Current read 📚 I am obsessed with ocean/water themed stories 🥰 #read #readingnow #juliaarmfield #ourwivesunderthesea #curiosityboughtthebook #ocean https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFRxprrxOf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just finished reading this. I can’t help feeling that the ending is a metaphor for raising children 😭😭😭😭😭 #juliaarmfield https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci3BJgho2t_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A beautifully claustrophobic love letter to a wife, the sea, the unknown 👾 There are so many readers who will love it: • those who are into books about people coming back from other places changed • those who love “The Metamorphosis” (which I, personally, dislike but love all the books inspired by that monster) • those who are into Cthulhu because don’t we all think about Cthulhu while reading about underwater adventures 🤔(why isn’t there the emoji of it yet??? 🥲) • those who got that tingling sensation while reading about confined spaces • those who love books about love (which makes all of us 💙) #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #instabook #instabookstagram #whattoread #whattoreadnext #metamorphosis #britishliterature #britishauthor #juliaarmfield #ourwivesunderthesea #horror #thriller (at Pirita beach, Tallin Estonia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgtLrCRo9Wb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I received an advanced reader copy of Our Wives Under the Sea from Flatiron Books via NetGalley, in return for my honest opinion. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield is a story about the love, marriage and surviving life’s ups and downs. Leah has recently returned from a failed deep-sea mission. Miri, Leah’s wife, is happy to finally have Leah back home but has noticed that Leah is different. Miri can’t get Leah to open up about what happened while she was stranded on the ocean floor, but Miri thinks Leah may have unknowingly brought something back with her. This was an easy to read, unique story that’s perfect for sci-fi fans. Our Wives Under the Sea is available today, July 12, 2022. Goodreads Rating: 3/5 stars #juliaarmfield #ourwivesunderthesea #netgalley #arcs #advancedreadercopy #sciencefiction #scifi #sciencefictionbooks #readin2022 #flatironbooks #whatthebook #bookreviews #readersofinstagram #bookaholic @netgalley @flatiron_books https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7xIbNrL1I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖊𝖕 𝖘𝖊𝖆 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖍𝖆𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊: 𝖆 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘." - Julia Armfield 🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯 There is a scene in a film I saw only once, as a child, that has stayed with me always. The film was about freediving and I think that it was French. In my mind, the scene takes place in a hotel bedroom. On the bed, one of the divers is suffering with the bends; on land he is haunted by the ocean. In a nightmare, hallucination, or visual metaphor for madness, the room fills with water. It is a suffocating, horrifically beautiful scene. It has the perfectly breath-halting oxymoronic quality created when horror and beauty serenely stand hand in silent hand. As I say, I saw the film only once and the scene I describe is as it remains in my mind. I am not sure I want to risk the enduring impression with the reality of a rewatch... 🌊 Instead, I celebrate in this same atmosphere created elsewhere. In adulthood I first found it in 'The Underwater Welder' by @jefflemire - a stunning graphic novel that I recommend highly. I found it next in @djdaisyjohnson's weird, watery tales of the 'Fen' - again I recommend, highly. 🌊 @my.dark.library recently tagged me to share my favourite first lines in fiction. I love the oppressive opening introduction to house as character in 'The Haunting of Hill House', 'Rebecca' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'. Today, with the coastline close, I strayed only far enough from home to collect this highly anticipated read from the library. I am only two chapters in, but I feel that feeling rising in me - that same suffocating, drowning delight. According to our King @florence herself, 'Our Wives Under the Sea' promises to float "fluidly between horror story and love story, the gorgeous and the grotesque." What better book than @juliaarmfield to dive into this #pride🌈 ? ⚜ Have you read Our Wives? Where is your wife? Are they under the sea? . #juliaarmfield #generallygothic #ecogothic #bookstagram #horrorreads #lgbtqi #lgbthorror #predeceased #spookynerd #bookworm #bookrec #currentlyreading #ourwivesunderthesea (at Under The Sea) https://www.instagram.com/p/CerGTOyrgLm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“When something bad is actually happening, it’s easy to underreact, because part of you is wired to assume it isn’t real. When you stop underreacting, the horror of unique because it is, unfortunately, endless.” ✨🌊✨🌊✨ Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield is a queer contemporary literary horror novel, following two wives before and after one of them returns to the surface. The novel is told switching between two different points of view, and semi backyards, and I absolutely loved it as it kept me hooked right from the very start. The way this book was written was absolutely beautiful with its lush and lyrical imagery. The paragraphs, while long, flowed naturally and it was clear that the author had done their research, and the way that the oceanography was tied into the overall story added so much into the horror aspect of the novel. This book was a such a slow building horror, and over the course of the novel I could feel myself getting sucked in deeper until it was quite literally all that I could focus on. After I finished the novel, I couldn’t not stop thinking about this book or the way that it made me feel. I loved that both Leah’s and Miri’s voices and experiences were told throughout the novel, as they each contributed to the thought provoking issues that arose while Leah was under the sea and Miri was on land. Each faced separate issues that contributed to the overarching plot, and it was so beautifully woven together. Gorgeously tension raising and at times so tender, this book is a must read for fans of literary horror. ✨🌊✨🌊✨ Our Wives Under The Sea is book 98 for 2022. #bookstragram #books #booksofinstagram #booklover #bookphoto #reading #aussieswhoread #avidreader #bookwhore #aussiereader #bookdragon #reader #readersofig #booksofig #bookcommunity #bookish #bibliophile #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #booklife #bookaddict #girlswhoread #readinggoals2022 #auskiwibooksta #bookquote #ourwivesunderthesea #juliaarmfield #horrornovel #creepynovels #shorthorrornovels https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl3lrr8LBq9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#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.

