

Yes you doooo!!!

Why am I just now realizing that Jonathan Strange and Piranesi are written by the same author?! Oof, if an author tracked me down and asked why I didn't give their book a higher rating, I wouldn't read from them again. I feel like I see that behavior more often in the indie space (though I know trad pub authors have done it too) which sadly makes me more hesitant to read indie books. I read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and dnf'd it with about an hour left in the audiobook. The story was very repetitive and the characters are pretty cardboard

@ladymairreads

Ай бұрын

Yeah indie authors don’t have others to tell them what isn’t author behaviour and when this happens I get so uncomfortable. And his books weren’t bad! Just not incredible