These books are so frail and crumbly they probably wouldn't survive another reading, but the longer a book has been in my possession, the harder I find it to let it go. They've been with me so long - decades - it'd be like throwing out family photos.
I'm thinking about the recent romantasy turn in fantasy/romance novels and how the Cantata books may have fit, say, 10 years ago. But in that time I grew old and then decided I didn't want to force spiciness onto my novels and removed most of it.
I still think one of the spiciest scenes is when they are reading books together and...not a single piece of clothing was discarded. 😉
Slow burn indeed. Mind you, I enjoy reading #romantasy every now and again. I'm just not sure I'm the right person to be writing it. Spiciness is just too much work and I'd rather be focusing on other things!
There's a fair bit of romance in Cantata of the Fourfold Realms but most of it is low-key and organically building up.
Lundi 18 décembre, 18 h 30, première séance du cycle des Lundis de l'Arsenal consacré au médiévalisme : "L'invention du Moyen Age, du marquis de Paulmy à Games of thrones".
Fanny Maillet fera le portrait du marquis de Paulmy en grand #bibliophile passionné de littérature médiévale.
@bookstodon Often, lonnnnnnggg books get overlooked. (I am guilty of this myself.) So, Bibliophiles, tell us which HUGE tomes are worth the hefty page count.
A few of my rec's:
11/22/63, Stephen King
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
2666, Roberto Balaňo
Gnomon, Nick Harkaway
The Third Person, Emma Grove
Wayward, Chuck Wendig
I almost wanted to say "Bah Humbug" for today's #3GoodThings, given I'm hobbling about on a walking cane today and am likely to need it for a few more days until my spine calms TF down. But, let's do it anyway.
The weather's nice. Not too hot, not too cold.
Kumquats and a mini papaya granola bowl for brunch was lovely.
My blood sugars behaving after I cut down my insulin dosage as an experiment.
💙📚 The Popular Library PBs with artwork by the amazing William Teason
(There are other editions, and I have some, but this is the complete set of the ones with this font) A labor of love that was finally completed w the help of a very generous, lovely author 🖤