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I had heard just enough to know The Library at Mount Char would be a weird, dark, trip into a bizarre world, and it certainly was that. There is absolutely no way to try and sum this one up. Although nothing like Geek Love, I still felt some serious Geek Love vibes, and I totally loved it! Not sure what that says about me though 🤔 Makes me want to light up my creepy beeswax Medusa candle and start on my next book, Moon of the Crusted Snow.

#OminousOctober #Day29 #Dusk #Day30 #Haunted #Day31 #Undead The last 3 prompts I‘m sliding in for #Scarathlon First is Dusk with the tagged book & it‘s spectacular cover, 2nd is Haunted with a gothic The Silent Companions & it‘s haunted protagonist & finally Undead with 13 Bullets by David Wellington & it‘s animalistic vampires. #TeamSlaughter 16pts

📙The Library at Mount Char
💻 Mercedes Lackey
🎥Last Man on Earth
📻 Lewis Capaldi
🎶 Landslide by Dixie Chicks
#ManicMonday #LetterL @CBee

MidWorld Press - Library at Mount Char - by Scott Hawkins - I pre-ordered the special edition hard cover on 3/11/2022 … I received it 7 months later & couldn‘t be more pleased. Red satin ribbon permanent bookmark, 4 full color full page images, the end papers have a texture, signed by the author & it‘s limited to 500. Good book!

Incredibly violent, incredibly dark, but also fantastically, almost charmingly, humourously fuckin' weird. It flabbergasts me to say I think this is a new favourite. It might be "compulsively readable" as one blurb on the book suggests, great pacing, but for your mental health, I suggest mini-breaks. My one gripe would be the strong, and I would argue LAZY codification of people dressing outside the norm = freaks/other/dangerous. ?

FANTASY NOVEL™:
"'Is he the one with the tentacles?'
'No, that's Barry O'Shea. Q-33 North is the sort of iceberg with legs, remember? Up in Norway.'
'Oh, right."
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#Alphabetgame
#LetterJ #LetterK #LetterL
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ⚘️
Catching up!
J- Jem and the Holograms Graphic novel
K- Really great novel
L- One of my most favorites. Also one of the strangest books I've ever read.

#wondrouswednesday

1. My parents

2. Neil Gaiman

3. No. But now that I‘m back in the states, I hope to find one.

Thanks for the tag Sherri! Who wants to play? Consider yourself tagged!

This dark, riveting, unforgettable book has layer after layer, peeling back secrets to the very end. Carolyn & her siblings were adopted after their parents died, & raised in a library containing the secrets of the universe. Now Father is missing and control of the library is up for grabs. Imagine if the father in Umbrella Academy was a cruel, sadistic god, his punishments unthinkable & his control absolute. As brutal as it is brilliant. TW: rape.

I had already bailed on an “L” book for my #alphabetchallenge using my stacks, so I pushed myself to finish this. Should‘ve bailed! The story was disjointed and characters not developed. I was hoping it would all come together, and it did in a very unsatisfactory way. The concept of the library catalogs was interesting, but wasn‘t explored enough to keep my interest. Not for me. 1/5🦨💨

#ABookThatBeginsWithLibrary #New Beginnings

This has been on my TBR for some time…

This novel has an interesting premise and characters I miss now that I'm done, but the story itself drags. It reads like a much longer book than it is. I'm not sure what it is that Hawkins does here, but the scenes just seem to unfold excruciatingly slowly sometimes. Maybe it's all the asides? Also, there's a spot about 3/4 through that's clearly an ending, but the story keeps going. It's also kind of gross.

