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Re-read #???: Because I'm knitting a big project and I need an audiobook to keep me company

"I could see my nipples, erect with fright"

😂😂😂

I'm bracing myself to finally finish this.

Can someone remind me who Robert is? 😅 Google only tells me he's the MC of "Once an Alpha", which is set way before the first book, but I have no recolection of how he ended up in Aaron's pack. I recently reread the whole series, I feel like I'm having a senior moment here 🙈

The "Polish" accent sound very Scottish xD

So, in the end I decided to DNF, and I went and read a chapter-by-chapter summary of the rest of the book, just to see how bad it was. Turns out - not as bad as I imagined it (I'll never underestimate the power of phobias again), and now that my main anxiety is solved I can continue reading.

Every chapter a fresh new horror 😭

I thought taking a break from this story would make it less scary, but nope. This is what my nightmares are like.

I was already having trouble with the image of mosquito larvae in the coffee grounds. And then she had to go and reassure herself with the line "Nothing wriggled against my tongue."
It just occured to me that no matter how much I love Kingfisher's writing, and no matter how much I can even love her brand of horror, this book especially is a) not for reading before bed and b) not for people with slight entomophobia

Mr. Norrell definitely needs a PR manager, but I hope Drawlight isn't it.

Mr. Norrell both is and isn't the introverted grump I expected. I guess he isn't introvertedly grumping in the way I thought an introverted grump should 🤭

We have not properly met Mr. Norrell yet, but I have a feeling he won't try to make the other magicians stop exploring the history of magic, he'll try to make them stop bothering him by pretending to be a fraud. 😂

For example, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has a shameful record of rubber-stamping ridiculous, overbroad, incredibly obvious patent applications [...] The USPTO's attitude to junk patents has historically been "Grant 'em all and let the courts sort 'em out."

Case in point: does anyone remember cockygate? 😂