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24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
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For 'gothy' I have House of Shades and for 'frothy' The Girl from Lace Island. The latter has a romance and I thought lace was suitably frothy.
For "gothy" I hope to finally get around to The Woman in White.For "frothy" I plan to read A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping".
I was thinking of doing The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor, which I think might be both frothy and gothy. I had it on my list a while back but never got to it.
I'm going to read Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt. The main character, Gobbelino, is a snarky black cat, so he's quite gothy. In this book he's up against, amongst other things, a sewer monster, which sounds quite frothy to me, though probably not in the way this prompt was intended :)
I don’t completely understand what these genres entail (esp frothy) but I read someone's review of Cape Fever by Nadia Davids and they used the word gothic in the description. So ... I'll go with that.
Martha☀ wrote: "I don’t completely understand what these genres entail (esp frothy) but I read someone's review of Cape Fever by Nadia Davids and they used the word gothic in the d..."Anything that takes place in a decaying mansion is bound to be gothy! Frothy, as I understand it, means fluffy and light -- a book that is just for fun, with no pretensions of winning literary awards and no dark, depressing material.
Dixie wrote: "Martha☀ wrote: "I don’t completely understand what these genres entail (esp frothy) but I read someone's review of Cape Fever by Nadia Davids and they used the word..."Thanks, Dixie.
I had an image of a rabid dog, frothing at the mouth, and figured it meant a horror!
Martha☀ wrote: "Dixie wrote: "Martha☀ wrote: "I don’t completely understand what these genres entail (esp frothy) but I read someone's review of Cape Fever by Nadia Davids and they..."Hahahaha well, I guess that would work, too!
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What are you reading? How is it frothy, gothy, or both?