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This book somehow presents circumstances that are both tempting and terrifying. Such a unique premise, although the themes felt familiar. The MC‘s relationships with animals in the story are poignant, and I felt so much suspense and dread about what was to come. This is a book that I‘ll be thinking about for a long time. Thanks @batsy for putting this one on my list.

My #JolabokaflodSwap & #NaturaLitsyWinterSwap packages are in the mail and flying to their recipients! Waiting on one more item to arrive tonight and then I will mail my #CreepyChristmas package tomorrow!

At first I thought this would just be another 60-something literati writing about how bad gaming is for our children. What a prejudice (the author is younger than I am)! It's actually quite the opposite. It's a book about abuse, about being young and becoming an adult, about first love and about finding what you're really good at and standing by it. It's a good coming-of-age novel with really hard to read scenes, that also brought memories back.

15 pages in and I'm already terrified...

3.5/5 🌟

The first third of the book was great and had me hooked from the beginning. However, it became monotonous, and my interest wavered as I progressed.

#VolumesAndVocals
Day 4. Shivers
Per Goodreads: “The Piano Teacher is a shocking, searing and aching portrait of a woman bound between a repressive society and her darkest desires.”
Definitely felt like this fit the bill for “shivers”. Erika, the piano teacher definitely has *issues*, and watching everything unfold in this novel made me shiver. The synopsis on Goodreads did not prepare me for it at all.
#Shiver

#reading1001

#doublespin #bookspinbingo 5. 14 books read #reading1001

A brilliant book that I won't forget easily. I went into it knowing as little as possible about it and I think that's the best way to experience it. Probably one of the best texts around in terms of defining one's humanity as the world ends, so to speak, in relation to kinship with animals. What a feat that Haushofer and translator Shaun Whiteside have pulled off: a book about a woman alone with her family of animals that has tremendous power.

@ju.ca.no #litsylove

Thankyou for the birthday present - I opened early as the box was battered, I hope you don't mind!

The book looks really interesting, and I need a lot of dystopian options for a challenge prompt as I don't read a lot of it, so I may get to it this year 🤣