“Όντας δε θνητούς θνητά και φρονείν χρεών.”

“As mortals we should behave as mortals.”

Follow Me Back by A.V. Geiger

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m sorry, WHAT?! What the heck am I supposed to do with that?!

This book was a ride I was not expecting to take. I expected some fluff with a good dose of drama, but what I got was an episode of Catfish…if Catfish was in the thriller genre.

Geiger had me second-guessing what I thought I knew throughout the book and I have absolutely no choice but to pick up the sequel, if I can survive the wait.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from NetGalley.

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Then I bought my Hogwarts Textbooks from Flourish and Blotts.

-Colin Creevey

Los libros, algunos, llegan a ti de sorpresa y con toda la emoción que uno ha imaginado.

Tal vez pocas veces suceda en una librería natural, de novedades de escaparate, y muchas veces, en una librería de viejo, de ferias y puestos abarrotados de libros que se corrompen con el tiempo, que se aglomeran, que flotan entre sí y son rescatados por el librero de turno.

Esto me sucede siempre en diferentes grados de emoción cuando visito ferias y librerías de viejo en Lima, y la emoción que me suscitó este libro: Vida de Enrique Brulard, de Stendhal, ha sido completa.

Una edición que no tiene año, pero data de los treinta o cuarenta, impresa en Argentina, con sus dos picaduras, me esperaba solo a mí, porque no fue del interés o fue de muy poco interés de decenas de personas antes de mi paso por dicho puesto. Y el precio de oferta aún más no me hicieron dudar ningún segundo en llevarlo conmigo.

No es que no haya leído dicho libro, que como bien dice el subtitulado (novela biográfica) es una lectura favorita de los llamados stendhalianos. La he leído, en varias traducciones, también en digital. Sin embargo, la diferencia radica en la proximidad de la publicación con la valoración del escritor que él mismo profetizó sería en las primeras décadas del 1900.

Porque todo lo que se empezó a publicar de Stendhal en español, diarios, novelas inconclusas, memorias, biografías noveladas, etc. fueron en esas décadas para una inmensa minoría de lectores que esperaban saber y conocer más de Henry Beyle.

Lo que no predijo fue que en pleno siglo XXI continuaría esa devoción por su literatura, en su caso todo lo que él vivió, amó y escribió. (René Llatas Trejo)

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Фолкнер хорош своей сложностью, мрачностью и многослойностью. Вот тебе американский юг, как он есть, со всей своей костностью убеждений, а вот тебе модернистские писательские приемчики.

Читать непросто, но очень кайфово

“you may say i’m a dreamer,

but i’m not the only one”

-john lennon, imagine

“Some people were matches, a bit of light and no heat. And some were furnaces, all heat but little light. And then, once in a blue moon, there was a bonfire, something so hot and bright you couldn’t stand too near without burning.”

-vengeful, v.e. schwab

“disappearing is an art form,

and i am it’s queen”

wicked people never have time for reading.

it’s one of the reasons for their wickedness.

-lemony snicket, a series of unfortunate events

i just wanna make you feel okay

but all you do is look the other way

-billie eilish, wish you were gay

i have hated words and loved them,

and i hope i have made them right.

-the book thief, markus zusak

and no i don’t want your sympathy

all this love is suffocating

just let me be sad and lonely

-crush culture, conan gray

Publication Day: March 29th, 2022

Rating:  ★★★★

Saylor Rains

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Publication Day: February 1st, 2022

Rating:  ★★★★

Magnificent Errors is a beautifully atmospheric collection of poetry. Sheryl Luna focuses on those living in the margins and she does an amazing job of it, describing people who struggle whether it be through their socioeconomic background, mental health, those who have faced abuse, hard times, and injustice, and she describes the way that these are magnificent, awe-inspiring individuals. The localized nature themes make for beautiful symbolism, and the stories told were hard and heartbreaking. The author’s own struggles and recovery, her return to a place of light and beauty, was beautiful.

Thank you to Norte Dame Press, Kathryn Pitts, and Sheryl Luna, for this DRC.

Saylor Rains

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Publication Day: January 11th, 2022

Rating:  ★★★★

A Flicker in the Dark features Chloe Davis, who at 12 years old was living in a small town where girls were disappearing all summer, only for her father to be arrested at the end of summer for all of their murders. Now nearing the 20 year anniversary, Chloe is a psychologist in private practice, engaged— only for young girls to start going missing all over again.

The beginning of this novel really draws you in and makes you keep turning pages! Chloe turns out to be a very unreliable narrator, one who is grasping onto her happiness. The plot is really interesting and atmospheric reads are my absolute favorite. While the book gets to a point where it isn’t as page-turning as it initially was, it does constantly keep you trying to figure out the plot and guess what’s going on, and it does pick up and grip you again! I thought the ending was satisfying and the best plots are ones that make sense to a certain degree when you figure out what really happened/is happening, like this one did.

This was a great read from one of my favorite publishers recently; they have just been a powerhouse of putting out some of my recent favorite thrillers! I’m in a cabin in the middle of the mountains with almost no internet so I missed publication day by a day, but happy publication day! Thank you so much to Minotaur Books, Stacy Willingham, and NetGalley for this copy.

Saylor Rains

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