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My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Best Friend's Exorcism | Grady Hendrix
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TieDyeDude
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This is my first read by Grady Hendrix, and he lives up to the hype! This is such a beautiful portrayal of a friendship; the simplicity of the intro, the confusion, betrayal, and determination of the plot, and the heartache of the conclusion. And between all that is a really effective possession story just oozing '80s vibes.

ShyBookOwl This is my favourite of his, but also just one of my favourite books ever 💓 1mo
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TieDyeDude
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We celebrated Halloween by voting early and enjoying jack o' lantern grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner
#vote

Seabreeze_Reader 🎃👍 Looks good! 1mo
kelli7990 Happy Halloween! 1mo
dabbe 🖤🎃🖤 1mo
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AnnCrystal 🥳🎃🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲💫. 1mo
Bookwomble 🧡 1mo
kspenmoll Yum!!! My family is voting on traditional day 1mo
lynneamch As Pres Obama says, "Don't Boo! Vote!" ? 4w
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JessClark78
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Found two words in My Best Friend‘s Exorcism.

The Exorcist▪️
Season of the Witch🔸
Asylum🔻
The Woman In Black▫️
Night Things🔺
My Best Friend‘s Exorcism 🍬

#HauntedShelf #WordSearch

+31 points #FrightClub

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JessClark78
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‘Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil.‘

Referred to as an unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist. Love how this reads like an ‘80s horror flick and includes a lot of ‘80s pop culture and songs in the story. Creepy at times and definitely some cringe moments.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#SupernaturalBookBingo #DriverPicksTheMusic
#Witchathon #31by31 #SpookOWeen #ReadAway2024 #HauntedShelf #TBR +25

+26 points #FrightClub

Luke-XVX Just don‘t watch the film-it‘s terrible! 1mo
OutsmartYourShelf Great choice for the prompt! 1mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 1mo
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JessClark78 @Luke-XVX I watched it once. Not something I would watch often. 1mo
DieAReader 🎃👻Excellent! 1mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 1mo
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JessClark78
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DieAReader 👻🤓❤️‍🔥 2mo
Bookwormjillk That cover 😍 2mo
TheSpineView Enjoy! 2mo
TieDyeDude Me too! 2mo
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TieDyeDude
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#bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I knocked 7.5 off my list in September! I have my eyes set on six for October, but they are all prose. I usually have a few graphic novels in the mix, so we'll see how it goes 😁

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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Kris10H
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This will always be one of my favorites. The 80s nostalgia is strong with this one. I can't say enough about how much I love it.

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This was a really solid and fun read. My only criticism is how the exorcism itself kind of... fizzled out towards the end?? and we sort of cut away from it which was disappointing and didn't feel very thought out. Aside from that it was overall a very good book, would definitely recommend it to fans of 80s horror movies, especially the B ones.

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TieDyeDude
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@thearomaofbooks #bookspin #Bookspinbingo

My July bingo board. My bookspin titles are My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix and Marvel Punisher Soviet. There is a fairly good chance I could get my first bingo with the top row!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 5mo
Suet624 👏 👏 👏 👏 5mo
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Shawna
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#friends 👯‍♀️
#summersouls

Eggs 🙌🏻👏🏻 6mo
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HeatherBookNerd
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Set in the late 80s, the nostalgia factor is high - complete with a Spotify playlist of amazing songs and enough pop culture references to satisfy anyone familiar with that decade. It has its fun moments but turns dark pretty fast. Abby discovers that her best friend is possessed and is determined to save her, but is their friendship strong enough to save Gretchen‘s soul? Not too, too scary, but definitely creepy, freaky, and gross at times.

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monalyisha
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#ThreeListThursday #TLT

“Fast Car“ by Tracy Chapman
“The One I Love“ by REM
“Hallelujah“ by Leonard Cohen
“Stop Draggin' My Heart Around“ by Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
“Push It“ by Salt-N-Pepa

Listen, math isn't my strong suit.

