#saltslow

Happy Sunday, friends! What's everyone up to today? Sundays are usually my cleaning days, but I did tons of housework yesterday and so now I'm looking forward to a relaxed Sunday for a change. Right now I'm enjoying the brief part of the day before it gets unbearably hot and reading out on the patio. Current read: Salt Slow, by Julia Armfield. Coming October 2019. Advance copy courtesy of @flatiron_books through the @girlybookclub book review program! ❤ #bookstagram #bookworm #bookphotography #bibliophile #booklover #instareads #book #bookblogger #instabook #reader #bookish #bookgram #beautifulbooks #reading #booktag #prettybooks #allthebooks #goodreadswithaview #arc #saltslow #juliaarmfield #shortstories #flatironbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B0LnzgJA_0o/?igshid=1qzfnecshqsql

#SaltSlow is tugging me to places I didn’t know I could exist in. I’m in absolute awe of Julia Armfield’s writing. Thanks for the advance copy @kishani and congratulations on publishing this brilliant work, it’s everything and more.

＂𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛.＂ · · · 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ · · · 𝐻𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡? 𝐼'𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑠. · · · #bookpoat #bookreview #bookblogger #wordpress #saltslow #juliaarmfield #horror #fiction #instabook #bookstagram #photography #bookreccomendation #bookcommunity #goodreads #kindle #ebook #shortstories https://www.instagram.com/p/CIcJMczgzmQ/?igshid=nzsyvu29dc8i

𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦! · · · 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑? 𝐼'𝑚 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑒. · · · #happymonday #bookpost #instabook #igreads #saltslow #currentlyreading #husky #kindle #ebook #monday #cozyreading #bibliophile #bookworm #bookcommunity #huskypuppy https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8monkAgh4/?igshid=tdmzn42bu9yf

𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝐴𝑟𝑚𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 · · · 𝐻𝐴𝑃𝑃𝑌 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐷𝐴𝑌!! 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒? 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝐼𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑒𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐. · · · #bookpost #currentlyreading #saltslow #juliaarmfield #fiction #shortstories #instabook #fridayvibes #instabook #bookstagram #bookblogger #kindle #ebook #bibliophile #igreada #aesthetic #fallreading #losersclub #tgif https://www.instagram.com/p/CH1tpsIAEyU/?igshid=1snoa6v024v5q

Just finished Julia Armfield's collection of short stories, Salt Slow. Each of the stories slowly and delicately unfolds, exposing its secrets and horrors.  However, there were times when I wished for a little more, a small push towards more eerie surrealness.  Oddly enough, the more popular stories (The Great Awake and Stop Your Women's Ears with Wax) were ones that I ranked lower than some of the others.  My favorites were Mantis, Formerly Feral, and Granite, all of which captured my attention from beginning to end & had satisfying endings. * This is hard for me to rate (4 stars) because while I thoroughly enjoyed this, it doesn't beat my favorite collection this year, A Mouthful of Birds, by Samanta Schweblin, which I also gave 4 stars. But I'll definitely read whatever Armfield writes next. * #funaekreads #funaekbooks #instabooks #instareads #saltslow #shortstories #shortstoriescollection #surrealfiction #pugsandbooks #sunsbuns https://www.instagram.com/p/B1CyI6RggbK/?igshid=1hooebkk4v9v6