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Wants to read Into the Thickening Fog

Finished reading The Last Continent

Rated Jago 8/10

It's a little more about waiting for the two of them to figure it out rather than discovering at the same pace they do, but I still liked this a lot.

Rated Iris 10/10

Honestly, it's more of a 4.5, but screw it, I'll round up. My quibbles are more of the editorial sort. She could use more dialogue tags, and somehow a few typos slipped through, but otherwise this is a great, interesting book. Marsh’s writing examines the competition between the internal and external — the performances we give others, and how it feels to be in one’s own body. The body, the occasional crudeness of physicality, and how that affects a woman’s inner monologue is constantly at play throughout the story. Iris is strong all throughout her learning about herself, but while she may not show it to others, she’s quite in touch with her insecurity. She resents her initial lack of educational opportunity, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to stop learning to spite herself. When it comes to sex and men’s desires, she learns what is within her control.<br><br>Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2015/11/iris-by-jean-marsh.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>, and it's also one of my <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2015/12/glorified-love-letters-top-10-favorite.html">Top 10 Favorites read in 2015.</a>

Finished reading Thud!

Finished reading Soul Music

Rated It's Fine By Me 8/10

Full of difficult beauty. When it comes to exploring melancholy, Petterson's one of the best.<br><br>(My full review appears on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2013/03/its-fine-by-me-by-per-petterson.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)

Finished reading Trail of Lightning

Wants to read The Shepherd's Crown

Rated Jago & Litefoot: Series 2 8/10

<div>These characters are so much fun.</div>

Finished reading The Truth

Finished reading The Raven's Gift

Finished reading Thief of Time

Finished reading Unseen Academicals

Finished reading Wyrd Sisters

Finished reading A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction

Finished reading The Golden Compass

Finished reading Tread of Angels

Wants to read GROWING: a collection of prose poetry vignettes

Wants to read So You Want to Talk About Race

Wants to read LIGHT: a collection of prose poetry vignettes

Wants to read A Case Of Domestic Pilfering

Wants to read A Tiny Upward Shove

Rated Interview with the Vampire 8/10

Wants to read Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar