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What We Harvest | Ann Fraistat
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I read this because it‘s a Stokercon nominee for best YA. This was great. Wren is at home trying to protect her family‘s farm from the blight that has taken over the surrounding farms and has turned some of the townspeople and all the woodland creatures into blighted zombies. When she can‘t reach her parents she calls her ex, Derek to come help her. Even if it fizzled just the tiniest bit in the end there were times when I was genuinely 👇🏼

Reggie creeped out. We went from scary farm field to empty house at night, to scary basement then back out into the scary woods where you could see the “fireflies,” the glowing zombie eyes. Nowhere felt safe, lol. The author also had me feeling for Wren and all the people in her life and their community. So pick! A big blighted pick! (edited) 9h
TrishB Great review Reggie 👍🏻 will look for a cheap one here, new is pretty expensive. 9h
lele1432 Glad I saw your review! This sounds really interesting! 8h
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@Deblovestoread thanks for picking this book. I loved this book a lot. On my own, I would never, NEVER have picked this up. I cried reading the last 75 pages. @Jerdencon sorry this is a little late. I sent it off today and they said Monday, Tuesday at the latest.

Deblovestoread I‘m so glad you enjoyed it! 2d
Centique That is so off brand for you! 😂😂 But sometimes it is a lovely thing to try something completely different 😍 2d
Jerdencon Excited to read this… @Deblovestoread your book was mailed out yesterday 2d
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CoverToCoverGirl This is definitely not your typical read @Reggie This is more my style, I‘m so happy that you enjoyed it so. 😁😊 2d
Reggie @Centique @CoverToCoverGirl it‘s definitely the beauty of the LMPBC which is maybe signing up for groups you know you wouldn‘t read otherwise. Such a lovely book. 2d
Rissreads Such a beautiful cover! ♥️ 1d
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Weaveworld | Clive Barker
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Thanks for the tag @Parvez I‘m going to skip 1&2. 3- In Clive Barker‘s Weaveworld there is an orchard of peaches, where they are the juiciest and get you drunk off of happiness. It‘s located in a world woven into a carpet woven by the magic of the 4 families in hopes of escaping genocide at the hands of an angel. Unfortunately the orchard burns down when Weaveworld gets infiltrated by Immacolata, and Shadwell and the gyre gets destroyed.

CarolynM Well, it sounds like it was good while it lasted…😆 3w
Reggie @CarolynM lol, I know, I coulda left off that last sentence. 3w
Centique Happiest peach orchard sounds like a perfect setting 🙌 darn it when you can‘t even hide in a magic carpet forever though! 2w
Suet624 Ain‘t that always the way? 2w
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The Weight of Blood | Tiffany D. Jackson
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The only reason I read this is because it‘s on the short list for the best YA novel at the Stoker Awards. Thank goodness it was because hearing about a remake of Carrie, something most of us has read or at least seen the movie, I was like-ehh. But Ms. Jackson makes it new and fresh. I was elated to find myself hyped while reading it, and in the end, in love with all of it. Pick!

TrishB I loved this too. Very good re-telling. 3w
TheBookHippie Everything she writes is good. 3w
vivastory I had heard about this & was like, “Sacré bleu!“ as Carrie is such a beloved film & book for me. Seeing your endorsement of it I might give it a go. 3w
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vivastory I saw your comment about Cabinet of Curiosities. I watched it at the beginning of the year & although I definitely think it had it's highs & lows, the highs were phenomenal. My favorites were: Graveyard Rats, The Outside, The Autopsy & The Murmuring. Fingers crossed for a second season. 3w
LocalTXLibrarian Jackson is my favorite YA author! ❤️ 3w
lele1432 I cannot wait to read this! I love Tiffany D. Jackson! 3w
Reggie @TrishB @TheBookHippie @LocalTXLibrarian @lele1432 I had never read anything by her before but now feel compelled to go back and read all her other ones. 3w
Reggie @Vivastory you just took me back to high school and some hilarious friends with your “Sacre bleu!” Lol. Also my favorite was autopsy. I‘m always down for a really good invasion story. 3w
TheBookHippie @Reggie I‘d start with Allegedly and work your way through them. 3w
Rissreads I‘ve always wanted to go as Carrie for fancy dress but reds just not my colour! 🤣 3w
Bookzombie Jackson has been on my TBR for a long time, but I‘m sure I‘m going to get to this one this year. Even more so after your review! 2w
Reggie @Bookzombie i think this book was really smart. I hope you like it, Margie! 2w
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Jackal | Erin E. Adams
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Liz, a Black woman, goes back to her hometown for her best friend‘s wedding. While at the wedding her goddaughter goes missing in the woods. Another little Black girl in a long line of missing Black girls. So this is a low pick. I liked the last 1/4 very much, and all the characterizations of the missing girls. But sometimes I like to have to guess at what is being inferred instead of being told, told, told. Coulda used more show. Still, a pick.

batsy I struggled with this one and like you said, it got a bit pontificate-y. I appreciated the author's afterword a lot more than the book; it made me think I'd enjoy her nonfiction if she ventured into that. 3w
Reggie @batsy I wish she had incorporated the history of Johnstown more. She kept doing that repetitive thing that romance authors do and I just wanted to scream-I get it- it‘s racism!!! And maybe have it in 3rd person because I found myself getting mad at Liz, which is totally unfair to her. 3w
batsy @Reggie Yeah! I find I keep seeing more of this in contemporary fiction—the need to keep overemphasising something is bad instead of trusting the reader to recognise it. Maybe it's the result of social media brain, where to make a point one has to kind of keep yelling about the same thing. 3w
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Mink River | Brian Doyle
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I spent a week with the people of an Oregon community and I am sad now that I finished it. The writing style, you either love it or hate it. Each paragraph becomes a list and you hate it because there‘s so much or you appreciate it because it affords you an intimacy with a character, a place, a relationship. There‘s a paragraph where a dying nun lists her memories of her best friend, a crow, and it broke me for a minute. Thanks again to👇🏼

Reggie @Rissreads and @Jas16 for the book! I loved it very much. 4w
Rissreads Yay! I‘m so happy! X 4w
Jas16 This is so great! Love seeing both of your copies and love even more that you enjoyed it so much. 4w
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sarahbarnes This sounds good - the comparison to Winesburg, Ohio makes me want to read it. 4w
SamAnne Brian was a really good man and great writer. 4w
Deblovestoread Great review! 4w
Reggie @sarahbarnes there‘s just something about these people and the stories that live on through them. You‘d like it. 3w
Reggie @SamAnne his kindness and how precious he thought nature and the lives of people are really shines through. 3w
Reggie @Deblovestoread Thank you! 3w
Suet624 Awww, sounds wonderful. 2w
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Mink River | Brian Doyle
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I‘ve been having such a good day today. Started this book, one that @Jas16 (hope you had or are having a great vacation!) sent me 2 weeks ago and one that just came in the mail. Thanks whoever you are! It‘s wonderful so far. Makes me want to get a book that identifies all the native plants of my state and pay closer attention to all the small town drama around me. Lol Happy Reading, Littens!

batsy It sounds great! I see that I already have it stacked but I don't remember doing that 😅 Enjoy your reading! 1mo
Bookzombie Happy you are having such a good day! 1mo
Jas16 Just got home late last night. It was a wonderful trip but now I need to recover from my vacation! So glad that you are enjoying the book! 1mo
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Rissreads Yes that was me! Sorry it was a double up! I loved this book and thought you might too. Maybe you can pass it on to someone else? I‘m happy you are happy today! ♥️ (edited) 1mo
Suet624 Oh Reggie! I love hearing or seeing someone say right out loud that they are having a good day!! Thanks for sharing. 1mo
Reggie @batsy I think you‘d love it. 1mo
Reggie @Jas16 @Rissreads I‘m probably gonna frame both together so people can see them and ask about why I have 2 of the same book and I can tell them how I know 2 very kind ladies who sent me books. Thank ya‘ll very much. 1mo
Rissreads I wanted to send you one last book before Book depository closed 😞 I‘m glad you are enjoying it x 1mo
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The Hacienda | Isabel Caas
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It‘s the 1800s right after the Mexican War for Independence. Beatriz, with few options for women at the time, decides to marry Rodolfo Solorzano and live with him in his hacienda in San Ysidro. He leaves her there and while he is away at the capital, she discovers all the horrors of the hacienda. Her only hope comes in from Andres, a witch/curandero/priest. This was great, the writing smooth, and I felt for Beatriz and Andres. Pick!

