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We Eat Our Own
We Eat Our Own | Kea Wilson
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An ambitious debut novel by an original young writer, We Eat Our Own blurs the lines between life and art with the story of a film directors unthinkable experiment in the Amazon. When a nameless, struggling actor in 1970s New York gets the call that an enigmatic director wants him for an art film set in the Amazon, he doesnt hesitate: he flies to Colombia, no questions asked. He quickly realizes hes made a mistake. Hes replacing another actor who quit after seeing the scripta script the director now claims doesnt exist. The movie is over budget. The production team seems headed for a breakdown. The air is so wet that the celluloid film disintegrates. But what the actor doesnt realize is that the greatest threat might be the town itself, and the mysterious shadow economy that powers this remote jungle outpost. Entrepreneurial Americans, international drug traffickers, and M-19 guerillas are all fighting for Colombias futureand the groups arent as distinct as you might think. The actor thought this would be a role that would change his life. Now hes worried if hell survive it. Inspired by a true story from the annals of 1970s Italian horror film, and told in dazzlingly precise prose, We Eat Our Own is a resounding literary debut, a thrilling journey behind the scenes of a shocking film and a thoughtful commentary on violence and its repercussions.
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GerardtheBookworm
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A suspenseful, fictional account of the behind the scenes operations behind the 70's notorious horror film, Cannibal Holocaust. An unknown actor signs on to the film but quickly realizes things are going off the rails as the power-hungry director, the indigenous tribes, and unsavory characters are bringing some real life horror to the production. Based on a real-life court case and scandal, the film was banned in many countries.

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keithlafo
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A fascinating, lyrical exploration of violence, depravity, and our penchant for it — both as artists and consumers. As a former filmmaker, I also appreciate the parallels to the film, Cannibal Holocaust, which is understandably divisive.

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keithlafo
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Talk about killer cover design. Love the title, too. A great read with my morning coffee. #horror

Reggie I love this book. 2y
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Reagan
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It‘s our 10th wedding anniversary 😮 so I am at a choir meeting for our daughter and quietly scrolling litsy and reading the tagged. He is at home haha. So I say a happy anniversary to this handsome cat dad of four, human dad of one, and most importantly husband who brought home wood to make more bookshelves 😂

wanderinglynn Happy anniversary! 🎉🥂 5y
ChasingOm Happy anniversary! 5y
LeahBergen Happy Anniversary! 5y
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kezzlou85 Happy Anniversary 🍾🥂 5y
Redwritinghood Happy anniversary! 5y
Reggie Happy belated anniversary!!! 5y
AmyRebecca CONGRATULATIONS 4y
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BookishTrish
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I read some GREAT books this month despite studying almost every spare second I had #Aprilwrapup

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego A great month! 📖💖 5y
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Michael_Gee
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Our commute read! At our next book club, we‘ll be joined by author Kea Wilson! If you‘ve read this debut novel, what questions would you ask the author? I want to know about the inspiration to write Andres‘s story (and all that goes with it), and to hear more about her decision to use POV shifts as well as second person narration.

BookishTrish I really liked this one. The second person narration was well done. I‘d like to know what the author‘s favourite animal is. 5y
Reggie I loved this book. 5y
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BookishTrish
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These little reading breaks are saving my sanity as I prepare for a high-stakes test on Friday.

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BookishTrish
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A moment‘s peace

MicheleinPhilly Love the book title accompanied by a big ‘ol piece of meat. 😂😂😂 5y
RadicalReader Food looks fantastically phenomenal 5y
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BookishTrish
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My third horror novel by a woman this month #screamsbymail

Reggie I loved this book!!! 5y
RadicalReader Love the sloth bookmark 5y
BookishTrish @Reggie So did I! 5y
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LauraRenae
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I tried. I really did. I thought the scary movie lover in me would be all over this. But 100 pages later and I just can‘t get into the writing. It‘s not so much the lack of quotations but just general voice. Sometimes we just have to move on 👍🏻

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wellreadredhead
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Part one of a massive #bookhaul I splurged on last week!

