This started off as so much fun but then we got to the reveal of the big mystery and NO it just made me angry. I’d do a spoiler alert to explain why but this has already taken up too much space in my brain
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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.
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sarah reviewed It's Elementary by Elise Bryant
A fast-paced, completely delightful new mystery about what happens when parents get a little too …
Great until the ending
2 stars
sarah commented on An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym
This wry comedy of manners—Barbara Pym's seventh novel and the last one she wrote before …
Calling this as the final book of 2024 and posting my year-of-not-finishing-books blog reflection because it's been that kind of year sarahwerner.net/blog/2024/12/books-i-didnt-finish/
Calling this as the final book of 2024 and posting my year-of-not-finishing-books blog reflection because it's been that kind of year sarahwerner.net/blog/2024/12/books-i-didnt-finish/
sarah started reading It's Elementary by Elise Bryant
A fast-paced, completely delightful new mystery about what happens when parents get a little too …
sometimes you just read whatever comes off the waitlist that you joined 6 months ago
sarah reviewed An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym
This wry comedy of manners—Barbara Pym's seventh novel and the last one she wrote before …
Def not the best Pym!
3 stars
Third-tier Pym, tbh, but even so a good read. (No Fond Return of Love is the best; Quartet in Autumn possibly second best but so much more grim)
sarah started reading An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym
This wry comedy of manners—Barbara Pym's seventh novel and the last one she wrote before …
I remembered there were still two Pyms I haven't read yet--the posthumous ones. In the spirit of reading is hard and Pym is great, I'm excited to start this one
I remembered there were still two Pyms I haven't read yet--the posthumous ones. In the spirit of reading is hard and Pym is great, I'm excited to start this one
sarah reviewed Murder Town by Shelley Burr
Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason …
So much drama
3 stars
And that doesn’t even count the drama of the murders. On the other hand, if you need something to devour, this might hit the spot
sarah started reading Murder Town by Shelley Burr
Murder Town by Shelley Burr
Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only.
That three innocent …
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
cozy
4 stars
Cozy not like cozy mysteries but like cozy robots. It was very sweet and comforting, if you're someone who worries about how you fit into the world and/or how you are or are not separate from your work. I'm not a fan of the style of writing alas
Cozy not like cozy mysteries but like cozy robots. It was very sweet and comforting, if you're someone who worries about how you fit into the world and/or how you are or are not separate from your work. I'm not a fan of the style of writing alas
sarah started reading What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Alison Watts
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about …
It's been so hard to find books that are working for me! I think it's stress (I know it's stress). This is hitting the spot so far
It's been so hard to find books that are working for me! I think it's stress (I know it's stress). This is hitting the spot so far
sarah reviewed Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is …
18th century exploration but also race and slavery and science
5 stars
I devoured, but slowly, because there's so much to absorb here. Not sure what coherent thoughts I have, nor am I sure how to think about the ending. But I'm so glad I finally read this!
I devoured, but slowly, because there's so much to absorb here. Not sure what coherent thoughts I have, nor am I sure how to think about the ending. But I'm so glad I finally read this!
sarah commented on If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text …
I paused in the middle of this and then too much time elapsed to be able to pick it up and have it make any sense! Someday I'll have to start all over with it, because it was pretty great so far :(
I paused in the middle of this and then too much time elapsed to be able to pick it up and have it make any sense! Someday I'll have to start all over with it, because it was pretty great so far :(
sarah reviewed Funny Story by Emily Henry
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on …
fun but too much excessive drinking!!
4 stars
Set in northern Michigan in the same area my parents had a cottage and so I was flooded with memories of Traverse City and Leelenaw Peninsula and the dunes and cherries. Maybe because of that, I was extra aware of how much their dysfunctional families were completely unlike mine and how much I couldn’t relate to how they respond to that in their adult lives. But also featuring a children’s librarian, so lots to offer! Not enough Cherry Festival!!! And weirdly ZERO Interlochen, which is a big omission.
sarah reviewed You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian
The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O’Leary’s …
truly delightful
4 stars
even though I couldn't care less about baseball
even though I couldn't care less about baseball
sarah reviewed The Charioteer by Mary Renault
The Charioteer is a war novel by Mary Renault first published in London in 1953. …
beautiful
5 stars
This was amazing!! Most of the references I see to this book are how great it is as an early openly gay and sympathetic story (no small feat in 1953 England) but it’s also a beautifully written novel. Kinda had mixed feelings about who needed rescuing more but Laurie is the perfect boyfriend.