Sometimes you need a comfort character to get you through whatever you're wading through. Apparently, my soul needed Henry Sturges. This was the third time reading this book, only this time I snagged myself the audiobook. The narrator was great, and it had been just long enough that I had forgotten some of what happened to Henry (also realized I got a bit of the plot confused with another vampire book...oops). What I didn't forget was how much I adore Henry, and still to this day, I wish that there was a third book. I'd love another broody adventure with the vampire Sturges.
Another re-read for me, but this wasn't really planned. One of the Bookstagrammers I follow was going through some books (I don't even remember why, or who the said person was), but they got to talking about Ring Shout. They mentioned how great the audiobook was, and it was short enough to fill my solo hours at work last week. And I wish I could remember whose video I saw because I loved this book three years ago when I picked it up, but the audiobook took it to a whole new level. Not only do you get to hear the emotion in Maryse's voice throughout her telling of this story, but the narrator goes as far as to make the squeaks and groans. It leveled this story up to the point I was shuddering my way through scenes. This is still one of my favorite reads, one I'm still telling people to pick up, only now I'm telling to pick up the audiobook. Duel read this book. Read it twice. I will never get over how much story P. Djeli Clarke packed into this book at just under two hundred pages, and barely two hours of audio. I cannot recommend this one enough, it feels so underhyped to me...
You ever read a book and realized public school did you dirty? Personally, it's an experience I have a lot due to when and where I went to school. But nothing has made me feel quite as ignorant as this graphic novel. While I thought this would be fun (and it was, don't get it twisted), it was also annoying how many of these things I didn't know. I'm not surprised by this, but I'm mostly annoyed, mostly because I learned more from a graphic novel than from my many years of schooling. So yeah, this is worth everyone's time. Whether because you're like me, and have failed many times, or just want to read something both fun and depressing about women's history. This one's going to bother me for weeks. But a huge thank you to everyone who worked on this book.
HAPPY READING!!
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