Also, I was reminded recently (by Rob Harvilla) that “Push It“ had a choreographed dance routine that went with it. I found a tutorial and my mind is BLOWN. In the words of S&P, “Let's Talk About“...a recovered memory!

monalyisha Thanks, @dabbe for the prompt! I'd also like to engage in a respectful moment of silence for the high school version of myself who would be ABSOLUTELY FUMING that Billy Idol isn't on this list! (edited) 7mo
Prairiegirl_reading 🤣🤣🤣 7mo
Chrissyreadit 🤣🤣🤣 7mo
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BarbaraBB So many memories when listening to Fast Car, Push It and The One I Love. I see myself growing up! 7mo
dabbe Added to our new Spotify Playlist: LITSY SONGS OF THE 1980s! Thanks for sharing! 🤩🎶🤩

Click below for the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sZRAAKVORN1SRh7S6l60g
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monalyisha @dabbe That‘s fun! Great idea. And props to the Litten who contributed "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"! 7mo
dabbe @monalyisha I can't believe I forgot that one! 🤩 7mo
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AngelaOMalley72
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Emily Woo Zeller voice changed with the characters and she used variations of speed to put terror in her words in all the appropriate places! The writing was also excellent, I grew to love the characters, even the not so nice ones because they all had so much depth. It was written with the innocence of their youth so balanced and writing their emotional turmoil with that young innocence in mind that rang so true to me. Great book!

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A weirdly relatable, kitschy horror story. Abby and Gretchen, etc remind me so much of my friends only we are the slightly younger TLC-Chasing-Waterfalls-era. But the 80s references still hit. Some scenes were legit gross, but overall, it was less scary than expected. I‘m glad to have given Hendrix another go after not enjoying Final Girls Support Group. Curious to hear what my #bookclub thinks. This was *my* spooky October pick!

LeahBergen I didn‘t think Final Girls was very good either but I did like this one! I also liked Southern Book Club which you may like as it‘s set in the ‘90s. 13mo
britt_brooke @LeahBergen I may give that one a try - thanks! 13mo
Reggie Final Girls Support has been my least favorite of all of his books. 13mo
britt_brooke @Reggie That is good to know! I‘ll def try him again at some point. 13mo
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OriginalCyn620
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Never got around to watching this last Halloween but now I‘ve remedied that! Thought it was good but I think there were some differences from the book…read it in 2017 so my memory is fuzzy on the details. Loved the music!

#TeamCreepinItReal #watchlist #scarathlon 11 pts

Christy2318 I liked this one. Totally Killer on Prime has the same feel. Kind of Back to Future meets 80s slasher movie. 13mo
OriginalCyn620 @Christy2318 Oh, yes, I want to watch that one too! Hopefully I can tonight or tomorrow 13mo
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Sarahreadstoomuch
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This was fun- a novel of friendship set nicely in the 80s wherein one friend gets possessed by a demon and only her best friend realizes what‘s happening and tries to save her. I mostly listened to the audio, but had to finish with print because I‘m too impatient! The print book is designed like a yearbook too - perfect! #scarathlon #spookyghostclub also 2 bingo lines for #bookspinbingo ! +61pts

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Rissa1
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I have held on to this book for an entire year in order to have it for #Scarathlon . I laughed, I read parts outloud to my husband, and loved the nostalgia. #31in31 total is 5:40:23 #TeamCryptKeepers @LiseWorks

Reggie This is my 2nd favorite of his right behind We Sold Our Souls. I really cared for Gretchen and Abby. 14mo
Rissa1 @Reggie I will have to add, We Sold Our Souls, to my list. 14mo
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OrangeMooseReads
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This was good. There were moments that annoyed me and got to be a bit old and tired. Did it live up to its hype? For me no it didn‘t, still worth the read though.
The writing was good. The story was different in a good way. I would have liked less obscure 80s references. The characters needed some more depth throughout the whole book not just at the end.
3.8⭐️ if you want horror without too much Horror.

