

This is a natural born storyteller with a gift for words tediously and often over-achievingly describing worlds and emotions. This is misty and spooky, and full of swirling clouds of fog, grande estates and slowly revealed mysteries. So I listened to The Thirteenth Tale on audiobook. In my mind I set a goal of re-reading past favourites in 2020 to see if they still stand true. My husband bought me The Thirteenth Tale 13 years ago when it was released and I remember the story sunk me in completely. But do know that The Thirteenth Tale is one of my all time favourite books and this review is 1000% biased. I love it, what more can I say to myself than that? But because I do purport to write about all that I read … I will attempt to write a few words here. This becomes exceptionally difficult when I love a book. But I never consider calling myself a reviewer. I might convince you or not to read something, and you most certainly will disagree with what I say. I feel the threads of the plot, the voices of the characters, the anger/love swirl of emotions churned up through the read cannot be quieted until I write down my thoughts.Īnd then, there they are. Rather I am just discussing, with myself, my thoughts on my reads. Why do I “review” books? Honestly I don’t consider myself a reviewer because I am not trying to convince you to read or not read any book.

Let’s talk the review process, favourites & biases:
