#the guest list

[whatlovelybooks]

Reading with a view

[iamcatmansblog]

A very VERY desperate attempt to get noticed by the bookblr community with the books I have read and would cry happy tears if I get to yap about

(I ammma follow you back toooo Cuz no one I know irl is In the same boat as me and the kdrama community on tumblr literally brings me so much joy I really wanna find more people for books too)

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[killherfreakout]

Your words, so divine

THE GUEST LIST Loose Tongue — dir. Ewan Ogden

[snowshell]

➳ My 2023 reads ⋆˚

ˏˋ The Guest List by Lucy Foley ˊˎ "boys will be boys"

[perksofbeingpoet]

guys you don't know how much adoration i have for 161 by The Guest List and Ruby Fields by Sarah and the Sundays-

soo if anyone wants to listen to the music Neil Perry (and me) listen to, go ahead and put those ones on. it's canon that Neil listens to them.

[safirefire]

The Guest List by Lucy Foley [X]

I really enjoyed this audiobook. A picture perfect high-achieving couple is getting married on a remote Irish island. The bride’s side has complicated family dynamics and everyone is harboring a secret it seems. The groom’s side is comprised of his friends from an intense boarding school they attended as children. Everyone seems happy for the couple, but then something horrifying happens at the wedding. The audiobook was well narrated and I’d love similar recommendations if you have any.

[paperbaacks]

review:

“But it’s all about the moment, a wedding. All about the day. It’s not really about the marriage at all, in spite of what everyone says.”

what the fuck did i just read??? this was so much false advertising?? the blurb made me think that this would be something like and then there were none or glass onion but this was just... a complete snoozefest.

none of the plot twists hit the way the author thought they would. in fact, stephen's is the only plot twist i didn't see coming. everything else, and i mean everything else was insanely predictable. god what a waste.

i was rooting for this book so hard because i desperately wanted to read a fun little mystery. alas...

do me a favour, just read a heavy spoiler-y goodreads review or something instead of reading the actual book. you'll save yourself so much time.

[aboutsomething-beautiful]

I don’t really remember when the last time I posted about books was on here, but here are some great books I’ve read this year. I finally discovered and finished InuYasha, so there’s that.

[samduqs]

A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Angel of Khan el-Khalili, The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (novellas)

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 💫

Héroes Mitológicos by M. R. Padilla

Lord of Swans by Amberlyn Holland

King of Beasts by Amberlyn Holland

The Forgotten Room by Licoln Child

Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne 💫

[longlive-allthemagicwemadex]

Books I read in January

The Guest List — Lucy Foley

Read: 29/12/23 – 02/01/24

Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

This was the first book of this genre I have read, I went into it basically blind only really knowing the what the description on the storygraph gave me but I had heard great things about this author due to having previously had The Paris Apartment recommended to me (which is still on my tbr). I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I was invested in the story the whole way through, I found the writing style and multiple points of view interesting, and thought the descriptiveness, especially of the setting of the book, was very well written. My only thing is that the last few chapters and overall ending of the book felt a little rushed and hastily wrapped up.

Content warnings: self-harm, murder, abortion (mentioned), suicide (mentioned), and child death (mentioned)

Love At First Site — Phoebe MacLeod

Read: 02/01 – 05/01

Rating: ☆☆☆

This book was a fun, lighthearted read. The romance of the book felt a little rushed and really only took up a small fraction of the story, whilst the main focus of the story being the main character finding her way post-breakup and having just lost a job that she loved, and the growth she makes as a result. The cast of characters was very likeable. Overall, the book was enjoyable for what it was.

The Reading List — Sara Nisha Adams

Read: 06/01 – 10/01

Rating: ☆☆☆☆¼

I went into this book completely blind having never heard of either the book itself nor the author as it was in my Kindle recommendations and sounded interesting. This was a very lovely and inspiring book about the power of reading and its ability to be both an escape from the struggles of life and also a way of connecting people. This book covers some tough topics, but it's done in a very careful and compassionate way that reinforces the idea that you never have to go through things alone. With adiverse cast of very lovable characters, I would highly recommend this book.

Content warnings: mental illness, suicide (mentioned), grief, cancer (mentioned)

The Folk of the Air Trilogy — Holly Black

Read: 11/01 — 26/01

Rating:

The Cruel Prince: ☆☆☆☆¾

The Wicked King: ☆☆☆☆½

The Queen Of Nothing: ☆☆☆☆¾

This genre is a comfort genre to me; it's the genre of books that got me into reading originally, though I have never read anything by this particular author before. I very much enjoyed the story of this trilogy, the twists and turns, and a lot of the characters and the way they were developed. I found myself disappointed when I finished the last book wanting more from this world in which the characters lived. I need to try to get back into more fantasy books because I thoroughly enjoyed this series.