xicanti ❤️❤️Phonogram❤️❤️ 6y
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StephBengtson
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I know it‘s not technically Sunday anymore, but I just discovered that the book I‘m reading is signed by the author. ✒️📖 #signedsunday

vivastory How are you liking this one? I had mixed feelings 6y
StephBengtson @vivastory I‘m not so sure I‘m into the writing style. And I haven‘t felt a connection with any of the characters quite yet. I‘m only about 70 pages in, so hopefully I‘ll get into it soon. 6y
vivastory It felt like two separate novels, one a horror thriller & one political commentary 6y
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StephBengtson
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Our favorite way to spend a Sunday. A good book in bed and watching the Vikings destroy the Packers. 😈💛🏈 #skol

Tanzy13 🐶 6y
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StephBengtson
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New flannel sheets and a new #screamathon read. I have to go to a birthday party tonight, but I wish I could stay home and read in my cozy bed instead.

mcipher I just bought my son those same sheets! He loves them. ❤️ 6y
Nat_Reads I love those sheets! 6y
PurpleyPumpkin Ooh that does look cozy. Love those sheets!👍🏽 6y
alisiakae Where are your sheets from? They look so cozy! 6y
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Reggie
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#WelcometotheJungle This book is an homage to the 70‘s movie Cannibal Corpse and takes place in the Amazon jungles of Columbia. Not only is it told from the points of view from the eccentric Italian director and his crew but you also have an American expat who is a middleman for a cartel, and points of view from rebels of the Colombian government. All of them are dysfunctional, which makes for a very suspenseful and interesting read.#rocktober

BarbaraBB I must read this. I am very into Colombia at the moment! 6y
2BR02B Sound fun/creepy. Stacked! 6y
batsy I was going to use this for the prompt! Except I haven't read it 😁 It sounds really good. 6y
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Reggie @Barbarabb It made me want to learn more about it‘s rebel, FARC, corrupt government history. 6y
Reggie @2BRO2B it kept me on my toes. There‘s a lot of build up to certain things that I just HAD to know. Lol 6y
Reggie @batsy It was really good. It makes me sad it only has a 38% here on Litsy cause it deserves more. 6y
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AlexandraGriffin
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Bailedbailed

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DNF. it has a very weird timeline setup that was too hard to follow as I was listening at work, and honestly I doubt I'll try to go back and read or listen to it again later. Apparently a fictionalized account of the film Cannibal Holocaust. I will say though, it is beautifully written.
⭐️⭐️ of 5

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Bookfan13
We Eat Our Own | Kea Wilson
Bailedbailed

I didn't care for the writing style of this book, and only made it 10 pages before it went to my library return shelf.

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Books_Wine_Repeat
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Mehso-so

The premise of this sounded awesome to me: 70s horror movie filmed in the jungles of Colombia, while the area is under turmoil from guerillas and drug traffickers. I expected more horror. I think my horror/twisted meter has become a bit skewed, especially because of my current reads. The story has suspenseful moments. I think the only reason I didn't bail was I really wanted to know what happened at the end & that was a bit anticlimactic for me.

respekt1111 How is Ghostland? I've read mixed reviews. 7y
Books_Wine_Repeat To be honest, I only read 45% then my library copy expired. It's on hold again. I like it, it debunks a lot of so-called haunted houses and ghost stories. It gives a lot of background info and history. @respekt1111 (edited) 7y
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Kosugi
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A novel that uses Cannibal Holocaust for inspiration and mentions the best killer kid horror film ever made? Yes, please!

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rachelm
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Twisted-- the best word I can use to describe this book. The plots are intertwined around each other and the prose is sharp and crisp. Wilson's debut drags the reader into scenes that they don't really want to see, but that's kind of the point.

Set in the 1970s in Columbia, this book follows a movie crew shooting a horror/exploitation film (TW) and a parallel plot about rebels and drug cartels. Deep rumination on violence. Disturbing read.

