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Pines
Pines | Blake Crouch
The international runaway bestseller is now a Major Television Event from executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, starring Matt Dillon and premiering May 14th on FOX. Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels...off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. Why can't he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn't anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact--he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. 2013 International Thriller Award Nominee
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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I definitely did not see this plot twist coming 🤯

#GreatPlotTwist 😱 #NewYearNewBooks 🎆🥳📖

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs Those shelves!!! 2mo
The.Great.Catsby Wait, the series has a plot twist? I read the first one and loved it. Half of the second one and DNFd it. Do I need to pick it up again? 2mo
JuliaTheBookNerd @The.Great.Catsby Overall not my favorite trilogy. Didn‘t see the plot twist but I don‘t know if it makes going back to read it worth it or not😬 the first book is the best so if you weren‘t enjoying the second enough to DNF I would stick with that decision 🤪 2mo
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Larkken Did you watch the show? 2mo
JuliaTheBookNerd @Larkken No, was it any good? I read the books when they first came out 10 years ago and then just wasn‘t too interested when the show came out 😬 2mo
Larkken @JuliaTheBookNerd I enjoyed it at first, but lost steam and I‘m not sure if I ever finished it lol. Maybe equivalent feelings to @The.Great.Catsby ? But I‘ve not read the books so can‘t compare (I didn‘t know there were any when I first started watching!) 2mo
Ddzmini Love your shelf‘s 🙌🏽📚 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love your gorgeous shelves 📚📚📚 2mo
marleed I loved this series - read back to back in summer ‘23! 2mo
Reggie I only read the first book in this series but I remember the feeling of my mind in the shape of a pretzel with the time play he does. Whhhaaat??? Lol 2mo
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Yuki_Onna
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Found all #WickedWords for #January ❄️🖤

Hotel, Writer and Winter I got in 'Hotel Africa',
Caretaker was mentioned twice in 'Looker' by Laura Sims.
Of course, Colorado was going to be hardest to find for me, as I'm not a citizen of North America. But today, when determining what to read next, I found this in the flap of the tagged book.
😊
@AsYouWish #wordsearch #readingchallenges

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catsuit_mango
Pines | Blake Crouch
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Finished a book today, now trying to be strategic : can I finish this one before Sunday and add one to my yearly count ?

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Rachel.Rencher
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I am obsessed with Blake Crouch's writing. Every time I finish one of his books, I'm so impressed by his adept ability to place his characters in a mind-bending yet horrifically plausible world. This one his especially close to home as it's set in Idaho where I lived for 25 years. He did a wonderful job describing the landscape and his depictions of Boise later on in the story were especially chilling for me. 10/10 recommend this book.

SassyPants617 I grabbed this book from the library some years back thinking it was different than it was lol. Thank God I didn‘t know the genre because it‘s not something I am into. I loved this book. Read all 3 and love Blake Crouch. Dark Matter is my fave. 3mo
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Lizwarnerpdx
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This book was so confusing at first. Then it was bizarre. And now that‘s I‘m through it I don‘t know what to think of it. But I‘m going to read book #2 now to see what happens next.

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bthegood
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Ethan Burke goes to Wayward Pines to investigate missing agents. It may start like a combination of Twin Peaks / X-Files, but it quickly turns to something much darker, creepier. I enjoyed the first book of this trilogy so much that I have reorganized what I am reading so I can read the next two and finish the series this week.

#BookSpinBingo

marleed Oh my gosh , I just binged this series of books, as well. I loved each book more than the last. It was so fun to binge! 12mo
bthegood @marleed I'm pretty sure your posts and reviews are what got me interested in these - thank you !!! 🙂 12mo
marleed Well, you just made my day! 12mo
bthegood @marleed 🙂 12mo
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Coleen
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Though I never really watched it regularly, I thought this had a Twin Peaks vibe. I enjoyed it, though not as much as some of Crouch‘s newer novels. 1st book of a trilogy.

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marleed
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When my library announced the audio purchase of this series in months rather than the next Tuesday, Intrigued, I placed holds on all three books. I was fascinated by this tale and can‘t wait for my next hold to drop. Something seemed familiar so I did some googling to realize I binge-watched a Hulu adaptation a couple summers ago while overnight dog watching with son‘s streaming services. So for book2 Matt Dillon will dance in my head!