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Rissa1
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LiseWorks Cool list 1y
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itsjustme40something
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If you love 80's horror & the nostalgia of a Gen X childhood then this book is a no-brainer. The characters will remind you of someone from high school, the scenes are horrifically groas & man the sound track would be killer. Personally love how every chapter is a song title

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itsjustme40something
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This book is a love letter to 80's Horror

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itsjustme40something
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Another day, another spot, another book

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keepingupwiththepenguins
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I still love Grady Hendrix. I still really enjoyed My Best Friend‘s Exorcism… except that one bit. I can‘t get past that one bit. If horror books are supposed to give you nightmares, he did his job a bit too well. Full review (with trigger warnings): https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/my-best-friends-exorcism-grady-hendrix/

Lauranahe I love Grady Hendrix! This book was so fun, but it‘s not my favorite of his (my fav is probably Horrorstör) 1y
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TamTracy
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I enjoyed the story and characters. My favorite thing is that it is set in the 80‘s and took me back to my childhood. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

TheLudicReader I also really enjoyed this book. 1y
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BehindthePages
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Abby‘s quest to save Gretchen is filled with unsettling and creepy imagery. My Best Friend's Exorcism is perfect for those who enjoy 80s horror. And while there may have been moments that interrupted the story pacing, once it got back on track it really took off. If you're a reader who enjoys possession based horror, this is the story for you.

Review https://www.behindthepages.org/post/my-best-friend-s-exorcism-by-grady-hendrix-b...

Zoes_Human It really surprised me how much I liked this. I'm looking forward to trying some of his other stuff! 1y
BehindthePages @Zoes_Human I had tried his southern vampire booked and DNFed it, but a friend convinced me to try this one. I'm glad I did! 1y
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BekaReid
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Loved the nostalgic horror of the 80's. Brought back a lot of memories. Perfect summer read.

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BekaReid
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Spending this gorgeous afternoon reading on the front porch. This is my first Grady Hendrix. I've heard such good things about him and just fell in love with this cover.

MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward I just had to scroll back up, there is SO MUCH going on on this cover 🧐 1y
BekaReid @MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward There is! And I love the whole VHS vibe too. It's 100% perfect for both the 80's setting & horror genre. 1y
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Shemac77
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Fantastic. And a little hilarious. Captures the attitude of late 80‘s perfectly.

JanuarieTimewalker13 LOVED it SO much!!! 1y
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Shemac77
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Next audible

Chrissyreadit beautiful! i bet they smell heavenly. 1y
Blueberry My favorite flower aroma. 🪻 1y
Shemac77 My absolute favorite. Pacifica makes a solid perfume in lilac and it‘s a reasonable facsimile @Chrissyreadit @Blueberry 1y
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Valhalla
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#darkcolor
Grady Hendrix really knows how to keep your attention

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swynn
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(2016) That was fun!

JudeCC I LOVED this book. Not the movie. 🤢😂🙌 Excellent read. 2y
swynn @WJCintron I've heard nothing good about the movie. I'll probably watch it eventually, or try at least, but for now I'll let the book live in my awareness all by its delightful self. 2y
JudeCC @swynn 😃🙌🙌🙌 Believe me. The best you can do. If you are like me, you‘ll end up so angry about the adaptation. 😂🤣 2y
Reading_Beyond_The_Book_Cover Lol I agree @WJCintron. The movie was not it 🤦🏾‍♀️. I was looking forward to it too. 2y
swynn @Reading_Beyond_The_Book_Cover Another vote for putting off the movie. I'm definitely not in a hurry to see it. 2y
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Shawna
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Eggs Great choice 🤗 2y
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Maggie4483
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Trying to finish this one up, but I just can‘t with the mean girl stuff tonight.
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Found out my work friend, who recently invited me to join her IRL bookclub, has been trashing me behind my back. So I lost a friend, a bookclub, and possibly a promotion.

I‘m less than two weeks away from my 40th birthday, which is entirely too forking old for this bullshirt.

wisherwishinguponastar I think there must be something in the air right now. I am sorry you have to deal with that craziness. 2y
TheBookHippie Ugh. I‘m so sorry. This seems to be everywhere lately … 😵‍💫😝. 2y
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Blh87
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Oh, man. I really liked this one. Great story that I couldn‘t put down, and such a wholesome friendship.

