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A biweekly post updated every other Wednesday detailing my current reading projects and what new titles I’ve added to my to-read list. Title links go to Goodreads, and if you have an account there feel free to friend me! I’d love to see what you’re reading and/or planning to read.
Books Purchased
Books Finished: 1
Title: Metzengerstein
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Date Added: April 27, 2019
Date Started: January 26, 2020
Date Finished: February 6, 2020
Media: eBook/Kindle
I’m not sure if I’m going to review this. Oh, it was fine. Definitely gives you a taste of Poe, and I think I know what he’s trying to say. I may need to marinate on it more and look it up.
Currently Reading
Title: The First Girl Child
Author: Amy Harmon
Date Added: September 17, 2019
Date Started: January 17, 2020
Media: eBook/Kindle
Progress: 74%
I adore this book. It will definitely wind up in my top books of 2020. I’m completely on the side of the woman who made the curse on the land because you can’t treat an entire group of people like a commodity. Granted patriarchy has been doing just that for, well, forever, and in this novel, it only makes it worse. I only have 30 pages left, and I’m curious how it all resolves. There are a LOT of truths that need to be revealed before there can even be a hope of a happy ending.
Title: Archangel’s Kiss
Series Title: Guild Hunter
Author: Nalini Singh
Date Added: December 27, 2018
Date Started: January 15, 2020
Media: Physical
Progress: 17%
I haven’t remotely read as much of this as I’ve wanted to. I fucking love this series and the world it takes place in. Also, reading about beautiful and dangerous angels is great impetus for my editing :p
Title: Man and His Symbols
Author: C. G. Jung et al
Date Added: August 4, 2017
Date Started: January 7, 2020
Media: Paperback
Progress: 14%
I…may like this better than Campbell’s Hero. Well, okay, it’s easier to read. Campbell is a mythologist and Jung is a psychologist, and while I love deciphering symbolism, Jung is more plain spoken, so I find I can read more per session.
Only reading three books right now because I haven’t started a new classic. I think Dracula is next. I also have Dante’s Inferno on there, too, but I’m not in the mood to read that lol. I’ve also finally finished Twin Peaks, and I found a nearly five (yes five) hour explanation of it. I watched about half today, and it’s given me a lot to think about. I think David Lynch definitely studied Jungian Psychology. I want to watch the rest of his filmography, except for maybe Dune, though Sir Patrick is in that lol.
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I LOVE Nalini Singh!
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Omg it’s the most perfect series.
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I have two books going at once right now and the ambition to read neither lol. I think I’m in a bit of a slump.
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Ugh, that’s the worse. Might be time to switch it up to something else! I had this whole plan for what I was going to read next, but then I said “fuck it” and decided to continue reading this one series I loved. I’ll do that to myself way too much. Say, “Alright, let me read this next because it’s the oldest thing on my list,” instead of just reading whatever the hell I want. Like I don’t have to stick to some arbitrary schedule, but my brain just likes to do that kind of shit.
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I finished one yesterday. Woo! I need to force myself to finish the second one because my kindle unlimited is up on March 3 and I’m not going to buy the book. I also need to grab the second HP book from the library for a reread with Ignited Moth. (I own the series but the first 4 books are so old, I’m a little afraid to hurt them.) If anything can get me out of a slump, it’s HP.
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You need to get it preserved in some way! I’m like that with certain stuff, too. Like I have no intention of every playing the original FFVII disks every again lol. Disks wear out and I have it ported to the Switch. Some stuff you just want to preserve 🙂
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I actually picked up my copy of Chamber of Secrets just to check out the actual condition because I was lazy and didn’t want to go to the library. It’s in excellent condition and I don’t know how! It almost still has that new book smell. :3
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The First Girl Child seems really interesting… I’ll have to check it out once I get through a few more of my 2020 list (haha…ha…). Man and His Symbols is interesting, too, and I think also very helpful for writers, I think.
Also, if you read Dracula, let me know what you think! I enjoyed my time with it and have some thoughts on the themes that I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on!
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It was really good. The end gets a little jumbled, but it still wraps up really nicely.
I’m honestly loving Dracula so far. I’ve read quite a few classics, and it’s one of the most engaging and well written. Sometimes I have to gear myself up to read them, but I actually look forward to this one.
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It’s officially on my list, then! haha
Dracula is such a great book, and I love how it’s written in letters. It was one of the few books I’ve stayed up recently to read all night.
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I can absolutely see how you’d do that. It’s really gripping.
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