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I loved this book so much, I wish it were a series so I could stay in this world. Very similar idea to the movie A Quiet Place, only the creatures don't come from space but from an undiscovered cave system. (Also this book came out before the movie. There is another movie based on this one , not sure if it's any good.) I'm a sucker for a good post apocalyptic story.

I love apocalyptic fiction. This was fantastic! Scientists unwittingly release a plague of white bats on the world who hunt by noise. Horrible stuff! But not as horrible as many of the humans behaviour. How quickly they turn on each other.
I didn‘t like the ending.

Suspenseful and thrilling from the very start. It felt at times that the author was adding content simply for the shock value but one scene in particular definitely got me ugly crying.

#thequietplace #horrorseason @Klou

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The Silence Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

In the darkness of a vast cave system, cut off from the world for millennia, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed.Deaf for many years, Ally knows how to live in silence. Now, it is her family‘s only chance of survival...

I've been listening to this while walking the dog and it genuinely made me walk a little extra, so the dog liked it too!
It's a different take on the end of humanity, avoiding political actions or climate change, and it's a small scale survival in a huge scale event.
It's definitely worth picking up. It threatens to drag at times, but it's easy to come back to.

So, this is actually film vs film ranting. But I've seen so many things really slating the film in comparison to A Quiet Place and also claiming it copied it. However, this book was written before A Quiet Place which, other than hiring an actual deaf actor, was pretty forgettable. There's no real back story, no real progression for me. I'm not saying The Silence is a masterpeice, but I do feel critics are over-harsh. #hiredeafactors

So, I get films changing a lot of a books content in order to squeeze it into their time frame. But I always mourn when they change a location. Even more so when I learn the original is in WALES. Welsh accents are a gift from the Old Gods. But no, if American's make it, it HAS to be American. How else would their audience understand it or even want to see it??? Booooooo. Netflix, Amazon, Sky, someone make the Welsh series. And have a deaf actor?

Look what came in the mail @KarynGood 💕 Thank you so much for this surprise belated birthday present! 💕 My #PoutinePenPals are the most generous and kind group of just awesome people! 💕

This book was fantastic. The best pick of the group. Great choice @TK421
#LMPBC
@BethM @Bklover @Avanders
Now it's time to watch the movie on Netflix.

Why do I have to work late?!?!? All I want to do is read.

Ok #HistoricalHussies see if the rotation is right.
Me to @JenlovesJT47 to @TK421 to @Bklover to @BethM to @Avanders to me
Send the book you pick to your person for January 1st. #LMPBC

I'm really enjoying this book so far. And PB cups. Always PB Cups. 🤤
#LMPBC @Avanders @BethM @Bklover. @TK421

I got a lovely surprise this rainy Halloween evening. My #LMPBC #GroupV 📦 arrived from @Avanders and is awesome!!! This is my new favorite book sleeve. ♥♥♥♥♥ The books are all from my wish list and the coffee smells divine. Thank you for everything!
@TK421 @Bklover @BethM
We need to think about our books for the next round.

Yay!!! Rec‘d this Halloween-filled pkg of awesomeness for #LMPBC ! 💀🖤🎃

Thank you so much @BethM ! I‘m so excited to see coffee from my hometown! 💚🏈💛 & buffalo popcorn sounds sooo yum. The little genius NB is so cute 🤓 & I 💗 the flags! Of course the hollow Magic book is amazing, & the candies inside smell so good (plastic baggie broke, so moved in there). & excited for cider, KitKats, hoot antibac & facemask! So much!! Thank you!! 🥰♥️😘

#lmpbc mailed to @Avanders and @Chrissyreadit

Holy wow, what an intense read. Great #lmpbc pick! Almost horror it was so creepy and scary AF. But then I don‘t read horror so who knows 🤷‍♀️😂 Being in criminal justice and a hunter gives me a unique perspective on several parts of this story. I‘ll leave the rest of my thoughts in the journal so I don‘t spoil it!

Hubs stayed up north for one more night. I‘ll be snuggling in with cocoa and this creepy AF #lmpbc read, while Monday night football plays quietly in the background :)

#TeamHellBoundHeart
I am halfway threw my last book The Silence by Tim Lebanon.
We haven't spoke for a while?

@BookishTrish @LiterRohde @thereadingowlvina #teamreading #readingothersbooks #horror 👍📚

Great #lmpbc package @Bklover ! Thanks so much! And no worries on the mail date, if you need anything lmk. Sending you hugs. Also thanks to @MaleficentBookDragon for the hippo!

