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A few summer reads, thoughts below :)

⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Ocean at the End of the Lane - well written, not quite my ☕️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Touch of Jen - I felt physically uncomfortable the entire time, which I considered to be a success?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Before the coffee gets cold - sweet, heart wrenching book about life, death, and all in between
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Midnight Library - interesting concept, didn‘t “love”

#summerreads #hellofall

I‘m about a third of the way through this odd duck. I don‘t quite know what to make of it but I‘m enjoying the oddity thus far. 🧐

Have you seen the film “Sorry to Bother You”? Then you‘ll get the vibe of this book, which is a millennial lit fic social commentary for the first 75% before morphing into something weirder with a paranormal creature. Remy and Alicia are deeply unlikeable but also (as a millennial) deeply relatable and many of the incidents were funny in a cringe recognizable way. The horror build up worked for me and the ending felt inevitable and perfect.

Here‘s my review for a book I bailed on. This was disappointing but when I started reading this book, I wasn‘t sure if I was going to like it or not but I wanted to give it a chance. I‘m starting to think that weird books are not for me. I‘ve tried reading weird books before and I haven‘t liked them so maybe I shouldn‘t read any more of them.

Next row in my #readinglogsnake is for A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan. This book is a wild ride with so many twists and turns that by the end, you are wondering, "What the heck did I just read?", but in a good way. I really enjoyed this book. If you love weird books, definitely check this one out. 5/5 ⭐️ #ARRCReads #BooksAndCrafts #WeirdBooks

Here‘s my #libraryholds from Libby. Tonight, I cancelled them because I found them on Audible and I‘m tired of waiting for my holds to come in. After I get them on Audible, I can read them whenever I want and avoid the wait times on Libby.

#libbyapp

I placed a hold for this book on Libby. I won a physical ARC of this book from a Goodreads giveaway but I want to listen to this book on audio. I‘m just waiting for my hold to come in. I pulled the book off my bookshelf and read the first chapter. I don‘t know what to think about the first chapter but I still want to read this book. It sounds interesting but I don‘t know if I‘m going to like it or not.

#libraryhold #libbyapp

Among its many flaws, I can‘t really read this book in public because it has a butt on it.

I read a spoilery review on Amazon, so I knew to expect a strange ending to this darkly funny debut novel. It‘s slow-build social horror with a paranormal finish.

Alicia and Remy are service workers in Brooklyn, who have an Instagram obsession with Remy‘s former co-worker. Jen is daring, beautiful, and carefree. After several aborted attempts to get back in her circle, Remy finally scores an invite to surf…that‘s when things start to get weird!

I‘ve been having a rough week so far, and I‘m hoping one of these will distract me. Should I go crazy satire or dark academia thriller?? 🤔

I‘m FOUR books behind in reviews including a 5⭐️ and a 0.5⭐️! Who‘s ready for a rant review this week?? 🤣🤣🤣

I can‘t quite believe that this exists and that I read it. Oh, 2022…😭

3-15-22: My 25th finished book of 2022! Remy and Alicia are service workers who live together with their roommate, Jake. They have an obsession with Remy‘s old coworker, Jen. They follow her Instagram posts and role play with her as the lead. After running into Jen, they are invited to a surf weekend in the Hamptons. Things don‘t go well and from this a horror story unfolds. This book was bizarre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣2️⃣5️⃣

Beth Morgan has created a book about obsession that is completely insane but so damn entertaining!

Remy and Alicia can't stop obsessing over Remy's ex co-worker, Jen. The awkwardness of the two main characters and the lengths they go to in order to include Jen in their personal lives is cringe worthy and just adds to the overall foreboding feeling this book causes.

Such a great read- weird, but great. ☺

Someone wrote a review where they describe this book as David Lynch meets Franz Kafka for the Instagram age. Perfect description. I loved this book. I thought it was smart and funny. This book is about a toxic couple who are obsessed with an instagram influencer. This book starts off as innocently weird and then takes a surreal Cronenberg turn. I can‘t wait to read more from this author!!

Remy & Alicia ,roommates & lovers are both incredibly obsessed w/ Jen, a former co-worker of Remy‘s w/ a carefully crafted Instagram feed.Amazingly, they run into Jen IRL & are surprised when she asked them both to go surfing in the Hamptons.Seems like a fantasy come true ?Very funny writing & sharp social commentary peppered through this novel made me laugh, but then, there‘s a monster & weird roomie with a phone who‘s ring tone is baby crying🤔

hip girl lit takes a troma twist.

Never before has he touched her feet, and their size surprises him. The word that flits across his mind to describe them is adult.

3.5 stars

Gawd, yes.

"Jen‘s sounds of pleasure have a distinct beginning, middle, and end, like bus brakes, or a taffy machine on a rusty spindle."

"Her swimsuit, with its dryer-rippled elastic and faded color, looks like it starved to death in her underwear drawer."

"He feels as if a dye pack has exploded in his chest."

"Her hands are too large and taper weirdly at the fingertips, as if she were wearing another pair of hands as gloves."

"Jake is their perfectly nice roommate. They despise him passionately. His ringtone is the sound of a baby crying."

I managed a fourth book, just under the wire, for the #SuperSeptember readathon that ends today. The tagged book was a weird one...I‘m not sure if I “got” it? I loved the first 2/3 which are awkward and creepy. Remy and Alicia are a little too obsessed with a former coworker, Jen, and her instagram page. They are most comfortable when pretending to be someone they aren‘t...but then who are they really? But the last third was too out there for me.

Trust me when I tell you that you will not see the twists coming in this novel! It starts out as the story of Remy and Alicia, a couple who is obsessed with the social media posts of Jen, a woman who is a former co-worker of Remy‘s. A chance meeting leads to an awkward surfing trip with Jen and her friends. From there things get darker and stranger until we are in a straight up horror story. There is plenty of dark humor as well. A fun read!

I liked how toxic it was, to be obsessed with a single person or idea so much that who you are and who you have in your life doesn‘t matter. Until of course it is all gone. When you lose everything, or just the one thing that makes sense then the world tilts and you‘d do anything to right it again.

Also….a serial killer monster and an obsession with a girl who doesn‘t seem to shower much and has adult braces? Sweet. 😂😀