Books_Wine_Repeat You had me at twisted. 😁👍 7y
rachelm @Books_Wine_Repeat I'm not a horror fan, but man this book made me shivery. 7y
Marchpane Would you say this is a "horror" book? Need a good one for a challenge. 7y
rachelm @Marchpane not in the traditional sense. If you love horror, you might want to keep looking. If you want something with a loose interpretation (kind of about horror), then then this is great! 7y
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Emilyrjones22
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Getting my reading challenge stack ready for 2017! Starting with We Eat Our Own 👍🏻... Any recommendations for books: about a character with a disability, with a month or day in the title, set in a hotel, or set during a holiday other than Christmas?? Happy new year of reading!!

Emilyrjones22 I already had this on my Goodreads to-read list and totally forgot about it! Thanks for the reminder!! 7y
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malloryomeara
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This book was a one-sitting-er. A brilliant debut that cuts deeply into questions about violence and art. Highly recommended for horror film fans!

Joybishoptx Stacked...thanks! 7y
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rachelm
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Bring on the cold! I'm well supplied with coffee, cocoa, and a big book stack of all varieties of fiction.

What are you all reading on this freeze-tastic weekend ahead?

JodyS Your weekend weather looks exactly like mine...cold and a bit snowy. As far as reading goes I think I might just wing it and see what happens lol 7y
rachelm @JodyS that's a smart plan :) sometimes I just get distracted staring at the snow, too! 7y
Godmotherx5 Same forecast here except -2 on Sunday. I can't wait to be forced inside with a book. 7y
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LauraJ Can I come over? That sounds awesome...plus there's no way you could read all four of those books at the same time! 7y
rachelm @LauraJ as if you needed more incentive, I also have Christmas cookies galore. It's prime reading fuel! 7y
LauraJ @rachelm Even better! 7y
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Reggie
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An Italian director takes a crew to the middle of nowhere in a Columbian amazon rainforest to shoot an exploitative, cannibalism, horror movie. It's the 70's, so add in the rise of guerillas, the M-19's, the cartel, and a go between American. What these two sentences don't tell you is the amount of perfect dysfunction written into each character. What a great surprise this book turned out to be. This author is so good, so smart. Great read.

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Reggie
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This book is nothing what i expected it to be. Its leaps and bounds better. And it gave me a good excuse not to cook so i could go out and read more while i eat. Banana-nutella pancakes.....Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kimbono
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Before we left the house today I said to my husband: "I think I'm finally at the point where I don't need to buy any books for awhile"...and then this happened.

MrBook #NiceStack! That calendar looks great 😊👍🏻. 7y
Kimbono Thanks @MrBook . I can't wait til January to hang it up. 7y
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thisitemcannotberenewed
We Eat Our Own | Kea Wilson
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Getting in the Halloween spirit 👻💀👹🤖

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rebeccapfenning
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Seriously these covers...swoon😍😍

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mjseidlinger
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Pickpick

You take the role, with no idea what opportunities it will bring. Perfect metaphor for this stage we call life.

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SarahK
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This book was totally unexpected. Since it was inspired by the making of the movie 'Cannibal Holocaust' I expected something scary and gory. But it was more about the horrible things that people can do. And you never really know what is going on. Highly recommend!

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BookishTrish
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A novel that takes the Italian film Cannibal Holocaust as its jumping off point? #yesplease #setinsamerica #booktober

EricaReads I loved that book! 7y
SarahK I just started it today! When I went to pick up some holds at the library there it was on the new books shelf. I'd heard @UnderTheRadarBooks rave about it. I'm really enjoying it so far. 7y
teebe Never liked Cannibal Holocaust but I think I need to check out this book! 7y
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KStew1622
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Wow! I love how the tense is written 😮

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slipperyredhead
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what an exciting day for books in the mail!

MrBook #Bookmail is the best mail! Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay, I think you'll like it here 😎👍🏻. 7y
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Fancypants
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Panpan

I don't like the type of writing. It always feels like it's just rambling without an actual story going on. It also makes it really hard to follow and understand totally what's going on.

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UnderTheRadarBooks
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Heather_Reads
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Mehso-so

I feel like this could have been a really great book, but in the end it seemed to take the easy way out. I loved the way the story was written and there was a lot of tense build up to *something* happening, but I don't think it delivered. It's a solid debut though, and I'd definitely read more of Wilson's work.

