I made these SWAPS to give away at the National Book Festival today...one for each book being represented at the festival that I'd read. Unfortunately, last night plans changed and I wasn't able to go :( I guess now they can be reminders of all the great books I read this summer.

#nationalbookfestival #buryourbonesinthemidnightsoil #buffalohunterhunter #darkly #theunworthy

Read some good spooky books in August :) Going to (hopefully) see all 3 authors next week at the National Book Festival!

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Read while in Florida this week. Short, fun and spooky. There is fungus.
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A little late but here's May. The 4th book was Ghost Wall (2.5 stars).

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Slow build, big ending! Some mixed feelings about it but it did pack a punch. Listen to the audio if you like Australian accents 😂 #BOTM

Such an interesting concept, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around some of it. If Cloud Atlas was Asian and more linear (or backwards linear??).

Weird book, but I liked it!! @Blueberry did too so I consider that a win.

#bookofthemonth #botm #booksandnails

This was a fun read! @Blueberry got it for me for Christmas because I like the Regarding the Fountain books so much. This is like those, but not for 12 year olds and without illustrations lol.

Sorry, one more post hehe. I just joined Storygraph last month and the graphics are so fun. I'm still learning how to use it but feel free to add me there.

Here are my #BOTM books for February! I had a free credit for getting my friend to join with me, so I added on Water Moon as well :) Hoping to start Black Woods, Blue Sky next week. What did you get?

Finished my first #BOTM book and tbh it was just ok lol. It wasn't terrible, but the entire time I felt like I was waiting for the actual story to start, and it just didn't? Plus I wanted to like Sophie SO MUCH but she made it real hard! Despite that, I really enjoy being in the BOTM community so I still plan to keep at it for now and see how it goes :)

Sunday morning reading + coffee while husband plays Diablo 😂

Fun and fairly quick read. Did not lean into the horror elements too much, but definitely a dark fantasy. My bookclub is reading this currently and everyone loves Hester 😂

Someone asked if I wanted to sign up for #BOTM with them; little did they know my toxic trait is that I can never say no to a buddy read 😌

Excited!

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First read of 2025! Definitely read if you're an Iain Reid fan.

I thought this was going to be a body horror novel. It kind of was, but I'd say it was more of a magical realism story about motherhood. I think it has a strong message - for people that are not me lol.

I also got this lil reading ghostie pin while I was there hehe

We went to the Fright Reads Book Festival yesterday and had so much fun! I bought so much stuff lol. But here are the books I got! I got them signed too, so four more books for the autograph collection. Bonus cat feet in the picture!

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This book is pretty stupid but that's ok because I didn't want to bring anything too heavy to the beach 😂

Signed up for my libraries summer reading program 😎

Not bad!
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Got to meet Antonia Hylton this morning, and add another autographed book to my collection!

3am impulse purchase...four used Kate Klise books from betterworldbooks.com. I can read children's books if I want to!! Ok!! @Blueberry

1. Sometimes I pick a lot of overly complicated books and my brain gets tired, so I have to read something simple fun or trashy lol.
2. Ken Follett, Harlan Ellison, Daniel Handler
3. Lisa See, Margaret Atwood, Ai Yazawa
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Happy New Year! Here is my reading list for 2024. Maybe you can see the theme 😛
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SpOoKy 👻
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Read a lot of weird stuff in October 👻

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Ok so to be perfectly honest I wasn't paying enough attention to the first couple of chapters, which i realize now was a big mistake lol. Because halfway through I was like, wait...what just happened?! But kept trucking along because it's only a 3 hour long audio so figured it'd all wrap itself up soon. And it did...so...SPOILER: This book is not actually about mannequins 😂

Don't get this on audio lol.
Also this is gonna be a real hot take but I think this story would work better as a movie. Trying to piece together who's who, when the plot is literally about people not being who they say they are, and then throwing in an unreliable narrator, was a bit of a headache 😵‍💫

A fun ride, but definitely did not need to be 14 hours long. Felt a bit dated at times despite being published this summer. The author doesn't seem to know how cell phones work, or what Las Vegas is like. She is also almost 80 years old which might have something to do with it 👽

😵‍💫 Don't read this if you're pregnant (or if you want to be).

🍏 Halloween related things! And apple cider or apple cider donuts.
🍎 Tired 🥱
🍏 Delicate Condition 👶

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs @Blueberry

I read some weird stuff in August 😅

Picked this up right after finishing the other Cassandra Khaw book (The Salt Grows Heavy) which I enjoyed. Unfortunately this one I did not!! Not enough characters allowed on Litsy to even begin to tell you why. Pan pan pan!

This book has a lot of layers to it, with a lot of different characters, in a lot off different places, in a lot of different time periods. I know it's taboo to say so but it might actually work better on screen lol (upcoming on Hulu, idk when though). Lots of family and generational trauma, but I can't help but feel like some of it could have been avoided if people had just communicated better?!

Body horror!!!

In flight reading 🛩

This entire book is so tragic, I don't understand why it's being pushed as a romance novel. The subject matter is tough (domestic abuse) and I understand dealing with these things isn't black and white. But I feel like the author romanticizes it too much which kind of grossed me out. I will say it was very readable, in the way a bad Lifetime movie is watchable. It's terrible and sad but you're glued to the screen to see what happens anyway.

Trying this out simply because I've been seeing Colleen Hoover everywhere lately. Only 5 chapters in though and I'm just not vibing with it. Is this really what people find romantic now??? Like just badgering women until they reluctantly agree to sleep with you?

Finally finished the book for book club 😵‍💫

Latest book mail! People to Follow is an ARC courtesy of Wednesday Books. Where Time Begins was an impulse buy because I saw it on the IG page of a tiki bar I'm going to next month 🍹 😂 Both look like great summertime reads! I love the bright and colorful covers.
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Finally got my own copy of Smuggler's Cove! It's gonna be a good summer 🍹
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Was looking for something to listen to and picked this up on a whim on Libby!

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This was ok, but not as exciting as I hoped. Maybe cozy mysteries aren't my thing. 6/10.
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My local library posted a lot of interesting events on April 1st...😂

Really enjoyed this! Gonna read the next one after bookclub.
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I've been trying to do some decluttering lately and found an old box with all my book pins! These are so old hahah. Most of them are from book events I went to. The American Girl pins are driving me crazy because why don't I have Molly?! Or Kirsten? Ugh.
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Didn't love this one, but it's not really my type of story. Feels like you're playing a D&D campaign, so I'd still recommend it to people that like that kind of thing 😂
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I enjoyed this! Definitely wacky, but not as silly as some of his other books. Starts pretty slow, but when it gets there...😳 Deals a lot with family loss, so definitely something to be mindful of if that may be difficult for you ❤️
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