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The Accident Season
The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle
For fans of We Were Liars, How I Live Now, and The Ocean at the End of the Lanecomes a haunting, sexy, magically realistic debut about a family caught between a violent history, a taboo romance, and the mysteries lurking in their own backyard.Every October Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident-prone. Some years it's bad, like the season when her father died, and some years it's just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident seasonwhen Cara, her ex-stepbrother, Sam, and her best friend, Bea, are 17is going to be a bad one. But not for the reasons they think.Cara is about to learn that not all the scars left by the accident season are physical: There's a long-hidden family secret underneath the bumps and bruises. This is the year Cara will finally fall desperately in love, when she'll start discovering the painful truth about the adults in her life, and when she'll uncover the dark origins of the accident seasonwhether she's ready or not.From the Hardcover edition.
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catsuit_mango
The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle
Mehso-so

I like the premise of a weird family accident prone just for a month per year, and the characters are likeable but the explanations are too déjà vus for me

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Laughterhp
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Bailedbailed

Decided to bail on my last recommendation from #MyTBR from book riot. I just couldn‘t do angsty YA.

This book has an interesting premise, but I can‘t do contemporary YA right now.

I was a little annoyed all my recs fell under the YA category when I thought I was pretty specific I didn‘t like YA. I made to sure to be even more specific in my feedback. So we‘ll see what happens next quarter.

Lauren890 I had a similar experience. Last quarter, in my feedback I said “0-1 YA picks please!” and they listened. Good luck! 4y
Laughterhp @Lauren890 I just got my picks for this quarter and they all look pretty good! So I‘m excited. Also, random but your last name is my maiden name. ☺️ 4y
Lauren890 @Laughterhp Funny! It‘s my married name so I‘ve only had it 7 years, but it doesn‘t seem very common. 4y
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Redwritinghood
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Pickpick

After a long hiatus, I‘m happy to be back here on Litsy. I look forward to catching up with everyone! This was a fun book to read in October. Some mystery, some paranormal stuff. There were some loose ends with the plot, but enjoyable overall. 3⭐️

LeahBergen Hello, hello! 👋🏻 4y
kspenmoll Welcome back!! 4y
BarbaraBB So glad to have you back! 💚 4y
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batsy Welcome back! 4y
Redwritinghood @LeahBergen 👋🏻👋🏻 4y
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jackilynn
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Pickpick

A weird, yet addictive book. A fairly quick read especially since at times I couldn't put it down. The writing was beautiful and it helped hide yet highlight some of the more difficult topics that eventually came up. I can see how this book might not be for everyone but I find myself intrigued to check out more of this author's work.

Powered_By_Plants Ooh This does sound intriguing! 📖 4y
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jackilynn
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This book has been sitting on my shelf for what seems like forever. I am finally going to give it a shot.

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Loric
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Pickpick

A beautifully haunting, elegantly creepy and deliciously unsettling story.

Moira Fowley-Doyle has crafted a richly atmospheric setting blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, creating a perfect level of dark and whimsy. The rhythm and cadence of the lyrical prose is eerily hypnotic, almost sad, setting an enchantingly chilling tone that fills you with a sense of dread. Entrancing and addictive read.

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Kar2b
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Pickpick

Another 5-star read for me! I have read all three books by Moira Fowler-Doyle, and I found myself completely immersed each time. The characters are interesting, there are multiple twists (some I see coming, some I don‘t), and I love the magical realism. I hope to read more by this author.

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ChasingOm
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Week 1 Update for #BFCr4:
🏋🏻‍♀️ Went to the gym 1/3 times. However, I did do three short hikes while visiting family in Blowing Rock, NC, so I feel like I hit this.
🧘🏻‍♀️ Practiced yoga 1/3 times. Missed one of my classes due to family trip mentioned above.
🍝 Ate more than my goal of home cooked meals!
📚 Read 7/16 books! The tagged book was a pretty good gothic YA - perfect for October.

guinsgirlreads Awesome! 👏🏻 5y
Trashcanman Wooot you did great! Great picture 5y
wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌 A great first week! 5y
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AshleyC816
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this one, I was drawn in by the characters and the spooky atmosphere. Definitely trigger warnings for sexual abuse and suicide.

BookDragonNotWorm That face! 😍 5y
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BookishGirl06
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Bailedbailed

It feels boring and a little too slow paced for me.

