pickI loved this book. I‘m still decompressing from the most amazing ride my mind has ever taken.
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The Library at Mount Char | 
pickI loved this book. I‘m still decompressing from the most amazing ride my mind has ever taken.
“With this particular species of crazy, you stop trying to make things better. You start trying to maximize the bad. You pretend to like it. Eventually you start working to make everything as bad as possible. It‘s an avoidance mechanism.” Jennifer looked Carolyn directly in the eyes. “It can‘t actually work. That‘s why they call it crazy.”
“ Of course, genuine emotion is the very essence of self. It cannot ever be unfelt, cannot be ignored, cannot even be channeled for very long. But, with practice and care, it may be hidden. “
This book is wild, y‘all .....and I‘m into it 👏🏾.
I can‘t be sure because I still have no idea what happened in this book but I *think* there‘s a supernatural element to it 😉
#fallisbooked
pickFINALLY finished this weird ass book. It was good, but was hard to follow at first because it just jumps head first into craziness. I wouldn't label it horror per se, but there were some pretty horrific characters and some pretty #gory scenes. 😬 (6pts. 5 for book, 1 for post)
#ChillingPhotoChallenge #TeamStoker #Scarathlon @TheReadingMermaid
#SoaringScores Not quite the #LibraryofCongress but a uniquely different and interesting library. This was a total #BlameItOnLitsy read 🤓It was whacky and weird and slightly wonderful. If you want to try something different and a little creepy too, #GoForIt and this is a new cover I haven‘t seen before...thanks Google 😜
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cranked it up to 2x speed and pushed through. I didn‘t hate it, nor did I like it exactly. Urban fantasy just isn‘t my thing. This story is totally bizarre, confusing, and grotesquely violent. If it had been reined in a bit, the whole might‘ve made more sense. Hidden in the weirdness is an elaborate revenge story, rooted in friendship. My favorite parts were the childhood flashbacks and the badass cover.
32% in and I have no fucking idea what‘s going on ...
I accidentally stopped at Day 5!
Day 6 - #covercrush #7days7covers
Haven‘t read this book yet! Join in on the fun if you haven‘t yet!
#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush Day 7
Want to join in on sharing some #CoverLove, @VioletMoonBooks ? Just post a different cover and tag a different litten each day, no explanation needed!
Thanks again to @erzascarletbookgasm for the original tag!! And I am enjoying seeing @Stacypatrice and @NeedsMoreBooks posts!
#7days7covers #covercrush #day1 Thanks to @CarolynM for the shoutout, I have a lot of books with amazing covers. This one is top of my list, I think it‘s the combination of charred pages & the beautiful picture of the gloaming centre stage. It‘s my favourite part of the day, plus I just love that word, gloaming! All up it‘s just a fantastic cover💚🧡💛
Heard this was disturbing and mind-bendy. Sounds right up my ally. Definitely my next read after I finish Hollow Kingdom.
pickQuite an experience and the weirdest opening third I've read in a long time.
I purposefully went into this with as little knowledge as possible except that it is weird, so I wasn't expecting the ultra violence. Not quite a holiday read lol though the dark humour is great. Fascinating, inventive and addictive, but I still don't know what I think! 150 pages left to decide 👍
pickI loved this one! It was horrible, disgusting, intriguing and fantastic! It had me LOL'ing and WTF'ing the whole way through. 🖤😱😭😱🖤
A solid 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 from me.
pickGenuinely the most what-the-fuck book I‘ve ever read but it was perfect.
These are my #Top6Reads . . . Well, at least this is the best I could do! This was hard!
Thanks for the tag, @Ddzmini
What are your top 6 (or 6 of your favorites)? Tagging @Tamra @HotMessJess @LeahBergen @Booksnchill @Anovelobsession @Zelma And anyone else who wants to play along!
Well, we made it to our Up North destination. What this sign should say is "Welcome to Spider Hell." Trying out a new place this year and between the legion of arachnids, sulfuric stench of the water and the soul less gaze of taxidermied animals lining the walls, I am hoping that The Library At Mount Char will be creepier then my real life situation? Thankfully the weather is beautiful and we can spend plenty of time outside. ?
When I saw #Shocking was today‘s prompt in the #30JuneBooks challenge, I immediately knew what book I‘d tag. Refreshingly original with a cast of characters so bizarre they were fascinating. Unfortunately, as much as I liked the first half of the book, by the second half it felt like the author was just trying to outdo himself with the increasing ultra-violence. A good book that could have been a great one if the shock value had been toned down.
Something strange happened. I went from not being able to read scary stuff AT ALL (like nightmares for months) to being able to stomach almost anything. Why, I wonder? What changes are you noticing in your tastes as a reader? Do your tastes ebb & flow? 📖🌊
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📚 I‘m currently reading The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. It's pretty horrifying. But it's also gripping. Will let you know what I finally decide when I'm done. #fantasy #horror
bailedMaybe I‘m sensitive today, but I just can‘t do this anymore. After the gratuitous violence turned into killing animals, I‘ve had enough. I wanted to try something outside of my normal comfort zone, but this is not it.
pickI am very vulnerable to outrageous ideas even when they fail. This book doesnt always work.its a very very weird book. But the parts that do, really fucking do. I will be reading whatever Hawkins writes next. I dont know what it says about me that i was rooting for carolyn. May God forgive me, but please keep bringing on the weirdness.
