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#SummerSouls

This #Fireflies title has been in my Kindle TBR for a while now. ✨

#SummerSpecial @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Firefly

#CuriousCovers Day 19 #BlueandYellow

One of my favorite fabric color combinations. This book sits in the Kindle library. Who knows if it will ever get read?

Hard to even know what to say about this book.... Seriously one of the darkest most twisted books I've ever read.... You know the ones where you wonder how a person could even think of such a story?

#jamminjune #fireflies

Playing catch up as this week is insane at work. This is my only book with fireflies in the title/on the cover from my Kindle. I haven‘t read it yet.

This book will break your heart. #fireflies #jamminJune @Eggs

#translations #AmazonCrossing

I expected a psychological thriller, which this was - but with the emphasis on "psychological" and not so much "thriller." It was a suspense book full of sordid, horrifying events, but written in a quiet, gentle, philosophical tone. If that sounds like an odd reading experience, believe me, it was.

Kind of wish I could hear this in its original language it‘s so beautifully written. The subject matter is tough though. This book is really good and well worth it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is ... worth it.

Started this today while I was volunteering. It‘s ... interesting. There is at least 1 tough topic which seems to be much of the bases of the story.

Thank you so much for the gift @Elma That was incredibly kind of you.

And thank you @dariazeoli for organizing the #kindlitsy this holiday season.

78% read and this book is a fucking wild ride. 😳

#FriYayIntro
1. Black Panther
2. It‘s been too long since I‘ve been on a date, I wouldn‘t know. 😂
3. Don‘t have one
4. Tagged - it was too creepy

PICK!! SO CREEPY! I loved it. A boy lives in a basement with his family. They never leave (why?!). His older sister just gave birth (how?!). Everyone except him is horribly burned (why?!). The boy is curious about trying to escape the basement, but is afraid of being captured by The Cricket Man who visits at night. 😱😱😱😱

This book is ubercreepy, I‘m not sure I can finish listening to it. #putitinthefreezer

Incredibly well written but uncomfortable subject matter and Unpleasant characters make me feel like a probably need a bath now!

Amazon World Book Day 4/9

Wow was this book dark. The main character, an 11 year old boy, has lives his entire life in a basement with his family. Terrible things happen and when you think it can‘t get anymore terrible it proves you wrong. It is incredibly well written, however, and if this book sounds like it fits your preferred genre then you will probably like it.

Imagine if Room and The Dinner were blended together. The story is gripping from the beginning and makes you want to find out why this family lives in a hidden basement, & why their dynamic is as it is. But the last 10% felt rushed and unprepared. Sister‘s behavior was believable, but Dad‘s was not. And if I were the narrator, I‘d have been WAY more bitter and vengeful. 😀

#MESMERIZING
Confined to an underground set of rooms with his immediate family and grandmother, the boy still manages to establish routines, play games, and cultivate a fascination with the natural world that he‘s never seen. However, when his sister gives birth, he begins to fear that his loving family—the only people he‘s ever known—are misleading him about fundamental things...

I‘m going with a pick because the story was so well written and I couldn‘t stop reading - even though I could have used a few mental breaks. It starts off like Room - with a whole family in a basement. It‘s a somewhat shocking and very disturbing book. I need to read some brain candy now.

I don't recall ever reading a book where the characters have no names!

World Book Day! 9 free books on Amazon. Go grab them🙌🏽#yourewelcome

9 FREE KINDLE BOOKS!!!! Just about 2 days left. Go get 'em!!! https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world

Has everyone seen this? Free books on Kindle! I think it‘s a US only offer though. I think I‘m going to get the tagged book, and a couple of the others are already on my Kindle TBR. #ReadTheWorld https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world

Read around the books free for a limited time! #kindlefreebies
https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world?ref=kc_cwbd&pf_rd_p=f1827e1a-bcc4-...

For anyone who‘s interested... this book is available free on kindle right now. I listened to it on audiobook last year and really liked it so I figured I‘d pass the info along. I happen to see it in one of my many “get these books free or discounted” emails!!!

Today is #worldbookday 💕 so #amazon is giving away 9 kindle books. I've already snagged all 9.

https://bookriot.com/2018/04/18/celebrate-world-book-day-with-free-reads-from-am...

Not sure if y‘all have seen this but I wanted to share! Amazon is celebrating #worldbookday with these free kindle books! #diversereading #kindle

I‘ve had this one on my #TBR for a while, along with some of the others on offer from Amazon for #WorldBookDay.
https://www.amazon.com/article/read-the-world

Thanks to @Daisey, where I originally saw this deal posted! #ReadTheWorld

My feelings are so conflicted on this book. It‘s wonderfully written and the story is immersive, but it‘s full of terrible people and horrible abuse. I like it and hate it at the same time. This is the first time I‘ve rated a book high and will immediately put it on my sell pile because I just can‘t stand looking at it.

An intriguing & compelling read. Kinda weird & all kinds of messed up, but in a "good" way. The writing is deceptively simple - all the more to pack the punch when it comes - with the occasional glorious sentence at odds with the story it lives in. It elicits emotions - confusing, uncomfortable, unwelcome, disturbing & distressing emotions - and herein lies its strength. The pacing & structure work hand in hand to great effect .... more below??

This is not a book I normally would read. In fact, I actually stopped reading it a few times thinking it was just too odd. However, I finished it and am happy I did. Hold out with it and you will be pleased

A haunting and hopeful tale of discovering light in even the darkest of places. For his whole life, the boy has lived underground with his family. He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Then some fireflies arrive in the basement, and that light makes the boy want to escape, to know the outside world. #TBR #Light #NoteworthyNovember

Really interesting and unusual premise. Slow to get going, and the novel takes a bit to fit the various pieces together. The ending is a bit hurried -- too many loose ends inelegantly tied off -- but overall an interesting read.

Stretching the definition of today's tag, but fireflies make you think of camping, right? #campfirereading #jubilantjuly

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I absolutely hated this book from the moment the truth was revealed halfway... Can't say a lot without giving it away but let's just say this: two wrongs don't make a right and in this case there are too many "wrongs" from the characters the author expected us to feel sorry for...

Suspenseful, emotional, psychologically thrilling...much much more than I expected. I loved, then hated, then loved the characters all over again. This is a book you will rip right through until the end!

Intense, disturbing & upsetting, but so very compelling. The pacing is absolutely perfect, building suspense & keeping you guessing throughout. It pulls no punches & it's pretty tough going in parts, but it's well worthwhile for the fantastic writing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

OMG this is one incredibly messed up family! 😳

This book is the Audible Deal of the Day. I read it as a Kindle First and loved it. I couldn't put it down. Recommended!!

For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns. The boy begins to wonder about what happened before his own birth, about why they‘re shut away.

I wanted to love this book, but couldn't get into it. 😕Maybe it picks up? But I got pretty far before I gave up. 🌟🌟2/5 stars

Just got this audible on Bookbub for 4$. Really looking forward to this one

This creepy, dysfunctional family novel is on sale for $1.99 on Amazon today!!! I read this a few months back and thinking about it still creeps me out.

Favorite dysfunctional family novel. The Light of the Fireflies was a crazy story about a family of burn victims that lives in the basement hidden from the world. Upon the sisters delivery of a baby, secrets emerge.. #24in48 #readathon

The family in this book is a hot mess. No pun intended (read the book, you'll get it). While the family is extremely dysfunctional, they really do make for an interesting read. Told from two different time periods, this book concludes and leaves with a creepy, crawly feeling.

Thoroughly liked this book and the innocence of the story being told from the perspective of a child. It was very suspenseful and kept me wondering why.