Leftcoastzen Nice review ! It‘s in my stack. 1mo
TrishB Great review 👍🏻 1mo
tonymp What a terrible time the 19th century was! A girl gets married to avoid the drudgery of convent life only to face the horrors of a haunted hacienda. 1mo
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Reggie @Leftcoastzen @TrishB thanks! She‘s nominated for best first novel at Stokercon so I hope I get to see her there. 1mo
Reggie @tonymp it was the red blinking eyes in the dark and being pushed by invisible hands down the stairs for me. 😱 1mo
Bookzombie Great review! I would stack if I hadn‘t already. I was wondering if your trip was still on for Stokercon. 🙂 1mo
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@Deblovestoread there are definite problems with this, seems like a Lifetime movie of the week, book. However, there came a point when I wanted and needed to know what was going on. And for that alone I give it a pick. Thanks for picking this, Debbie. On it‘s way to you tomorrow @Jerdencon

Cathythoughts The cover is lovely against that background 👌🏻 1mo
Reggie @Cathythoughts thanks, Cathy, I thought so, too. 1mo
sarahbarnes Great photo! 1mo
Jeniffer77 The cover is lovely 😊 can I have your WhatsApp number Reggie 1mo
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#belatedwondrouswednesday
1. Don‘t hold stuff in and stress yourself out trying not to step on people‘s toes. Why are you stressing out when they‘re being mediocre at best. AT BEST. Also the Powerball #‘s for the first week of your 21st birthday are…….lol.
2. By car. 🎵get your motor running, head out on the highway, looking for adventure in whatever comes my way…🎵
3. My parents. And when it‘s something small, I‘m that annoying guy who asks👇🏼

Reggie everyone the same question until I hear what I want to hear. 1mo
Reggie Thanks for the tags ladies. 1mo
Prairiegirl_reading 🤣🤣 love your answers! 1mo
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Ruthiella Why didn‘t I think of telling my 20 year old self the winning lotto numbers! 😂 Genius! 1mo
Bookwormjillk Ha! Powerball! Genius! 1mo
Deblovestoread What @Ruthiella said 😂 1mo
AmyG Ha! Mine would be….buy Apple stock when it went public in 1980. 1mo
tonymp Good answers, especially the lottery numbers and the driving with music. 1mo
TheBookHippie Me I know this week is long but isn‘t it Friday 🤣🤣🤣😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫. Oy I need a nap. 1mo
TheBookHippie I saw the belated later🤣😵‍💫👀🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
batsy Lolol #1 is all kinds of truth. Mediocre at best, yep. 1mo
Rissreads Love your answers Reggie ♥️ 1mo
Suet624 #3. Same 1mo
Bookzombie I missed this post somehow. 🙂 #1 is so true. I got the package. Thank you so much, my friend! I‘m going to reply to your letter shortly. 💗 (edited) 4w
Reggie @Bookzombie You‘re welcome!!! Glad you got it. 3w
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Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan
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This book was very addictive. Yasmen and Josiah are a divorced couple doing the best they can to coparent and manage a restaurant they started when they were young and high on their love. The young love that didn‘t know the hardships and grief coming it‘s way. This was a second chance romance that raked me over the raw emotional coals. I cried a lot and appreciated Ryan trying to destigmatize therapy for men. Thank you again @Jas16 I loved it.

TheBookHippie I have this setting here with a box of Kleenex is one box enough ?????? I‘m waiting til I have a free weekend to read it! 2mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie usually when I read romances at work I have to stop because of the steam, this one I had to stop because I was getting emotional. 1 might be enough, but barely. 2mo
TheBookHippie @Reggie I rarely read romance 👀. I try to keep tame books aka boring in my book bag because I‘m not always watching it closely at school 🤣🤣🤣😬😬😬 I get in enough trouble 🙃. 2mo
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Jas16 I am so glad you loved it as much as I did! 2mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa That sounds excellent…stacking! You wrote a great review. That book cover is gorgeous too. 2mo
Reggie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks so much! I hope you like it. It‘s stayed on my mind these past couple of days. 2mo
kspenmoll Great review- sounds wonderful! Stacked! 1mo
S3V3N One of my favorites. 1mo
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Before I Let Go | Kennedy Ryan
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Hey @Jas16 I got your books and the note. I haven‘t read Ryan before so I‘m excited. Hope you have a great vacation. Thanks!

Jas16 I hope you like it! 2mo
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Piata | Leopoldo Gout
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There is something to be said for having been able to escape the hellscape that is work by luxuriating in this bleak cloak of a book. Carmen and her 2 daughters are down in Mexico for work but when they go back home to New York, Carmen doesn‘t realize 1 of her daughters has brought something back with her. Gout really sows the unfairness of the world in this tale with vengeful spirits of peoples wiped out and forgotten. This is a strong pick. 💀

TrishB That first sentence is totally relatable. 2mo
Reggie @TrishB it took me way longer than it should have to finish it, but I was glad it was there on all those breaks and lunches. 2mo
AmyG Took me a minute to realize Gout was the author. My toe was tingling. 2mo
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sarahbarnes I‘m always so grateful to a good book for being an escape from the real world. Great review. 2mo
Ruthiella Sorry to hear that your work sucks. I‘ve got 9 more years and I am counting the days. Glad books offer a respite from it all. ❤️ 2mo
rwmg @AmyG I had the same thought 😁 2mo
CoverToCoverGirl Sorry to hear your work life is so tough. Glad that you‘re able to escape into a book. Great review, as always. 🧡 2mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes Yes, amen to that. Thanks! This book makes me want to go read more Aztec-early South American history. 2mo
Reggie @Ruthiella Thank you. 2032, hoping it comes quick for you! ❤️ 2mo
Reggie @CoverToCoverGirl Thank you! 🧡 it has been a rough 2 weeks there. 2mo
Reggie @AmyG @rwmg Lol drink plenty of water! 2mo
AmyG Ha, always Reggie. Hope things at work get easier. 2mo
Bookzombie I hope work gets better, my friend. 🧁Great review! I already stacked it but I would again. I also saw it on the shelf at the library and really love the cover. 2mo
Reggie @Bookzombie thanks, Margie. It has not gotten better. Lol. I really enjoyed this book. It just makes you think about the peoples we‘ll never hear about because of the murdering bullies of history. But it‘s way more than that. 2mo
Centique Great review Reggie. I‘m sorry work sucks. 😫 💕 2mo
Suet624 I‘m sorry about work. 💕💕 2mo
Rissreads Sorry to hear you are doing it tough at work! I start my new job this week, I‘ve gone from an Education assistant at our school to a Library officer. It‘s my dream job! I‘m excited to get started! 1mo
Reggie @Centique @Suet624 Thanks. I just have people who expect me to baby them instead of learn the job they‘ve had for over 4 years. And a boss who is ok with just having bodies in jobs instead of making sure they‘re learning and doing what they‘re actually supposed to be doing. Instead he just keeps making accommodations. 1mo
Reggie @Rissreads thanks, and how exciting! I hope you have the best time there. 1mo
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Piata | Leopoldo Gout
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The only thing that doesn‘t go with the picture is what you can‘t hear-Madonna‘s Ray of Light- 🎵And I feel…….🎵 Lol I feel like dancing. They used to play Mexican music here and now it‘s 90s hits or something. Happy Reading Littens!