I wanted to love this so much but it was just too damn disjointed for my tastes. We're tossed into the book at the beginning, which reads like the middle. It didn't really come together for me at all, despite hoping and praying it would eventually all make sense. A few scenes gave me hope, but otherwise, it was not for me. I didn't care about the people. On audio, a lot of the dialogue sounded stunted, with lots of OKs and Yeahs. ⬇️

Two hours in and I'm not really sure what's going on yet? Is my attention wandering or is this by design? It's rated highly by my fellow Littens so I'm hoping it's going to start making sense soon. 🤞

#LittensDressedInBlood #Day18 #ComeLittleChildren This was one of the first recs I picked up from Litsy in 2016, the cover is one of my all time favourites. I think I may reread it for next months #Scarathlon Carolyn & her dozen siblings were all just human once, before Adoption Day & the coming of Father. Brought up in his library, they don‘t get out much, until Father/God goes missing & the battle starts to inherit his library & power.

Wow! I really enjoyed this book. I obviously wasn‘t sure what to expect. I‘ve been into books about gods lately, so this one fit my current mood.

There is a lot of violence, death and animal killing. Normally I‘m not okay with it, but the dogs were really violent and vicious so I wasn‘t invested in their safety.

This book had a lot going on, but I enjoyed the journey and seeing how everything connected.

#Booked2021 - library in title

I‘m only 9 pages in, which is as far as I made it the last time I tried to read this one. So we‘ll see 🤞🏻

It‘s also way too hot to have a fire right now (so humid out) but we‘ve been building this for like a month! We are going to suffer and enjoy it 🤣

When this first came out, Litsy was *full* of WTF reviews. I‘m finally catching up. This was weird, inventive, creative, and sly. The author puts a lot of elements just under the surface and lets them bubble slowly to the top. I loved crazy Carolyn, despite her psychotic tendencies. And Steve really tries to understand her, impossible as it is. 💯 unique!

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2021 #booked2021 #libraryintitle

This book was unlike anything I‘ve ever read before. Trigger Warnings for everything...read at your own risk. It definitely paid off at the end and I was always invested, if often confused. It‘s like a heist movie but played at the level of gods. 🤯

I read this for the #Booked2021 prompt “title includes library or librarian “.

I just can't. Too much language on the verge of blasphemy. I wish I could ignore it because the fantasy seems to be something I'd enjoy. #NewYearWhoDis @BookishBelle

Finished March‘s #bookspin selection. WTF was that? It was weird & dark & violent & funny & absurd. There were so many different things going on that I have no idea how the author kept up wit it all, but it all came together in the end. It was absolutely banana pants and I loved it. All the trigger warnings on this one, but if you‘re ok with that, it‘s fantastic!

So I was recommended this book by a colleague.. and without really reading the summary, asked for it for Xmas. I assumed it was historical fiction .. turns out it‘s horror/fantasy fiction .. but man was it great! Want to read a book that really makes you wonder .. this is the book. No idea too “out there” that‘s for sure!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm posting one book per day from the ever growing unread stacks in my personal library. No description or explanation, just books I own and plan to read. #tbr

Day 12

My #bookspjn & #doublespin for March. Looks like kind of a dark theme this month.

Doing a re-read: I really love this weird-ass book!

Just one new #library book today, and it‘s about a library!

Sadly today‘s library visit also involved overhearing one of the staff trying to get a difficult patron not following public health regulations to leave.

I started this book super interested but I'm such a mood reader and after about three chapters, really struggled with it because it wasn't what I was wanting to read right now. It was due back at the library and I couldn't renew it because somebody else requested it. So I returned it and I'll come back to it later when I'm more in the mood for it.

"Carolyn, blood-drenched and barefoot, walked alone down the two-lane stretch of blacktop that the Americans called Highway 78. Most of the librarians, Carolyn included, had come to think of this road as the Path of Tacos, so-called in honor of a Mexican joint they snuck out to sometimes. The guacamole, she remembered, is really good. Her stomach rumbled." What a fantastic opening to a book. Thinking of tacos makes my stomach rumble too.

Great audio book. Definitely weird but I love that stuff.

I was wary starting this book because of how bonkers everyone says it is but I was completely ensnared from the first page and ready to go wherever Hawkins led me. I loved every minute of this wild and violent ride and ended the book with a smile on my face still hungry for more.

