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Reread holds up for me - although knowing what I‘m getting into this time definitely makes Samantha‘s story more heartbreaking (& disturbing). Part 2 is next and is described as sequel, prequel, and stand alone. With Mona Awad, anything‘s possible. 🐰

I so rarely re-read, even my faves, so revisiting this is such a treat that I‘m somehow enjoying it even more than the first time. Like, totally took for granted how funny (bunny) it was. It is so weirdly funny.

I still have no clue how this will translate to film/TV (if that is still on the table - film rights were bought years ago).

Oh, Bunny 🐰

It‘s been five years since I stumbled upon this book after purchasing it cold at my first Brooklyn Book Festival. I‘ve devoured everything Mona Awad since. Re-reading before starting a deliciously procured ARC of the sequel next. 🧁 🎭 🪆👑🐇

Ok maybe not *quite* like that… but I did take a bath and listen to jazz while reading for #hyggehour #hyggehourreadathon

And Bunny? Yes…. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It took me a little bit to get into… but now that I‘ve finished, it was all worth it. Go in blind, as others have said.

This book was batshit. It‘s amazing. I can‘t even tell you anything about it or it will ruin it, break the spell. Look, if you‘re also a bazaar reader, dive in. If not, dive in anyway. What‘s the harm, Bunny? Don‘t you want to belong, Bunny?

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
I tried these to the halfway mark before deciding to DNF them. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Did you enjoy these?
Should I try again?
#boleybooks #tbrpile #DNF #BookBeast #bookbuds #bookchat #bookclub #letsread

Bunny enthusiasts, rise up! We won, Bunny! 🐰 🥀

My co-worker described this as 'Heathers on crack' and I can't explain it better than that.

What a wild ride! Now I understand why people are so hesitant to give any details beyond what‘s in the summary. Don‘t want to give any spoilers, so my take is - if you like weird girl fiction, or think you might, just start reading and let it happen! The journey is what it‘s all about, but the destination won‘t disappoint.

I‘ve been curious about this literary horror novel for a while & I was delighted to learn that my cousin had just finished reading it with her book club to have someone to immediately talk about this strange story with! I loved the audio performance… & may not have stuck with this one otherwise, considering the chaotic climax. The themes & gore balanced out here, & I loved the creative processes here but had a hard time connecting with Samantha.

#roll100 well this book was batshit crazy. And I thoroughly enjoyed it! Loved trying to unpick all the metaphor vs reality, a wild ride.

Samantha is a lonely scholarship student enrolled in an elite postgraduate writing program with little more than her dark imagination to deal with an obnoxious cohort of twee rich girls. I read this novel in part as a metaphor for the writing process but there are multiple ways to interpret this wild story. It would be fun to discuss with a book club.

I stayed up til midnight to finish this book. That's how deep the hook was set. It is weird. And it will have you questioning reality at the end. It also has some serious wtf moments. It was such a fun, though wild, ride. And I absolutely loved the writing.

Current travel read. Definitely finding it interesting so far. My daughter loved it and wanted to be able to discuss it with someone. She did warn me that it was weird though.

I know that Awad's surreal narratives aren't to everyone's liking, but having read two of her books & having loved both of them, they are definitely for me. Looking forward to reading her most recent. When I get around to it.
#coverlove #pink
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

Wow that was not at all what I was expecting. I am kinda still at a loss for words. 🐰🦌🦊

Oh Bunny, I loved this book sooo very much. I truly did!
Samantha is a student in a writing program in grad school. The four other girls in her class call one another Bunny and are inseparable. And one day they unexpectedly invite Sam to Smut Salon. Then things get really weird.

Thank you for the tag @Eggs😊💖
These questions are not as easy as they seem at first🤔
1. Haruki Murakami, Mona Awad, Peter Swanson, Megan Abbott
2. Tagged. I have many fave genres, but I think 'soft', gothic psychological horror is 'my thing'. And my appreciation for Bunny knows no bounds.😄
3. Don't read series much, I'm afraid.
#WondrousWednesday #favourites #favouriteauthors #readinginspring
Tag @The_Penniless_Author @Enchanted_Bibliophile

1. Nope. Thank goodness. Though Samantha is my middle name, I go by that.
2. Tagged.😁

#Two4Tuesday #Bunny #names @TheSpineView
Tag my Bunny @BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author

My February #WrapUp of my “owned” books
#ReadMyShelves

My February #WrapUp of my 5🌟reads :)

my #FebruaryPick for my #BookBracket2024

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Its plot was quite unusual and could divide readers into loving or hating it. However, I found myself completely immersed in the story and unable to put it down as it became more surreal. I stumbled upon a review that used the term 'black licorice' to describe this type of book, which I thought was quite clever.

#20in4 #FabulousFebruary
@Andrew65

My wonky crochet bunnies 🐰🐰

Spent my #HyggeHour reading this one, indulging in a glass of wine and having a nice candle burning. I was a little cold (even with my heated blanket) so I was wearing my hand warmers :)

@AllDebooks
@TheBookHippie
@ChrissyReadIt
@jenniferw88

My breakfast date this morning.

I wrote a book today, nbd.

OK, ok…it‘s a sample craft for the activity that I organized for Take Your Child to the Library day. But still! 😝

Waiting for my husband to get home so I can force him to read it.

