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4.5 Stars • All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby follows Titus Crown, Charon County‘s first Black sheriff, as he hunts a serial killer targeting Black children after a school shooting. Unearthing ritualistic murders tied to racism and fanaticism, Titus confronts corruption, personal struggles, and a militia threat in a tense Southern town.

The Sherif department get a call about a shooting at the school. When they get there one of the students has a gun and gets shot by the police. After a search of the school, they find one of the teachers shoot. On the teacher‘s phone the police finds pictures of children being tortured and killed, and the search is on to find victims and the third person in the pictures

When the conclusion comes it makes perfect sense and is the most scary of all

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I finished All the Sinners Bleed on audio

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued the buddy reads Persuasion #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and The Old Curiosity Shop #WhatTheDickens

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I‘ve started both The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, and The Ghost of Blackwood Hall #NancyDrewBR

#WeeklyForecast

Continue my yearlong reads on the right

Continue the buddy reads; Persuasion #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and The Old Curiosity Shop #WhatTheDickens

Continue A Thousand Feasts

Continue All the Sinners Bleed on audio

The Booker winner is announced tomorrow evening, and I want to get a start on The Loneliness of Sonia and Sonny

I also want to start The Ghost of Blackwood Hall #NancyDrewBR

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I finished Mother Mary Comes to Me

I continued my yearlong reads on the right & has started catching up on Year of Wonder

I continued All the Sinners Bleed on audio

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I completely forgot that last Saturday was the beginning of a new month & new buddy reads, but I‘ve now started Persuasion #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow & The Old Curiosity Shop #WhatTheDickens

I‘m also reading Tell Me Everything

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I finished Hags #SheSaid, and Mary and the Rabbit Dream

I read the Maria Stepanova one and Pumpkinheads (not pictured since I picked it up from the library yesterday and then several of these were already returned)

I continued my yearlong reads and have started listening to Year of Wonder again

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I continued All the Sinners Bleed on audio

I‘m reading Mother Mary Comes to Me

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I continued my yearlong reads. Year of Wonder isn‘t here this week, since I haven‘t listened to anything

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I continued Hags #SheSaid

I continued All the Sinners Bleed on audio

I finished A Witch‘s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

I read The Old Child and The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography

I‘ve started Mary and the Rabbit Dream

Scavenger hunt #moon #hauntedshelf #grimreaders @CSeydel

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I continued with my yearlong reads on the right, but has some serious catching up to do on The Year of Wonder

I continued The Thousand Feasts

I‘m still catching up on Hags

I finished Ordinary Saints

I read The Pengrooms and Pathemata

I‘ve started A Witch‘s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

#WeeklyForecast

Continue my yearlong reads and catch up on Year of Wonder. The release of T. Swift‘s latest didn‘t help with that

Continue A Thousand Feasts

Continue All the Sinners Bleed on Audio

Hags finally arrived from the library and I‘m catching up #SheSaid

I want to finish Ordinary Saints

I want to read Pathemata, and Kringle & Finn

I want to start A Witch‘s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

A Black sheriff in a Southern town. A school shooter, a “victim” who, it turns out, has been assaulting kids, but that‘s just the first chapter (or so). What is unearthed is a team of serial killers with one member left standing and Titus has to find him before this powder keg of a town blows. Racism isn‘t always shouting the N-word. It‘s also in the micro-aggressions. That‘s what POC authors capture better than anyone (experience, unfortunately).

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I continued my yearlong reads. I‘ve fallen a little behind on Year of Wonder and need to catch up

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I finished Flashlight

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I finished Tombland, I‘ve even read the historical note in the back #ShardlakeBR

I read I‘m So Glad We Had This Time Together

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I‘ve started a new audio, All the Sinners Bleed

I‘m also reading Oh William!

EVIL impact list: liars; embezzlers; sexual predators; trouble makers and killers.

RESPONSIBLE impact list: sheriff; deputies; vintage dad; brother; loving woman and pastors.

All are there to create a great novel by S.A.Crosby!

A serious no laugh crime investigation into bizarre deaths.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Finally getting around to some S.A. Cosby, and wow this was freaking DARK. Lots of content warnings, like all of them, but I couldn‘t put it down. Immediately added his backlist to my TBR.

I‘m only 1/3 in but I can‘t put this one down! This is my first S A Cosby novel. Gripping…

Wow, wow, WOW. How does Cosby do it? I‘ve loved every book of his, and I‘ve now read them all (here‘s hoping King of Ashes gets picked for #camplitsy25 🤞🏻). But this one is my favorite, hands down. Masterful, chilling, thought provoking. Loved it. @CSeydel I finally got to it - your “bonus” book from #ALSpine 👏🏻 #readyourkindle

So many layers and such a disturbing book in so many ways from serial killers, child death, racism, small town drama….etc. So well written and an amazing story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It was a little overly worded, which is a mood killer for me, but it was a great story. The aspects of race and racism were so well weaved into the story they felt like it's own character

#12booksof2024 @Andrew65

I think the introduction of SA Cosby to my reading life is one of the best things Litsy has done for me. I love his books, including this one, my favorite read from January.

