I have finished #WhiteIsForWitching & while I could not honestly say what the hell that was all about, it was atmospheric af. That book exists in weather all its own.

Onwards, to #TheStoriesOfEvaLuna by #IsabelAllende which was chosen by my dog.

New instance, new #introduction part 2 (reposted from my previous instance):

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is:

— #Imajica by Clive Barker
— #Orlando by Virginia Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Susanna Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by Nick Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Helen Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by the Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Donna Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by Cormac McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Scott Hawkins

Ok, I fibbed. One last go-to comfort re-read: the #Discworld series, also by Terry Pratchett (Is listing an entire series cheating? I can't possibly pick one. Sorry not sorry.)

#NoSuchThingAsTooManyBooks #ComicsDeserveTheirOwnList #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon

"It turned into a blandly sweet smell, like milk, at her navel, melted into spice in the creases of her elbows, then cocoa at her neck."
- White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi

Scent is underrepresented in good literature.

#writing #senses #description #HelenOyeyemi #WhiteIsForWitching

#7Books is agony, so #14books it is (novels only):

— #Imajica by Barker
— #Orlando by Woolf
— #GoodOmens by Gaiman & Prachett
— #JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrel by Clarke
— #TheSouthernReachTrilogy by @jeffvandermeer
— #DearSenthuran by Emezi
— #TheGoneAwayWorld by @Harkaway
— #WhiteIsForWitching by Oyeyemi
— #RoadsidePicnic by Brothers Strugatsky
— #AllTheBirdsInTheSky by @charliejane
— #Carmilla by Le Fanu
— #TheGoldfinch by Tartt
— #BloodMeridian by McCarthy
— #TheLibraryAtMountChar by Hawkins

As spooky season begins, here's my first diverse book haul:

#TheHacienda by #IsabelCañas
#WhiteIsForWitching by #HelenOyeyemi
#CertainDarkThings by #SilviaMorenoGarcia