Suet624 Happy reading to you, sir. 2mo
Leftcoastzen Oh wow! That plate looks amazing, Ray of Light makes it even better!👏😁 2mo
Reggie @Leftcoastzen it was delicious. And when I was leaving they were playing Return of the Mac. 2mo
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Leftcoastzen @Reggie omg ! Changing the music mix indeed! 2mo
Bookzombie So whatcha got there? I was just showing David because we definitely miss the Tex-mex food in San Antonio. We haven‘t tried every place up here yet, but so far nothing is as good. Also, look forward to your review of that book. Edit: I realize that‘s not Tex-mex but it looks really yummy. (edited) 2mo
Centique That looks amazing. And paired with classic 90s, (the stuff you wanna dance to) that‘s just drool worthy. 🤤 (edited) 2mo
Centique Also, I‘ve just started the new Catherine Lacey, and although it‘s completely different, I‘m getting happy tingles cos so many sentences are just poking me in the stomach or slapping me around the ear 😂😂 2mo
batsy That looks amazing! And Return of the Mack is such a banger 😁 2mo
Reggie @Bookzombie I had a friend move to Lubbock and he said the Mexican even there couldn‘t compare even though it‘s like 1 1/2 hrs away from NM. I feel like there‘s probably more Hispanic people in San Antonio. I hope you find somewhere good. It‘s stuffed sopapillas/chicken/Xmas. It was so good. It‘s the only reason I look forward to taking my car in for service. Its like a block away. 😁 2mo
Reggie @Centique it was sooo good. I read an article on that book and it sounds crazy. Like not only do you have ABC going on it also has XYZ added to it. But if it‘s giving you sentence tingles, totally stacked. Pew is still in my head months later as I watch the news. The Nazis joining the terfs, very fine people on both sides indeed. We wanna solve a mythical trans problem but can‘t take guns outta peoples hands. It pretty sad. Hope you‘re doing ok. 2mo
Reggie @batsy another song played that made me glad it was Friday was that one r&b song with LeftEye (rip) where the chorus is you know what‘s up what‘s up what‘s up. If I hadn‘t needed to go grocery shopping afterwards I would have gone to a bar. Lol it was a vibe in that restaurant. 2mo
TrishB Looks fab ♥️ 2mo
Cathythoughts Enjoy ! Looks like a celebration 😁 2mo
Centique @Reggie we‘re all good. I‘ve been thinking about the Nazis joining the terfs too. Blows my mind. We just had Posie Parker here 😨 Didn‘t get to speak though cos someone threw tomato juice at her. 🏳️‍🌈 2mo
LeahBergen Yum!! 2mo
sarahbarnes This looks delicious. And I couldn‘t agree more with your comment above about how much energy we spend solving “issues” instead of the real issues we‘re dealing with here. 2mo
Rissreads That does look amazing! 2mo
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If you‘re thinking Halloween is too far away and you need a quick creep me out, check out the new episode of the No Sleep Podcast. The theme of the night was carnivals and the stories didn‘t disappoint. The 2nd story is gonna stick with me for awhile. https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s19/19x08

Mandoul Cool thanks. I hadn't heard of that podcast, but will check it out 👍 2mo
Reggie @Mandoul I hope you like it! 2mo
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Hammers on Bone | Cassandra Khaw
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This tale starts with a detective that gets approached by a young boy, asking him to kill his stepfather. Khaw uses her very healthy vocabulary to draw this tale of a hard boiled detective mystery surrounding a cosmic infestation. I dug this. It was 100 pages and got me through laundry in a blink of an eye. Lots of eyes. Eyes in the neck, on the arms, everywhere. 👁️👁️👁️

Billypar If the book is half as creepy as that background, I'm sold! 😱👀😱👀 2mo
Reggie @Billypar yeah, at first it starts off real casual and then ramps up. 2mo
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Lol, I love this book so much. Every queer person has these moments when we‘re younger where something happens and a bell rings that nobody but you can hear telling you that something is different for you than how other people perceive and experience something. In Maia‘s case, it was eir gender. This was deeply personal, has these jarring moments of gender dysphoria, but then has these really cute moments of humor. This book is an important pick!

TheBookHippie This is such a good read! 2mo
batsy Nice review! I need to add this to my list. 2mo
Reggie @TheBookHippie @batsy Kaia is one of us. They have these pages showing the stats of books they read over a 10 year period. They read a lot, write a lot of fanfic. I thought they were great. 2mo
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psalva Glad you enjoyed this! After recently rereading it, it‘s confirmed its place as one of my favorite graphic memoirs ☺️ 2mo
Reggie @psalva the dreams when Maia is a different gender, the horror of her thinking about being female, the period talk, I like how the lesbian aunt was like as long as this isn‘t about hating women, the one direction fanfic and how Maia was like oh, I need to do some research on kissing, and the Lady Gaga Born this Way joke with Maia smiling so cute to emself in that panel. Maia was being so open and honest. 2mo
Christine I love this review (and this book!). 2mo
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Aww, I loved this. It‘s a MG GN about Aster and his magical family. Everyone in his family has magic. The boys become shapeshifters and the girls become witches. But what happens when Aster, in his heart of hearts, knows he‘s a witch? This was so smart. Especially when we find out who the villain or villains are. I was grateful to get this from Libby. Thanks to all the people posting recs for the trans readathon. 🏳️‍⚧️

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This book contains 30 essays, about a 3rd from the editor herself, on the joy that comes from being trans, non-binary, and intersex. I found this very affecting and illuminating. I‘m not familiar with non-binary and intersex and some of the most fascinating essays came from them. One was about Non-B parenting, one was a trans man being voted prom-king. One was a trans woman being part of the sisterhood on a woman‘s roller derby team. All great.

Suet624 I need to learn a lot more on this subject. Stacked. 2mo
DivineDiana Agree with @Suet624! Stacked. 2mo
Aimeesue Great review! Thanks! 2mo
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Reggie @Suet624 @DivineDiana because I had no idea a lot of these essays are from the UK, gender affirming care is part of their healthcare which I thought was cool. It still has its red tape and bureaucracy but it‘s there. I hope you like it if you get to it. 2mo
Reggie @Aimeesue Thanks! There are some towards the back that really touched me. Some of these people had really good parents and grandparents that let these people when either they were kids or older inform them or who THEY were not the other way around. 2mo
Aimeesue @Reggie The world needs more parents and grandparents like that. ❤️ 2mo
Centique My daughter has a friend going through hormone treatment at the moment. I am listening and learning 💕And glad that they have these options here, even though there are many hoops to jump through and costs. 2mo
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I really liked this. This is a romance between a Trans woman, April French, and new to town, Daniel Martin who meet at the local Bdsm/kink club. Which at first I had no idea all the terms being thrown around but found it all very interesting, educational, and emotional. At first there was a lot of check marking between the couple and it almost became tedious until you realize the world would be better off with such communication and consent. Pick!

Jas16 I have this languishing on my kindle. Must boast up my TBR. 2mo
CarolynM Interesting. I read a few “bdsm/kink club” #romantsy type books a while ago and thought I was over it, but you are tempting me with this one😆 2mo
Reggie @Jas16 @CarolynM I hope you both like it if ya‘ll get to it. She‘s trans and he a Black gentleman. They both bring things to the table that are worth discussing and are relative. Like how hard it is to be your authentic self when the world tries to keep telling you are less than. There‘s a part in here where she asks him if she‘s real and I kinda cried for a bit. And the kink bdsm thing didn‘t do much for me but the emotional resonance won it 4 me 2mo
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sarahbarnes Wow. 2mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes there was another quote in this book between 2 doms-because this is a kink/bdsm romance- that masculinity is not rooted in about always being right. There was some profound stuff in this little romance. Little bells were ringing here and there in here. 2mo
Centique Beautiful and so true 💕 2mo
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sarahbarnes It sounds like there are some real gems in there. The last part of this excerpt just really struck me. 2mo
kspenmoll Wonderful wonderful quote! 2mo
Michael_Gee Omg 🥹🥹🥹🥹 1w
Reggie @Michael_Gee just got my RedX book back. I‘m glad you were able to close our Golden Girls loop. Lol 7d
Michael_Gee @Reggie ha!! I love doing those postal book clubs with you. And I really liked Red X! I recommend it whenever I get the chance. 7d
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Rules for Visiting: A Novel | Jessica Francis Kane
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This was lovely and touching. After reading all the stellar comments by friends on the death of an author, university gardener May Attaway starts to evaluate her introverted life and along with a carry on named Grendel she will visit her 4 friends. There is some etymology, some mythology, and some great observations in here. If you liked the first half of The Overstory, you‘ll love this. This will be on its way to you tomorrow @Jerdencon

kyraleseberg This sounds fantastic and the cover is gorgeous! 3mo
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Lol. Shout out to Heironymous Bosch‘s Christ in Limbo for the bottom left photo.

