These people are all genuinely insane… I can’t pick a character I hate or like because they’re all equally detestable. Excellent character building for that to be the case! That being said, Ellen annoys me. She presents everything so frankly that even Lockwood was like “damn she spins a mean tale and seems truthful!” and it’s like… she’s clearly an extremely biased party and keeps going behind peoples backs (she refuses to see that she was equally and profoundly influenced by her upbringing as were all the others that grew up at wuthering heights and pretends she wasn’t and that she is the only virtuous and correct party of the bunch).

In coming up with a plan of attack for this quest, I decided to look up the page count of each book. I thought it might helpful to others, so I’m posting it here. Hopefully, it doesn’t scare off newcomers. LOL

Disclaimer - This isn’t a perfect measure because different editions may have different page counts and other materials that could add to the page count. Use it as a general idea of how long the book is compared to others on the list. All page counts are based on paperback and were sourced from Goodreads.

War and Peace - 1392 Anna Karenina - 964 The Brothers Karamazov - 796 Crime and Punishment - 671 The Idiot - 667 Doctor Zhivago - 592 Oblomov - 586 Dead Souls - 464 The Master and Margarita - 372 Fathers and Sons - 244 Eugene Onegin - 240 A Hero of Our Time - 185 The Death of Ivan Ilych - 86 The Seagull - 65

Happy Questing!

Hi all, I’m looking for some fiction and non-fiction recommendations for books that center around witches or witchcraft. Particularly in the 17th to 19th centuries. Curious to hear what folks say!

Ive had a tumultuous journey with reading over the years, from loving it as a kid/tween to not picking up a single book from 15 through to 20. I'm now much happier with my little book routine :)

As the title suggests, I think the fact that I'm autistic impacts my enjoyment (for better or worse) of books in a huge way. For instance,

Pattern Recognition

I am so bad for noticing when an author uses the same phrase, word or even sentence structure repeatedly, and once I start noticing, I can't stop. Sometimes that means my enjoyment of the book is waaaay lower, as I become very critical of the writing.

But also....

Joy and stimming

I know this might be weird to say, but I feel I get a little extra joy out of a good book? Getting to a good metaphor, or action scene or big twist, and having it be so great that my reaction becomes physical and i start to stim. That's the good shit right there.

So, if you are also neurodivergent, do you feel that impacts your reading journey?