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I totally missed this post last week. Sorry! Last week I was reading The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great as my book with a season in the title. It was kind of meh and took me a whole week to get through. I felt like it was a bit of false advertising as it's subtitle is "A Novel of Catherine the Great," but it was told from the perspectives of a maid/courtier, and Catherine really wasn't in it that much. I suppose it was meant to give the reader insight into the machinations behind the scenes that put her in power, but still, it was a bit of a tough slog to get through, particularly since I didn't care for the narrator that much. Oh well--another book off the list, and I did learn a lot of things about Russia and Catherine thanks to all the Googling it promoted!
Books mentioned in this topic
The Winter Palace (other topics)Wool Omnibus (other topics)
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (other topics)
We Were Liars (other topics)
Had a bit of a slow reading week. I read Wool Omnibus which Stewart recommended. I did enjoy it over all, but i felt like the first half was REALLY slow going. Took me about 5 days to get through, which is unusual considering the book isn't THAT long. Overall I was glad I read it, and the last half went much faster than the first. I'm counting it for my first book of a series I've never read.
I also finished Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd which I guess will end up not counting for anything but my book total. I was going to rearrange my list and make it the book with a cat on the cover, but Wool didn't end up fitting anywhere but the series prompt, which meant the rest of my shuffle doesn't work. But it's ok, it was a pretty short read and enjoyable.
Currently I'm reading We Were Liars which will count for my book with an unreliable narrator. It's ok so far, and a short read.
How's everyone else doing?