I've just finished reading this off the back of you mentioning it - I loved it, thank you! Although since finishing I have read reviews, and opinions are mixed. Has anyone else read it?
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February started off real strong and kind of petered out. Murder at Mt Fuji did feel very knives out esque but I think the Waterstones employee overhyped it too much to me and my expectations were sky high 
Currently reading Dream State by Eric Puchner but definitely won’t finish by tomorrow
Currently reading Dream State by Eric Puchner but definitely won’t finish by tomorrow
My February reads which were all book series apart from the Arsenal Stadium Mystery which I had to read this month as I promised a friend that I would give it to them as soon as I had read it:
The Hat Girl from Silver Street 6/10
The Hat Girl's Heartbreak 7/10
Murder in Fulbridge Village 7/10
The Mystery of WaterMead Manor 7/10
Death on Damson Island 7/10
A Deadly Venetian Affair 7/10
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery 7/10
The Hat Girl from Silver Street 6/10
The Hat Girl's Heartbreak 7/10
Murder in Fulbridge Village 7/10
The Mystery of WaterMead Manor 7/10
Death on Damson Island 7/10
A Deadly Venetian Affair 7/10
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery 7/10
Question for you all - I’m currently reading The Hallmarked Man and at the header of every new chapter is a quote from a poem or other text. In general the quotes seem to have a bit of relevance to what’s coming up in that chapter, but for me they don’t really add anything to the plot or overall reading experience.
I’m curious to know if anyone does pay a huge amount of attention to quotes from other texts used like this? Clearly there’s a decent amount of time given to finding them and assigning them to the right chapter, but really is that all done in vain?
I’m curious to know if anyone does pay a huge amount of attention to quotes from other texts used like this? Clearly there’s a decent amount of time given to finding them and assigning them to the right chapter, but really is that all done in vain?
I don’t pay much attention but I always wonder what I’m missing.. not enough to start analysing them though!
i do: purely because i’m an ex fanfic writer who spent a lot of time picking just the right song lyrics for the start of chapters
🫣i don’t know if they serve a huge amount of purpose beyond mood setting tbh, and i find that once i’m into the chapter i’ve forgotten what the quote was a lot of the time anyway!
My tend to skim them
and forget
Not read many books this month due to watching 3 series of The Cedar Tree.
I DNF the milk bottle book as I lost the will pages in.
Not a bad month, though, as a few 5 stars, and as I've already said the best one being The Forgotten Garden.
I DNF the milk bottle book as I lost the will pages in.
Not a bad month, though, as a few 5 stars, and as I've already said the best one being The Forgotten Garden.
I’m not sure I’m going to sleep tonight - I started The Examiner by Janice Halley and already half way through and can’t put it down
i can now add the invisible life of addie larue both to my february reads and the list of books where i just didn’t get the hype. like, it was fine but also unbelievably dull in places which was crazy considering what an interesting plot idea it is.posting my february reads now because there is no way i’m finishing the invisible life of addie larue before tomorrow. not that it’s a BAD book, i’m just finding it such a slog
evenings and weekends - oisin mckenna
common goal - rachel reid
all the lovers in the night-mieko kawakami
role model - rachel reid
the long game - rachel reid
for my fellow heated rivalry fans: if you’re going to read the books, only read heated rivalry, role model and the long game. the rest are simply not very good (and even with the “good” ones i score purely based on ilya himself)
I always get Lynn and Liz Truss confused and think they're the same person.Not read many books this month due to watching 3 series of The Cedar Tree.
I DNF the milk bottle book as I lost the will pages in.
Not a bad month, though, as a few 5 stars, and as I've already said the best one being The Forgotten Garden.
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As someone who used lyrics in all of their A Level Art projects I would have SQUEALED at your fanfic.i do: purely because i’m an ex fanfic writer who spent a lot of time picking just the right song lyrics for the start of chapters
i don’t know if they serve a huge amount of purpose beyond mood setting tbh, and i find that once i’m into the chapter i’ve forgotten what the quote was a lot of the time anyway!
I read it before the hype, I don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much going into it with expectations but also agree some dullness could/should have been edited out.
My February reads.
My 5 star reads were:
The Correspondent - Virgina Evans
White Boots - Noel Streatfeild (an old childhood fave i had a sudden yearning to reread)
A Month In the Country - JL Carr. A Penguin Modern classic that crammed an awful lot of very beautiful writing into just over 100 pages.
Worst book and 1.5 stars
Guilt Trip by Jo Furniss. Absolutely ridiculous.
All the rest nice enough reads feel like ive had a good reading month
My 5 star reads were:
The Correspondent - Virgina Evans
White Boots - Noel Streatfeild (an old childhood fave i had a sudden yearning to reread)
A Month In the Country - JL Carr. A Penguin Modern classic that crammed an awful lot of very beautiful writing into just over 100 pages.
Worst book and 1.5 stars
Guilt Trip by Jo Furniss. Absolutely ridiculous.
All the rest nice enough reads feel like ive had a good reading month
Finished it this morning and omg that book shouldn’t have a Richard osman cosy murder mystery style cover - so much darker than I was expecting! But really enjoyed it
Oh speaking of covers!
You know how there are trends with them? Like all the Twilight look-alikes (including a Wuthering Heights edition!) years ago, or the WWII novel go to of a woman walking away, all the contemporary romances with cartoon cover figures, the Osman cosy mystery style...
Well another I keep on noticing is two prevalent styles for non-fiction books about nature, landscapes, walks etc. All Illustrated covers with sans serif fonts and just a similar aesthetic. There's sort of two categories - nature:
and journeys/walks/'paths' lol:
You know how there are trends with them? Like all the Twilight look-alikes (including a Wuthering Heights edition!) years ago, or the WWII novel go to of a woman walking away, all the contemporary romances with cartoon cover figures, the Osman cosy mystery style...
Well another I keep on noticing is two prevalent styles for non-fiction books about nature, landscapes, walks etc. All Illustrated covers with sans serif fonts and just a similar aesthetic. There's sort of two categories - nature:
and journeys/walks/'paths' lol:
I love the nature ones
Parking this here for future visits.
More bookshops being mentioned in the comments. Must say I didn't get how wonderful the Bradford Waterstones was when I visited. Was absolutely dead and felt quite dank in there.
My standout book is probably Fingersmith - knew very little about it beforehand, which probably helped. Enjoyed Homeseeking, though I wanted a little more from the US side. The Left Hand of Darkness is definitely one to reread at some point.
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