Mr. Splitfoot | 
bailedQuirky, energetic prose and a lovingly sketched relationship between orphaned Nat and Ruth but once the road trip with Cora gets underway it seemed quirky for quirky‘s sake. Loss, ghosts, family, con men, survival. And yes I guessed early what a silent character means in a ghost story, but didn‘t care enough to keep reading and see if I was right. Strong start, but lost me. Maybe just not the right mood. 2016
Nat & Ruth: “Two heads on one body, joined like a knave card. Sisters.”
“Ruth does love Jesus, same way she loves Lincoln, Robin Hood, Martin Luther King, and Nat. Handsome men who fight for justice.”
“Outside the barn there‘s a plastic playhouse partially melted by vandals with a roofing torch. The Father keeps it around as a metaphor.”
“Alone with Nat, a perfect place can exist, their own terrarium.”
pickOne of my favorite books. It was my first introduction to Samantha Hunt. I have absolutely fallen in love with her style. Unreliable narrators are my favorite.
One of my favorite books is on sale for $2.99 today!!
#kindledeals #ebookdeals
so-soThis may move to a Pick at some point, but right now it‘s a So-so. It‘s hard to tell who‘s alive & what‘s real in this book. Usually I dig that. But there‘s something missing that‘s keeping me from loving this. I like both Ruth & Cora, but I don‘t love either one. Maybe that‘s it 🤷🏻♀️. Also, not truly spooky/atmospheric/spell-binding.
•Mr. Splitfoot
•Drew Magary
•Mallrats
•My Mom‘s Meatballs (never had any that have compared to hers)
#manicmonday #letterM
One thing I already love about my next #LMPBC book is that it is set in upstate New York! I know of hardly any other books that are set here.
The book is the perfect companion for my NY themed mug and some local coffee (coffee added after I took this photo so as not to endanger the book 😂)
@callielafleur @the-flashley @aschermetz
pickFinishing this just under the wire to send to @whippoorwill815 for #LMPBC #GroupT. Besides saying that I really enjoyed it, I'm not going to say too much else here. I really think it needs to be experienced without too much knowledge ahead of time!
@the-flashley @aschermetz
It's a rainy and dark day, and it would be so nice to be home and curled up under a blanket with my next #lmpbc book, Mr. Splitfoot. Alas, my book must wait!
(View from the window behind my desk. The sign always feels a little like it's insulting my job 😂)
pickAlright, I finally finished it! I really enjoyed this weird, sweet book. Her writing is a little all over the place but her characters and their stories, I think, more than make up for any of the difficulties I had with it. @callielafleur it‘s on its way to you and will hopefully arrive in a few days. I forgot to take a picture before I sent it out, so here is my sunbather instead.😂 #lmpbc
Okay... just wanted to let you guys know that I haven‘t abandoned you! I may just be a little in over my head with all of my swaps.😅 @callielafleur I‘m planning to finish my book this weekend and get it out on Monday. Sorry for the hold up!
pickThis is more than just a ghost story, (though it is most certainly an AMAZING ghost story); it‘s a question about at what point “belief” becomes “reality”, what a “ghost” truly is, how the dead & living interact—-as well as many more things about the human condition. In other words, a great example of Literary/Philosophical Fiction. #literaryfiction #gothic
Ghosts + Cults + Philosophy + Amazing Writing
= My Kind of Book! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Hey guys! I‘m super excited to get started on round 3 of #lmpbc and I think our group is going to be a lot of fun.
These are the two books I‘m considering, though I think I‘m leaning towards Mr. Splitfoot. Let me know if there‘s one you‘re more interested in than the other! Do you guys have any books in mind, yet?
Also, @aschermetz it looks like I accidentally mistyped my zip code. It‘s 28269 instead of 28268.😊
I don‘t know if my mind is where the character‘s is but I‘m chortling like a middle schooler right now.
There are some great #KindleDeals today! Here are just a few.
“Having made the correct shoe choice, I now understand the nature of mystery in the universe.”
Truth.
pickThis book had me feeling detached and discombobulated and also somehow invested in the characters and their outcomes. It's a bit of a fever dream that kept me wondering what was real in a world of conmen, communes, and cults. I loved the dark, Gothic vibes and the creepy vibes 🖤 I will be thinking about Ruth for days...
