Books #29

[capriallie]

bloody elain and her wandering around looking delicate and lovely like a flower nesta is the MVP of that series!

She’s so bloody miserable in this one!! And she’s horrible to Lucien who deserves the world. Wouldn’t be mad if SJM did something drastic like kill her off

 

[CommentBelow]

She’s so bloody miserable in this one!! And she’s horrible to Lucien who deserves the world. Wouldn’t be mad if SJM did something drastic like kill her off

I was thinking I hope she gets a redemption arc but now I think about it.. I’m equally fine for her to be killed off.

 

[Ashlgr]

June is an incredibly interesting character, but I have to keep putting it down because of the cringe! 🥲

 

[CommentBelow]

The update nobody asked for - the first four boys of Tommen books are available on The Works again. Obviously I’ve done a click and collect for Saving 6.

 

[Mamacita]

She’s so bloody miserable in this one!! And she’s horrible to Lucien who deserves the world. Wouldn’t be mad if SJM did something drastic like kill her off

What annoys me the most is everyone saying Elaine is Elaine. Like what do you mean by that?? The only way I could understand it is if they mean 'we all know Elaine is bloody useless so let's ignore her'

 

[LaBlonde]

What annoys me the most is everyone saying Elaine is Elaine. Like what do you mean by that?? The only way I could understand it is if they mean 'we all know Elaine is bloody useless so let's ignore her'

I KNOW! the part where rhys is like i sass nesta because she made you go out and hunt, feyre, which you were amazing at because you’re amazing at everything for some reason but i won’t say anything about elain because elain is elain - what does that mean?!?

if i got turned into some kind of stunning fae creature and was told that an incredibly hot redhead was my immediate husband i would NOT be whining about it

 

[Mamacita]

I KNOW! the part where rhys is like i sass nesta because she made you go out and hunt, feyre, which you were amazing at because you’re amazing at everything for some reason but i won’t say anything about elain because elain is elain - what does that mean?!?

if i got turned into some kind of stunning fae creature and was told that an incredibly hot redhead was my immediate husband i would NOT be whining about it

Yeah I feel like something will come out in the next book about this Elaine is Elaine thing as it needs an explanation. If it doesn't then it's one of the pointless lines ever lol

 

[StrawberryBanana90]

Finally got around to reading A Man Called Ove and my heart I had watched the film first but god the book is even more heartbreaking Backman can never do wrong in my eyes

 

[OH.FFS]

I'm trying to make headway with Yellowface, I think it's quite hard to properly get into, even though I think the author is a decent writer! Anyway, omg I cannot stand June! Lots of things she says (writes?) make me physically cringe.

I’m listening to Yellowface on audio at the moment and I’m really enjoying it.
I think the author is a good writer. I have to say, I don’t really mind June, either way. Sometimes she’s a bit OTT but I do think she’s expressing (the author is using her to express) what many think / feel but are afraid to say. And so the author is giving us insight into the unspoken of many.

 

[Blueblue123]

I loved Yellowface and at times I found myself rooting for June which was interesting because her character is definitely satirical and meant to be problematic.

Kuang was quite clever to make her the underdog and make Athena unlikeable (through June's words) so you almost have to force yourself to not justify June's actions even though you know she's in the wrong.

 

[LaBlonde]

I loved Yellowface and at times I found myself rooting for June which was interesting because her character is definitely satirical and meant to be problematic.

Kuang was quite clever to make her the underdog and make Athena unlikeable (through June's words) so you almost have to force yourself to not justify June's actions even though you know she's in the wrong.

this is why i think it’s an incredible book club choice because you can read it so many ways!

imo, june wasn’t the underdog but thought that she was. she justifies her own actions by saying well don’t i deserve this too, why should athena get all the success, haven’t i worked hard for it?!? we’re then continually shown that she’s out of her depth (especially with the cringeworthy stuff when she goes to that panel and i almost had to stop reading ) her interactions with athena’s mother, and how she continually lessens athena through the changes she makes to her book (removing some of the more overtly “difficult” plot points to make it more palatable to a western audience) make her unlikeable to me.

the part where she imagines casting the movie of their lives and she’s florence pugh (i think?) and athena can just be “that actress from crazy rich asians” has always stuck with me for both her casual racism (the asian actress doesn’t even get a name!) and how she sees athena after diluting the message of a book that was important to her.

i liked it a LOT but i do think (as said above) that she messed up the ending.