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Heather_Reads
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"The floor is coated with sawdust and smells like livestock, which is probably what the bus is used for in the off-season when they don't need river shuttles. The crew runs like livestock, and that's what Ugo's been looking for: the feeling of being in front of a stampede, the hoofbeats of the herd coming up through the ground.
He needs to decide how to kill the American."

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mauveandrosysky
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This book is a mess, + not in a good way. It's based on the controversy behind the '70s exploitation movie Cannibal Holocaust (which is actually super interesting), but unfortunately it's muddied up with several alternating narrative perspectives + weak subplots, when the better choice would have been to focus on stronger development of a couple of the main characters. Also worth noting: I was hoping for more cannibalism. (Don't quote me on that.)

mauveandrosysky Also: I always feel TERRIBLE posting a bad review when it's a debut author. 😔 8y
[DELETED] 3323341091 in the vein of cannibalism & torture -- have you watched Cannibal Ferox? 8y
mauveandrosysky @fern I have — I watched it years ago around when I saw CH! 8y
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mauveandrosysky
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Probably the coolest thing about this book so far is learning all about special effects. I'm a HUGE horror movie fan, including the extremely gory ones (don't judge me 😳), so this is all fascinating to me.

[DELETED] 3323341091 you are not alone! i enjoy them immensely. 8y
mauveandrosysky @fern yay! That makes me so happy. 😄 8y
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mauveandrosysky
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I requested this from NetGalley and I just need it SO BAD. 😩 I keep refreshing my inbox obsessively. (Also, that cover!)

mauveandrosysky UPDATE: APPROVED! 🎉 8y
BookswithB Was drooling over this cover art earlier. 8y
mauveandrosysky @BookswithB right? I'm obsessed! 8y
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StephTKO
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Mehso-so

Wilson plays with the reader's expectations by juxtaposing violence as entertainment with realistic violence. Sounds pretty cool, right? The problem is that this book is a little too artsy. Alternating POVs shifting from third to second person makes it difficult to connect with characters and story.

BookishFeminist Great review! Both here and goodreads. Still super intrigued by this one. It'll be interesting to see how our opinions match up when I get to read it. 8y
StephTKO @BookishFeminist It's worth reading despite my less than enthusiastic review. I enjoyed it intellectually. It's great food for thought. 8y
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StephTKO
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I'm about 30% of the way through... I'm struggling with the narrative style.

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StephTKO
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Can't beat this view for reading.

NatalieR Beautiful! 🌳 8y
Gayan Wow! Amazing! 8y
MrBook A lot like my view! VERY nice. And so serene 😊👍🏻. 8y
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Megabooks Gorgeous! 8y
Alisnazzy I was going to see if you wanted to get lunch tomorrow but unless west palm grew mountains in the last month or so, I'll have to wait. 8y
WordWaller Nice! 💗 8y
StephTKO @Ambrosnazzy lol! I'm back on Tuesday. 8y
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StephTKO
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What should I read next from these 6 titles? All are galleys except Cruel Beauty which is from the library. I'm in the mood for something engrossing. 😁

BookishFeminist Ooo We Eat Our Own looks really good. I have a galley of Risuko, too. 8y
CherylDeFranceschi I think The Devourers sounds awesome. 8y
CaitlinSiem I'm a huge fan of Cruel Beauty so that gets my vote. 🤗 8y
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StephTKO @BookishFeminist the description makes it sound up my alley. @CherylDeFranceschi Right!? @CaitlinSiem I think I'm going to pick it. It seems like the type of book I become obsessed with and can read in one sitting. 8y
BookishFeminist @StephTKO Let me know how it is when you get to it! It sounds right up my alley too. 8y
Chessa I'm reading the Devourers now - it's very atmospheric! And mysterious! I'm enjoying it so far. 8y
MrBook Tough choice. 8y
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StephTKO
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Spent the past hour on Netgalley when I should have been working. 😭

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Deserthorror
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A cannibal movie gone horribly wrong. Loosely based on true events. #read it this summer

ReadingOver50 Sounds fun! 8y
Deserthorror It is 8y
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EricaReads
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Still gathering thoughts on Barkskins (which I LOVED), and started this last night. I was hooked from the first sentence!

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