karigan commented on OhMyDio's review of The Night Circus
Boyhowdy I struggled to remember to pick this up! Which is weird, because when I did pick it up I generally had a good time? After about 25%ish I switched to audiobook and that helped me settle into it way better than how using my eye balls was going.
The atmosphere of this book is bonkers. Morgenstern really knows how to set a stage and dress the players on it! The overall plot is very interesting & the cast of characters lovable. I do agree with others that it's a bit too long and a bit too boring for a book about magicians dueling. I definitely wanted more action, and longed for the game to be more central to the story.
I do love a non-linear story to HECK, though, and this delivered on that front for me. I really enjoyed trying to anticipate why we were jumping to when and where we were, and I liked how it all came together in the end.
I think this would be an incredible movie, and I really hope that the folks who had been working on it previously are able to do the thing.
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Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
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Viper & Lilies
Lexie Axon
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Viper & Lilies
Lexie Axon
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Tempest
Victoria Aveyard
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Mad Sisters of Esi
Tashan Mehta
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karigan commented on a post from the Founder Announcements forum
Hi everyone, we're excited to share the 4 selections for the Fall Readalong, running September - November! We announce Readalong titles a month in advance to give everyone time to place library holds. The Seasonal Readalong page will be updated soon with the books below, but in the meantime, feel free to add them to your TBR!
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann: A darkly funny horror novel featuring group therapy, fairytale retellings, and feminism.
The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: A sapphic dark academia fantasy set at an elite boarding school, where our heroine is a powerful demonology teacher on a mission.
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: A genre-bending sci-fi novel that interweaves the story of Zelu, a disabled Nigerian-American writer, with chapters from the novel she's writing, blurring the boundary between the real world and the created world.
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton: A cozy and whimsical Victorian era romcom with 2 rival ornithologists, travel via parasol, and a lot of scheming and flirting.
Excited to read with everyone in the coming months!
Happy reading, Jennifer & Lucy
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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
karigan commented on karigan's review of Dracula
Can you believe I never knew the story of Dracula until now? Made it 27 years before I learned more than "this is a story about a vampire".
This book had such a strong start. I loved the time we spent with Harker in Dracula's castle, seeing him slowly be consumed by the madness of knowing death was imminent. I'd have loved a full book about this!
Unfortunately, once we left the castle and introduced the other characters (who I do love by the way), the plot seemed to get a bit lost. Too much time was spent on rather unimportant details in comparison to the end, which was short and lacking.
I did enjoy the book and love that it's one of the classics that lead to such a vast collection of vampire stories today.
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The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
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The Book of Fallen Leaves
A.S. Tamaki
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