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Discount Armageddon
Discount Armageddon: An Incryptid Novel | Seanan McGuire
43 posts | 56 read | 40 to read
The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity and humanity from them.Meet Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, shed rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan to pursue her dream career in professional ballroom dance. That is, until talking mice, telepathic mathematicians, and a tangle with the Price familys old enemies, the Covenant of St. George, get in her way...
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AllisonM89
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DNF. I just can't. Maybe high school/college me would have loved it. But not my thing.... #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Disappointing, but sometimes a book just isn't the right fit!! 2y
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claudiuo
Pickpick

A great start of another urban fantasy series by the awesome Seanan McGuire. Looking forward to next in the series. A pick!

@PuddleJumper: This is a March #Roll100 pick for me, a bit late but happy to clear one more of my long list of unread picks.
@TheAromaOfBooks: #15 read in the #PromptMaze v2 list (F2).

PuddleJumper Whoop whoop! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Pickpick

This was so fun! I smiled, laughed, & ordered the next two in the series before I finished this one. All Verity wants to do is competitive ballroom dancing but she‘s a Price & that means she‘s a cryptozoologist—someone who hunts cryptids, creatures whose existence hasn‘t been proven by science. And cryptids are going missing…just as member of the Covenant of St. George shows up in town. Magical creatures, murder & mayhem, lots of laughs. Loved it.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Rainy afternoon reading

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Lucy_Anywhere
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Pickpick

I know this isn‘t on your #nywd list @ozma.of.oz but I figured I should start at the beginning of the series! This was a lot of fun to read and made me nostalgic for Buffy and Supernatural and all those other shows I used to watch back in the 00s. Also, how do I get my own Aeslin mice???

shanaqui I've been meaning to read this since forever -- my wife loved it, and now you've reminded me about the Aeslin mice, I really have to hurry it up. 😆 3y
BookmarkTavern Yeah, I think a couple of mine were sequels! 😅 I‘m glad you liked the first one! And I totally feel the same way about the mice! ❤️ 3y
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TracyReadsBooks
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And so the TBR stacks get a little taller today…

#bookhaul 📚📚📚

BookmarkTavern Excellent choices! 👍🏻👍🏻 3y
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BookmarkTavern
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It‘s time to get a little niche with our genres! ✨

1. I really enjoyed this, and I‘m looking forward to the rest of the series! Learning that McGuire started writing the series because she was upset at specific deaths in Supernatural makes it all the better.
2. The idea that it‘s our world, recognizable and familiar, BUT ALSO MAGIC.
3. Something in New Zealand. Queenstown or Auckland. ❤️🇳🇿❤️

#SundayFunday Have an fantastic day and tag me!

Lucy_Anywhere May I suggest The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep? It‘s set in Wellington I think 4y
ShelleyBooksie I had no idea that is why she started this series -.cool!! 4y
BookmarkTavern @Lucy_Anywhere Marvelous! I shall add that to my TBR immediately! @ShelleyBooksie Right? She posted about it on her tumblr a little while ago and it just made me go “Oh... that‘s why I liked it so much.” 😆 4y
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ShelleyBooksie
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Pickpick

I dnf'd this one last year but decided to give it another try. I am so glad that I did - I really enjoyed it this time around! The main character is a zoologist except for non human species like basilisks and dragons. Refreshing read.

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Grimlock

Read for Hugos last year and lives it: funny, loved the action. Since I don‘t read that much urban fantasy/, I didn‘t run into the problem of finding it too much like other series that some did. So I‘d suggest it as a starter series for urban fantasy.

