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Sharp Teeth
Sharp Teeth | Toby Barlow
22 posts | 21 read | 23 to read
An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing as the initiated convince L.A.'s down and out to join their pack. Paying no heed to moons, full or otherwise, they change from human to canine at willand they're bent on domination at any cost. Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kind-hearted, besotted dogcatcher, and the girl he loves, a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack. Anthony has no idea that she's more than she seems, and she wants to keep it that way. But her efforts to protect her secret lead to murderous results. Blending dark humor and epic themes with card-playing dogs, crystal meth labs, surfing, and carne asada tacos, Sharp Teeth captures the pace and feel of a graphic novel while remaining "as ambitious as any literary novel, because underneath all that fur, it's about identity, community, love, death, and all the things we want our books to be about" [Nick Hornby, The Believer].
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Emilymdxn
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Mehso-so

This was fine. I was expecting the poetry to add more to the book rather than just be more line breaks than normal, and I don‘t think it really managed that. The plot was fine, I can‘t summon much to say about it good or bad, but I was rubbed the wrong way by the many male characters who got names and the female lead being ‘the girl‘. Sigh.

#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @StayCurious +16 pts

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khooliha
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If I get halfway through your book and everyone has a name except the main woman (who is just called "the girl"), well, the rest of what's going on better be pretty damn impressive. (Spoiler: I ain't impressed.)

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khooliha
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I am excited to finally read the werewolf poetry novel, but I am immediately wary of this "one woman that everyone is obsessed with" situation.

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Foragingfantasy
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I took a book to the creek but got distracted by the beer, the boys and the turtle the dogs found.

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Skyrimir
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Day 2 #decktheshelves Today was #redbooks. And now I‘m all caught up for tomorrow.

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toastyfrog
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An unwrapped pic of my #AllHallowsReadBookExchange !!

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CatchMyBookBreath
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It's time for #bookriot #riotgrams! Day 1 is #shelfie, or in this case, half shelfie. 😃 I'll looking forward to seeing everyone's images this month!

Yeah_I_Read 😍😍 7y
Zelma Gorgeous! 7y
StephanieMarie Love this!! I always wish I could sort by colour, but I'm way too obsessive about alphabetical lol 7y
DoodlesDistractions So these are now my new library goals... 7y
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AMVP
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#anditsaugust #day5 - #sharp

With a title this on the nose, I really had no excuse for missing yesterday's update.

#catchingup

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Foragingfantasy
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#24in48 #spinepoetry

Slightly morbid this Sunday morning. 😶

Under the wide and starry sky
Nightingales Nest
Sharp Teeth
The Hungry Season
Strength in what remains

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Kosugi
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Another vacation day, another thrift store haul.

LeahBergen 👍🏼 8y
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khooliha
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#RiotGrams Day 20 - None of my favorite covers are actually here with me, but here's a handful from my tbr that I quite like.

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Foragingfantasy
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That full morning moon tho. Where my werewolves at? 🌕🐾🐾

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Foragingfantasy
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90% off used books at Hastings. I got all these for $3.20 😍 Sad they are closing tho...

MrBook Always saddened to hear about a bookstore's imminent demise 😕😔. 8y
Foragingfantasy @MrBook I know. It's sad. 8y
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sherrynuts
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Pickpick

I wasn't sure if I would like this one since it's written in free verse, but it's so good! The story and the stripped down verse sucked me in. A noir fantasy romance: dog catcher falls in love with a werewolf packs' female member. Bizarre in all the right ways.

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sherrynuts
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"Like a Jackson Pollack Valentine" Seriously giggled at this line.

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sherrynuts
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Lakeside reading. Today has been a very good day. And I'm digging the epic poem that is "Sharp Teeth"

StephTKO Mason jar magnetic bookmark? A+ 8y
Ian Sharp Teeth is amazing!!! 8y
sherrynuts @StephTKO Thank you! I love craftedvan's bookmarks; they are so fun! 8y
sherrynuts @Ian I'm really loving it so far and a bit surprised I'd never heard of it before Thriftbooks recommended it to me. 8y
Clare_Riley @sherrynuts I loved this book - enjoy! 8y
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sherrynuts
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"people wail on television
then, not surprisingly
life just keeps moving on."

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sherrynuts
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Thriftbooks made this recommendation to me, and I thought it sounded like a good book...and it's a poem. Let's do this.