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wow!!! 😻
Good bingos.
I would be upset that someone has just reposted the bingo cards I made, but Neil Gaiman likes the card I made you guys I am dying.
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Book Review: "My Cousin Rachel" (1951) by Daphne du Maurier
With a new film adaptation (starring Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin) having hit the screen this year, it seemed like the right time to dive back into my pile of Daphne du Maurier books and pick up My Cousin Rachel. It tells a story of a young man by the name of Philip Ashley in what may or may not be Georgian/early Victorian times (Du Maurier never specifies the time period). His cousin and father figure, Ambrose, travels abroad to recover from an illness, only to unexpectedly marry “cousin Rachel” and pass away shortly afterwards. In his last letter to his nephew, Ambrose implies that Rachel has poisoned him, leaving Philip devastated and out for revenge. However, when she shows up at his door in Cornwall, Philip begins to have doubts:
Did Rachel murder his cousin or is she an innocent woman?
Hello everyone!
I thought it was high time that I gave you all a little update on how I’m doing and why I’m still pretty absent these days.
As a lot of you know, I’ve been struggling with a pretty bad bout of depression these past two years (good lord), and even though progress is slow, it seems that things are finally starting to look up. I’m finally starting to feel more energetic and optimistic about things, and I cannot even begin to tell you what a relief that is.
I have barely touched my books for months now, which has been such a strange experience for me, but reading had somehow become painful and only made me feel sadder. Maybe I’ll dedicate a blog post to how and why in the future.
But last night, I had a dream about being in a bookstore. In the dream, I felt that rush of excitement, running my fingers over all the books I wanted to read, looking for my favourite authors - and it felt good. Really good. I woke up smiling.
Long story short: I just ordered War of the Foxes by Richard Siken and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.It’ll be okay.
I know it’s been a while since my last review, but please bear with me!
As I’ve said before, I’m currently struggling with a bout of depression that is proving difficult to shake and makes it hard to be productive in any way.
On the bright side, I’m learning how to play Dungeons and Dragons, so that’s something.
Here’s a picture of Cosette looking disappointed that my dice aren’t edible.
Books I Fully Intend To Read in 2017:
*The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
*The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
*The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall
*Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, Margot Lee Shatterly
*The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin
*Swing Time, Zadie Smith
*Save Me the Waltz, Zelda Fitzgerald
*Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
*Sula, Toni Morrison
*Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
*A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara
*The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, Mary Seacole
*The Edwardians, Vita Sackville-West
*Hag-Seed and/or The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
*Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
*Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine
*I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, Maryse Condé
*The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
I’m so excited!
(And, as always, recommendations are very welcome.)
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Hi! Maybe you've been asked this before but, are you on goodreads?
I don’t mind posting the link again.