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Black Moon
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
16 posts | 10 read | 1 reading | 21 to read
For fans of The Age of Miracles and The Dog Stars, Black Moon is a hallucinatory and stunning debut that Charles Yu calls Gripping and expertly constructed. Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before disappearing into the quickly collapsing world. Yet Biggs can still sleep, and dream, so he sets out to find her. He ventures out into a world ransacked by mass confusion and desperation, where he meets others struggling against the tide of sleeplessness. Chase and his buddy Jordan are devising a scheme to live off their drug-store lootings; Lila is a high school student wandering the streets in an owl mask, no longer safe with her insomniac parents; Felicia abandons the sanctuary of a sleep research center to try to protect her family and perhaps reunite with Chase, an ex-boyfriend. All around, sleep has become an infinitely precious commodity. Money cant buy it, no drug can touch it, and there are those who would kill to have it. However, Biggs persists in his quest for Carolyn, finding a resolve and inner strength that he never knew he had. Kenneth Calhoun has written a brilliantly realized and utterly riveting depiction of a world gripped by madness, one that is vivid, strange, and profoundly moving. From the Hardcover edition.
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MrBook
MrBook
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Part 2/10 of today‘s home-library tour! ☺️

Do you own, or have you read, any of these?

#MrBooksBooks

kspenmoll
[tagged book]All Grown Up
6y
SW-T Read and enjoyed
[tagged book]Jackaby
6y
Kimberlone I have a copy of The Witches, which I really need to read! 6y
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BookwormAHN I read Hex. It was really wild 🖤 6y
Lcsmcat The Witches is excellent ! 6y
Zelma I didn‘t care for the tone of American Witches but if you‘re in the mood for some pretty detailed history, the Stacey Schiff book is excellent. 6y
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The.Intentional.Reader
The.Intentional.Reader
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Insomnia as an epidemic. Sleep becomes the most valuable commodity anyone has but also the most dangerous.

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Reese_Pearly.Pages
Reese_Pearly.Pages
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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I think these need to come home with me. Never enough time to read, but when has that EVER mattered? 🙃

vivastory I really loved Black Moon 7y
Reese_Pearly.Pages @vivastory Glad to hear. It was an impulse buy. 😃 7y
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Purrfectpages
Purrfectpages
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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#fullmoon #scenesfromabook

tagged users iconJoeStalksBeck
JoeStalksBeck 👏👏👏👏👏👏 7y
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Branwen
Branwen
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Finally got home from like the longest day at work ever and got to open my wonderful package from @pogue!!! Thank you so so so so much! You are just the sweetest litten ever! The books are fantastic (I'm especially excited for The Ivory and the Horn), the hit chocolate looks delish, the tote is super adorable, and the handmade hat is so freaking beautiful! :-) I love it all! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ♡♡♡ #litsytotebagswap @cobwebmoth

Pogue You are welcome! I love making hats, and it was fun to use the two colors. 7y
Branwen @Pogue It's absolutely gorgeous! I love it so much! :-) 7y
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Kelican17
Kelican17
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Mehso-so

Not great. It sounded interesting but I struggled to get through to the end.

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the-flashley
the-flashley
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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I picked it up for the cover and bought it for the intriguing summary. #moon #uncannyoctober

vivastory I really liked this one. It's pretty underrated in my opinion 7y
the-flashley @vivastory I can definitely see that. I'd never heard of it when I bought it, but it was too interesting to pass up. I unfortunately haven't had the chance to read it yet. 7y
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Purrfectpages
Purrfectpages
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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#moon #uncannyoctober

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JenniferEgnor
JenniferEgnor
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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She radiated exhaustion: a dying star. Soon what – a black hole?

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volatilestatic
volatilestatic
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Pickpick

Really good, but grim and brutal. Not entirely sure how I feel about it.

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m.galehuxley
m.galehuxley
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Spending my Friday night reading and journaling. What's new? I honestly only chose this book because of the name and cover. It looks good though! The Dollar Store has upped its book game lately.

vivastory I really enjoyed this book 8y
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vivastory
vivastory
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Pickpick

Society collapses due to an epidemic of ceaseless insomnia. People are provoked by the few who are immune. If they witness a person sleeping they become violent & will try to murder them. Very beautifully written. The narrative is compelling and the characters well written. Calhoun convincingly creates the physical anxiety and mentally disorienting experience of insomnia. If you enjoyed Josh Malerman's "Bird Box," then I definitely recommend.

Branwen Wow. This DOES look amazing! I loved Birdbox, so I am definitely going to check this out! :-) 8y
RadicalReader @vivastory thanks so much for this recommendation so happy to discover a book equally as intriguing and entertaining will be posting blurbs about it like I had done for Bird Box and a review when finished with the book 8y
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vivastory
vivastory
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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#booknerdproblem
When you only have ten minutes left to read 40 pages before leaving to meet family.

Well-ReadNeck SPEED READING!!! 🚗💨 8y
Owlizabeth Meh, being late isn't the worst thing in the world... 😈 8y
vivastory @Well-ReadNeck Seriously considering it. @Owlizabeth Since they're cooking dinner I thought that might be bad, although I am bringing two bottles of wine! 8y
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vivastory
vivastory
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Plans for the evening.

BookishFeminist Mmm. I need to stock up on Hershey's candy cane kisses now that it's Christmas season. 8y
sprainedbrain Yummm.. Oreos come in peppermint?! 😜 8y
vivastory @sprainedbrain Oh yes. I had them last year, they are awesome. 8y
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vivastory @BookishFeminist The way other people get about pumpkin, I'm that way about peppermint 8y
vivastory @BookishFeminist I can't wait for grocery stores to start stocking the peppermint mocha Starbucks bottles 8y
sprainedbrain @vivastory I'm the same way... I can't stand pumpkin but I will eat or drink anything peppermint. ❤️️ 8y
LeahBergen Oooo! 8y
Cinfhen YUM❤️️ 8y
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vibrantmargins
vibrantmargins
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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How fitting that this book about an insomnia apocalypse (insomniapocalypse?) kept me up past my bedtime last night

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Redwritinghood
Redwritinghood
Black Moon: A Novel | Kenneth Calhoun
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Ok - I haven't read this book, but I just found out that we are having a black moon tonight. What a great way to start #scaretober!

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