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Reggie
The Impossible Us | Sarah Lotz
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Loved this. Bridget Jones meets Blake Crouch meets a Simon Pegg comedy. Bee and Nick accidentally connect when his i-mail gets sent to her e-mail. They hit it off and soon try to meet each other only to find out they live in parallel universes. This a charming, romantic, sci-fi that made me chuckle so many times, unexpectedly. There just some really great epistolary email/imail back and forth. It also had great side characters. Pick!

vivastory I always forgot that Lotz wrote this one... 1mo
Ruthiella Sounds like lots of fun. #reggimendation 1mo
LeahBergen This sounds delightful! 1mo
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Lesliereadsalot I loved the ending that I didn‘t see coming! 1mo
CarolynM Sounds great. Stacked🙂 1mo
Reggie @vivastory yeah, it seems real crazy to me that this author is the one who wrote The Three. She‘s talented. I have her 2 other books from the library to try out. 1mo
Reggie @Ruthiella @LeahBergen It was fun and delightful. It kept me up way past my bedtime. 1mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot Yes! So happy for them. 😁 1mo
Reggie @CarolynM I hope you like it.I have this friend who told me about the Hadron Collider they turned back on last year and how because of it we might be merging with other realities and that‘s how you get Mandela effects and she used to send me these freaky TikToks of people warning about it. And every time I got them I would think no, not another one, but I‘d still watch it. lol This reminded me of that but in a good, romantic way. (edited) 1mo
Centique This sounds BRILLIANT 😆 Stacked! 1mo
Reggie @Centique it‘s very cute. I think you‘d like it. 1mo
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Reggie
Almost Perfect | Brian Katcher
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Logan starts off his senior year of high school broken hearted having been dumped by his gf of 3yrs. But a new girl shows up and she‘s tall, quirky, and fun. And no matter how much she tries to keep things platonic, Logan kisses her and that‘s when she has to tell him she was born a boy. I really liked this book a lot. There are complaints about Logan, we‘re in his head the whole way through. He‘s an 18 yo from rural Missouri. It‘s a double 👇🏼

Reggie edged sword. Most people want to judge him for not being PC but he is also the guy we need to meet queer people in the middle. I found him hilarious and contemplative. This story broke my heart because you want better for trans kids and the world 14 years after this book was written is worse off for them. Pick! 2mo
TrishB Great review Reggie 👍🏻 2mo
CarolynM Fabulous review. Stacked. And you‘re right, things should have got better rather than worse. I really don‘t understand why it‘s so controversial. 2mo
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squirrelbrain Great review - stacking. 2mo
Ruthiella Stacking! Another #reggimendation ! 😆 (edited) 2mo
Suet624 Such a lovely review. 💕💕 2mo
Reggie @TrishB @CarolynM @squirrelbrain @Ruthiella @Suet624 Thank you ladies. It‘s sad to say but the weekend I read this, a candidate for Secretary of State in Missouri, the state where this book takes place, ran an ad where she has a flamethrower and is burning a queer book. 1mo
Ruthiella @Reggie That‘s awful. 😞 1mo
squirrelbrain WTF - what is WRONG with people?! 1mo
TrishB 😢 no words. Well I have many tbh. But I definitely agree it‘s getting worse. 1mo
Suet624 Oh God. 1mo
Rissreads What!!!!!!!!!! Why do people feel the need to control what other people read? This truly saddens me. 1mo
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KT1432
The Between: Novel, A | Tananarive Due
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I fell asleep last night before I could open my #AllHallowsReadSwap package and just now sitting down to do it. Omg!! @Christine you went above and beyond!! I am SO EXCITED lol. These 2 books are so high on my TBR, and the candy!! White chocolate Reece‘s, caramel M&Ms, candy corn, and my favorite, candy corn pumpkins!!! I love the card and the pencils and bookmarks are super cute! Thank you so much!! @MaleficentBookDragon thanks for hosting! #AHRS