Hello everyone and hope you’ve had or are having a good Monday. I can’t quite believe it’s May, how quick is this year going?! Time for a book haul. Two of these books are @illumicrate special editions, Gallant and The Atlas Six. I’m really enjoying my subscription with Illumicrate, the books are just gorgeous! 😍 Gallant will be my second book by V.E. Schwab, after thoroughly enjoying The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue. This is quite a slim little book and I’m looking forward to buddy reading it with @keeperofpages Speaking of buddy reads with Janel, I’m currently reading The Atlas Six with her and relishing my escape from real life into a magical fantasy world. Finally we have Our Wives Under The Sea. Look at that cover! I couldn’t resist it. It’s a story of falling in love, loss, grief and what life there is in the deep, deep sea. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! Have a great week everyone 🤗😘 #bookstagram #bookworm #bookobsessed #booklover #yestobooks #bookhaul #ineedtobuybooks #gallant #veschwab #theatlassix #olivieblake #ourwivesunderthesea #juliaarmfield #illumicratespecialeditions #beautifulbooks #booksaretherapy #booksarethegreatest https://www.instagram.com/p/CdENCzELe40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

＂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

I've been thinking a lot about what you said a while ago about uk publishing twitter being really grim & terf-y bc it IS and I'm sorry you have to wade through that. I think there's a much less shit younger cohort of authors and people who work in the book world tho, a lot of whom are gay, so it partly feels generational. Accounts like mikclements, JuliaArmfield, Kiran_MH are real hope spots. I know you like to keep work stuff/tumblr stuff separate so don't feel the need to reply to this xx

Oh, dear anon, thank you so much for this 🧡

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

Our Wives Under the Sea: #bookreview

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Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield goes back and forth between the present urban setting where Leah lives with her wife, Miri, and flashbacks of the submarine in which Leah and her crew sink to the bottom of the ocean. It is interesting to learn about some of the creatures that survive at the bottom of the ocean. Leah and the crew may have come into contact with one of these rare…

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TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for April 2, 2022.

TCL's #6Degrees of Separation for April 2, 2022. Find out how I went from #OurWivesUndertheSea by @JuliaArmfield to #Perfect by #RachelJoyce on my #bookblog now! Thanks to @kateinkew for this fun monthly meme and #linkparty!

From “Our Wives Under the Sea” by Julia Armfield to “Perfect” by Rachel Joyce. This is a monthly link-up hosted by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t need to be connected to all the other books on the list, only to the one next to it in the chain. The rules are: Link the books…

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Hello everyone this is turning out to be a regular occurrence now - boom haul Monday! 😂 I’ve been really looking forward to these three paperbacks. Louise O’Neill is one of my favourite authors and I really need to catch up on her books. I’ve also heard some wonderful things about Salt Slow, a short story collection and Boy Parts which has intrigued me since it first came out. Have you read or do you want to read any of these books? If not, I’d love to know what you’ve treated yourself to recently! Let’s have a chat in the comments. Have a great week everyone! 🤗😘 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookworm #booklover #bookhaul #paperbackheaven #almostlove #louiseoneill #saltslow #juliaarmfield #boyparts #elizaclark #iregretnothing #bookobsessed #tbrlist #cantwaittoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUtsT8Alii/?igshid=1sw7cy2z36j0r

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