Wednesday Reading Meme
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Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh Lanyon: Sebastian Swift is a compelling character: a poet who can't write, distranged from his poet mother, and a recovering addict. When he lends his cabin key to a his bruised student out of sympathy, the student turns up missing and becomes a murder suspect. Lanyon made him believable and sympathetic, so when he dig hole for himself, you can where he's coming from. The mystery is fine, but his relationship with his boyfriend Max feels open-ended to me.
Strange Houses by Uketsu: A writer has discovered that the floor plan of a second-hand house reveals a mysterious "dead space” hidden between the walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plan with an architect friend only to discover more “strange spaces” dotted across the house. Further investigation leads to more mysteries and a terrible plot behind them all.
It's quick and fast paced, with a big twist at the ending. The clues are told through a series of floor plans and interviews, so we piece together the truth alongside the protagonists. The book covers a lot of dark themes, including
child abuse, involuntary confinement, murder and suicide.
The Moomins and the Great Flood: I watched the Moomin anime as a kid, but found it boring then. Only recently I wanted to check out Moomin novels. The world of Moomins was weirder and more dangerous than what I have vaguely remembered about the anime. I really like how matter of sense Moominmamma was. She was an impressive character.
Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Josh Lanyon: Sebastian Swift is a compelling character: a poet who can't write, distranged from his poet mother, and a recovering addict. When he lends his cabin key to a his bruised student out of sympathy, the student turns up missing and becomes a murder suspect. Lanyon made him believable and sympathetic, so when he dig hole for himself, you can where he's coming from. The mystery is fine, but his relationship with his boyfriend Max feels open-ended to me.
Strange Houses by Uketsu: A writer has discovered that the floor plan of a second-hand house reveals a mysterious "dead space” hidden between the walls. Seeking a second opinion, the writer shares the floor plan with an architect friend only to discover more “strange spaces” dotted across the house. Further investigation leads to more mysteries and a terrible plot behind them all.
It's quick and fast paced, with a big twist at the ending. The clues are told through a series of floor plans and interviews, so we piece together the truth alongside the protagonists. The book covers a lot of dark themes, including
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child abuse, involuntary confinement, murder and suicide.
The Moomins and the Great Flood: I watched the Moomin anime as a kid, but found it boring then. Only recently I wanted to check out Moomin novels. The world of Moomins was weirder and more dangerous than what I have vaguely remembered about the anime. I really like how matter of sense Moominmamma was. She was an impressive character.
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Date: 2025-10-05 07:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-10-06 05:27 am (UTC)The books are really different! If the cartoons were more like the books, kid!me would probably have loved them.