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The only "on theme" book I read during spooky season. But it was a good one! I knew I was going to like it because I liked Tender is the Flesh. Listening to the audio certainly enhanced the creep factor. Some parts were laugh out loud funny....though I'm not sure if they're supposed to be or not ? The story about the murderous cat was my favorite ??

October wrap-up 🎃 I finished 7 books this month.
🥇Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
🥈Two Can Play
🥉Make the Season Bright

Pain & trembling, killers & sieves. Ragged sketches of stories that survive on energy alone. Underdeveloped. Trans. 2023 by Sarah Moses.

91 “People are capable of anything to dissipate the monotony of their lives.”

103 “She had the eyes of a filthy, infertile, solitary cat.”

113 “A circle. This is what Adah wants to be. She‘s not interested in holding abstract ideas in her head. She wants to be a circle.”

This was an interesting book. Like any collection of short stories, some were really good, some were not, a couple were like 🧐🧐🧐. Overall I liked it, though it was very dark.

Weird little short stories by the author of #TenderIstheFlesh, the most gruesome and disgusting book I've ever read (and loved it). There were 4 or 5 good ones, the rest was a bit too abstract for my taste.

Despite the name, a solid collection of 20 short stories perfect for the first #scarathon post!

This also nails the first prompt for #scarathonphotochallenge - Black!

#teamBOOklovers

Weekend goals. It‘s a short story kind of weekend.

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A collection of short stories, both creepy and thought provoking. The writing is poetic and makes me want to savor the words. 3.5 stars because although the stories are good, nothing is great.

I will admit to not getting many of the stories in this dark collection from the author of Tender Is the Flesh. Some were short and powerful, but most didn‘t grab me like the novel. I‘d say a #BorrowNotBuy

I loved Tender is the Flesh and was thus curious about this collection. Some of the stories are fantastic (the second one in particular), but some just didn‘t hold my attention. I don‘t know if that‘s the format (audio) or the stories themselves, some of which are very short. A low pick for me.

This collection of short stories from the author of Tender is the Flesh is just as creepy and disconcerting as that novel. I really enjoyed how many of the stories were in second person but some of the stories did feel disturbing just for disturbing's sake.