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Sister, Maiden, Monster | Lucy A. Snyder
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I loved this book. It‘s a pandemic story a couple years after the coronavirus when the new PVG virus comes. We follow 3 women and the effect the PVG virus takes on their lives and the roles they‘re meant to take in a new world. A new world created by those from the darkness between the stars. This was gross, fascinating and cosmically creative while not being afraid to be politically and socially aware. I just wanted 300 more pages. Pick!

TrishB Great review Reggie - stacked! 3mo
Meshell1313 Ooh added to my TBR! ✅ 3mo
rockpools Your reviews are still making me want to read books I really don‘t want to read! Keep up the good work, Reggie 🙃 3mo
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Dragon Gross and still a pick? Sounds interesting- stacked 💚🐉 3mo
Twainy I think I need this … 3mo
Rissreads My kind of book! You had me at Pandemic 😷 Stacked! 3mo
Reggie @TrishB Yay, I hope you like it! 3mo
Reggie @Meshell1313 @Dragon it‘s a lot. A lot a lot of body horror. Just be warned. But I loved it and if you pick it up, I hope you like it, too! 3mo
Reggie @Twainy I hope you like it! Can‘t wait to read your thoughts on it. 3mo
Reggie @Rissreads it‘s a great pandemic book but then it gets weirder and weirder. 3mo
Dragon Thanks @Reggie for the warning 💚🐉 3mo
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Sister, Maiden, Monster | Lucy A. Snyder
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Just got to part 2 and this is cosmic, feminist, and fantastic so far!!! There is brain licking in here and Snyder‘s gift is to make the whole thing sexy with a touch of romance. Good for her!

CarolynM Yep 3mo
Centique Brain licking!!!! 😨 3mo
Rissreads Ewwwwww, brain licking 🤢 3mo
Reggie @CarolynM @Centique @Rissreads but the way it‘s done between the 2 participants, the way it‘s written makes it feel like communal, a sacrament. Take of my body and all that. 😍 3mo
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Crocodilia | Philip Ridley
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Thank you @Michael_Gee for picking this! I loved it. A story about stories. About the love young gays envision for themselves. About first loves, and the marks that get left, and how we carry those with us and forward. This was great. Very inventive. It‘ll be in the mail later today.

Michael_Gee Oh great! I thought you would like it but I‘ve been wondering what you thought. Can‘t wait to read everyone‘s marginalia! 3mo
psalva @Reggie That‘s a great way of putting it, “the marks that get left.” That does kind of sum up the layers of narrative when I think of it. 3mo
Reggie @psalva in his end notes @Michael_Gee referenced Vertigo and I totally got that because that girl get remade into the woman he loved and then she tricked herself into loving him and I kinda want to add House of Yes with Parker Posey and La Mala Educacion by Pedro Almodovar. Thank you guys for your picks. I also loved the raw sexuality in both of them. Both MCs thinking with their hearts and minds but their penises were there, too. Lol 3mo
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Here‘s my #independentwomen collage. Mostly it‘s authors. There‘s Chitra Divakaruni, Julia Alvarez, Ana Castillo, Octavia Butler, and of course, Michelle Obama. There is no group photo of the authors from Our Women On the Ground but I think about those women a lot. In the middle is my Tía Estella who passed away this past New Year‘s Eve. She was huge in our family. She was someone you‘d definitely want around in a zombie apocalypse.

Bklover Tia Estella sounds wonderful! I‘m so sorry for your loss. I‘m glad you have such good memories of her to make you smile. 3mo
vivastory I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, Reggie 💙 3mo
Reggie @Bklover @vivastory thank you. She quit high school in the 40s to raise my grandma and her 5 younger siblings because their mother left them. I remember visiting her house and her showing me the bookshelves she built from how-to books she had read. She was a believer in community, not by saying anything but by how she was part of it. She was amazing. 3mo
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Rissreads Such a beautiful story Reggie ♥️ 3mo
TrishB She sounds like an amazing woman Reggie ❤️ you‘ve been lucky to love and share her life. Sorry for your loss. 3mo
BarbaraBB Beautiful story of a beautiful woman. I am almost up to a zombie apocalypse just to meet her 🤍 3mo
Aimeesue Your aunt sounds like she was an amazing human ❤️ 3mo
Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️ what a wonderful woman. I‘m so glad she was in your life and I‘m sorry for your loss. 3mo
TheBookHippie I love this!! 3mo
BiblioLitten So sorry for your loss, Reggie. She sounds like a wonderful human being. 💕 3mo
Bookzombie Tía Estella sounds like a wonderful person. I‘m sorry she is gone. ? 3mo
Centique Oh no Reggie, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Tia Estella. I bet she will long be remembered by your family and her community 💔 3mo
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@Rissreads Thanks so much for sending me this book this X-mad. I really liked this book. We follow Josephine in this modern world where witches are real and to prove you‘re not one you get married and live the life the good creator wants you to have by providing for your man and family. Lol. Women who are not married by age 28 are required to register with the state and have someone monitor them. I appreciated what Giddings does in here. Pick!

Reggie @cinfhen @BarbaraBB I look forward to the discussions this weekend. 3mo
BarbaraBB We are too! Glad the book worked so well for you!! 3mo
Cinfhen Yay!! So glad you‘re joining us!!!! 3mo
Rissreads I‘m glad you enjoyed it. ♥️ I‘ve got 40 pages to go before I‘ve finished it. 3mo
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When I was in my early 20s, I lived with my best friend at the time, Nakia. She loved this moment in a Woman‘s Worth that showed Black love that she said we never really got to see. So anytime I read moments like this I think about that video and Nakia. Just fyi these parents in this book are an interracial couple. It‘s still wonderful.

Suet624 What a wonderful post. 💕💕💕 3mo
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Bookzombie 💗💗 3mo
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Not gonna lie, I hate read the first 80 pages of this Persephone-Hades retelling, it was a little repetitive and didn‘t delve deep into anything, until, UNTIL, we got to the sex. Which was, holy moly, fire. Which the first bout was about 20 pages. It almost reads like a bad Tyler Perry movie but the sex, which makes up a good 1/3 of this book, and a Dionysius side story that got me in the feels, make this a pick. @Bookzombie thanks for this!

Bookzombie 😅 I was sweating when I started your review, lol. Whew, so glad it was a pick. I will be interested to see what you think of the other two books. 3mo
KristiAhlers Can I just say I love you lol. I love that you hate read. That is going to be my new thing! 3mo
Reggie @Bookzombie there are a lot of self published authors that I just think the eye of an editor would help. Someone who would say cut here and add here. Let‘s dig here. There was a lot of potential and there were some really lovely things in here. 3mo
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Reggie @KristiAhlers there‘s t hi s booktuber who had a video talking about how she came back from her bookclub and how only 5 out of the 14 people read the book she picked. And how she was irked because she reads their books. That‘s what you do when you sign up to play the game. And I try not to end group books. Cause you know, I signed up. And in this case it worked out. The hate reading. Lol ❤️ 3mo
Meshell1313 What a review!! 3mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Even though I really enjoyed book 1 and 2 (still working on 3), I completely agree about self-published authors. Sometimes even some really famous well-known authors could stand more of an edit. 3mo
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Have you ever gone to Target and loaded up your basket and within an hour put everything back? Or even worse just left the cart full and walked out of the store? That dissatisfaction, disillusionment of what not knowing what you want and what you don‘t know you need is the itchy thread in all 8 of the short stories in here. The language was vibrant and the stories, very creative. I can‘t wait to see what she writes next. All the 🍊s!!!

