Thank YOU, @Mary13 ! We appreciate all you do to keep us moving forward and on track!
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In case anyone was as unaware about this new book as me, hereās an inviting review by GoodReads: Goodreads
Okay , back to Addie for a minute.
My husband is currently reading The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. He is about a third of the way in and mentioned Addieās stories were getting a little boring. I told him many of us felt the same way at first, but it picks back up again if you keep going. Without giving the story away, I told him to pay attention to the different characters and how art connects them and also mentioned her 7 freckles and the 7 parts of the book. As I was saying all of this the 7 Deadly Sins popped into my head and, with Luc and the selling of souls, I figured there must be a connection. According to the Catholic Church the 7 deadly sins are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. These sins are easy to see in Luc, except maybe sloth? I see some of these sins in Addie - pride, envy, lust, gluttony - greed and wrath can be debated - but again, not sloth. Anyone have any thoughts? Do you think this is another number 7 connection to the story or just coincidence?
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Ah, great thought! The seven deadly sins fit in nicely in Addieās world ā hard to think otherwise when her companion is the devil. (Although to be fair, V.E. Schwab said thatās not what she had in mind when she created Luc. She said that, to her, heās a āmischief god.ā)
Re sloth, I agree that that particular sin doesnāt apply to these characters in actuality; however, in perception, it might apply to Henry. Before the curse, thatās how his family views him ā aimless and unmotivated (and also how he views himself, as his self-esteem is so low):
Henry knows he should probably get another job, because the pay is sh*t and he has twenty-one years of expensive formal education, and then of course thereās his brother Davidās voice, which sounds exactly like their fatherās voice, calmly asking where this job leads, if this is really how he plans to spend his life. But Henry doesnāt know what else to do, and he canāt bring himself to leave; itās the only thing he hasnāt failed out of yet (p. 92).
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For December: Enlightenment - December CC Book Club Selection
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Thanks to @Mary13 for all she does.
And ā¦
what are you reading in the interim?
I have three book club books sitting on the bedside table:
Identity - Nora Roberts
Beautiful Ugly
Intermezzo
I am wading through Accomplice to the Villain. The first in that series is Apprentice to the Villain and was a book club book. (I call that book club āBook Club Liteā since the books tend to be easy reads, light on discussion material.) It was fun enough for me to continue onward but now - with this one - Iām not so sure. Anyway itās hard to tell since Iām in a major reading slump and nothing looks good. Iām 100% sure thereās no way Iāll read the three book club books waiting for me. Maybe, just maybe Iāll finish one.
Anyone care to add what theyāre reading now. (Has anyone read any of the three book club books I mentioned and have any words of wisdom or encouragement for me? Truthfully, Iām leaning toward Identity because I like Nora Roberts; it seems the most likely to be a stepping stone out of the reading slump. Feel free to tell me otherwise.)
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Just finished āHow to Age Disgracefully.ā It was very silly but fun. The author deftly wove a diverse cast of characters together and tied things up fairly nicely at the end. The senior citizens in the book are the stars and several are in their 70s.
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I just read The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis. Really enjoyed it.
Also just finished The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. Really enjoyed it, with a surprising twist at the end.
Also just finished The God of the Woods, twice. Obviously really enjoyed it.
Iām about to re-read The Book Club for Troublesome Women, which I recommended for one of my book clubs.
Also loved The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict. Historical fiction, from which I learned some stuff I hadnāt known.
Also, regarding non-fiction ā not great literature, but I greatly enjoyed Not My Type by E. Jean Carroll.
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I know that this is about a book that we read a while back, but I thought that people might want to know. Hamnet was one of my favorite books that we have read.
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I loved Hamnet. It is such a wonderful book. But Iām going to have to wait until the movie is streaming, so that I can watch it alone at home, because I know Iāll be reduced to a puddle of tears.
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I agree more Loki than Devil.
Reading? Still working my way through Robin Hobbās very long Realm of the Elderlings series. Iāve almost finished my Spanish thriller Reina Roja. There are two more and I have enjoyed this enough that I will probably read them next. Very entertaining.