Headed to Book Club! We‘ll be discussing Bright Young Women — and we‘re tasked with bringing two other books, one to swap & one as a donation to a local Little Free Library. 📚

4.2⭐️ I got to admit… This book was better than I thought I was going to be. What‘s crazy is I could not figure it out at all, yet I felt like I knew exactly what was going on. However, I‘m still confused on what was real and what wasn‘t. It was good. I liked it. This was book #19 for #Roll100

We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny. #FirstLineFridays

Do I know what I just read ? - NO
Did I love it ? - YES

Psychedelic fever dream from start to finish.

Cashed out my PangoBucks before the holidays. Bottom two are for me, the tagged will be gifted at my in person book club at the end of the month as it‘s one of my absolute faves and I‘m not parting with my hardcover signed copy. 😂🫣😭

I read this book in one evening, I had to know where it was going.
I ended up Googling what other readers interpreted from the ending as it was a little confusing.
I felt sorry for Samantha for most of the book. She seemed so lonely and lost. The Bunnies were all very intriguing.
This is the type of book you only need to read once, but I would maybe recommend it to someone if they wanted to read an out of the box book.

I have decided to try my hand at the #Roll100 again this year. Since I didn‘t get a lot of my books read last year, I‘m using the same list, just change the ones that I had accomplished.

@BookwormAHN @wanderinglynn #yuleswap

Oh my God I love it!! Thank you!! And sorry I posted it late

I just started this book, but my recollection of grad school is not cliques like the Bunnies. No one had time for that; we were all too busy with classes, theses, and dissertations. Those of us with grad assistantships especially had no time for that. We‘ll see. So far it seems a weird little book but I‘m not opposed to weird if it‘s a good story.

👍👍

I read this because everyone said it was weird and I wanted to know why. And guess what? It was weird.
She's in a cult. But also, in a graduate program. Also, lonely. Also, living in a very scary city. I'm not sure how it ended? But I know it ended.
I mildly hated the writing style.
I almost DNFd this 50% through because I found out why it was weird. But... I... couldn't stop?

Don't read it. But also read it. Idk.

10.15.2023

At first I couldn't figure out what the hell I was reading, but when I figured it out, I realized that I love this novel. It's an interesting look at the reasons people enter into creative pursuits, the way that the need to belong and to be seen can create monsters as well as things of beauty, the lengths people will go to to feel less alone, and how the people with the most recognition aren't always those with the most talent.

@Yuki_Onna @BeeMagical I bet you will both appreciate this... 💕🐇🐇🐇🐇

So I had previously DNF‘d this, but I was in the mood for something strange and decided to give it another chance. This time I listened to the audiobook, and that made this extremely bizarre story unfold for me. I honestly don‘t completely know what was going all the time. However, this is a savage exploration of snobby academia. There is so many little details that could be discovered on reread as well.⬇️

@Yuki_Onna !!!!!! Stop!😭🩷

Thank you so so so much for the very personal birthday gift!!😭🩷

I love it so much and will forever cherish it!!🩷🐰

Thank you, Bunny!🩷🩷

I am in one of the most beautiful towns of Germany, full of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a place where I've never been before. So what will I do first? 🤔
...
#culturalheritage #history #surrealism #Bunny #horror #bookhoarders
@BeeMagical @RaeLovesToRead

This was bonkers, and I kinda loved it.

Awad is a fantastic writer. You'd have to be to make the events of this book feel in ANY way plausible.

Bunny is bitchy, hallucinogenic, original, creepy, full of 90s cliché and poetic pastiche. Loosely dark academia, but would be better placed in the surreal horror section.

The whole thing reads like a psychedelic dream that could be feminist or misogynistic depending how you read it!

4 bizarre stars

I finished up Bunny before I left home. What a strange creepy story! I liked it!

Did anyone else while reading this want to call everyone around them “Bunny”? I was calling Sietje and the cats that, and saying it while talking to myself. 😆

College cliques can be kind of culty, and I loved the way Awad took it in a somewhat witchy supernatural direction. I‘ll definitely read her next book!

(Pictured is Sietje with her Bunny, and others)

What is everyone Reading tonight?!?

Guess what I'm reading on my Kindle today! @Yuki_Onna @BeeMagical 🐰🐇💕

I've had a crazy couple of months, and have only now got a few days to rest and recuperate.

Currently delaying returning home, because when I get there I'm going to have to find somewhere to put all my recent book & book merch purchases... my parents are NOT impressed by my living room takeover 😬😬

Ah well, I can sip my vanilla matcha iced latte a while longer...

3.5 ⭐
Points for imagination and random reference drops. I like books that mention things in a wild range like Citizen Kane and Sid Vicious. It limits the audience that will understand but for those that do it is cool.
I struggled with how wildly fever dream it is and how much animal abuse. I can see why people would hate the book, you have to be prepared for dark and weird.

"We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other."

Seriously. Bunny.

This is a wild fever dream ride. I am not sure I am enjoying.

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

When your buddy read partner at work is a generation younger than you. You get introduced to books you would never try. Sometimes it‘s a win. (My Dark Vanessa) Sometimes you are a good camper and finish the book to be polite. Thank god for the Libby App- you can listen on double speed.

My daughter gave me a buddy read for Mother‘s Day. We chose this book off of her TBR. It has a Heather‘s vibe and kept me guessing.