Leftcoastzen I cannot tell you how many times lately I feel like that!Dysphoria! 3mo
sarahbarnes Great review - yes! I loved these stories, too, and can‘t wait to see what she does next. 3mo
Chelsea.Poole Great review! I‘m on hold for this one from Libby 3mo
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Reggie @Leftcoastzen I hope it passes for you. I think we all get that funk coupled with the times, it‘s no good. 3mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes the Peking Duck story and the one where the husband buried himself to become anew were my favorites. Lots to discuss here. 3mo
Reggie @Chelsea.Poole thanks! Each story is a nesting doll. I hope you like them! 3mo
Tamra That‘s a stack for me! 😃 3mo
sarahbarnes Yes, agreed. I loved Peking Duck too, and Office Hours. These were all so weird and good. 3mo
Suet624 I‘m going to try not to run out to the bookstore to buy this right now. I love nesting doll stories. 3mo
Rissreads You are a master at selling a book @reggie I already had this one stacked! 🧡 Run @Suet624 run! 🏃‍♀️ (edited) 3mo
Reggie @Suet624 @Rissreads I think the author was very good about introducing something in these stories that had you think at first-what the hell does this have to do with anything- and then pages later have you say- Ohhh. Lol 3mo
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@julieclair @Jerdencon @Deblovestoread these are my picks for Group Spring. Let me know what ya‘ll think.

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Jerdencon I‘ve read the language of flowers - but rest sound good 3mo
Lesliereadsalot The Language of Flowers is on my list of best reads. I recommend it all the time. 3mo
julieclair These all sound good! I have read The Language of Flowers (it was wonderful). I think my first choice would be Rules for Visiting, but any would be fine. 3mo
Deblovestoread The Language of Flowers was soooo good. All the others sound good. 😊 3mo
Reggie @Jerdencon @julieclair @Deblovestoread I‘m gonna go with Rules for Visiting. I‘m excited for this. 3mo
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot even though I didn‘t pick The Language of Flowers I will probably pick it up later. A lot of the reviews on it were wonderful. 3mo
Jerdencon Language of flowers is great! 3mo
julieclair Yay! 3mo
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Besides my LMPBC books every book I‘ve read this month has been off of Libby. I started Bad Cree one day and then the next day all 4 of the others came in and I just kept seeing 14 days count down. The theme song in my head has been The Heat is On by Glenn Fry. The pressure!!! Lol also top right guy is because The Heat Is On has a catchy sax lick like most 80‘s songs do and who can think about 80‘s sax without thinking about Lost Boys Sax Guy?👇🏼

Reggie Happy Reading Littens! 3mo
Bookzombie Happy Reading Reggie! I love how much use you are getting out of your library. 🙂 I use Libby mostly for audiobooks, but have the same issue. I end up setting some to come back around later. 3mo
KathyWheeler Absolutely nobody can think about 80s sax without thinking of the Lost Boys guy. 😄 3mo
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Aimeesue I can absolutely hear that sax part in my head 😂 3mo
Suet624 Gah! I know that feeling of downloads and paper editions all coming at the same time! Tick tock, Reggie. 3mo
vivastory Reggie, I still believe! 🎷🦇 3mo
Ruthiella If you said Duran Duran and sax, I‘d think the Solo in Rio first ! 😆 But you‘re right - every song in the ‘80s had to have the sax solo! 🎷 3mo
Ruthiella Duh. Just realized I mixed up The Lost Boys with Wild Boys…😂 3mo
Reggie @Bookzombie yeah, and there are other newer horror books on there that I could borrow but I just don‘t want them until I clear these off. With my luck, they‘ll be on hold. It feels good to use the library. 3mo
Reggie @KathyWheeler my 2nd favorite sax song is Careless Whisper by Wham, cause I‘m never gonna dance again, Kathy. These guilty feet have got no rhythm. 3mo
Reggie @Aimeesue there‘s this totally cheesy bonkers movie from the 80‘s called Teen Witch and there‘s this song in there called Never Gonna Be the Same Again. It‘s half sax. Lol it‘s so good. 3mo
Reggie @Suet624 ⏰ I know. Lol 3mo
Reggie @vivastory did you know that same guy was on tour with Teena Turner in the 90‘s and during Private Dancer he has a solo. Tina and him just scorch the stage. 3mo
Reggie @Ruthiella no joke, A View to a Kill by Duran Duran is simultaneously my favorite James Bond theme song and one of my go to Karaoke songs. Their 90‘s stuff is my early teen years. “But I won‘t cry for yesterday. There‘s an ordinary world…” 3mo
Centique I know that ticking countdown feeling! And yes the ubiquitous 80s sax 🙌🙌 3mo
Reggie @Centique I will be done with Bliss Montage tomorrow finishing this five holds in 15 days gauntlet. I just finished G- the one about the toxic friendships we can‘t give up in our younger years. These are crazy stories, Paula. I‘m liking them though. And she has a fresh style, although, maybe it‘s all the mention of fruits. 3mo
Centique I love that first story when the husband speaks $$ 😂 3mo
Reggie @Centique yes!!! You know exactly who he is! 3mo
Centique @Reggie they do stay with you because they‘re so strangely gripping! I wonder if that first one is kinda saying that all her boyfriends live with her because she carries her past with her literally 3mo
Centique @Reggie and I kind of wonder if $ guy sums up who parents want you to marry. Just a blank sheet of a guy as long as there‘s $ 3mo
Reggie @Centique and then that one leaves and you think maybe she‘s finally letting go of him. Then the next story is about him. 3mo
Centique @Reggie that‘s a really good point! One leads to the other.. 🙌 3mo
Reggie @Centique also I feel like I‘m being a little unfair to this author. When I read Severance, and the mc had the purchasing of bibles job, and I read that the author had the same job once upon a time in life, I thought, maybe we‘ll never hear from her again because when you hear that a story is so close to the author‘s life maybe you think their life is all they got and Severance was great so how could there be more?!!! And it‘s ridiculous how 👇🏼 3mo
Reggie how I‘m reading these stories thinking it‘s her life. Every author does this . What writer doesn‘t draw from life experience? And for some reason I‘m slighting her with it. The writing is really good. Idk what it is. I need to get over it. 3mo
Centique @Reggie I do know what you mean. I kept thinking it was a kind of therapy as I read it - an exorcism of her past relationships. It‘s sat better with me after a little time. But I agree, it‘s an assumption that could be quite wrong - one we‘re more likely to make with a young woman too I think. 3mo
Centique @Reggie then again you do find some authors telling their story again and again - and it gets tired - so it is valid to worry about that happening! 3mo
Reggie @Centique I do think I carry a bit of misogyny around with me. Am I trying to do better? Yes. There are times when I want to tell someone ‘don‘t be such a girl‘ or ‘or don‘t be such a sissy‘ and I don‘t because it would mean that I think both those things are weak. So why don‘t I just say weak. Like when I read Pew and I thought of Pew as a girl because maybe I thought of her as a victim and girls/women are more likely to be victims than boys/men 3mo
Reggie @Centique and then I had to unpack that. It‘s crazy. I just finished Bliss Montage, and I liked every single story in there. The Peking Duck one is going to gnaw at me. About here telling her mother‘s story and the mother telling her it didn‘t happen to us just to her. And then the reading of her story in workshop where the hoped for ally in the other Asian male trashes it. Jeez!!! These are definitely make you think, bookclub discussion worthy 3mo
Reggie stories. 3mo
Centique YES! Peking Duck made me think and think and rethink. It was so good. And back to your first comment - I think many women have those stereotypes in their minds as well. I assumed Pew was a girl straight away too. And I spent so long in my younger days thinking I‘m not “that type of girl” allowing me to judge and dismiss other women. Still working on not making those auto judgments 😬 My daughter is fab at pushing me to think twice and thrice! 3mo
Centique @Reggie Trevor Noah has this bit in one of his stand up shows where he rails against people/men referring to weakness as a female body part. It‘s a really good bit. 😂 3mo
GatheringBooks I have started two books - both not feeling them and i hate it, not sure if it‘s a reading slump or the books I am reading as part of our #DecolonizeReading2023. Sigh. 😭 3mo
Rissreads You can‘t go past Rob Lowe playing the sax (pretending!🤣) in St Elmo‘s fire. I had such a crush on him in this movie and About Last night. And I LOVE Careless whisper too! ♥️ (edited) 3mo
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The Drift | C. J. Tudor
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I am not one for action movies until I‘m with friends and they put one on and on the inside I‘m pouting because it‘s not horror until the movie starts and then I‘m like- this was really good. Same thing here. 3 different situations all linked together set against the backdrop of a post apocalyptic pandemic. You‘re not getting feelings and flowers here, you‘re getting blood and guts and propulsion to read on. Pick!

