I am Providence

LauraJ

I am Providence | Nick Mamatas

I‘m going in with low expectations.

Eyelit Good luck! I just love that cover, tho. 5y

LauraJ I made it through 10 pages, fighting the urge to start editing. Clunky writing. Gonna bail. 5y

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BeansPage

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bailed

NOPE!!! š‘ˇš¯š‘ˇ
Has absolutely nothing to do with Lovecraft's mythos and more to do with bashing him and his fans.

Leftcoastzen Really? That sounds mean and bad. 5y

BeansPage @Leftcoastzen it was just bad. I expected more from this book š’” 5y

Godpants Bummer. 5y

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Clwojick You gave it a go, at least! Can‘t love em all. š… 5y

vivastory I bailed on this one too. I thought it was pretty boring. 5y

MaleficentBookDragon There was just something really off about the book. It sounded so good, but just wasn't. I'll have to think hard on my next #TEAMCTHULHU pick. I'm one and one right now.

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BeansPage @MaleficentBookDragon agreed. And I think I might be the same... if my book ever gets to her š™„ 5y

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MaleficentBookDragon

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Here are a few ideas for our next round of #HGPBC #TeamCthulhu. Do any of these appeal to you guys? @TheReadingMermaid @BookwormAHN @jillannjohn

BeansPage All of them except the Nora Roberts one look really good! I'm down for any of those other ones š¨ 5y

BeansPage The String Diaries and I am Providence more than the others for me I think. 5y

jillannjohn I‘ve never read Nora Roberts because I don‘t usually read romance but I‘ve heard this one is different- more The Stand like. The String Diaries looks really good. 5y

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BookwormAHN I think The String Diaries or I am Providence sound really good. 5y

MaleficentBookDragon @TheReadingMermaid @BookwormAHN. @jillannjohn since we are #TeamCthulhu I choose

I am Providence

jillannjohn Sounds great! 5y

BeansPage Good show!!! Here here š¨» 5y

MaleficentBookDragon @jillannjohn same with me. I saw it and was intrigued since is wasn't a romance. 5y

BookwormAHN Sounds good! 5y

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Emilymdxn

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I loved this book! The ways it talked about how much there is to love in Lovecraft, at the same time as acknowledging he‘s a really terrible person, and the dynamics of the people in the fandom was all so well done. None of it got in the way of it being a really exciting story with a great protagonist. Really recommend!

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Emilymdxn

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I thought this looked really individual and interesting so I thought I‘d give it a try. Suitably spooky for just before Halloween āŗļø¸

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Jess

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Another item off the bucket list. The Providence Athenæum is a must if you find yourself in RI.

Suzze OMG. Can I move in? 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Wowza! 6y

DivineDiana Gorgeous! ā¯¤ļø¸ 6y

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ReadingOver50

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A murder mystery set at a Lovecraft convention. Loved the look at convention life among the fanatics.

Marilyncjackson Awesome! 6y

MStew Sweet šˇ 6y

BruceWalken Is it good? I love about of Lovecraft and this intrigues me š¤”š™‚ 6y

ReadingOver50 @BruceWalken I enjoyed it. The chapters alternated between the thoughts of the murder victim and the woman trying to find the murderer. 6y

BruceWalken Ohhh. I don‘t normally do crime but I do love lovecraft so am interested in giving it a go š™‚ 6y

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irregularreader

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New #bookreview at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com! I Am Providence is a Lovecraftian mystery about the Lovecraft fandom!

MaleficentBookDragon Love your Cthulhu! 7y

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vivastory

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Truth!

Scurvygirl I was just reading the synopsis on this and it mentions the skin bound books, which they keep at Brown University library. (In case you didn't know) This looks good though! 7y

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vivastory

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Me: It's 2 a.m. I should go to bed.
Me to me: It's the PERFECT time to begin a new book about a murderer on the loose at a Lovecraft convention.
Me: You win.

BookishFeminist Yep, perfect timing. š™š¸¼ I am always doing this and regretting it in the morning but š¤·š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ these books aren't going to read themselves 7y

vivastory @BookishFeminist Ask not what your sleep can do for you, ask what book to read next 7y

Joybishoptx When isn't it a perfect time to read about murder at a Lovecraft convention? 7y

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Leniverse š±You keep adding to my TBR. When I went to Goodreads to add this book I discovered it was also the title of a two volume biography about Lovecraft. š¬š (edited) 7y

vivastory @Joybishoptx Good point. @Leniverse Same for me with your posts. I may have already mentioned this, but have you read Mat Ruff's "Lovecraft Country"? That'd be a really interesting biography, to be that detailed. 7y

Leniverse You have indeed mentioned Lovecraft Country, and I have added it to my list but not read it yet. I think I might have to dedicate a month or three to all things Lovecraftian. Maybe re-read some of my favourite stories of his too. 7y

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Portsidelib

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LOVED. THIS. I feel like the ending was a nod to horror short stories that leave you going WAITWAIT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PAGES...NOOOOOO! Fantastic, couldn't put it down. It gets a little muddy in the middle as nearly the entire cast gets pulled into one confusing scene, but once the web untangles you're caught in it.

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Portsidelib

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Shit-talking Lovecraft: "he would be just another college freshman looking up at the sky and realizing, finally, that nobody will ever love him as much as his mother did, before he could express himself." - also, artwork of this book makes me incredibly happy.

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Portsidelib

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About to delve into this. Picked it up from the shelf, read the back cover and put it back down, but couldn't stop thinking about it while browsing. Ended up leaving with this, and not the book I went in for š‚

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daviewheeler

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OMIGOD A BOOK COVERED WITH HUMAN SKIN

daviewheeler

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Lovecraft's outsider says, "I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage," but he, and Lovecraft, were fucking fools. That's the problem with literature, you have to be alive in order to write it.

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Ann

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A very funny mystery that includes Lovecraft, fandom, con culture, writers, social media, ASMR, Men's Rights Activists, people who remember photocopied 'zines, and a dead guy talking to himself. Loved it.

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Ann

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