#WhatchaReading ? #JustFinished Tramps and Vagabonds by Aster Glenn Gray & am so happy to be loving her books again. Like The Sleeping Soldier, this explores attitudes about male affection/same-sex activity in the past--this time the 1930s Depression. As always, it's very immersive and touching, sweet despite very tense situations. The happy ending is a bit abrupt; I'd have like to see more thought process for the characters. But generally I loved it.
#WhatchaReading ? I finally, finally #JustFinished Mortal Follies, a book much longer and twee-er than it needs to be, though the sticking point for me, unlike most critics, was not the omniscient narrator Puck but the absolutely unnecessary and unbearable Miss Bickle. Cut her completely out and you'd be left with quite an interesting story. I did enjoy the dark and brooding heroine.
I've got three books on the go, enjoying them all. Reread of an old favourite, Moving Pictures (#GNUTerryPratchett)- funny, of course, nice bits of details from real Hollywood history snuck in, and quite a few "oh yeah, Gaspode the Wonder Dog is from this one!" moments.
What If? 2 by Randall Munroe, brilliant stuff.
Ghost Hunters Adventure Club And The Secrets of the Grande Chateau, a spoof YA mystery, slight but fun. #AmReading#WhatchaReading@bookstodon
#WhatchaReading ? I'm actually working on a review (!) of Out on a Limb, by Hannah Bonam-Young, which I mostly loved. Also doing way too many buddy reads, including Montana Sky by Nora Roberts and A Passage to India. You know, for a change of pace. 😁
#WhatchaReading ? , Though only published in 2018, Lights and Sirens by Lisa Henry has sadly aged like milk, at least for this American. A cop throwing his weight around, even to protect his boyfriend, does not fly. There's an interesting arc for the other MMC, a paramedic who's mentally overloaded by too many horrific accidents, but it's all kind of brushed over in the end, and the romance also happens way too quickly.
#WhatchaReading ? I'm halfway through the audio of Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall and what seems to be the big climactic moment has happened. Is there going to be five hours just of people having sex now?
#WhatchaReading ? I finished Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater, whose main character is a fallen guardian angel that switches genders at the drop of a hat and my book tagging system is now in complete disarray. 😂
The author mentions Good Omens inspiration but surely The Good Place was in the mix too? Fun, cute story, with some serious overtones.