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So. Close. I wanted to like this, and I tried to finish it, but eventually I just ran outta patience. The plot sounded interesting and I liked the elements of 80s/90s scary movies and such… but bottom line is: I don‘t like Grady Hendrix. It‘s decided, I‘m not gonna try his books anymore, it‘s not for me.

Up next!

If a book makes you cry, move on to horror! I‘ve been hyped for this one for a while. Hope it‘s good!

Imma be honest, I‘m a little more than traumatized and confuzzed about this one. Like it was good enough, but only like for a one off. Imma need some serious sugar sweet romance to get past this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a fun read… not especially deep, but fun! If you‘re a fan of 80s/90s slasher films, unreliable narrators, and fast-paced action, then this may be the book for you! I‘ll give it 3/5⭐️ It‘s on its way to @Alfrazier21 and should be there in a day or two. Sorry it took me so long to finish. Holidays, planning for midterms, general chaos! 😂 I‘ve received The Glass Hotel @Karisa and I‘m about to dive in to that tonight! #LMPBC #GroupV

I'm surprised to not see this one already. I received this as a birthday gift from @NataliePatalie.

#final #Beginswith @Eggs
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Day 9

As usual, I'm a couple days behind 🤣

My #7thBookof2021 for #July is The Last House on Needless Street and the #8thBookof2021 for #August is The Final Girl Support Group. Bothe fantastic reads! I didn't finish a single book in #September so I'm skipping the month 😅

#12Booksof2021 @Andrew65

Kate, thank you so much for the wonderful #jolabokaflodswap package! I have been wanting to read this book & am waiting on library copies, so this is perfect!The chocolates are two big favorites & thank you for the (not pictured) wintery gift wrap & card. We just have light rain (& heavy COVID 😬)here for the holidays, so I appreciate the snowy scenes.❄️Happy Holidays & a Merry Jolabokaflod to you! 📚🍫

Thank you to Chelle for this fun swap! 🤗

This was a good reading year for me.

The Final Girl Support Group was my #1 favorite this year. The rest of my #top21of21 are in no particular order except the far left hand column has the rest of my #Top5

What were your favorites this year?

@MeganAnn @Sharpiepup @Endowarrior21 @crazeedi
@LMJenkins @FantasyChick @MittenPeachGirl @TheAromaofBooks
@CatsandBooks @teebee

Went to the library before work and grabbed these. Final Girls Support Group has been on my list. The other one I randomly saw and sounded interesting. Anyone read either of these?

This was a great follow up to a not so great book! Final girls left behind by mass murderers are a different breed & they band together to face one last threat to their safety. True Hendrix, this is beautifully written featuring incredible broken characters you can really get emotionally attached to!

Seems like this book has mixed reviews, but it was engaging. Some of the characters storylines were really gory & disturbing - warning read during the daytime.

⭐️🤮blech! Awful in the extreme! So disappointing since I‘ve loved all his other books. What a mess!

FINALLY got my hands on this one. Been waiting for it for months

I actually let my loan lapse and almost bailed. One of the weaker entries in Hendrix‘s oeuvre, this book felt like quite the slog compared to his other works.

@Alfrazier21 @Littlewolf1 @Readergrrl

Hi Cynthia! My book pick for #LMPBC Round 13 is dropped off at the post office and soon on its way to you! 💌

#Lmpbc #round13 #GroupV @suvata

This was a wild ride. What happens to the final girls when the movie ends? Well, here it is. I actually didn‘t like our narrator, but I think maybe we weren‘t supposed to? She was so damaged. But I loved the subversive jokes: the characters names corresponded to the actors who played the final girl in the real movie (ex: Adrienne‘s story is Friday the 13th, starring Adrienne King). It was fun figuring out which movie each girl was. (Cont…)

So this “article/movie synopsis” was in The Final Girl Support Group and I‘m very sad that it isn‘t a real movie. Am I the only one that thinks this would make a terrible yet awesome movie? 😂

I will remember the unique premise of this book for a long time and the interspersement of article clippings was clever. I feel like maybe if I was the type to love horror movies a bit more I would have appreciated this book a little better (like I was missing some inside jokes). The humor made me just sad for the characters. Is it unfair for me to be irked when a male writer writes a book with almost entirely abused/tortured female characters?

Final girls are the people standing after the murders are done, the ones who fight back and win to save their own lives. Lynnette has never felt she fit in with the other final girls, but now she is the only one who sees the horror that is happening to them again. I loved this book. I mean I love everything Hendrix writes honestly, it's good writing, good stories, good characters. This one was full of murder but also full of hope at the same time!

I was unsure how I was going to like this because such blatant trauma in fiction can be difficult to read at times. But I binged this book; the ‘final girls‘ are so enjoyable in their own right (with how each manages their own realities of being final girls) and compelling and the twists keep coming throughout the book about the killer.

This was the king of page turner I needed to break me out of my reading slump. The main character was very interesting and I was hooked from page 1. I read this on my first gen old school kindle and I would not recommend as there are emails and written notes at the beginning of each chapter and the fonts were not visible to me. I am sure this would not be an issue on newer e readers.