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Maggie4483
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Vampires and demons…if I needed a sign to replace Valentine‘s Day with a second Halloween, well, here it is.

#bookspin #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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LaurenMags
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Grady Hendrix writes fun books! This story takes place in the 80s and is about 2 best friends in high school. One night during a party, one of the friends goes missing for a few hours. When she reappears, she is not the same.
I could not put down this book.

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JudeCC
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VERY DISAPPOINTED! ☹️
I LOVED the book but they butchered the book! Bad acting, bad production, rushed, no character development whatsoever. Soooooo bad!

Who else read & watched?
Any thoughts?
Agree or not?

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Coleen
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Who else has seen the movie?
I‘d recommend NOT. It was awful.

AudiobookingWithLeah I agree, the book is much better. 2y
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reading_rainbow
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I‘m SO out of the loop!!! They made a movie???! I had no idea!!

TheNeverendingTBR Me neither. Wtf? 2y
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Ast_Arslan
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It's the worst cover ever, but it's finally mine 🤩

StaceGhost Such a great book! 2y
Ast_Arslan @StaceGhost I guess it will be my next reading 🤣 2y
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booklover3258
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Thank you @Rachel.Rencher for #BookishCoupleGiveaway for the opportunity to win! My favorite genres are horror and thrillers.

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candc320
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My spooky watching for today! 3 movies, 2 episodes of the tv show version of I Know What You Did Last Summer, and 2 spooky episodes of The Simpsons. I‘ll add up all my #scarathlon2022 points tomorrow. Until then…Happy Halloween everyone! #teamslaughter

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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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I liked this one. It was fun and creepy.

she.hearts.horror Love this book. I gotta watch the movie asap. 2y
TheLudicReader I loved this one, too. 2y
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candc320
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This was SO GOOD!! I honestly love just about anything set in the 80s and add in some teenage angst and horror and I‘m sold! I wasn‘t really expecting this to be as funny and touching as it was at times. The ending was especially surprising and made this so much more than a standard horror novel. I‘m watching the movie tonight to compare! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #teamslaughter #scarathlon2022

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vlwelser
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This reads more like satire to me than horror. But this author has snarky undertones so 🤷.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

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LaraS
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When I added “Halloween themed workout” to my #fallbucketlist for the #scarathlon, I was pretty sure I‘d be able to find something online with a bit of a spooky playlist, maybe some thriller, some orange sweat pants, a pumpkin shirt if I was real lucky….but at no point did I imagine finding this hilarious commitment to the bit from LVCRFT (also a new epic find all on its own) and HyperBody Fitness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8aV_hRRFA&t=777s

Soubhiville What?! I may have to do this it looks hilarious! 2y
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Christine
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While this wasn‘t quite as big of a hit with me as my only other Grady Hendrix to date (Southern Book Club‘s Guide), I still enjoyed it! Loved every bit of the 80s nostalgia and campier elements. (How Phil Collins was referenced/invoked brought me great joy. 🤣) At times I found the pacing a little off, but it really might have been a me-not-the-book situation. I‘m interested in reading more of his books for sure. #AAM #AuthorAMonth

Soubhiville I just watched the movie and thought it was a fairly good adaptation. 2y
Christine @Soubhiville Good to know - I‘ll check it out! 2y
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BookishMadHatter
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Working on an order and starting a new book in the 12 minutes I'll have to myself today lol

#readingandknitting #litsycrafters #litsyknitter

LeahBergen This was a fun read! 2y
BookishMadHatter @LeahBergen I didn't get to read more than a few chapters today, but I do have high hopes ... and may have to hide away one afternoon this week and really sink my teeth in lol 2y
Catsandbooks Cozy hat! 2y
BookishMadHatter @Catsandbooks 🖤 thanks! It'll keep a lil noggin warm for sure lol 2y
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candc320
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While I know I‘ve been horrible at remembering to post my #scarathlondailyprompts photos I had the perfect one for Day 23: Story! This is the story I‘m starting tomorrow and I‘m so excited! +15 points for #teamslaughter