#BookScavengerHunt prompt -moon 15 pts
#BookRecommendation 30 pts One of my favorites authors, so good and the audiobook is amazing

1,030 pts (previous) + 45 pts (current) = 1,175 pts

#bookscavengerhunt #moon
#bookrecommendation #dark
#hauntedshelf #hexesandcrows @Catsandbooks @PuddleJumper

Sheriff Titus has his hands full with an anticipated march in support of a statue honoring a Confederate hero and likely counter protesters organized by a black preacher, when a bloodthirsty serial killer‘s evil deeds are discovered following a school shooting of everyone‘s favorite teacher. No simple solution to find the killer, and things get pretty twisted and bloody very quickly. And yet there are the most endearing moments between Titus & ⬇️

#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) I received the most beautiful scarf from @TEArificbooks and I plan to wear it. Daughter suggested I go as a fortune-teller so if I can figure out what else will work with the scarf, I will dress up for work. We don‘t dress up, so I‘ll be the odd man out. Happily.

2) My Halloween books haven‘t been scary or spooky. But the tagged book was very very dark. I highly recommend it

Play @AnnCrystal ?

My next audiobook

#halloweenatoz #letterA

#trappedinaspookyhouse @CSeydel
#hauntedshelf #hexesandcrows @Catsandbooks @PuddleJumper

Another solid thriller from SA Cosby. If you‘ve read his other books, you know what to expect: this one is equally violent, dark, well-plotted, and evocative as his previous novels. This one follows a small-town sheriff trying to track down a serial killer found operating out of his town. Sheriff Crown must simultaneously navigate racial tensions in his town and demons from his personal and professional past as he circles closer to the killer. 3⭐️

My #trappedinaspookyhouse starts NOW! This epigram gives me that feeling like the moment when the roller coaster starts up the hill … I know I‘m in for something terrifying!

@CSeydel is #trappedinaspookyhouse for the entire month of October! Fortunately, she has a handful of amazing books to read! (But really take your time!)

I had so much fun picking these books, none of which I have read. Husband weighed in on the Fforde book and some were on my tbr list. And one I added to my tbr list. This was such a great way to discover new books!

I‘m looking forward to hear how you like them!

#trappedinaspookyhouse
@Texreader @PuddleJumper

Your spooky house awaits … oooOooO …

Another great novel that should be adapted for a movie, unless that happened already🤷🏽‍♀️It has suspense, action, intrigue, and Titus Crown is an interesting character dealing with personal things, prejudice and his job as the first black sheriff in Charon County, Virginia. I don‘t know what to think about that ending but I know it will be a perfect one in a movie. 4/4.5⭐️Amazing audiobook.

This #authoramonth pick earlier this year was a #newtomeauthor I was glad to read! #aboutabook

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Cosby‘s story of the South is a fast-paced police chase that never settles for being just a mystery. It‘s a morality play about living with the demons and scars of a complicated history that has yet to be reckoned with. The third-person narrator (maybe Charon County itself) never allows it to be simple. A fantastic, chilling read.

“Blood and tears. Violence and mayhem. Love and hate. These were the rocks upon which the South was built.”

A perfect plane book. The first black sheriff in a small Virginia town discovers a gruesome serial killer. The ensuing deaths are not dwelt upon and there's not too much plodding details, but some social commentary, and its just suspenseful enough, without making one''s heart race.

A serial killer thriller that reminded me of a Criminal Minds episode, except that it is layered with the story of Titus, former FBI agent turned sheriff of his SE Virginia county. Racism still runs rampant there, complicating the lives of its citizens and its first Black sheriff. Except for a little bit of overdone prose at the beginning, I was totally wrapped up in this twisty, turny thriller with its nuanced MC and stayed up late to finish!

I read this mystery earlier this month and really enjoyed it! It was a smart police procedural that didn‘t dwell heavily on the violent bits but provided enough detail to convey how tragic and horrible the crimes were. It kept me guessing right to the end! Adam Lazarre-White excelled as the audiobook narrator. Glad I read this for June‘s #AuthorAMonth pick! 5/5⭐️
(June 27, 2024)

damn what a good book. grabs you and won‘t let you go. this should be made into a movie.

This was my first SACosby book! When I was reading, I was fully engrossed in the story, forgetting where and when I was physically. This is exactly what I love in a book. I have one major plot question I will hide in the comments! #authoramonth @Soubhiville

I did it! I got through an SA Cosby book! I was nervous to pick them up because I heard how dark and gruesome the books are. This one was pretty dark but luckily most was off the page. A serial killer and the hunt to find them before they kill again. I‘ll need light stuff for a while before I can pick up any other dark books.

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Not my favorite by him, but still good! #authoramonth @Soubhiville

S. A. Crosby is new to me. I read him thanks to #AuthorAMonth and so glad I did. This is an extremely tense thriller with great characters. I adore Titus Crown. The racial tensions are palpable throughout the story.
Trigger warnings - this has graphic detail of child abuse, torture and murder.

@Soubhiville

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Welcome to June #AuthorAMonth readers! Time to pull out our SA Cosby books. What are you planning to read?

#AuthorAMonth is a no-pressure, no-commitment Litsy challenge. The goal is to celebrate the works of a particular author each month. Authors were chosen through polls by Litsy participants. Read as many as you like, skip months when needed, it's up to you!

There will be some prizes sent at the end of the year:

This one is hard for me to review. I admire so many things about it, but it was a little too much for me in the violence/grittiness department. 3.5/5*

S.A. Cosby, You owe me nothing and have made my entire year! Thank you for being so humble, kind and transparent. Your journey has lead to many blessings and I cannot wait to see it on the big screen.