Reggie I‘m so excited for you! I loved The Between. I can‘t wait for her new book. 5mo
Christine Yay!! So glad you like everything and that it survived the box‘s rough journey! 😆 It was very fun to put it together for you. And I added the books to my TBR too, both look so good! I‘ve been wanting to read Tananarive Due for years, in no small part bc of Reggie‘s recommendations. #reggimendation Happy reading and hope you had really fun Halloween! @Reggie Just started The Reformatory for my first Due - so far so great! (edited) 5mo
Reggie @Christine I‘m so glad to hear it‘s great so far. I‘m like 2 people away from getting it through Libby. 5mo
Christine @Reggie Just finished and loved it so much. Can't wait for your review!! 5mo
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Bookzombie
Untitled | Unknown
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#Top10Summer2023Reads

I had to go back into May a bit to get 10 picks since August was kind of slow for me. I loved all of these even though I only reviewed a few. 🙂

Cinfhen So glad you shared and posted!!! A few titles have really caught my attention 🤩 7mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! Which ones? There are a few horror, lol. 7mo
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Bookzombie @Cinfhen Peel My Love was a #Reggimendation and I loved it. :) 7mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Ordinary Monsters was a recommendation from @wanderinglynn. I also loved it. It's the first in a trilogy and it's the only one out. It's a Victorian fantasy with some horror elements. It's also a chunkster. 7mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Ordinary Monsters was a recommendation from @wanderinglynn. I also loved it. It's the first in a trilogy and it's the only one out. It's a Victorian fantasy with some horror elements. It's also a chunkster. 7mo
Cinfhen Well now im VERY intrigued!! Two awesome Littens 😁❣️ 7mo
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merelybookish
Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin
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I expected to LOVE this and . . . I didn't. Beagin is a phenomenal writer. There were passages that took my breath away. And exploring if we are our trauma is right up my alley.
And yet...something about the tone grated. It felt smug, cynical or too clever for its own good. It got to me, like an infestation, like the bees, the maggots & the stink bugs. Eventually I just wanted the story equivalent of a bug-free heated room in a regular house.

merelybookish I listened to it on audio and I wonder if that contributed to my irritation. Big Swiss's voice was kind of awful. But it had lots of sex and drugs if not rocknroll so perfect for this month's #titlesandtunes @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB #sexdrugdandrocknroll 9mo
BarbaraBB That‘s so true! 9mo
Ruthiella I liked it more than you and definitely want to read more from Beagin, but I agree, it didn‘t really hit the way I expected it to. 9mo
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Reggie Lol, um stacked. Nice review! 9mo
merelybookish @Ruthiella It was more annoying than I expected. 😆 9mo
merelybookish @Reggie Yes! I would love it hear your review!! 9mo
merelybookish @BarbaraBB Thank you! 9mo
Ruthiella I loved Om. He was surprisingly competent in many ways. “I am a sex therapist, Greta.” @Reggie Read it! Consider it a Ruthamendation! 😂 (edited) 9mo
merelybookish @Ruthiella yes, Om came through in the end. His therapeutic approach was actually pretty good. 🙂 Also, love the term 'Ruthamendation' Feels like a hashtag. 😉 9mo
Ruthiella @merelybookish It is! I‘m trying to make #Reggimendation a thing. 😆 Only problem is Reggie reads a lot of horror and romance, maybe my two least favorite genres. 9mo
BkClubCare I am loving Big Swiss! #Ruthamendation?! 8mo
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Suet624
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This writer puts you squarely in the midst of a character‘s experience. The story dances & you can get dizzy at times. This is a story of a flamenco dancer who despite having polio as a child is admired and respected for her skills. She is involved in 2 relationships that create issues for all involved. We see her as she ages & explores new avenues & develops a newfound respect for herself. This is the 2nd book Reggie has sent me by this author.