#freakyfriday
Tonight I went to see Samantha Hunt, who wrote one of my favorite books of 2016, Mr. Splitfoot, give a reading from her short story collection The Dark Dark. She writes really interesting and mysterious weird fiction and she signed my book! I haven't read The Dark Dark yet but I'm definitely moving it up on my TBR 📚
pickOne of my best friends is a @bookriot contributor and just wrote this really neat piece. (The horror writer friend she mentions at the top of the article is me.) check it out! https://bookriot.com/?p=155534
“meatus”: an opening or foramen, especially in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
Let‘s see if I can work this into my daily lexicon 🤔
#freakyfriday
pickInteresting dual narrative, dual timeline structure that chronicles intersecting paths through upstate NY with one central character, first as a 17-year-old, and two decades later with her niece. Questions of spirituality and skepticism abound, as seances, con-men, mysterious pursuers, and a cult all converge in an unconventional ghost story of sorts. The writing is fresh and alive- loved the characters- a few quibbles but overall very much a 👍
Thank you @JPeterson 🎃! The books are very creepy looking, the ghost is adorable, and I LOVE those fuzzy stickers! What a great #AllHallowsRead 👻
Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting!
This sums up #mygeneration pretty well. I think
I'm technically one of the very first Millennials, graduating HS in 2000, so I'm still somewhat aloof with technology. But this general phone addiction thing...I think boomers and Gen X'rs might be just as hooked. 📱😵 #rocktober @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen
#peoplearestrange , so sometimes you need to go where there are no people and just read about the strange ones on the page. #rocktober @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen
Another book that I've heard a ton of good things about! So many books to read. It spans two storylines in different generations and takes place in Appalachia, complete with supernatural forces, murderers, and all kinds of intriguing things.
#backwoodsbodycount #hallowreads
@JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads
The Invisible Man is greedy for power and fame, deeply selfish, lacks humanity, and has a sense of fanaticism and delusions of grandeur--it sounds like the perfect description of a cult leader to me. I went with Mardellion from Mr. Splitfoot. I can't tell you much without spoilers, and I wish I understood more about him myself, but he IS terrifying. His cult has to do with meteors, hence the photo. #monstermadness2017 #theinvisibleman
so-soI almost never catch up on challenges but there were a few from yesterday I didn't want to miss. #strangerdanger #hallowreads! I found this book disappointing. The earlier storyline with Ruth was weird and creepy but you couldn't quite figure out what kind of creepy. The later storyline with the long walking journey made you want answers about why, but the answers ended up being unsatisfactory and the niece character was annoying. ⭐️⭐️ 🙁
panStarted out with surprising microaggressions in the narrative (ableist, transphobic, racist) but I pushed through because the storyline itself had me hooked. Then it became predictable. I was bored. There'd be some body-shaming, more transphobia. I slogged through & rolled my eyes. I couldn't wait for this book to be over. The only reason I didn't DNF was, so many people were thrilled by this book, maybe it would turn around, redeem itself. Nope.
pickCrazy, spooky book! Check out my review on my blog www.ashsscript.com and let me know if you like the book as much as myself.
#review #mrsplitfoot #samanthahunt
pickThis was one weird book, such a wild journey of a book. It didn't matter how strange it was, I just couldn't put it down. This book had very subtle supernatural elements and is very mysterious.
pickJust finished this strange and compelling book. Unexpected and haunting
I found the audiobook! @Ashley_Nicoletto thanks for the recommendation ❤️‼️📖📚
pickHoly smokes! I have big love for this book. Cults, mothers, ghosts, crazy-ass characters, epic journeys...yes please. Reminded me of earlier John Irving for some reason.
pickWow, wow, wow. So glad I stuck with this one. The writing kept me off-balance for most of the book, but it served the story well. Families, both made and born; the search for belonging; religious extremism, comets, and a wacked-out road trip. A definite pick for me.
so-soI like it the story. I think it has a nice structure, but.... I never really got into the book. Stop multiple times and didn't give me the desired to never stop....
I'm at about 60% in this book. Very weird, like some sort of fever dream of a road trip. Compelling, but confusing. Have to keep reading so I can figure out what the heck is going on.
And this is the best plan in a plane.... I listen pretty good comments about this one.
pickSuch a strange book, half ghost story half road trip. It explores the connections between people in spite of, or perhaps because of the damage that's been done to them. It's about the connections between the living and the dead, about biology and affinity, and about the enduring and transcendent nature of love. Ruth, whose face bears a map of disaster, is the star around whom a strange constellation of characters orbit. Compelling and addictive.
Leo congratulating me on finishing Mr Splitfoot. Road trip, ghost story, strange and compelling. I needed some kitty love. #catsoflitsy #LeonardodiFloofi
Halfway through, Kindle running low on juice, hands falling asleep. Time for bed.
