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Miracle of miracles: I'm finally over my reading drought, and have had success with a pretty good run of books. The thing that unlocked my desire to read again was a comfort reread of one of my oldest favourite trilogies — Gillian Rubinstein's Space Demons series — which I picked up as a way to calm my nerves on the day of the Australian election.

I followed that up with a trio of library books, which were as follows:

  • Idol, by Louise O'Neill — a glossy, fast-paced page-turner of a book about a successful Instagram influencer whose glittery life comes crashing down around her ears in the wake of relevations from her youth in small-town suburban America. It's the sort of thing that I could imagine working really well as a prestige miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon, a la Big Little Lies or Little Fires Everywhere.

  • Blood to Poison, by Mary Watson — a fantasy YA novel set in contemporary South Africa, involving witchcraft, family tensions, and a family curse.

  • Palmares, by Gayl Jones — a sweeping, lyrical doorstopper of a saga set in 17th-century Brazil.


  • So it was three very different books, each excellent in its own way, and all a vastly preferable way to spend the time rather than panicked doomscrolling. Long may this trend continue!

    Date: 2022-05-29 04:46 pm (UTC)
    From: [personal profile] suchasnack
    Long may this trend continue!

    Indeed! Reading droughts are frustrating, I'm glad you managed to beat it :) The plot of these books is interesting, I'll have to check them out!

    Date: 2022-05-29 05:30 pm (UTC)
    From: [personal profile] suchasnack
    Happy for you :) Thanks, I hope so too! :D

    Date: 2022-05-29 04:58 pm (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] chestnut_pod
    Miracle of miracles: I'm finally over my reading drought -- Hurray! Congratulations!

    Sometimes there's nothing like an old favorite to get you over that hump.

    Date: 2022-05-30 06:17 am (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] laurenthemself
    That sounds like such a relief.

    Date: 2022-05-30 06:27 am (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] svgurl
    Good news about being over the reading drought! That must be a nice feeling. The 'Idol' one you mentioned sounds really interesting.

    Date: 2022-05-30 03:05 pm (UTC)
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    From: [personal profile] oracne
    Wooooooooooo!!!

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