Returning to reading after too long away.
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50% complete! True_Heresy has read 6 of 12 books.
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
When horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dark Lord of the Prolix, …
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to …
It was incredibly silly - loved it. CBB always has something that makes me actually laugh out loud, this book was no different 😊
In WOLF HALL, one of our very best writers brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering …
This looks so silly 😊
In WOLF HALL, one of our very best writers brings the opulent, brutal world of …
Turns out these big books take a long time when you can’t read like a regular person. The prose is just stunning, and once the whole “he did x” style is ingrained it flows incredibly well. Especially considering the sense of place and time it evokes. While not academic, I still learned so much by reading this.
Maybe I’ll try the sequels. In a few years.
Or watch the adaptation…
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
In WOLF HALL, one of our very best writers brings the opulent, brutal world of the Tudors to bloody, glittering …
Two misfits, Carys Price and Angharad 'Hazard' Evans, strike out from their disenfranchised seaside town to take ownership of the …
"The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel." …
It really is hard to believe how far ahead of its time this book is. While I found the style of the opening chapters more off-putting than intriguing, the story pulled me through. The back half of the book is relentlessly paced and amazing. I'll definitely be reading the sequel books to learn more about Gibson's world.