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Tracyantoon
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This book was my gateway to my Blake Crouch obsession. It was like Lost meets Twin Peaks and I couldn‘t devour it fast enough. Blew my mind! Highly recommended backlist title. Thanks for the tag! Any who wants to play is officially tagged as well. 😍📚. #alphabetgame. #LetterP

Bklover Oh, I loved this one! It was the first one I read! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 2y
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Meghan1
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Marmie7
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Thank you @guinsgirlreads ! Everything is awesome! I was just looking at buying the audible version of Pines😁 The gnomes are so cute😍 💖 #LLFS @bookgoil @rsteve388

Sweettartlaura Ooh - The Neighbors is really good, too ♥️😮. Enjoy your awesome bundle 👍🏻 2y
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EadieB
Pines | Blake Crouch
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#Pines #BlakeCrouch #BookSpinBingo

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, trying to locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the this town one month earlier. Ethan is involved in a violent accident and arrives in the hospital where strange things begin to happen to him. Soon Ethan‘s investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers.

EadieB Why can‘t he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn‘t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out? Ethan soon finds out he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. 3y
EadieB This book was a quick read. I found it to be more of a sci-fi book than a thriller. It is somewhat hard to believe that Ethan is a secret service agent as he seems more like the sheriff he ends up being in Wayward Pines. Crouch also went a bit too far with the story in the end which took away from the book. I also watched the TV series on Fox which was advertised on my book. 3y
EadieB I actually enjoyed the TV series more than the book. If you enjoyed Stephen King's books, The Stand and Under The Dome, then you may enjoy Pines too. (edited) 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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CharismaRaven13
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5 STARS ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ you have to read the book without really knowing what it is about! You are in for a treat! People kept telling me for years to read this book but I never listened. I feel bad now because this book will blow your mind. To keep it simple: A federal Agent is set out to find two fellow missing agents and he finds himself in a small, idyllic town named Wayward Pines. A typical American small town. With a secret. A big secret.

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Book 127

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rsteve388
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What a wild ride, what a great story. Black crouch does an excellent job of brining the reader into the story and making you wonder if you missed something about the story.. making you try to guess, but your guesses are wrong. They are so very wrong. Part of the story are revealed slowly over the course of the book and it is so well done, you are at the edge of your seat till the very end.

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Wslovell
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Started the series recently and liked it so much I got the book. Both are very good!

Tracyantoon Love love love this series!! 3y
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Blackink_WhitePaper
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First time I tried to read psychological thriller, m not disappointed. The first half of the book good but confusing, but slowly I got the hang of it. It‘s about a detective who wakes up after an accident in a place without ID, n gets stuck in that weird place. But whether he regains his memory n normal life? At d end I felt there r too much details , still good writing style. Real page Turner 3.5🌟

#bookspin #booked2021 #seriesread2021

Cinfhen I read a different book by the same author that was really good/ a real mind bender 3y
Tattooedteacher He has a lot of other ones. Dark matter will blow your mind. 3y
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Blackink_WhitePaper Yeah sure I will check it out ☺️😀 thanks for the recommendation @Cinfhen @Tattooedteacher 💐 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
TheSpineView 🤩📖📚 3y
Clwojick I love psychological thrillers! I‘ll have to check this one out! 3y
Blackink_WhitePaper @Clwojick yeah you may like this series. I am already eager to read the second book. 😀 3y
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The.Great.Catsby
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ I've decided that Blake Crouch is my favorite author. I knew nothing about the book... other than it was probably a psychological thriller. And WOW! I had no idea what was going on. Was he crazy, was the town crazy, am I crazy?
I was not at all disappointed.

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Shortie

11/16-11/20
Fiction
I realized that the author was very descriptive about everything that he was talking about, from the first chapter to the chapter that I am on right now. Once in a while, the author uses figurative language, he might‘ve added more figurative language but I missed them. I like his way of writing because in the end of some chapters he uses suspense and it makes me want to read further and she what will happen next.

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Onioons
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Right November 2020, let's be havin ya!

Onioons I picked this book suspecting it would have a strong plot rather than strong characters. It was definitely surprising. But I just didn't like the guy and that always makes it harder for me to care. Marks for originality but the protagonist kinda ruined it for me. 3y
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I finished this #BookSpinBingo book a couple days ago. I ended up really liking it, and I plan to read the next two books in November. Great creepy story that kept me interested from start to finish.

