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Sacrificial Animals
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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Inspired by Kailee Pedersen's own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up on a farm in Nebraska, this rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut explores an ancient Chinese mythology. The last thing Nick Morrow expected to receive was an invitation from his father to return home. When he left rural Nebraska behind, he believed he was leaving everything there, including his abusive father, Carlyle, and the farm that loomed so large in memory, forever. But neither Nick nor his brother Joshua, disowned for marrying Emilia, a woman of Asian descent, can ignore such summons from their father, who hopes for a deathbed reconciliation. Predictably, Joshua and Carlyle quickly warm to each other while Nick and Emilia are left to their own devices. Nick puts the time to good use and his flirtation with Emilia quickly blooms into romance. Though not long after the affair turns intimate, Nick begins to suspect that Emilia's interest in him may have sinister, and possibly even ancient, motivations. Punctuated by scenes from Nick's adolescent years, when memories of a queer awakening and a shadowy presence stalking the farm altered the trajectory of his life forever, Sacrificial Animals explores the violent legacy of inherited trauma and the total collapse of a family in its wake.
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Read_By_Red
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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I was intrigued by the premise, but it moved a little too slow. I also feel like there needed to be more of a focus on Emilia. The narrative jumps between timelines, taking the reader on a journey both within the present and to the past. The audiobook for Sacrificial Animals was well done, however I really began to enjoy the audiobook more at ¾ of the way through the novel because that is when things really started to pick up.

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OriginalCyn620 Well, that‘s a creepy cover! 🖤 3mo
PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 3mo
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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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Here‘s my progress on my first Netgalley tracker and I have more trackers that I will be posting with my updated progress.

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BoleyBooks
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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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I just saw that StoryGraph came out with a reading calendar feature. I‘m not done reading this month. I just wanted to show off the new feature. This is really cool. This would be really cool for end of the month reading wrap ups and it shows your DNFs.

IndoorDame Thanks! I‘ve always wanted to see one of my reading calendars! 4mo
ShananigansReads *runs to TheStoryGraph app to check it out* 4mo
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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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Here‘s my review for a book I just DNF‘d.

On Sale: 8/20/24

#netgalleyarc

TheSpineView #HailTheBail Sometimes bailing is the only option 4mo
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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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1. My mom and I host Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house. I help my mom when she needs help. I can deal with hosting the holidays because I‘m not doing it by myself.

2. Tagged! It‘s a Netgalley ARC that I‘m reading next. I‘m focusing on priority reads this month.

#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 5mo
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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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I added the Netgalley ARCs I have to read on to these trackers. They say 2024 on them but I‘ll continue using them in 2025 in case I get accepted for more ARCs. I wanted to do this so I don‘t feel overwhelmed by my ARCs. I‘m tired because I had to get up early today. I had to let in a contractor to fix our AC because it was leaking really bad. I took a nap for the rest of the day after the guy left but it didn‘t help me and I feel like crap.

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kelli7990
Sacrificial Animals | Kailee Pedersen
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I was approved for the audiobook of this book.

dabbe #yahooyou! You're on a roll! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
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BoleyBooks
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