#AmReading + #AmWatching - January 31st 2019 #Reviews

It's time to take a look at what I've been reading and watching during the past week.

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OK...

Here's what I read this week:

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a great read; I can see why this is a classic. I thought it was a bit of a slow starter. However, once I got in to the book, I found it exciting and enthralling.

The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I officially give this book 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up, because I always do. Anyway, this was a good read, though it wasn't amazing. The first chapter hooked me in nicely, though there were several chapters that dragged in the first half during the Fairy Godmother training. I mean, did we really need that many detailed chapters about it? Still, it picked back up after a while, especially once the prince showed up, and the ending was fantastic. The characters were interesting, and the worldbuilding was imaginative. A bit more editing might have been an idea though, in order to catch those places where things like poor word choice jarred you out of the story. So, as I said, a good read over all, but not an amazing one.

As for what I've been watching:

Apart from bits and pieces of movies and shows I caught in between doing other things, which don't count, I didn't watch any movies or TV shows again this week - new to me or otherwise. I used the free time I could have used to do so for writing - and a few other authorly tasks I wanted to get to - instead. Well, and catching up on some stuff people I follow on YouTube had posted, which I hadn't had a chance to watch before. No. I don't even feel the slightest bit guilty for it.