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LittleBug
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Pickpick

I think I like this series even better than the October Daye one🤩
It feels original, I love the dancing angle, and I sure don't mind the little pinch of romance😉

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this snarky adventure story. Many of the plot elements would sound ridiculous if I tried to explain them - but they work! I especially loved the overly enthusiastic aeslin mice with their religious observations - my favourite one being the holy feast of ‘I swear, daddy, I‘ll kiss the next man that walks through that door‘ (even if I could guess where that was going 😂)

faelinwolf The Aeslin mice are my absolute favorite! 🐀🐀🐀 I love this series. Hail! 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @faelinwolf, they are hilarious! Have you read them all? 5y
faelinwolf I'm a little behind. I've read through #5. I have 6 & 7 on my bookshelf! 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @faelinwolf, cool cool ☺️ was the change of main character ok? 5y
faelinwolf Yeah, I think so! I think it's fun to get to know other characters more in depth. 5y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Continuing to cough all my lungs up.

julesG Feel better soon! 5y
TrishB Know that feeling 😕 hope you‘re feeling better soon. 5y
RealLifeReading Hope you feel better soon! 5y
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Suet624 I was doing that too and then discovered NyQuil. It cured me. 64 years old and had never tried it before. It‘s a miracle drug 5y
marleed Oh I‘m sorry. @Suet624, I agree NyQuil is a self administered anesthetic for me that I only use when desperate so as not become immune to its magical powers. 5y
Suet624 @marleed you‘re right. Truly magical powers. 5y
CarolynM Hope you're feeling better 💐 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @TrishB, me too! I don‘t feel ill except for this most irritating of coughs 5y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Suet624 , I‘m not familiar with it - probably not available in Australia 5y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I‘ve been coughing up a storm and watching Murder, She Wrote under a pile of blankets - but it‘s time for a spot of reading and then some sleep!

BookishMarginalia Hope you feel better soon! 5y
AmyG Feel better. 5y
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Loving these chapter quotes 💅

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Siannalyn
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Pickpick

I know the author so this was quite expected but... I loved it! It's funny, fast-paced, intriguing and the mice are adorable! A great start for an UF series!

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BookmarkTavern
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I really love urban fantasy with a kickass snarky main character and some serious world building.

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QueenJen
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Pickpick

So good!! Totally a guilty pleasure!
Can't wait to get my hands on #2!!
📚Urban Fantasy
📚Snarky wit with sarcasm
📚Worshipping Rodents!

What's not to love!?

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slightlyfoxed
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I did it!!! With 4 books finished, 1 more in progress, and just over 24 hours spent reading, my #24in48 is complete.

Tomigirl44 Congrats!🎊🍾🎈👏😁 6y
sprainedbrain Yay!! 6y
Librarybelle Congratulations! 6y
GypsyKat Congratulations!!!🍾🎉 📚⏱ 6y
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slightlyfoxed
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Don‘t mind me, just squeezing in some #24in48 reading at the reference desk.

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missbrewbrew
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Lunch and a new book! Recommended by @Avidan a long time ago but I finally have it and just started it!

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Srobertking
Pickpick

Interesting characters, fun fight scenes, and romance! I loved it.

Avidan Good, good. Now for the next one... 7y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Welcome to Litsy 👍📚 7y
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Srobertking
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This book has some amazing combat scenes! I'm hooked.

Scurvygirl Welcome!! 7y
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EscapedAcademic
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Recent #bookhaul from an outdoor rack of mass market paperbacks labeled “beach books” in Hawaii. The only Seanan McGuire I‘ve read is Every Heart A Doorway...anyone read this InCryptid series? #beachbooks
#seananmcguire #incryptid #notwildaboutthecover

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Jhullie
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Pickpick

A thoroughly enjoyable romp through the world of bogeymen and dragons. Verity Price is a likable heroine with a penchant for rooftop running. The story was fast paced and the characters interesting and unusual. A big thumbs up from me 👍

Ashley_Nicoletto I just love Seanan McGuire. 7y
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Jhullie
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I had to share this quote just because it made me smile at the mischievous mice.

