lockhart: While I thought We Were Liars was just okay, I’m really intrigued by this book. ![]() Verdict: delete from tbrĨ3: Genuine Fraud by e. I don’t think this is a sff I feel compelled to read when I have so much other sff on my tbr. I think I thought there was gays in space? But I’m not getting that from reviews which are all. Verdict: keep on tbr for nowĨ2: Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza: I don’t really remember adding this to my tbr. ![]() Ultimately I think I still want to try it. Verdict: remove from tbrĨ0: Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson: I was a bit on the fence because this book has ALOT of bad reviews and some of those were from my to go reviewers but my library has this so I might just read it from there? Verdict: remains on tbr for nowĨ0: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K Johnston: I was really excited about this book when it was announced and while some discussion around it happened it seemed most people were liking it? But recently there’s been a lot of bad reviews that gave me pause. verdict: stays for now but last chanceħ9: Join by Steve Toutonghi: I wanted to read this at some point I think but honestly I think I’ve lost interest in it, especially considering it has a really low average rating. everyone hates this book? But since I own it in hardcover I feel I should give it a go. Verdict: remains on tbrħ8: The Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling: I own this book, so for that reason I want to read it eventually. Verdict: removed from tbrħ7: Zenith: (The Andromeda Saga #1) by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings:I have an arc of this book so I’ll definitely be reading this one. Verdict: keep on tbrħ6: The Magic Circle by Jenny Davidson: Literally every single top review of this is a 1 star saying that it’s awfully written, and the blurb describes a woman of colour as “exotic” which is off putting so. Verdict: deleting from tbrħ5: Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee:I’m SO excited for this book! It’s coming out next year and I’m sure it’s gonna be awesome. I have no interest in reading this due to the problematic elements. Verdict: bye byeħ4: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden: I thought I’d already deleted this off my tbr in all honesty. Verdict: it stays but it’s on it’s last chanceħ3: Carrie by Stephen King: I honestly doubt I’ll ever actually read this. My mum really loved this book … I kinda wanna keep it for one more year just to see. Verdict: it staysħ2: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery: This has been on my tbr for a long time and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get to it. Am I going to read this book anyway hopefully because I’m gonna get my shit together? yes. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.It’s Tuesday and that means it’s time to take another trip down the TBR Hole.ħ1: From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon: Have I read When Dimple Met Rishi? No. I loved it." - Sara Gran, author of Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead and Dope "Like a novel by a 21st-century Muriel Spark, this book about smart women, dangerous games, and the roles we play in life enthralled me. ![]() “Edgy and erudite, sexy and engrossing: This is one seriously fun book.” - Emily Barton, author of Brookland ![]() It's that book, and oh so beautifully readable." - Ken Bruen, author of The Hackman Blues and The Guards James’s gripping storytelling, and you'd have the tone and flavour of Davidson's novel. Imagine Iris Murdoch, channeling Janet Evanovich and cribbing the sheer art of P.D. "For many years, those in search of an erudite, smart, sassy, vibrantly intelligent mystery blog went to Jenny Davidson, and she wrote too of deeply intellectual matters on an easy in yer face tone. "The Magic Circle is elegant, brutally smart, and utterly absorbing- A Secret History as directed by Whit Stillman.A delirious, hypnotic page-turner about the ruthless games female friends play with, and on, each other.” - Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me "Jenny Davidson has created nothing less than an intellectually captivating story with The Magic Circle.I found this novel to be absolutely intriguing from start to finish." - The Book Barista Comparisons to the work of Muriel Spark and Donna Tartt (Megan Abbott called the book A Secret History as directed by Whit Stillman) are wholly deserved" -LargeHeartedBoy "Jenny Davidson's The Magic Circle is an intriguing and rewarding novel that follows the friendship and immersion of three smart young women in live action role playing games. "There's an adventurous imagination at play and Davidson's formidable intelligence is like an electric current running through the pages of this compendious book." -Los Angeles Times “Davidson deftly orchestrates a startling collision between the classical and the contemporary, reality and play.”- Kirkus
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