@TheAromaofBooks #TeamHarkness #Scarathlon2020 @StayCurious

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Shortie
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10/15/20
Fiction:
There has been 3 places that the story has been taken in, the central part of the city, the hospital, and Ethan‘s hotel room. If the book took place in an abandoned forest, that would be very interesting because stating the fact that he didn‘t know where he was, he would have to figure out where he was and how to get out of there. I‘m not sure where the story should take but maybe where Ethan‘s partner is.

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Shortie

09/02-09/02
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I have read more than 3/4 of the first chapter. The characters are Miranda the barista, Mack Scozie, Jane, and Agent Stallings. The injured man went to the coffee store to ask the barista if she knew him and she didn‘t, so she went to this random guys house and he passed out in front of the stranger‘s house. His name was Mack and his wife, Jane, and they helped him get to a hospital and then the man remembered Agent Stallings.

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Shortie
Pines | Blake Crouch
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Thriller, suspense, and phycoligical fiction
I‘ve read the summery to this book and the other two books and it semmed very suspensful and I love suspense books. I can‘t wait to finish this book so then I can read the other books from this series.

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https://www.luulit.com/product/pines-audible-audiobook-unabridged/

Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America — or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone....

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Wayward Pines is small, isolated, and seemingly perfect. But when Agent Ethan Burke finds he can't leave, things start getting very weird... So I loved the unsettling Twins Peaks vibe and the mystery had me hooked. I HAD to know what the hell was going on! Not sure the ending worked for me, though, and the plot was very action heavy with lots of running, climbing, and fighting. Not one to read before bed because it stressed me out!

Ericalambbrown Oooohhhh! I watched that show and it was really good! I didn‘t know there was a book. 4y
Lucy_Anywhere @Ericalambbrown There's a show? I need to watch it! Thanks for the heads up 4y
Ericalambbrown Yes! The first season was SO good! It was on Fox, do you maybe able to find it on Hulu now. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2618986/ 4y
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SoapboxEdits
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Part Mayberry, part The Purge, part... something else, but that would spoil it! this story kept me turning pages. There were times I second guessed what was really going on, and I never did fully figure it out. Some of the scenarios ran a little long, but just as I was starting to wonder when it would end, it did.👇🏽

SoapboxEdits The ending was satisfying but a little ‘meh.‘ It still deserves four stars because it finishes as a stand-alone, but gives A LOT of room for the sequels. (edited) 4y
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CareBear
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Substituting the tagged book for no. 13‘s April #bookspin

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julesG
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Mehso-so

I haven't seen the show, but knew what the plot twist was at about 20%.

Not going to read the other two books.

jenreads7 I haven‘t read this one, but I have read Recursion and Abandon by Black Crouch. Dark Matter is next on my list. If you haven‘t read his other stuff, give him a try. I like his writing! (Based on your review, I may choose to skip this one, though.) 4y
julesG @jenniferajanes I'll try one of his other books. I might have seen too many M Night Shyamalan films to truly appreciate Pines. 😉 4y
jenreads7 @julesG 😂😂😂 4y
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julesG
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Turned the speed up to 1.7 (I get it now, @DannyHattan) the pitch is a bit high, though.

#audiobook

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claudiuo
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Another page turner from Blake Crouch that I enjoyed a lot. Same as in Dark Matter, he keeps finding twists and turns to keep it interesting and the action going. I didn't like everything in it but overall it's a good read, especially that I didn't guess the ending.

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Hmm... this was just exhausting. Too many long, laborious scenes littered with incomplete sentences. It took so long to get to the point.

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KT1432
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Some very tasty #LitsyPartyOfOne snacks! On a Blake Crouch Recursion hangover I picked this up from the library on a whim. It's due back soon so I'm hoping to get through some of it tonight as well!

#MrBook1InAMillion #24B4Monday #Readathon

MrBook Need to read this one of his. Tate‘s, mmm. 😋 4y
Andrew65 @MrBook Me too. @lele1432 Looks like a great combination. 4y
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FantasyChick
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Blake Crouch never let's me down! I love his newer books and I've been meaning to grab some of his older work for so long and I'm glad I finally did.

This reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode....creepy, unsettling and completely unnerving

The Master of Mind F*ck has done it again (or already....this is an older book....whatever...you know what I mean 😂)

#scarathlon #teamslaughter #24B4Monday #teamtheme

@Clwojick

LibrarianRyan I really liked the first season of this tv show. The second season wasn't so bad, but left on a cliffhanger because they canceled the show. 4y
FantasyChick @LibrarianRyan I haven't seen the show but thought I would like to try and find it. The cliffhanger ending doesn't appeal to me though....I hate it when shows get cancelled before they finish 😑 4y
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FantasyChick
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Not quite tired yet but getting there. This has been on my TBR for a long time so no time like the present to get started.

