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okay it got better for sureeee!!
its a bit of a slow start for me personally, but i thoroughly enjoyed the 2/3 and then the 3/3 even more!
im not sure if i will get the sequel or not, ill read a few more books and see if im still thinking about emily wilde after that.
spoilers below
wendell and emily’s dynamic is hilarious after the proposal. they are so direct with each other normally, but when it comes to romance they just avoid actually speaking of it as such.
i really enjoyed how the town accepted emily’s way of being, that she is not good with attention or small talk or pleasantries. they didnt demand any kind of thanks from her, they knew she was thankful without it.
3.5/5 ⭐️
im reading emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries right now and im not sure how i feel about it.
like i like it dont get me wrong. i eat anything up that has fairies of any kind.
but im a very.. emotional person, and so the format of the book being emily’s diary, and her being quite a.. professional and almost stoic? person, doesnt quite engage me as much.
maybe she taps into her emotions later in the story (i’m about a 1/3 of the way through) so idk!! thats just my thoughts so far
im reading emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries right now and im not sure how i feel about it.
like i like it dont get me wrong. i eat anything up that has fairies of any kind.
but im a very.. emotional person, and so the format of the book being emily’s diary, and her being quite a.. professional and almost stoic? person, doesnt quite engage me as much.
maybe she taps into her emotions later in the story (i’m about a 1/3 of the way through) so idk!! thats just my thoughts so far
Hi I read Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector because of your fic Roses in a Flatbed lol and I loved it! Both the book and the fic :) Just wondering if you have any other book recs
Hi! Thank you for reading one of my oldest stories, and I am honored that it inspired you to pick up Clarice! I love her very much. I’ve read and enjoyed quite a few of her books—The Hour of the Star, Agua Viva, The Passion According to G.H., A Breath of Life, The Apprenticeship or the Book of Pleasures—and I am working my way through Too Much of Life. All the above books I recommend.
Now, for other books: I both love and dread giving recommendations, because I care too much about what my tastes say about me, and I also struggle to curb my impulse to list every book I have remotely liked in recent memory.
Below are my list of recommendations, in no particular order. What they all have in common is that they are written by women, and they all changed my brain chemistry for the better.
Northwood: A Novella by Maryse Meijer
This Woman’s Work by Julie Delporte
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black by Cookie Mueller
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers
A few of these books have content that could be upsetting, so check Storygraph or Goodreads before taking them out at the library or purchasing. Thanks for dropping by and happy reading!