TrishB Great review 👍🏻 and same. I‘m always like- an action film 🤷‍♀️ do I have to! 3mo
dylanisreading Same! I always wish they'd put on a horror movie instead until I get absorbed into the action lol. 3mo
LeahBergen I‘m the same with action movies. 😆 3mo
vivastory Horror movie>Action movie 3mo
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The Drift | C. J. Tudor
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Omg this book is wild. Not even halfway through and there are these acts and reveals of violence that have me doing my best Home Alone Kevin face. 😱Wild.

Tiffiney I just started this one… 4mo
CoverToCoverGirl Yikes! 😲 I‘m terrified just reading your review. 4mo
Reggie @Tiffiney I hope you‘re enjoying it. The bandana reveal. That‘s all I‘m gonna say. Lol 4mo
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Reggie @CoverToCoverGirl mucho scary! Lol 4mo
TNbookworm Great review 🙂 3mo
Twainy This has been on my Libby wait list forever … just 4 more weeks 😁 3mo
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Just Like Home | Sarah Gailey
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If anyone tells you they saw the end coming, they‘re lying. Lol. Vera gets a call from her dying mother asking her to come home. Home to the house where her father killed all those people in the basement. The house that has a shed where an “artist” is trying to commune with the feel of the house for art‘s sake. The home that might be haunted. This was good. Gailey really does some creepy stuff coupled with intense familial relationships. Pick!

AmyG Nice to hear. I am on the waiting list at the library. (edited) 4mo
TrishB Ah Reggie, I said I ‘expected‘ the ending in my review. I did think it was telegraphed throughout really. I only gave this a so-so because I was expecting horror and was disappointed. 4mo
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Reggie @TrishB I‘m ambivalent about that ending. I think it goes into fantasy territory but I still liked it cause everyone needs someone in their corner. Who cares if it‘s the house. Lol Also, I know a crazy parent who has put the love that their spouse has for THEIR child in competition with the love their spouse has for them. It‘s disgusting. I thought was interesting to read about. And that first sentence is just meant to be general and generic👇🏼 4mo
Reggie @TrishB I‘m not surprised you saw it because you‘re a genius reader who has thousands of books under your belt. We all see the different forks in the road. You see the forks of the forks of the forks way before the rest of us Im sure. 🖤🖤🖤 4mo
LeahBergen Dang, this sounds good! 4mo
TrishB The warped parent love is gross 😞 but happens as you say! I used to drive my daughter mad by saying I can see where this is going - she made me write it down a few times. I love a surprise and I don‘t generally guess murderers in detective series, why I read so many I think. ❤️ I think my expectations were v. high for this one. Probably unfairly on reflection. 4mo
batsy Creepy house plus intense familial relationships is always a draw! 4mo
BeeMagical Definitely moving up my list! 4mo
Twainy I liked the book too 😁🙌🏻 3mo
Michael_Gee Ooo this sounds good 3mo
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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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With her one novel, Mariana can call herself a titan of horror. I need to stop saying authors remind me of Barker. There has to be a word for one who lays it all bare-the violence, the sexual, the sensual, the political, the dark. This is an epic story of a cult and their medium who is trying to procure a safe future for his son before he dies and they exploit the son. Argentina and it‘s politics are in every breath of this story. Sooooo good.

batsy I had some issues with Smoking in Bed, but I liked her sense of being able to zero in on the everyday effects of living in Argentina. So I'm very curious about this. Nice review! 4mo
Reggie @batsy thanks! Have you read the other one? Things We Lost in the Fire. That one I still think about and is a good primer for this book. She was so good in here about planting seeds and then 100s of pages later having them bloom in dark and surprising ways. 4mo
batsy @Reggie No, I haven't! Thanks for the rec, Reggie. That's what I'll do... Read Things first and then get to this. 4mo
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LeahBergen Great review! 4mo
Kimberlone This sounds so interesting! 4mo
vivastory Like @batsy I had a lot of issues with Smoking In Bed, but I have been pretty curious about this one. Your review has me even more intrigued. 4mo
vivastory BTW I just returned from the theaters where I saw M3gan. Some movies exceed expectations, some disappoint & others are exactly what you expect. It was definitely the latter of the three. 4mo
Reggie @LeahBergen Thanks! These horror chunksters are making a comeback. 4mo
Reggie @Kimberlone I say give it a try. In the first maybe 3rd I felt emotionally distant and was thinking I was reading a Dick and Jane horror book. See Jane draw chalk circles for protection. See Dick take a scenic view of Argentina to return for a ceremony. But the second section is coming of age. It is amazing and really threw me in there. Hope you give it a try. 4mo
Reggie @vivastory I say give her other short story collection a try. There wasn‘t a single dud in the bunch. And there is a girl from there who is in here although what happens is different and the same in this book. If I wasn‘t all talk I would get her name tattooed on my arm cause she‘s a bullshitter in one of the most entertaining ways. There‘s this character in Everville by Clive Barker who considers himself a storyteller and he tells 👇🏼 (edited) 4mo
Reggie people yeah, but wouldn‘t the story be better if it ended this way. And his endings are totally effed up. That‘s who she reminded me of. Anyways. Yeah, Megan was funny to me. (edited) 4mo
Kimberlone @Reggie thanks for the rec! I will see if I can get this book from the library :) 4mo
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Lol, starting Part II of this book and this is the epigraph, which is rather fitting for this book.

Leftcoastzen That‘s a wow! 4mo
BarbaraBB Sounds like your kind of book 😉 4mo
Reggie @Leftcoastzen It is. There is no warmup in this book. We‘re just kinda flung in to this witchy, hot, outdoorsy tale. 4mo
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Reggie @BarbaraBb it totally is! 🖤 4mo
AmyG Hahahaha…..I read this and did a double take. 4mo
sarahbarnes I‘ve been curious about this one. Damn though. 😳 4mo
Reggie @AmyG @sarahbarnes I was lucky enough on Libby to be the first person to get it. So far, not a boring moment. 4mo
Rissreads Your kind of book! 4mo
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Bad Cree: A Novel | Jessica Johns
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This was Nightmare on Elm Street meets the Rez. McKenzie starts having nightmares having to do with the death of her sister Sabrina and is called back to her home where she grew up to figure it all out. This was great for the most part. Some fantastic stuff about families and eerie images. It‘s just the MC has this, martyr may not be the best word but it‘s the only one I can think of, martyr thing going on that almost devolves this story into 👇🏼

