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What strikes me about Don Quixote is how... postmodern, I think is the word, it is, which is an odd thing to say about something considered one of the first modern novels in history

Usually I read books fast because I enjoy them. This book I'm reading fast because I won't have the strength to pick it up again

This book has such uniquely terrible writing I'm seriously wondering if it's worth finishing

So despite what past me put, I've never actually read the 1818 version of Frankenstein, only the edited 1831 version

My god these gay people have so many issues

God bless second hand bookshops

This book actively makes me worse

Don't ask how many times I've read this I'm fine

Lots of reviews calling this a dry read but if you can't handle a brief diversion about the price of cattle and chicken on the island of St Thome then that sounds like a you problem

I'm listening to an audio drama inspired by the King in Yellow and thought "hey! It might be fun to read the source material!" and we barely made it to page 2 before finding the racism

My god this book is dense

I may or may not be reading this book because mine has a different title but isn't on Goodreads ANYWAY apparently Women Sailors and Sailor's Women by David Cordingly talks about Anne Bonny and Mary Read and that's why I'm reading it

https://draculadaily.substack.com/ Dracula Daily sends you emails on the dates where Jonathan's letters were sent so it looks like I'll be rereading Dracula for the next few months!

Love the revelation that Agatha Christie exists in the Miss Marple universe

Yes throughout April I've been working my way through a non-fiction book on the Golden Age of Piracy (or at least. The bit Woodard talks about, which is mostly the early 1700s)
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Ok I knew Carmilla was The original lesbian vampire book but I hadn't realised how actually gay this thing is

""I have been in love with no one and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you.""

I got this for 25p at the charity shop don't judge me