This isn't a long one so let's see how far I get before I drift off or my ereader dies. Whichever comes first 😂

#scarathlon #teamslaughter #24B4Monday

@Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

Andrew65 Be interested in your thoughts, been on my TBR for a long time. 4y
FantasyChick @Andrew65 I got about half way through last night and I'm really enjoying it. 4y
Andrew65 @FantasyChick That‘s good to hear. 😊 4y
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NataliePatalie
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Yes 🌲

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BookBumming
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Pines by Blake Crouch is a very engaging and fun read. Lots of suspense and sweating involved. I‘m excited to read the second book in the trilogy (Wayward Pines) so I guess that‘s got to be a good sign!

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June of this year Blake Crouch released his new book Recursion. It was a total mind bender and I loooooved it. So I was totally stoked to find out he actually has a trilogy that revolves a small town in Idaho that is MUCH more than it seems.
I was even more stoked when I realized all 3 books are on Kindle Unlimited FOR FREE. 🤤#kindleunlimited #kindle #ereader #waywardpines

BookBumming Synopsis of the first book “Pines”
Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America--or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but sometimes feels...off.
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BookBumming As days pass, Ethan's investigation into his colleagues' disappearance turns up more questions than answers

WHY CAN'T HE MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD? WHY DOESN'T ANYONE BELIEVE HE IS WHO HE SAYS HE IS? AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ELECTRIFIED FENCES ENCIRCLING THE TOWN? ARE THEY KEEPING THE RESIDENTS IN? OR SOMETHING ELSE OUT?
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Martta
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Well this wasn't what I expected! I thought this was something close to David Baldacci but it ended up more like The Maze Runner. I think this is a good book but the first part could learn something from The Maze Runner. I think it could have given the reader a bit more info and/or breathing breaks to make it more interesting right from the beginning. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series! 😊

Reviewsbylola Loved this series! 5y
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Martta
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Wow! This started getting good fast! 😍 Yesterday I was almost ready to give this up. Now I'm totally hooked! Reminds me a bit of The Maze Runner. 🤔

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Martta
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I'm on the page 125. Now would be the perfect time for the main character to get over his headache, pick up the story and do something worth reading... ☹

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Martta
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A bit of late night reading on the balcony. I've had this book on my shelf for years and now feels like the perfect time for it. 😁

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Kimberlone
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I had the remainder of an Amazon gift card I had a hankering to burn through so I picked up a few today, including the tagged series. My boyfriend just finished the first book and thought I would enjoy. You can get the whole series for Kindle for only $5!

baes I loved that first book so much!! 5y
tjwill Wayward Pines is a great series! 5y
Kimberlone @baes @tjwill glad to hear! 5y
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tessavi
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The start and ending were interesting, but I zoned out during the middle part. Not sure uf I'll pick up the next two books.

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Yeah, I felt the same way 😕 5y
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jennifers_bookland
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I loved this book. It was fast paced with lots of twists. It kept me guessing all the way through. Was well written. I will definitely be reading the rest of the books in this series 😀 #books #kindle #bookreview #blakecrouch

Reggie I felt like the way he played with time in here made my brain feel like a pretzel after I read it. 5y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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📖 Pines by Blake Crouch
👨 Douglas Preston
📺 Again, Pines
🎥 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
🍍Pineappple
#manicmonday (Thursday) @JoScho

tjwill The Wayward Pines books are so good! I don‘t think I ever watched the series... 5y
MaleficentBookDragon @tjwill the books were so good. They got me hooked on Crouch. The first season of the series was pretty good, but they tried to cram all three books into one season. I never watched the second since they went way off book. Maybe one of these days. 5y
JoScho 😊🧡 5y
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Iceangel9
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Very “Twin Peaks”-ish.

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Suelizbeth
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I am trying to read the Wayward Pines trilogy this weekend, but the first book is driving me nuts! Ethan just keeps getting the crap beat out of him. I hope we move past that. #somethingwickedfall #readathon #TwoInThree #BookAWeekChallenge

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juliegumdrop
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I‘m tearing through this one. Fast pace.

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