Suet624 #bookspin for May. @TheAromaofBooks Thank you so much, @Reggie for bringing this author to me. (edited) 9mo
Ruthiella Another successful #Reggimendation 👍😃 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 9mo
Reggie @Suet624 ❤️ I‘m so glad you liked it. It‘s a top 10 book of my life for me. I just read it at the right time. She‘s a poet and you can tell from her writing. That writing‘s my jam. 9mo
Reggie @Ruthiella Lol ❤️I get so tickled when I see that. 9mo
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Ruthiella
Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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I normally don‘t read horror. This book was long, creepy and full of Argentinian history. All the content warnings are appropriate. Though every time they mentioned The Darkness, I thought of the band: https://youtu.be/tKjZuykKY1I 😆

Using this for #Booked2023 “About a Monster” FYI the monsters are the humans

Using this for #Pop23 “Recommended by a Friend” since it was a #reggimendation 👍

squirrelbrain Ha! That‘s the first thing that came into my head too, when you mentioned The Darkness. 12mo
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Cinfhen Love that hashtag #reggiemendation 🤗🤗🤗 12mo
BarbaraBB That hashtag indeed! 12mo
Ruthiella @squirrelbrain Great minds think alike! 😂 12mo
Cortg Goid job! 🙌🏼 12mo
Ruthiella @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen It was @Christine who came up with it! 😊 12mo
Ruthiella @Cortg Thanks! 😊 12mo
Cinfhen Fantastic hashtag @Christine It‘s perfect 🙌🏻 12mo
batsy Yes, love the hashtag! 🙌🏾 And now if I read this I will also be thinking about the band 😆 12mo
Reggie 🖤🖤🖤I‘m so glad you liked this. Whew. My favorite part is the coming of age section with Adela. That haunted house part really scared me. I loved the way she planted seeds along the way so they could bloom later. Like the photo taken early in the book where the son recognizes it later at the art gallery and the journalists account of how sick she gets looking for the son and how the son‘s gf hears it. I‘m glad you took a chance on horror.🖤🖤🖤 12mo
Ruthiella @reggie I was a bit daunted when I saw the size of the book! 😂 But I‘m glad I read it. And the Olga Gallardo section really does pull it together. I suspected that the loss of Adela‘s arm was connected to The Darkness. 12mo
Christine @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @batsy Nothing better than a #reggimendation ! ❤️ He makes me want to read so many books that I would otherwise overlook. @Reggie 12mo
Cinfhen @Reggie is THE BEST @christine Agree 💯 He finds the heart in every story ♥️ 12mo
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MatchlessMarie
Camp Carnage | Elliot Arthur Cross
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#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Killer #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash This one has been on my TBR for a while. Ever since I heard about it from @Reggie a couple years back. I‘m hoping I get to it this month. In fact when I heard about the They/Them (They Slash Them) movie that came out recently, I thought it was based on this book because it‘s a similar premise (killer at an evangelical conversion camp). +6pts

Reggie Ohhhh, I hope you read this. I loved it. And last time I checked it was still free on Amazon. 1y
Ruthiella Another successful #Reggimendation ! 👍 1y
rwmg @reggie @ruthiella I read it last year - also originally from Reggie's review, I think. Great fun. 1y
Reggie @Ruthiella @rwmg 🖤🖤🖤 1y
MatchlessMarie @Ruthiella I love the tag! I almost tagged this as #BlameItOnReggie bahaha 🤣 1y
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Christine
The Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline
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The glowing #Reggimendation for this was the push I needed to finally pick it up! I'm with @Reggie - great book. The dystopian setting + indigenous perspective was super powerful, as was how the author integrated the theft of dreams and forced relocation to “schools“ [shudder]. The standard YA dystopian brutality-alongside-teen-identity-and-relationship-stuff - which I like! - was there. But with extra depth and stellar writing. On to Book 2 soon!

readordierachel Love a good Reggimendation! Must get to this one soon 👍🏼 2y
Reggie Lol, ❤️, I‘m so glad you liked this. I loved the character who was gay but that wasn‘t his identifying characteristic. He was a teacher, a leader, a caretaker, and someone who was in mourning. I just respected Demaline so much for writing someone like that. 2y
Christine @readordierachel They are golden! Hope you enjoy this when you get to it! 2y
Christine @Reggie YES! 100% agree. (And see spoiler comment below... :) 2y
Christine @Reggie I shouted (loudly!) at that Isaac reveal at the end - loved it! 2y
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