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Fucking he’ll Steve Bachmann. I’ve counted five!! spelling errors already. Every one for the word RECHERCHE (editor capitalizes the word, I’m not yelling, though I am annoyed), that word being Bachmann’s shorthand for Proust’s seven volume epic. Seriously?!? Editor that cannot spell? Ugh.

how do I add a second read date for a different version of a Shakespeare play? Can I?

Whew! This is exhausting! And amazing!

Spectacular! On to Part II!

Sprawling epic that keeps you invested page after page after page. Color me surprised, and gleeful.

Sorta dreaded starting this one! So.Many.Pages. But I’m a sucker for a Western well told, and this one has the proper feel to it already. 1456743 pages to go 😂

when did "where i am" become "where I'm at"? Or "where are you?" become "where are you at?"??

Mostly quite grand, with a few that just didn't work for me at all.

I can never decide: read a book of short stories front to back, like a novel? Or read a story or two at a time and take a break, do something else, and then commence reading again? I usually read through, because if the stories are great I want more, and if a story isn't so good I want to get to the next one and forget about the last one. Weak rule, but it doesn't allow for not reading through, does it? New rule?

Improper use of the conjunction 'lest'!
:)

Tarantulas are venomous, not poisonous :/

A rather droll beginning to this book, author's stylistics notwithstanding.

Few writers of this level of talent, and sad he is no longer alive to pen such powerful prose.

Just as amazing as I hoped! Woop!

A bit drab as yet... Potential is there...

Quite the narrative already. Dark academia without the dark, or academia.
Ha!

Dark and more than a little unnerving.

Ah, Mr. Gregory and his birds...

Loves the insects! MC is a bit off the map! Kinda meandering now...

Love the intellectual-ness of the relationship, and I am intrigued by the idea of massive amounts of blood, gore, and death to come... Hopefully :)

Forgot how wonderfully restive Marias' prose is.
In this for the long haul...

A sense something quite unusual is brewing...
Could do without the emails from Jen, she seems rather toxic.

Typical Énard, which means funny, insightful, and well-written.

Interesting...
Hate that this book is retitled for the USofA. It is Greig's Darklands series novella "Columba's Bones".
Why not just list it as an edition of the original?

Skillful writing and a nicely layered beginning.

Beautiful. Mentally challenging but just so beautiful.

Like Margaret's pain levels, my interest has its ebbs and flows. An erratic narrative.

A delirious read, full of ethereal imagery and emotional depth.

I can already see this is going to be a difficult book, but little in life is gained by ease and simplicity, no?
😆☕️🥘🚑