 

[Elle]

Happy Blue Sisters Tuesday 🩵

 

[emmer_moans]

Bridgerton books, yay or nay? I keep seeing comments on Facebook posts about the Netflix series where people are saying the books do things differently. Has anyone here read the Bridgerton books and are they worth adding to the TBR pile?

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

Bridgerton books, yay or nay? I keep seeing comments on Facebook posts about the Netflix series where people are saying the books do things differently. Has anyone here read the Bridgerton books and are they worth adding to the TBR pile?

Ive listened to the first 2. I love Bridgerton. I found the first 2 books ok. I have the next 2 and havent rushed to listen to them really.

However if Illumicrate do another reprint of their books I will be snapping them up.

 

[emmer_moans]

Omg Celia Imrie is exactly who I imagined as Joyce...

Richard Osman confirms who's playing Joyce in The Thursday Murder Club

The sleuth quartet is complete.

www.digitalspy.com

For the Thursday Murder Club. We discussed casting in the last thread. I wonder if they will batch film, there's four books so far. Or whether they'll just do the first one and wait and see.

 

[LaBlonde]

Bridgerton books, yay or nay? I keep seeing comments on Facebook posts about the Netflix series where people are saying the books do things differently. Has anyone here read the Bridgerton books and are they worth adding to the TBR pile?

it depends on the sibling as they’re a bit hit or miss! i liked anthony, colin and francesca’s books but eloise’s in particular is not great.

i honestly prefer julia quinn’s other books (the smith-smythe quartet) to bridgerton though!

 

[123lee]

Just parking myself in the new thread. I’m off on holiday on Sunday for a week and obviously biggest dilemma is which books to take. I’m taking my kindle anyway but I need a back up paper book just incase. Husband thinks I’m nuts for thinking more about books than clothes

 

[QueenBW]

Bridgerton books, yay or nay? I keep seeing comments on Facebook posts about the Netflix series where people are saying the books do things differently. Has anyone here read the Bridgerton books and are they worth adding to the TBR pile?

The Bridgerton books are traditional, old school historical romance, if you know what I mean. The heroines are less spunky, Kate in particular is a different person. The men can be a little more, for lack of a better word, macho. The tone is also very different to the show which is cheekier, sassier.

The books also focus much more on the main couple, then somewhat on the family, less on the larger cast so if the ensemble is something you enjoy, it's missing there.

Queen Charlotte is basically nonexistent in the books, as is all that plot about her being obsessed with unmasking Whistledown. Lady W's role itself is paired back a lot. We get some snippets from her papers but she js not the guiding voiceover that she is in the books.

There's also plots that don't exist or that play out differently in the books. As an example for S2, the wedding never happens. Edwina isn't obsessed with being vicountess. There's no rift between the sisters.

And of course all the diversity is gone in the books, since that's something the show introduced. The books are all white and they focus only on the members of the Ton, no seamstresses or club owners allowed.

All that said, I enjoyed them but I had to think of them as something separate from the show because they were quite different. Personally it's one of the few instances in which I prefer the show over the books. Not that the books are bad, they're just less sparkly for me.

 

[emmer_moans]

The Bridgerton books are traditional, old school historical romance, if you know what I mean. The heroines are less spunky, Kate in particular is a different person. The men can be a little more, for lack of a better word, macho. The tone is also very different to the show which is cheekier, sassier.

The books also focus much more on the main couple, then somewhat on the family, less on the larger cast so if the ensemble is something you enjoy, it's missing there.

Queen Charlotte is basically nonexistent in the books, as is all that plot about her being obsessed with unmasking Whistledown. Lady W's role itself is paired back a lot. We get some snippets from her papers but she js not the guiding voiceover that she is in the books.

There's also plots that don't exist or that play out differently in the books. As an example for S2, the wedding never happens. Edwina isn't obsessed with being vicountess. There's no rift between the sisters.

And of course all the diversity is gone in the books, since that's something the show introduced. The books are all white and they focus only on the members of the Ton, no seamstresses or club owners allowed.

All that said, I enjoyed them but I had to think of them as something separate from the show because they were quite different. Personally it's one of the few instances in which I prefer the show over the books. Not that the books are bad, they're just less sparkly for me.

Thanks everyone. I guess I'll try Book 1 and see how we go, though Simon in the show annoyed me with his silly promise to his dying father so hopefully he is less annoying in the book My TBR is massive but I kept seeing comments about the books so I was curious.

 

[Pinkii]

Missed the new thread somehow.

in between reading crescent city, i’m listening to no hard feelings genevieve novak.

really enjoying it actually. Just started listening to it on a whim but reminds me a lot of me in my 20’s