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#NewYearNewBooks Day 18 I choose a fiction for this theme #Sci.GoneWrong

I read this book in October 2021

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

“I‘m just saying that sometimes the more you care for something, the more damage you do. Not on purpose, right? You end up hurting the things you love just because you‘re trying so hard. […] It must be the hardest thing in the world, caring for someone. Trying to make sure that person doesn‘t come to harm.”

“The past had a perfection that the future could never hold.”

“The only way you‘ll ever really know people is to see them in a crisis.”

“The moon hung in its western altar like the last melancholy guest at a dinner party, who was too lonely to leave.”

This was a readable story but I wasn‘t gripped by it! I enjoyed the atmosphere the author created but that‘s about it.

I also wasn‘t freaked out by the body horror/gore element.

I wanted to love this book, but it just didn‘t deliver on the horror front. Especially in comparison to books such as Misery - damnnn that book had me squirming in my seat and checking my legs as I was reading it.

Not a terrible book, but kinda dull

It was a wild ride from beginning to end. Very greusome!

I'm pretty excited to be starting this book today! Let the halfway to Halloween celebration begin!

Finally getting around to posting this. Took me a while to read, since I had strep and didn‘t read much. I‘ve read this before, and remember liking it, and I was right. Didn‘t remember any details, so it was almost like reading it for the first time. It‘s fun, gory body horror/disease story; while not scary, it‘s creepy.

Books from #nyccomiccon ! Stacking this on my #octobertbr ! So excited for this weather and autumn vibes. ❤️
#teamslaughter

Who knew that a novel about bioengineered tapeworms could be so amazing? I read this gory horror novel in 2016 and still think about it all the time. #scarathlondailyprompts #creature #teamslaughter

Super horrific and disgusting. A scout troop and their scoutmaster are camping alone on an island when •something• shows up. The story isn‘t really that scary, it‘s just so nasty. Body horror and such. I listened to the audio when I was driving and the narrator‘s interpretation of the story really adds a creep factor and sense of foreboding. I liked this reading experience but had to quit eating twice while I was reading.

This book was soooooo good! Body horror to the next level, so freaking creepy. There were so many different layers of this book. Would definitely recommend but beware it's disgusting! 5/5

One of the most disturbing books I have read in a long time.

This was so amazing! Horrific, but so good. I can really see this being an amazing movie/miniseries :)

#the52bookclub2022 36: Prompt: Recommended by a Favorite Author

Yup almost gagged reading this…but so good!

Pretty intense so far! Not sure if I will be able to use this book for #AudioCleaning / #AudioChores but... we will see. I have been laying in bed for the past 2 days (felt so icky) but.. was able to read read and read. But, I need to do just a couple of things today (to prepare for my work week)

This is next up in my #AudioCommute / #AudioOrganizing / #AudioCleaning book :)

Book 12🎧
Oh… my…LAWD. I‘m not even sure I can put this book into words🤢😦
My best attempt ➡️ Grotesque, vividly descriptive, disgusting, horrifying… just why…!
I could have done without a certain character… you‘ll see🐈
I did enjoy it but it was a bit much at times 😂

Scout leader Riggs and his 5 scouts are on a weekend camping trip, an island just off the coast of PEI. When they arrived they never expected to run into a monster like this.

It is super gory, dark and violent. There is one small part where animal cruelty was committed by one of the characters. It is like sci-fi horror. I think is YA. It is better if you go blind. If you liked those old movies like Alien where a strange creatures are inside of people you will like this one. Like most of horror movies, unreal but I liked it🤷🏽‍♀️I like the way characters were described. It was also sad.3.9/4⭐️As a YA horror story

Look guys!!! For the first time all year I got a #bingo on my #bookspinbingo board!!! And I‘m pretty sure I read more this month than any other all year long! These readathons and #scarathlon2021 works 😆! #teamslaughter #20in4 #screamathon #spookoweenreadathon

Finished this one just in the nick of time! Wow this was bleak! That‘s not to say it wasn‘t a good story, but it was dark and gruesome and involved illness/death/insanity/ sociopathy of teenagers. Perfect for this time of year is what I‘m saying 😉. 🌟🌟🌟🌟 16 pts for #teamslaughter #scarathlon2021

After reading “Little Heaven” I expected it to be gross, but I think this was more disgusting, honestly. Which I‘m okay with. I like when horror makes me scared or uncomfy. The only things I didn‘t necessarily care for were the ending and the excessive animal violence.