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BookishGirl06
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1. The accident season
2. Just some reading
3. Sometimes
4. Paige probably.
5. Ok
#friyayintro

RadicalReader The Accident Season sounds like me whenever trying to enjoy a book while doing anything but sitting 😂😂😂 6y
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BookishGirl06
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#currentlyreading. Hope it‘s good

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Johoooooo96
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"Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, and our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive." #eveningreading

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TrishB
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She seems to be #fallingslowly - another unread book on my kindle 😮 surprise...
#musicalnewyear

Tanisha_A You Kindle holds many surprises! 😆 6y
Cathythoughts Nice one 👍🏻♥️... also Thankyou for recommendation, I just got Eeny Meeny for female detective 👍🏻 6y
Cathythoughts And sinse the first H Bingham is only 2. 21 on kindle..... 👍🏻 6y
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Cinfhen I feel like your kindle could probably hold a different challenge prompt for a whole year!!! 6y
TrishB @Tanisha_A @Cinfhen it certainly does! I think the monks transcribed the oldest ones on my kindle.... 6y
TrishB @Cathythoughts both great series 😁 but VERY different female detectives! 6y
Cathythoughts There‘s an idea ... the kindle challenge @Cinfhen ... the depths of the kindle 😳god only knows what‘s in there at this stage ... yes Trish I‘d say yours goes way back ... (edited) 6y
Cinfhen Hahaha 6y
vivastory I think I could do unread Kindle titles for a monthly photo challenge 😬😂 6y
TrishB @vivastory most definitely! 6y
ReadingRover I really liked this one! 6y
TrishB @ReadingRover that‘s good to know 👍🏻 6y
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TrishB
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#seasonsoflove #musicalnewyear
Some seasons on my kindle 😁not read any!

vivastory Look like some good ones! Have you read Ragnar Jonasson? After seeing one of his books on best of the year list on crime reads, I picked up 6y
Cathythoughts I did read some of Ragnar Jonassons books a few years ago .... Pre-Litsy & I really liked them. 👍🏻♥️ @vivastory 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Ooo, thriller seasons! 👍 6y
vivastory @Cathythoughts Great to hear! I don't know if you read many thrillers/mysteries, but I definitely recommend crimereads.com 6y
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hyperashley
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Bailedbailed

I really didn't like this book. The writing was weird and it was so hard for be to get into. Maybe someday I'll try reading it again.

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Blair_Reads
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Pickpick

This book was beautifully haunting with a touch of magic. I was creeped out and actually scared to be reading it at night alone. I will for sure be on the lookout 👀 for her other book.

IheartYA I liked this one. It's very weird. 6y
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Blair_Reads
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Evening reading 🖤☠️

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brittanyreads
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So, I accidentally let my Ruined audiobook expire on Overdrive! 😱 And now someone‘s checked it out! So, now I‘m listening to The Accident Season and loving it! The Irish narrator is lovely to listen to and really sets the tone for the story! Still on the fence about audiobooks, and still prefer to read an actual book, but with narrators like this one I may become an audio devotee! #audiolaundry #funfun

brittanyreads Will be sure to finish this one though!! 6y
Crazeedi I hate when I do that! And then the book is on hold again!😞 6y
brittanyreads @Crazeedi For some reason I thought I could extend it? Oops, Overdrive newbie! 🙋🏽‍♀️ 6y
Crazeedi You actually can renew, you have to push the request again, and if it's not on hold to someone else you can get it again, but you have to do this before it expires 6y
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rightasrain13
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"Accidents happen. Our bones shatter, our skin splits, our hearts break. We burn, we drown, we stay alive." -Moira Fowley-Doyle, the Accident Season #youngadultfiction

This. Book. Is. Amazing. I couldn't put it down, it's equal parts mystery and thriller and YA with some magical realism thrown in. It also has some truly amazing twists. I can't recommend this Irish author highly enough!

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TheBookkeepersApprentice
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Just started this-I love the author‘s writing style. #currentlyreading

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stormcloud
The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle
Pickpick

This book is eerie and mystical and wonderful. I would love to see a movie adaptation but I don't know that it could truly do this book justice! I'll have to get my hands on the audiobook because I think this is really the kind of story that gets even better when it's read to you. I definitely recommend this, especially if you're interested in magical realism.

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TrishB
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#seasonoflove #decdays
@Cinfhen
Some seasons on my kindle 😁
People should remember the love all year round ❤️

Cathythoughts Yes people should ❤️ 7y
Drnkpnkprincess My eyes were playing tricks on me... I thought it said “sluts” not “results” 🤦🏼‍♀️ i thought it meant you‘ve read and reread them multiple times through the year. #whatiswrongwithme 7y
TrishB @Drnkpnkprincess 😂😂 made me laugh! 7y
Cinfhen Hahahaha @Drnkpnkprincess perfect for Trish 😜😘😘 7y
Cinfhen And yes, choose love ❤️ 7y
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NatalieJess07
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Pickpick

Great book. Lovely mystery and lots of plot twists

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quietjenn
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Let's see if this will cure what ails me (Monday + low-level cold, I think).

cobwebmoth Hope your day improves! Hugs! 7y
quietjenn @cobwebmoth thank you, friend! 7y
AmandaL Feel better! 7y
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jfalkens Hope you feel better soon xxx 7y
quietjenn Thank you all for the well wishes. I appreciate them! 😊 @AmandaL @jfalkens 7y
Redwritinghood Feel better soon! 7y
kspenmoll Feel better!! 7y
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ContraryMary
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Pickpick

Book 99. I absolutely loved this book. It‘s really hard to describe but it‘s magic, pure magic and mystery and just gorgeous.

