#tbf. the inbox and likes are years' worth of stuff

[daz4i]

much respect to people who regularly clean out their inbox/drafts/likes because. well uh

ummmmmmmm

[forthesanityofsome]

@sleepy-vix I totally wanted to answer your rb but I didn't want to crowd anulithots because this might get LONG but it's talking about BOOKS so there ya go I hope we're still moots after this 😅 (I'm the door-kicking book-slamming one from yesterday)

ANYWAY

(putting the readmore here for people that aren't interested in my rambling on mobile so they can skip easier 😂)

So I have to admit that I tried to start a gothic horror binge that started and ended with Dracula (so no Frankenstein unfortunately, although I did watch the movie). The story itself is written through journal entries and medical records with dates all scattered around for the sake of the narrative and Dracula Daily basically unscrambles them and then sends them to you inbox in date order if you sign up for the newsletter from Substack. There's also a podcast of it that releases new episodes every time a new bit drops in the inbox if that's more your speed (links in blue txt). I adore the podcast tbh I just never sit down to listen to it. I gotta admit tho that Frankenstein has grabbed my interest a few times, also WAAAA that cover?! The only copy I ever saw was literally just a black front with the name in white. Which was pretty interesting tbf because lack of image made it feel...mysterious? Ig?

ALSO if/when you do read it I hope you fall in love with it. Some parts had me absolutely HOOKED and I still remember the emotions I went through on my first read.

ALSO YES Sanderson's list is Very Intimidating. Ngl. It's not dumb, I probably would have passed right on by if I hadn't been gifted a copy (well. No. My roommate was gifted a copy but I'm more of the fantasy reader so I kinda stole it and then only gave it back when she told me to). Also I feel like I should have specified that I'm reading through the Stormlight Archives (because I feel like he's written a whole lot more than those and just forget about them because I'm focused on the one series lol). It took me maybe a year to get through the first but it was so worth it. The worldbuilding alone. *chefs kiss*

Okay SO:

Both A City Without Birds and The Spirit Well were written by @junypr-camus and @ashen-crest and I am loving both of them. I'm about halfway through A City Without Birds and MAN the reveals just keep coming. It's got government using tech to be all mad and mind-controlly, it's got a Resistance, it's got hidden memories, and I feel like we're just about to start hitting the sweet stuff lol. Been very worth the read so far.

And like I said I'm only on like chapter three of the Spirit Well but it's already made me gasp and worried and be all "Oh Noooo"...it's the second in a series, got spirits and magic and a bard and a lovely little spirit that won me over almost instantly (I love Aspen so much)

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Okay bye! 😁