fairies & Scotland

[topaz119]

Going into the office is still kicking my butt, but it’s Wednesday so let’s talk about books.

I am frolicking amidst the fae what with being 5 hours into ACOTAR on audiobook (only 11 more to go, eyeroll) and just finishing Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies. I am enjoying/did enjoy both, especially the found family in Emily Wilde because we all know how much I love that trope.

I’m also enjoying a renaissance of Scottish historical fiction because after our trip there last spring, I started hunting for the books I read and loved as a teenager that I found myself remembering as we were tramping through Skye and Inverness and Edinburgh. I need more books like I need an income tax audit, but I’m very happy to say that I managed to find The Bride of the McHugh (in the best paperback edition) and The Hepburn at used bookstores, and Elizabeth Peters' Legend in Green Velvet is on Audible. So I’m luxuriating in all of that. (At some point, I have to tell you all about the utterly fabulous tour guides my sister-in-law found who were very happy to haul us around to all of the proper Stuart historical sites and fulfill my teenage (VERY pre-Outlander) dreams of castles and kilts, but that’s going to take a photo dump and more brain power than I have at my disposal right now.)

Read well & have good week!

Comments

[colls]

Scotland! <333

[topaz119]

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[beanside]

Inverness was my absolute favorite town, I have to say. The fish and chips were amazing near my B&B. Glasgow wasn't bad, either.

[topaz119]

We did not make it to Glasgow, but my brother is taking a day trip this spring from Edinburgh. I had a ton of restaurants to try there, but we ended up eating our way through Edinburgh.

[verdande_mi]

Scotland :D One day I will have been there too!

Enjoy your books.

[topaz119]

I really did love it; I can’t wait to go back!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