50 yr old happy library dork. Californian.
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The woman never goes by the same name. She never stays in the same place …
Oh, the slow burn horror of a cosmic entity and it's offerings! Part mystery, part collection of encounters... Supremely well told. Don't want it to end.
The woman never goes by the same name. She never stays in the same place …
Oh, the slow burn horror of a cosmic entity and it's offerings! Part mystery, part collection of encounters... Supremely well told. Don't want it to end.
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy pits utopian anarchists against rogue demon deer in this dropkick-in-the-mouth punk …
It's a short novella, you got to make it through the character's...character---- an entitled, wine country socialite who is now so full of self hate and suicidal tendencies, that you cringe. Make it through that and watch her transform! I enjoyed the journey, and her Descriptions. Worth it! Bought some of her other books to give them a go.
In the first installment of Joshua Mohr’s Viking Punk saga, a West Oakland musician acquires …
Did not want it to end!
In the first installment of Joshua Mohr’s Viking Punk saga, a West Oakland musician acquires …
That was fun!
I had to keep going just to see how it resolved, and to be honest, WTF was up with the tiny cult reference... I love her other work, I loved somethings about this story, but maybe the story was less interesting than the setting- a future, water logged, climate changed London. Please don't let this be your first Julia Armfield book. Yes, she can be slow, and gloomy grey, but she can write!
"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming …
A recommended antidote to doom scrolling, according to my coworker...
I liked and did not like this novel. Love her other stuff, but this one I had to force myself to finish, and was disappointed. I don’t mind vague but the intriguing parts were too minimal and too vague.
For much of the 20th and 21st centuries, women’s sexuality was an uncharted territory in …
Always something to learn and work on….
Not sure why, I just found myself having to slog through it.
Slogged through it. ;/
Not sure why, it just was not an enjoyable read for me. Slogged through it since it was part of the very gay book club reads on Allstora. I think the best parts were the personal reflections on dating early on in the book, the rest was just mechanically moving the story.
Reading it for The Willows….