Content warning: murder, violence, bullying, very mild sexual content

Never Ever Getting Back Together — Phoebe MacLeod

Read: 27/01 – 28/01

Rating: ☆☆☆½

Again, this was another fun, lighthearted book. The romance was a lot more of the main focus of this book than the last Phoebe MacLeod book I read, and I must say I did enjoy this one a little more. A true rom-com story!

The Cheat Sheet — Sarah Adams

Rating: ☆☆¾

I have read almost all of Sarah Adams books and always really enjoy the lighthearted, cute stories, which this book was no different. This is, however, the first book I've ever listened to as an audiobook, I really enjoyed the dual point of views (and the different voice actors for the audiobook version) and that you could get an insight to what both of the main characters were thinking. There wasn't a lot of depth to this book, and it was very character driven rather than plot driven, but it was a fun little listen for me and kept me entertained throughout.

Content warnings: panic attacks

[theblackestofsuns]

"The Guest List"

Perla La Loca (2007)

Jaime Hernandez

Fantagraphics Books

[aliteraryprincess]

July 2023 Wrap Up

July was a great month. We had a wonderful weeklong vacation in Gloucester, MA with my in-laws, celebrated the two year anniversary of adopting our cats, and got to spend plenty of time with friends. I certainly can't complain about my summer so far!

Books Read: 15

Look at me go! My favorite new read was The Travelling Cat Chronicles, which is now my favorite book of the year. I also learned upon rereading Mansfield Park that I actually really like it. And of course I had a great time rereading my ultimate comfort books: the All for the Game series. My least favorite was Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law, which I found completely disappointing. I like Rich's prose works a lot, but her poetry doesn't agree with me. Books marked with ® are rereads.

The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant by Margaret Oliphant - 3.5 stars

Under Two Flags by Ouida - 3.5

Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen - 4 stars

Blush: Faces of Shame by Elspeth Probyn - 3 stars

Thief Liar Lady by D. L. Soria - 5 stars

Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law: Poems 1954-1962 by Adrienne Rich - 2 stars

Cujo by Stephen King - 5 stars

The Shadow in the Glass by JJA Harwood - 4 stars

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 5 stars ®

The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 5 stars

A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections by James Edward Austen-Leigh, edited by Kathryn Sutherland - 4 stars

The Guest List by Lucy Foley - 4 stars

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - 5 stars ®

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic - 5 stars ®

The King's Men by Nora Sakavic - 5 stars ®

On Tumblr:

Look, I have things here! I've started posting book photos again, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. There are also some lovely pictures of the cats taken at the kennel where they boarded during our vacation. I highly recommend checking them out because my boys are adorable (and clearly I'm not biased at all).

June Wrap Up

Tagged: Mid-Year Book Freak Out

Book Photography: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Book Photography: Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen

Book Photography: Vacation Book Haul!

Book Photography: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Book Quotes: The Shadow in the Glass by JJA Harwood

Book Quotes: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa

Cat Photography: Butters and Pippin at the Kennel

aliteraryprincess' 40 Classics to Read Before 40

On YouTube:

Not as much here as usual because I took a week off from filming during the vacation. But to make up for it I have an almost hour long video ranting about Twilight, so 🤷‍♀️

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2023

June Wrap Up - 13 books!!!

Currently Reading 7/16/23

Rereading the Twilight Saga as an Adult

August TBR

Fairy Tale Friday: The Shadow in the Glass by JJA Harwood

[chaneajoyyy]

I just finished reading The Guest List and

[inlovewithquotes]

I'm not worried about it being haunted. I have my own ghosts. I carry them with me wherever I go.

-The Guest List

[fictional-worlds-are-exquisite]

I JUST FINISHED READING THE GUEST LIST AND HOLYYYYYYY SHIIIIIITT

i fucking loved the pieces falling together FIVE STARS I REALLY LIKED THAT

[k-she-rambles]

Still working through The Guest List and it's reminding me how much I enjoyed middle grade horror as a kid. This IS a horror novel

(I recommend especially if you like "boys will be boys" treated as the horror trope it should be. The amount of times I've wished I could reach through the pages and strangle Duncan, though I suspect (vague spoilers) that Will is the one who got away with the Thing in school...)

Midpoint thoughts and theories under the cut:

• Johnno, being more intelligent than he thinks he is, provided the Hint. I think Aoife's husband is the friend of the schoolkid the Hellraisers killed. I think there are multiple gambits piling up here, but I think Aoife and her husband did some work for something to happen to the Hellraisers (possibly specifically Will) while on the island

• Will is filming himself and Jules and giving the recordings to either his school friends or his producer, just like he did when he was in school

• Johnno's whiskey IS re-bottled Laphroaig

• Johnno will have a realization (possibly too late) that he's like the boy who was killed, a hanger-on dogsbody for the others.

• The Sisters will bond over stabbing men who wronged them

• Hannah lives. Charlie dies.