I had a slow couple of reading months in August and September due to my exams and the general panic that surrounds revision! So I thought I’d combine the two into a much more pleasing pile o’ books. Although I actually read 4/5 of these by listening to the audiobook- 2018 has definitely been the year of the audiobook for me…
It by Stephen King
I flew through this- well, as fast as you can fly though a 44 hour audiobook of a 1200+ page novel. In reality it was about ten days that It consumed me. Stephen King is a really complicated writer for me to pin down because at some times I was scared to death, literally hiding under my blankets and flinching at every sound… But at other times I was wondering how long there was left and when it was going to switch to a more interesting point of view. King writes amazing stories, but he never quite lands the ending for me. I definitely need to get around to my teenage favourite; Carrie, soon.
And yeah, about that scene? It made sense in the context of what was happening. Probably wouldn’t get published now but, as Bill says; “-politics always change, stories never do.”
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Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
It’s been three years since I read the first book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries. Although I also read it as a teen so this might be my third or fourth re-read. I listened to the audiobook which wasn’t great, but I was feeling so nostalgic for this universe that at the time, it’d do! When I next decide to visit Bon Temps, I’ll just pick up my physical copies.
“My mind scrabbled around like a squirrel trying to get out of a cage. It couldn’t light on anything or be comfortable anywhere.”
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
During my exam season I was super super stressed and needed an audiobook that would be easy listening. The Hobbit was perfect for that. I’ve read it before, the narrator is so calming, and it’s pretty short. I started reading it physically in 2015 and didn’t enjoy it that much so I think audiobook is definitely the way to go with Tolkien!
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!”
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The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
I’m writing a full review on this because I have a lot of feelings.
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Empire by Jennifer Ridyard and John Connolly*
I did it! I finally re-read Empire after wanting to for two years. And it was just as good as I remembered it, I completely agree with my original review and had an absolute blast revisiting one of my favourite series.
No knowledge could really be described as useless; there was simply knowledge that could be applied, and knowledge that had not yet found its application.
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Imogen's Typewriter. 