Reggie a B movie with some of the bad choices being made. I think if the author had split perspectives as soon as she went home and we got different views from some of the aunties and some of the cousins it would have been better. This was still a solid pick anyway. (edited) 4mo
Bookzombie Great review! 🙂 4mo
vivastory You sold me with your Nightmare On Elm St meets the Rez line 4mo
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batsy Interesting review! I'm looking forward to this one; have placed a library hold. 4mo
stretchkev Heard a bit of mix of reviews but sold on the Nightmare on Elm Street meets the Rez. (edited) 4mo
Reggie @Bookzombie @vivastory @batsy @stretchkev I hope ya‘ll like it. I thought for a first book it was good but there are some definite 🤦🏼moments. 4mo
Michael_Gee My horror book club hosted her for her virtual debut event! The interviewer wore her Freddy sweater. 3mo
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Hell Followed with Us | Andrew Joseph White
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@Marmie7 Thanks for picking this book. Besides the last 1/5th slowing down I thought it was great. @Michael_Gee sorry it‘s late but it‘ll be in the mail to you Monday. @shortsarahrose thanks again for the bookmark. He‘s been with me through all the this year‘s reads so far. Every time I start a new book I ask myself where‘s Steve. @Centique Pew won‘t stop talking to me. In this dystopian future where this religious cult has killed billions of 👇🏼

Reggie of people and their only purpose is to kill anyone who survives. I just kept thinking about Pew and how religion can be used to excuse anything. 4mo
Centique I think I‘m going to have to read it again! The church festival of secrets was so sinister… all the manipulations and power structures cloaked in “righteousness” 🤯 4mo
TrishB Fab bookmark ❤️ 4mo
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Suet624 Pew is still with me too. So many powerful statements to sit and ponder. I‘ve been reading a number of books recently and watching shows that have touched on the dark deeds done by religious groups. There‘s a sordid history and one that seems to be very difficult to remedy. 4mo
Reggie @Suet624 on my YouTube shorts I keep seeing Mormon Stories and those people, some of them sound like they‘ve been going through some deprogramming. 4mo
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Parallel | Elizabeth O'Roark
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@sprainedbrain Oh-‘Em-Gee this book!!! Lolol I have never felt so jerked around by a book. I really wish there was a 3/4ths hand gesture on our Litsy rating system. Our group picks this round have been so all over the place, wild. @Bookzombie this will be in the mail to you this morning. Can‘t wait to see what your book holds.

sprainedbrain I‘m starting Kristi‘s book soon, but so far this round has been great! Romance rules, and y‘all are such an awesome group to read with. @KristiAhlers @Bookzombie 4mo
Bookzombie Thanks, Reggie! I hope you like my pick. 🙂 4mo
Bookzombie I received the book today. 🙂 4mo
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It‘s not like I have to read 2 LMPBC books before the 1st. This is your fault Litsy. This was a great YA/MG story about Mac and his friends who come across blackened out words in their books for an English assignment in 6th grade. This was great on showing kids the seemingly simple things you can do to make change, that they‘re not alone and that sometimes, they are the ones to teach us, and even maybe one day, save us. Good stuff!

Aimeesue I read this yesterday and loved it, especially since I'm a huge fan of Jane Yolen ❤️ 4mo
Reggie @Aimeesue I read the Velveteen Rabbit yesterday because it was referenced in another book. It looks like I‘ll be looking for the Devil‘s Arithmetic next time I go to a bookstore. Also, loved the grandpa in here. The part where he asks Mac what he‘s ashamed of. 4mo
Aimeesue @Reggie Absolutely! Grandpa was the best. I loved his meditation beads 📿And the meeting at the end - James and the Giant Peach! 4mo
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vivastory I have been wanting to read A.S. King for awhile now. Stacked! (BTW I noticed that Skinamarink is being released this week on Shudder. I'm pretty curious about it!) 4mo
Reggie @vivastory It‘s on there right now. I‘ll watch it later tonight and come back here to discuss. I‘ve heard a lot of “I was simultaneously bored and scared to death while watching this movie,” so we‘ll see. 4mo
vivastory I'll be curious to hear if it's worthwhile. I watched Carpenter's Christine for the first time last weekend. Easily one of my favorite King adaptations. As I've mentioned before, I love Brian Fuller's work but now his remake def feels unnecessary. 4mo
tpixie Great quote!!! 4mo
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Marci is clearly the Hermione of this trio. Lol. One of the words blacked out in the book about the Holocaust they are reading in sixth grade is the word “breasts.” She goes in to explain how the patriarchy affects women and girls but also dumbs down the expectations of men and boys on the next page. This book is really smart.

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The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams
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I only listened to this because Grady Hendrix references it in How to Sell a Haunted House. Oof. I shouldn‘t be crying while gaming but here we are.

merelybookish ❤️ 4mo
Ruthiella I‘ve never read this! I only know about it because of a Friends episode. 4mo
Suet624 Awwww… 💕 4mo
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Reggie @Ruthiella @merelybookish @Suet624 I had to go get some ice cream. I went to record it in Goodreads and was reading the comments where people said friends have read passages from here at their weddings. And then there was a grandma who said she could barely make it through while reading it to her grandkids. It‘s a touching book. 4mo
sarahbarnes This book is heart wrenching for sure. ♥️ 4mo
jitteryjane724 Tears are absolutely justified! 💜 4mo
Lindy If you want an antidote, there‘s a really creepy retelling of the Velveteen Rabbit in 4mo
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I loved this book. Louise gets a call saying both her parents are dead and she has to return home, where her and her estranged brother Mark will have to get the home ready to be sold. Maybe it or something in the house doesn‘t want to be sold. Grady mixes comedy, horror, and heart in this tale about the families we have. The secrets they keep. The stuff no one wants to talk about and maybe the different versions of the truth we all have. 👇🏼

Reggie A compellingly outrageous pick! 4mo
LeahBergen Great review! I‘m really looking forward to this one. 👍 4mo
Reggie @LeahBergen I liked it. I liked it a lot. This is definitely up there with my favorites of his. Hope you enjoy it. 4mo
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Itchyfeetreader Your review has me intrigued! Stacking it. 4mo
Magdalenka This is on my reading list for next month :) 4mo
AmyG Oooooo I am happy to hear it‘s good! Love Hendrix. 4mo
Reggie @Itchyfeetreader I hope you like it if you get to it. I was crying by page 22 and then 10 pages later creeped the hell out. Lol good stuff. 4mo
Reggie @Magdalenka you‘ll love it. 4mo
Reggie @AmyG it‘s in his top 3 for me. Also, I‘ve been to 3 funerals in the past year and that had an impact on me reading this book. You‘ll love it. 4mo
AmyG I am sorry about the funerals. 4mo
TrishB There are some classic horror bits in this aren‘t there Reggie! I laughed and grimaced in the same sentences!! 4mo
Reggie @TrishB yes! “I joined a radical puppet collective.” Lol He really has his timing down. 4mo
TrishB 😂😂 yep! I read the eye bit with my eye closed 🤷‍♀️ 4mo
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Fruiting Bodies: Stories | Kathryn Harlan
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I felt like I was in a relationship with this book of 8 short stories. The last story is about a goodbye and ending of sorts while realizing there is still beauty in the world and I‘m crying because I felt like the book in the gentlest of ways also broke up with me. All of these stories had a female protagonist. Most if not all were lesbian. All were fantastic. Harlan really loves a fairytale mashup. Just so effing good. There is one about 👇🏼