5 points since this is more horror but 110 for the 11 hours reading time. So 115 points for #TeamSlaughter

#BookSpinBingo

It‘s a cloudy and windy 65 degrees outside so a perfect day to sit with a gross book and yummy coffee at my fave coffee shop ♥️😍

This is my type of weather 😌
Hope everyone is having a good day 🌻

Diving right in to the next book. After reading “Little Heaven” last year and loving it, I‘m really excited for this one ♥️

⭐️⭐️1/2
There‘s a lot about this book that felt excessive. Sometimes that worked for me, and sometimes it didn‘t. I really liked how creepy and unsettling the beginning was, but that ended up fading, and then it was just gross, which didn‘t work as well for me.

#lmpbc #GroupS #catsoflitsy #Ember

In this episode, I review the unsettling body horror novel, "The Troop" by Nick Cutter!

https://youtu.be/re6i6Ds5QB0

The next book for #lmpbc got here today. I can‘t wait to get started! 😄

This book was relentlessly disgusting and repulsive and I absolutely DEVOURED it [ha ha ha] couldn‘t put it down, great gross out horror
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🕸Spooky Season🕸 Its raining and actually a bit cool today!! 🖤 Starting the Troop rn🏕

Gettin my scare on rustic style

I finished my #lmpbc #groupS pick! I don‘t want to spoil anything with my review, so I‘ll just say gory times are ahead. I‘ll have this on its way to you this afternoon @Hazel2019

@ElizaMarie

I am not sure if u know about this book. I was watching BookTube the other day and one of them were talking about this book. She said it kind of reads like a King book. So obviously, I thought of u. She did say it is gory so be prepared for that. Let me know if u pick this up.

The picks for #GroupS of #lmpbc Round 12!
@Hazel2019 @shadowspeak17 @magyklyXdelish

“EAT EAT EAT EAT”

So gross.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Starting the tagged title to kick this one off since I finished a book last night. I have been told this one is really gross so I will try not to overshare throughout my journey 😀

#AnyWayYouReadathon

Thanks for hosting @kimmypete1 @Eggbeater @MidnightBookGirl !

I was sitting next to the teen, as he was reading The Troop. His phone went off and he jumped out of his skin. I think he‘s at a good part. I love it when he loves a book I gave him.

Well, that was wholly upsetting. Very, very gross. I do not recommend reading while eating.

Sorry @FantasyChick but this is one #NewYearWhoDis book I couldn‘t finish ☹️

This is my 2nd attempt at reading The Troop. As a lover of horror, I didn‘t find it to be too disgusting but I‘m not a fan of animal abuse in books. Plus after 25%, I was still feeling a bit bored.

This book was as ominous as it looks. #thetroop #nickcutter #horror

Technically I'm not currently reading this one (as I'm hooked on the Shadowshaper Cypher trilogy), but I AM living with this large mug of coffee. Reading The Troop is a rough go during lunch as it's so disgusting, so... yeah lol

2. I found this one very disgusting! But I love it!
3. I don't like the The shining directed by Stanley Kubrick.
4. Werewolves!
5. Playing cards, pins, stickers, funko's, and socks!
#CreepyChristmas @teebe

#CreepyChristmas @teebe
1. Creepiest book I've read 🤢
2. One word, worms...
3. I don't like The Exorcist- I dislike that type of horror
4. Zombies and Werewolves
5. I have a horror bookshelf that I like putting little horror related items on.

I'm not into infections but this was pretty good.

The gore didn't bother me as much as I thought it would but the animals.....that hurt. I also kept thinking that the boys were younger than they were and it drove me nuts BUT for a book out of my comfort zone, I really enjoyed it

Knocks off PEI for #ReadCanada too!

#novelnovember #crushtherush #bookspinbingo
@Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks @Book_Fiend_Melissa @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

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Eh, this was not so much scary as just gross. I felt like Cutter was trying to channel Stephen King with this one, and he didn't really succeed. It wasn't awful. But it came close.

Book 3/20 finished for #crushtherush

I was having trouble focusing on my print book so went w/ audio while watching cnn on mute. And I can't decide what made me want to puke more, the gory parts of the book or the news. Having a nervous breakdown over here. 🥺

I ran out of steam a bit in the final week between obsessing over election news and taking a long overdue weekend trip.

Week 4 total: 701 points
Scarathlon Grand Total: 4595 points

I think this was the most I‘ve ever read in a month thanks in part to the team aspect! Most importantly, it was a lot of fun to see what others were up to regardless of their team and to grab some reading recommendations I never would have known about!