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Jhullie
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January was a GREAT month 👍

Mdargusch Great job! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
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Jhullie
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This working for a living thing is getting in the way of my reading time 😡

tessavi Haha! I'm having the same feeling lately. 7y
BookishBlonde12 🙌🏻 7y
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Jhullie
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Love it❣️👍👠

Rachbb3 Those shoes. 😍 7y
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Jaya
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Pickpick

Slow start,which is to be expected at the start of a paranormal series that needs to introduce characters & do some worldbuilding.The pace picks up halfway & we‘re squarely on the side of the heroine—waitress, dancer, & cryptozoologist Verity Price.Her opening act involves finding a sleeping dragon, saving some otherworldly creatures from a fanatical order of knights, and shtupping one of said knights.Sentient mice and excellent fight sequences.

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AmberJoy
Pickpick

Fantastic vacation read. It‘s like reading about Buffy if Buffy decided to make her alter ego Anne a ball room dancer instead of a waitress. Fun stuff!

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Sue
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Me: I should really have a nap.

Also me: These books aren't going to read themselves, are they?

I'm not eligible for #stackedup , but thought I'd show you my pile anyway 😂

@Liberty

TheBookAddict 😂 yeah, sounds familiar...😅 7y
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ClairesReads
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Pickpick

A fun fantasy read with a kick ass female lead. Perfect holiday reading. I loved the Aeslin mice especially.

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Kamisha
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Couldn't find any books in my collection featuring #rain! However, I am reading on my couch waiting for the much needed rain we're supposed to get here tonight. Reading when it's raining outside is the best 🙌🏼

#jubilantjuly

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ClairesReads
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A bit of fun for the holidays

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TheBookDream

Using the code "PrimeBooks17" will get you $5 off a book $15 or more for the rest of Prime day.

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silentrequiem
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And another sale! The first book in a really fun urban fantasy by Seanan McGuire. The boogeymonster is real and working at a club in NYC, along with dragons, werebeasts, and a cryptozoologist-slash-ballroom dancer.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006LU0HNS/

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Why not 😜 7y
Alicia Ooh I met her @ the Tucson Book Fest and she was wonderful! I need more urban fantasy in my life so this is perfect! 7y
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Abby-J
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Beginning my #litsypartyofone with a cup of tea (Earl Grey, hot) and the first book in my great audio "reread" of Seanan McGuire's Incryptid series.

Cinfhen 💗your mug ❤️ 8y
Abby-J @Cinfhen Thanks! It's one of my favorites. 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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Verity Price comes from a family of cryptozoologists. She lives in New York and is trying to take care that no magical creatures are harmed by humans. Or vice versa. She is very bad-ass. She's also the current high-priestess of the Aeslin mice, which are definitely worth the price of admission! She can also do a helluva tango. #badassheroines #riotgrams

Debiw781 I absolutely LOVE this series! One of my current favorites in urban fantasy 8y
mcipher This was a super fun book! 8y
ChasingOm I feel like you and I are on a similar wavelength recently, lol. I just added this to my library wishlist yesterday! 😂 8y
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Lauredhel
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#riotgrams #kissingbooks All my Romance-romance reading is digital (apart from library books), but there sure is kissing in urban fantasy romp Discount Armageddon, too. Here it is with my VDay present for my husband. We don't really celebrate this particular holiday, so it's chocolate, crockpot pork ribs, and no other plans. Our second anniversary is in May and that's the day we celebrate with a slap up dinner out.

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shanaqui
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Meeting a friend for "coffee"... In a book shop!

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CherylDeFranceschi
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#herebedragons - sexy, kick-ass, female gold-loving dragons. A fun and fast read. I love this series for the Aeslin mice. They're the best! #photoadaynov16

Joe_Jones I agree the mice make the series! 8y
kammartinez This series gets more fun as it goes on :D. And the Aeslin mice are awesome - though I can see how they can be a mite annoying at times XD. 8y
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Nancethepants
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I cannot tell you how little I care about competitive dance competitions or how much I despise NYC, and yet I still loved this book. Such is the power of Seanan McGuire. Toby Daye is still my homegirl, but I'd be down for a night with the Price girls.