Any good book must entertain, and this one does.
I want to study the catalogue of the futures that never were
so-soWell . . . it‘s finished. I‘m not 100% sure how I feel about it. The story was fascinating and also way over the top but in the end, I think the ending is what made me decide so-so. I can‘t quite put into words why the ending left me feeling just meh but that‘s what I felt. Definitely an interesting read all in all tho.
Such a weird book - not bad but definitely weird. I‘m a little more than half way and I can‘t wait to see how it ends. Has anyone else read this one?
#kindledeal alert. I‘ve heard wonderful things about this book!
Today‘s #bookhaul 😳. I am out of shelf space and still can‘t stop myself 🤦🏻♀️🤣. #goodwill #ollies #bookaddict
pickI had surgery (exactly a week ago) and haven‘t been able to focus on reading until today. This book is so special and weird and I really hope that Hawkins has more in store for us.
1. I recommend this, but it takes a special breed to appreciate it!
2. What‘s the point? Just gonna mess it up when I need to get back in!
3. It‘s cloudy today, so only 74, but tomorrow will be 80. Soon after that, 90s here we come! Spring doesn‘t hang around long down here in SE TX! 😒
4. Macaroni and cheese mixed with mashed potatoes?
5. Since it‘s Saturday now, consider this a tag for everyone who is late like me!
#friyayintro
pickThis was a roller coaster ride, totally #blameitonLitsy , I‘m not even sure how to categorize this book. Probably horror. Trigger ⚠️ warnings- bad things happen to children. It‘s a pick but it‘s not for everyone. A demon ? decides to raise twelve orphaned kids as his acolytes in what he calls his library. What happens when he goes missing and the twelve are let loose in modern America? Mayhem!
1. It‘s my birthday, so my plans are cake.
2. Meeting my husband at just the right time.
3. Loved it!
4. This is so hard... Queen Elizabeth I... maybe.
5. 🍀
#Friyayintro @howjessreads
I love fantasy, but I‘m not sure if this is the type that I‘m into. I‘ll always give a book 100 pages though.
pickLittens never let me down. You were all right, this book is brilliant. “Depraved” and “bonkers” and “bat s**t crazy”, but brilliant. I‘m going to have a hangover from this one.
Another exciting Saturday night. The men are watching a movie and I‘m reading. (I love this book!) My hubby has perfected dairy free sugar free hot chocolate. I might have to keep him.
Just a quick question, because I‘m kinda enjoying this, but WHAT AM I READING?!?
I‘m going to do two “favorites” of the year lists—one for books and one for comics—just because...Read a lot of great books this year but if I had to pick an absolute favorite, the tagged book would be it. I read it early in the year and while other books were as good, nothing was better.
A bit of choccy goes perfectly with a good read.
#NewYearsEats #readinthenewyear #2019 🍾🍫
@hermyknee
Currently reading and sneaking in a bit of "comic relief"...lol.
#readinthenewyear #hour1 #currentlyreading @hermyknee
The last book I'll start this year, and the first I'll finish next year. 💖📚
pickThis wasn't my typical read, and I didn't love it, but it was definitely good, very well thought-out, and well written. The premise of the story was pretty interesting.
Happy #JolabokaflodSwap! My (chocolate) cup runneth over! Thank you, @staci.reads for the lovely card, the gorgeous bookish book and the yummy chocolate. I may share the chocolate with the Hubs, but the Godiva is allllll mine!
Thanks for giving me a great match and hosting the swap, @MaleficentBookDragon ❤❄🍫📚
@throwmeabook Thank you SO MUCH for this!!! This book has been on my TBR forever. And everyone knows dark chocolate and wine gums make a delicious holiday breakfast 🍳 xoxo #Christmasbookswap
Just made my coffee, and I'm sitting by my Christmas tree reading. I'm about halfway through this one, and I'm still intrigued. And I love that cover!! #coffeeandabook ☕📚🎄
My bestie, the Boulder Library, has decked this tree out in such a way I can‘t help but think of sea anemones
When I got home I discovered I had some #listymail
Thank you so much @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled and @Avanders for your kindness and generosity!🖤
This! I finished the Library at Mount Char last week and have since started five books but I've been unable to really get into any of them #sendhelp!
I love to read snuggled up with coffee, and a #BookAndBlankie! This is one of my favorite blankets, made for me by my godmother, 40+ years ago. 💖
I started this book last night and I like it so far, but I'm not quite far enough along to really get what's going on, lol! This morning I'm snuggled up reading with a cup of Bluesberry coffee, which is surprisingly good. Bones Coffee is the best! #coffeeandabook
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88