No details so the rest of my group can enjoy this, but I loved it! Soooo much better than the movie, but I did picture Huw as Stanley Tucci! (And I liked the movie!)
#LMPBC Group V Round 6

Omg I LOVE Jelly Bellies!!! Thanks so much Nathan! Getting ready to start reading and eating right away. @BethM Beth I mailed you your package today. I am scum. I WILL do better next month. (Plus I forgot to insert your note!). Nathan- thanks again for the treats and the bookmark and book markers! Was fun opening it!
#lmpbc #groupv. #round6

I finally finished my #LMPBC selection the other day. I loved this book. It was written in a way that made they story very believable. I don't want to spoil any plot points for my group, so that's it. Read it, enjoy it, get anxiety from it.
#creaturefeature #LMPBC
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@MaleficentBookDragon @Avanders @Bklover @BethM I went with The Silence for our #LMPBC group. I picked up a copy today with the Netflix film cover so I won't feel remotely bad about writing in it. 😊

I kind of have it down between these two. @MaleficentBookDragon @Avanders @Bklover @BethM what is your opinion?
#LMPBC

Really enjoyed this book. There was a lot of suspense as the family try to escape the monsters Lebbon had kept it realistic with no heroics. I was constantly thinking what would I do? I felt the panic & fear as I was reading, it kept me glued to the story. Now to watch the Netflix film to see the adaptation of a British story

#Horror #Monsters #Books #BookNerd #ReadABook #Bookaholic #BookVfilm #Survival #Sshhh #ReadingDay #Reading #Suspense

This book made me ugly cry on the train home, thank goodness for sunglasses. Spoiler comment added in case you need to check what you might face when reading this; it won't spoil the book.

This is a heart racing apocalyptic horror, it's sooo good.

#Horror #Apocalypse #Monsters #UglyCrying #EdgeOfYourSeat #Books #BookNerd #ReadABook #Bookaholic #ReadingCommuter

Next read before I watch the Netflix film

#Bookaholic #Books #BookNerd #BookVsFilm #BookObsessed #Thriller #Horror #Chilling #ReadingDay #ReadABook #SpringReads

4/5 I picked this up after seeing it's movie be called a knock off of a quiet place, even though the book came out first. It's almost like everythibg the Quiet Place was missing, complete build up to an apocalyptic situation, told through the eyes of a family with a deaf child. The authors use of social media was well done, and it made for an incredibly visceral and interesting story of the fall of society. #scifi #horror

I completely forgor about this app, I went through a slump, got a new phone, and just lost touch with this and my bookstagram, I'm hoping to keep up and pull myself from this slump! #catsoflitsy #mentalhealthawarenessmonth

Was ok

This was a rather effectively good, creepy book with creative monsters both non human and human alike.

Looking forward to the movie of it on Netflix this month.

Book 2: I loved this one. I‘m a “plague ushers in the apocalypse” kind of gal but really enjoyed this one where predators decide to eat us. Fair warning that there are two dog deaths that really messed me up 😭 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Starting this one!

#TeamHellboundHeart @thereadingowlvina your pick is on the move. It left WEst Vancouver for the UK today! I sprang for airmail. @kaysworld1 let us know when it arrives. @LiterRohde

#TeamHellboundHeart @thereadingowlvina your pick is on the move. It left WEst Vancouver for the UK today! I sprang for airmail. @kaysworld1 let us know when it arrives. @LiterRohde

I‘m not sure I would have finished this if it weren‘t for book club #TeamHellboundHeart even though I‘d been curious about it for years. I liked the real-time unfolding of the apocalypse and picturing what a vesp might look like. I wasn‘t keen on the lack of character development and the formulaic plot.

Morning plans #TeamHellboundHeart

@CouronneDhiver Thank you for the chocolate-y treat that came with the #GroupU #LMPBC parcel! It‘s supposed to *shudder* snow this weekend so I‘ll make light work of it! @Lindy @Jazzper2 ❤️❤️ @LiterRohde @thereadingowlvina @kaysworld1 the notebook arrived! I‘m going to try and finish up the book this week so it can make its way to Kay. #TeamHellboundheart

I have 8 minutes until I need to get off the sofa and adult.

Evening reading view

#TeamHellboundHeart @LiterRohde is a master of packaging #sssh

This was kind of an impulse buy but it went directly to the top of my TBR. Loving it so far!!