“So let‘s raise our glasses to the accident season,
To the river beneath us where we sink our souls,
To the bruises and secrets, to the ghosts in the ceiling,
One more drink for the watery road.”

IheartYA I liked Spellbook for the Lost even more! 7y
ContraryMary @IheartYA I just looked it up! It sounds great! 7y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Pickpick

Man, I absolutely love Moira's writing! I'm so disappointed that I've read the only two books she has published. I'm not a big fan of magic realism or contemporary but the writing is just so good and the characters are flawed and diverse either in race or sexual orientation.

This was a bit more of a "wtf" book than Spellbook of the Lost and Found but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'm a sucker for books set in Ireland and with magic apparently.

Itchyfeetreader Sounds interesting 7y
IheartYA I enjoyed both but I thought Spellbook was better. 7y
ReadingRover The audiobook of this one was great! The narrator did an excellent job. 7y
Laurenspageturners I really didn‘t enjoy this book all that much - I‘ve seen pretty mixed reviews. I‘m glad that you enjoyed it, though :-) 7y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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I absolutely adored Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle so I'm super excited to start this.

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WeirdLibraryLady
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Mehso-so

This book has some beautiful and eerie quotes in it and I thought the premise was really interesting. The execution was a little off. This book was a mess. There is a mixture of reality and fantasy and I'm still not 100% how much of which was which. There was a lot of kissing and strange relationships. The "surprise" ending was a bit of a let down and didn't answer very many questions. I am still confused!

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Megan_Roberts
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Pickpick

This was a quick read! I loved the mix of fantasy with a dark family twist.

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Melli
The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle

Ok so I'm on page 132 and I'm going to have to put it down. It not that I dont like it it's just that I feel like it's just not the right time for his book. This one feels more like a Halloween type story. So I'm gonna hold off on it until October.

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Nicohlay
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This book is turning out to be wayyy more interesting than I thought it would be! And the narrator's accent.. 😍😍! I could listen to Irish people talk for dayys!

TrishB I've had this on my kindle tbr for ages!! 8y
Nicohlay @TrishB I'm not quite finished with it yet but it has turned out to be so bizarre! But in a good way!! Lol 8y
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Melli
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This one is up next. Got it from my secret Santa @TirzahPrice super excited to start

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mandapants
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Mehso-so

I really liked We Were Liars. This is the second book I've read that has said 'for fans of We Were Liars'. Only to be disappointed.

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mandapants
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Ahhhh....Saturday afternoon. Grey & cold outside. Warm & booky in here 😊

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DelaneySinger
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Pickpick

Amazing! I put this on hold at the library for Halloween and just got it now 😉😀

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ahundredthousandbooks
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Bailedbailed

The almost-incest-but-not-technically-incest-so-we're-good thing was the creepiest part of this book

Vika17 I respectfully disagree. Although the connection is taboo, it shows up time and time again in our culture (i.e Clueless) 8y
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Thalii
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Mrscastro
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Just when I was trying to decided what to read next. Today's book mail is a perfect Halloween read! Heard great things about this book! 🍁🍂🎃☠⚰

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LiteraryLona
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Pickpick

In celebration of October... 😊

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EmilyAnne
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Got a little time to read while my paint was drying 😊 And of course when I'm sitting down Cam is immediately on my lap 😸 This is the perfect chilly day fall book, a little eerie but not too scary, which is just the right amount for me.

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nekoma
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“There‘s this magical place,” he says with mock solemnity, “called a library—I don‘t know if you‘ve ever heard of it, but they have books, and also newspapers, and back issues of newspapers . . .”

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nekoma
The Accident Season | Mora Fowley-Doyle

"I know that his sudden interest in me is fleeting; that he has probably already been out with all the pretty, popular girls and I am what's left over, now that he's noticed I exist. But he has noticed I exist. And that's enough for now."

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BuccaneerReader
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Seems to be an appropriate read for October since the accident season for Cara and her family is October. Here's to hoping I don't jinks myself!

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Bookishaf
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Mehso-so

There were a couple unanswered questions that made this be a "so-so" for me. But overall it was a fun YA read playing on the changeling folklore. It's right up my alley with the weird & magical stuff. There's one month where Cara and her family are incredibly accident prone. It might be one of the worst years yet and Cara will learn the hard way the history of the accident season.

[DELETED] 1409720085 This is in my October stack. I've heard mixed reviews. 8y
Bookishaf @emilydecato it's a really fast read and overall really enjoyable. If you like changeling/fairy folklore it's a good read :) 8y
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TirzahPrice
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October is my favorite month for reading.