dorking around with old books for work and reading new(ish) books for fun with strong opinions but an inconsistent rating system | you can find me most places as wynkenhimself including as @wynkenhimself@glammr.us | she/her
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42% complete! sarah has read 11 of 26 books.
On a secluded bluff overlooking the ocean sits a Victorian house, lavender with gingerbread trim, a home that contains a …
Feeling a bit bitchy that we don’t get more from Rudy, who is so much the key to it all. (The shoah is always there but not there, just like in the world.) But I devoured the book!
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their …
I’m not sure I loved it as much as I thought I would, but I think that’s a response to the stresses of the world we’re living in, not to the book. I do love the way history—and history making—are depicted in this book, although it’s equally a book about trees and nature. Read along The Overstory and The Vaster Wilds to make your brain and heart spin
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their …
back to serious reading for a bit lol
American journalist Ethan Fletcher traversed the globe to claim his late uncle’s Fleet Street print …
fun! also good if you want to learn about the effects of the news tax in 19c England.....
American journalist Ethan Fletcher traversed the globe to claim his late uncle’s Fleet Street print …
so far an incredible add to the romance book history microgenre
Three Weddings...And a Murder
So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's …
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in …
Continuing my slow revisiting of things I read for my PhD comps 30 years ago (!!!) it’s now George Eliot’s time. I loved the book then. Will I still now? (Yea, I assume yes)
@quaad Yeah, my recollection from when I did read excerpts is that I couldn’t handle a lot of notes at the same time, so just accepted I was missing a lot in my reading!!
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, …
What a shock to see that midlife menopausal crisis reflected in such startling accuracy and sympathy. Gorgeous and hilarious
@quaad Eons ago I read parts of it for my grad degree comps and the only thing that’s stopped me from finally getting around to it is a ebook edition that feels reliable
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, …
Started reading this at 11:45pm on Dec 31 because I couldn’t bear to have that other book be the end of the year lol