This book showed up on Libby for me this morning. It sounds so intriguing and dark:
Carloyn knows she‘s a little bit…odd. But she figures that‘s only natural when she‘s spent her life locked away in an infinite Library, forced to study at the feet of the man who might be God. She‘s seen her share of terrible things in those years, even died a few times herself. Now "Father" has gone missing and the Library is left unguarded. #screamathon2020

#Unpopularopinion again... I just couldn't get into the story at all 🤷‍♀️ Even though I liked the idea of the different catalogs, I guess I just suspected it to be something totally different... 😔
Neither could I connect to any of the characters. They just went on doing what they were doing, while I felt like an unwanted outsider...

@TheAromaofBooks #BookSpinBingo

https://www.luulit.com/product/library-at-mount-char-audible-audiobook-unabridge...

Carolyn‘s not so different from the other human beings around her. She‘s sure of it. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. She even remembers what clothes are for. After all, she was a normal American herself once...

And here's my list for #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin and #BookSpinBingo for September. Already looking forward to reading those!

But I'm way behind with my reviews... I should hurry up now...

@TheAromaOfBooks

🎧 Well that was the oddest book I‘ve read in a long time!! Loved it. Beware there‘s lots of swearing, graphic violence, gore, child abuse. I was about 2 hours into the book and I was utterly confused! It explains itself just keep listening as I‘m certain if those triggers didn‘t warn you off ... you may like it. If you want to know more check out the summaries on good reads! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/6

My favorite book (well, one of them) made #1 on this list of non-Stephen King scary books!! ❤️❤️❤️
Here‘s the link if you want to see the other nine:

https://listverse.com/2020/03/02/modern-horror-novels-better-than-stephen-king/?...

1. I want to visit Greece to see the Parthenon!
2. I‘m grateful that my nephew came through surgery well yesterday!
@MrBook @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Weirdly good read. I almost gave up thinking what am I reading and then it weirdly all makes sense. Good fantasy read, good characters and everything is explained. You have better have an imagination. That David is the worst of the group!🤭

#BiblioMAYnia #Sequel,please

I‘ll take a sequel, or just another book! Just, please, Scott Hawkins, write something else bizarre and magical and weirdly wonderful! I‘m begging you!! 😫

Finished this weird *** book tonight. What did I just read? I liked it though and it kept my attention for sure. Spoiler opinion in the comments (even though I‘m pretty sure I‘m the last person on Litsy to read it).

My read list for #april2020
Are hashtags annoying here? #april #aprilreads

#7Days7Books Day 7

We present here 7 books that will remain in our minds, because they touched us so much, changed us.
Last, but certainly not least, is the book that confirmed beyond the shadow of a doubt that I have a big reading freak flag! This weirdly wonderful book made me embrace my love for the bizarre. A well-written “WTF just happened?” book is a treasure indeed—and this is definitely one! 😄

Care to share your 7 books, @Schlinkles ?

Started this one today. It‘s a little weird so far. I‘m behind on my reading quota for the year. Lots of yard work and X-Files lately. I ordered seven books from amazon today though. So I should have a good chance of catching up! 😁

Wow, what a story! I felt like I entered a world that was so unique I had never read anything like this. I would totally recommend this story if you're looking for a fantasy action adventure story with magic!

Ok if you are ready for a twist and turn that begins in a library sorta and a girl trying her hardest to understand the journey before her. Adam Black, the president, a home that‘s a library, children who became students, wild page turning epic story telling.

What in the WHAT did I finally just read?

This book has been on my Kindle since November 5, 2015. I‘m pretty sure I bought it after hearing @Liberty say it was a favorite. I trust her recommendations (and still do), but this one was a little higher on the bonkers scale than I usually enjoy. By the end though, I caught myself thinking “I‘d read that sequel.” 🤯 😂

Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for the February #BookSpin!

Here is my #BookSpin for March! The tagged book is my February pick; I‘m finding there‘s a reason I never finished it in the first place (😅) but this is a great way to weed through my Kindle backlist!

This book was right up my alley! I really enjoyed the twists and turns and action in this quirky little adventure! I hope to read more from the author in the future!

Getting back in the swing of things.