Reggie a mother and daughter that would speak to every mother on Litsy and maybe the daughter they once were. There was a story about a girl who plays “poker” underneath a hill with the Fae that spoke to the casino worker in me when you realize what people will give up for a thrill. The titular story would knock your socks off. All the stars. Pick! 5mo
Chelsea.Poole Great review! That cover! 🤩 4mo
Addison_Reads I have this one on hold and now I really can't wait to read it. 4mo
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sarahbarnes I really loved Fiddler, Fool Pair as well. Agreed it‘s a great collection of stories - I‘m still thinking about them. 4mo
Megabooks I have to stack it now!! 🤩🤩 4mo
Centique This sounds AMAZING 😍 4mo
Reggie @Chelsea.Poole Thanks! Yeah, it‘s beautiful. 4mo
Reggie @Addison_Reads @Megabooks @Centique if you ladies read it and need to talk about a story please come comment here. I get revved up just thinking about these stories. 4mo
vivastory Have you seen the South Korean movie The Wailing? I just watched it. 4mo
Reggie @vivastory I have. I was lucky to watch it with a friend from South Korea who explained some of the stuff to me. Like the woman was an Angel and the guy with the diaper underwear was Japanese and a demon if I remember correctly. I remember that the little girl acted her *** off and he told me she won a children‘s acting award for it (edited) 4mo
Reggie I liked it. It was very intense 4mo
Reggie @vivastory also if you ever have the chance to see the S.Korean movie called The Chaser, that was crazy intense. 4mo
vivastory That's awesome that you were able to see it with someone from s. Korea. That would be a bit enlightening for sure. South Korean cinema is a special kind of intense & dark. I feel like I might need therapy now, lol. 4mo
vivastory I watched The Chaser years ago and recall liking it. If I recall it has an actor from I Saw the Devil, another favorite S Korean movie 4mo
Reggie @vivastory lol, yeah they‘re on a whole nuther level of dark. I haven‘t seen I Saw the Devil but it was on Shudder‘s top 100 moments so it got back on my radar. 4mo
Rissreads Sold! ♥️ 4mo
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Fruiting Bodies: Stories | Kathryn Harlan
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This is how I feel just having read this short 28 page story. Esther and Cora are on their first vacation together as a couple and Cora is cool enough to let Esther spend 2 days at the Library of Congress looking through boxes of correspondence and works of her favorite gothic writer, Anais Casey. Harlan builds this universe by providing passages from some of Casey‘s books, letters to and from friends and family, end even passages from 👇🏼

Reggie some of her biographies. It made me think of you pemberlittens and some of you Littens who love a good author biography. But as we go further we see the obsession Esther has with Anais because her writing is the first to affirm the feelings she had as one who loves other women. But then Anais turned out to be married and and had kids. And you get this feeling of triangles being forced into circle shaped holes and you realize who cares as long👇🏼 5mo
Reggie what you read was the one thing you needed to read at that exact moment in your life. This story was so good. Mr. Hollywood, if you follow me please make this the next Lesbian romantic, tour de force, wins all the awards, movie. That is all. 5mo
vivastory The fact that both you & @sarahbarnes have good things to say about this author is making me stack this!! 5mo
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sarahbarnes This story was definitely my favorite from the collection. So good. It stirred up a lot of emotions for me as I was often doing this with the women writers I read in college - looking for affirmation of feelings I couldn‘t talk about with real people. @vivastory I‘ll be interested in your thoughts if you read it! 5mo
Reggie @sarahbarnes I work at a casino and the story right after this one got to me, the one about the girl playing “poker” with the fae. How people can easily give up something for a thrill. The one about the mother and daughter kinda shook me up. I could probably name all of them they were that good. @vivastory these are next to Laura Mauro and Marianna Enriquez for me. That good. I hope you read them. 5mo
sarahbarnes Yes to both of those! Also the one with the father and daughter looking for the snake! 4mo
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Below | Laurel Hightower
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Abby is on her way to meet friends at a horror convention when she encounters a snow storm and the big rig in front of her goes over the side of a bridge in the dark. She decides to climb down to see if she can help and things get scary. This was great. This was like a little nesting doll of horror. When you think she cannot put anything else in here she does and it‘s wonderful. Surprise after surprise in 122 pages. Pick!

batsy At first glance it totally looks like there's a face and the shape of a person in the laundry machine so I'm going to pretend I didn't see it 😆 5mo
Reggie @batsy is it the Pocahontas face at the very top middle? That‘s who I see now that you made me look! Lol also, I think you would like this book because low key it‘s how the patriarchy lessens women and how it takes over their thoughts and this is one woman‘s fight against it by way of cryptids. 5mo
batsy @Reggie Oh my god, yes. Now I feel so much better 🤣🤣 Thanks for the rec, I just added it to my list recently because of a previous review on Litsy! I'm glad it was a pick for you, too. 5mo
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Reggie @batsy lololololol 5mo
kspenmoll I see the face!!!! Great review! Should I try it?! Horror usually leaves me with nightmares & I cannot get visuals out of my head!!!! 5mo
Reggie @kspenmoll as much as I want everyone to read more horror, if that‘s what happens to you I would stay away. Because there are definitely some visuals in here that would haunt you. And there were some parts in here that jump scared me. I‘m glad you saw the face. Lol 5mo
vivastory I just watched Sick on peacock. Have you seen it? 5mo
Reggie @vivastory I have not. Is it good? 5mo
vivastory I liked it. I can see it being a bit controversial. I recommend going in blind. Kevin Williamson is one of the screenwriters. 5mo
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The Rotting | Josh A. Murphy
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@Lauranahe Thanks for putting this on my radar. Couple of things about this book. I could not eat while reading this book. It was gross. Be thankful I left off the photos of the wrist rash and decomposing zombie on the collage. That bucket of popcorn is what I wanted to throw at the movie of this book in my head. At every possible fork in the road, the wrong path was taken. Almost comically. Murders at one of the most dangerous buildings in 👇🏼

Reggie Warrington in the UK will set of a chain of events. A brother and sister reunite. A man walking home from getting drunk is asked for help. There is a search for a father. But no one notices the infection that is taking place, the one that leads to….The Rotting! Lol, for being independently published it was decently entertaining and not bad. I wish the author all the luck. A disgusting 🤢 Pick! (edited) 5mo
Lindy I think I will stay away from this one. Thanks for the heads up! 😉 5mo
Suet624 You are so brave. 5mo
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Bookzombie Disgusting pick, you say! Stacked! 5mo
Lauranahe I‘m glad you…enjoyed it? It‘s definitely something. It‘s not the grossest thing I‘ve read, but pretty close. 😵‍💫 5mo
Reggie @Lindy lol, You‘re welcome! 😇 5mo
Reggie @Suet624 you can definitely skip this one, Sue. Lol 5mo
Reggie @Bookzombie I remember being a kid and waking up at 4am on a Sat morning and watching some crazy horror movie on HBO where a comet hits near a farm and poisons everything. The little girl gets attacked by chickens and the farmer opens an apple to see that it‘s Filled with worms. I remember the rest of the day I felt queasy. That‘s how this book made me feel. Lol Hope you like it! 5mo
Reggie @Lauranahe I did like it. But man was I frustrated by that daughter. There‘s a drag queen who has the 5 G‘s. Good God Girl Get a Grip. Jenny needed 4. Good God Girl Get out!!!! Lol Her compulsion to find her father was killing me. And in the end it took out her, her brother, and Mike!!! Crazy! 5mo
Lauranahe @Reggie 😂 I like those G‘s! 5mo
vivastory I'm with @bookzombie You had me at disgusting, lol 5mo
Reggie @vivastory I went to go see Megan. It was alright. It was missing something for me. AND because people were taking their 5yo‘s to go see it, I got to hear kids get traumatized in real time. There were definitely 2 kids never having dolls in their room ever again. 5mo
vivastory Lol, natural consequences. There's a YouTuber whose reviews I like and she said it was a bit like Malignant. I think I'll be waiting for streaming. I do plan on watching either Christine or The Menu this weekend 5mo
Reggie @vivastory Yes because I ended up laughing a lot, I get the Malignant reference. I just think Malignant was 10x this movie. I watched Christine last night right before bed. The old 80s movie about Stephen King‘s car story right? It‘s so good. I put in on in the background when I game sometimes. It‘s on Hulu right now. 5mo
vivastory Yeah, it's going to leave Criterion Channel at the end of the month and I definitely want to see it before it does. I'll be curious to see Bryan Fullers version. 5mo
Reggie @vivastory I‘m over all the remakes. Leave the good stuff alone! If they remake Silver Bullet I will riot. Also, if you have Shudder watch The Wolf of Snow Hollow. It‘s sooo good. 5mo
vivastory I have to say that I agree with you about remakes, but I love what Bryan Fuller did with Hannibal so much that I can't help but be pumped for Christine. I'm planning on renewing my Shudder subscription soon, so I will add Wolf of Snow Hollow to my watchlist. I was enjoying their series 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments etc 5mo
vivastory BTW, a movie I watched on Shudder a few months ago that I really enjoyed is Deadstream. I know that some people find the MC obnoxious but I thought it was a great horror comedy 5mo
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