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My love for Hendrix's Horrorstor and My Best Friend's Exorcism couldn't save this one for me. I was really hopeful, but this story just isn't it. 😔 I'm too sad to say more.

I almost skipped this one because I hate his previous work "Horrorstore". I'm so glad I gave this book a chance because I found it to be quite entertaining! Even though it is not all that scary, I did provide me with lots of laughs. One thing though. I feel like Hendrix could have been more descriptive of Heather's tragedy. He presents this severely messed up woman with little to no back story. Maybe it's one of his plot devices? ¯\_(ツ)_/

My #AlteredNightmareSwap book is so cool! The background above is the splattered end pages and the edges are a cool metallic knife blue. It‘s the perfect book for me because I‘ll be reading this #thriller book in November for #LMPBC—your artwork will be traveling soon! The goodies are awesome too! Thank you, @BookwormAHN! I love it all! 🎃🎃🎃 @LibrarianRyan

Thank you so much @Nessavamusic for the lovely Halloween box!!!! I can‘t wait to river into final girls and I may have devoured my Reese treats all in one sitting 🤦🏼‍♀️

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#allhallowsreadswap

Ending my October with a spooky read! Love this premise and can't wait to read it!!

Just getting a little reading in with my cuddle buddy… #finalgirlssupportgroup Which Grady Hendrix book is your favourite?

This is a perfect #allhallowsread package! Thank you so much Katie! I absolutely love it 🖤🖤😘I‘m not going to lie- I‘ve been super anxious about sweets and managing diabetes- BUT I think one piece of the chocolate each week will be ok- and it will last all year- and it actually makes me super happy to have quality vegan chocolate to look forward to🧡🧡🧡🧡

Okay, I'm counting on this one to not disappoint. Two of my favourite books are Horrorstor and My Best Friends' Exorcism, by Hendrix.
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This was a fun movie! They kept forgetting the blond guy in scenes tho lol, but I still wish they‘d made a sequel.

#scarathlon #scarathlon2021 #teamhendrix

I'm just going to say it. This book was over hyped. I wanted it to be awesome but it was okay. Hendrix usually does a better job of writing strong female characters. I thought Lynette was pathetic & made really stupid decisions. I mean, she made me understand why she wasn't a "real" final girl. It was entertaining but the unlikeliness of Lynette having just the right tools to MacGyver herself out of every implausible situation was annoying. ⭐⭐⭐

Although I was of the right age, I missed out on 80s slasher movies - reserving my entertainment in horror to haunted house films. But I had to go here because I can‘t miss out on Grady Hendrix and his campy hysterical fiction. I lost track of who was who and did something I seldom do (and for the 2nd time this month)- 1/3 in and I started over. I‘m so glad I did that!

Perfect read for spooky szn. A support group of final girls who are the sole survivors of mass murders start getting attacked one by one, who will be the final girl of the final girls? Or will they trust each other to get through it together? I liked learning about each girl‘s event, and the odes to classic slasher films while addressing the reality of violence against women that they portray. I truly didn‘t know who the killer was until the end.

Another good one by Hendrix! A lot less gross this time around and a little more emotional. Unfortunately, no spooky monsters- just people being people, flawed and damaged, sure, but people.

+6 points (5 for out of theme, 1 for post)

#scarathon2021 #TeamHendrix

Loved this 🙌🏻

it was perfect for spooky season with nods to all the best and campiest horror movies.

I thought the plot was really clever.

#bookspinbingo

Yay! Our group is filled! Here are the two thrillers from my tbr that I‘ve been dying to read. Any opinions?

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@Littlewolf1
@Readergrrl

#Lmpbc #round13 #GroupV @suvata

When the power goes out, but sets the mood. Loving this October read. For fans of horror movies, consider this a witty, raw, and fun side to the genre. Thanks @Breanne1 as always for leading me the best books!

#Halloween #October

I liked this one, but it was a little confusing with all the different “Final Girl‘s” stories. I will definitely read more Grady Hendrix though!!

I love grady hendrix, love classic slashers and loved this. The characters were tropy enough to be recognisable but still fresh and realistic, I didn‘t guess the twist, and there was genuinely nothing I‘d change about it.

Also refreshing to read a horror novel with what felt like a genuinely positive attitude to disability, recognising that many final girls would definitely be disabled after their injuries. As a disabled horror fan I loved that

Busy busy listening to audiobooks this month. 🎧 #audiobooks #listening_litten

Grady Hendrix can do no wrong, as far as I‘m concerned. I loved this audiobook so much. I grew up watching slasher movies (generally through my fingers with my hands over my eyes because I was a scaredy cat) and this was just a fun, gory, fast-paced joyride with a bunch of final girls that I really enjoyed matching up with their movies. Bonus: the audio is narrated by an original final girl, Adrienne King. Very cool!

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I barely finished this in time for #anywayyoureadathon!

I don't know much about '80s and '90s slasher films, but I enjoyed this one! I really liked the quotes from books, transcripts, etc. sprinkled throughout and the friendships. I could not do this as a movie though; I'm definitely too much of a wimp!

#scarathlon2021 #teamslaughter #wickedathon #spookoween #screamathon #fantasticstrangelings

I love October reads 🥰 #HappyOctober #SpookySeason