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1. Monday my #botm and #aardvark boxes showed up including tagged.
2. Short reviews here otherwise just rating on GR.
Thanks @Kshakal @Eggs #wondrouswednesday

I hope that she somewhere she knows that I will take care of her family, that I will never take them for granted.
Because they‘re mine now too.
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Tagged 🌳🔪🩸: loved the convoluted everything here🪼🪼🪼🪼🪼

Xmas Pty 🎄💃🏽🪩: disappointing 🪼🪼🪼

Desert Places 🏜️, even more so🪼🪼(+ major TWs)

Reading Crescent City (🎧) and 🧜🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️🎤🎶

Bottom left = #BOTM #BookoftheMonth. Excited for the North, but a little lackluster otherwise

Top left, coming in with the WIN is #aardvarkbookclub #aardvark. I just always 👏🏼 fill 👏🏼 that 👏🏼 box 👏🏼
🦦🐗🦫 (dreaming of an aardvark emoji)

So I looked at the solutions to the clues on Reddit (generally someone has them there by the third ones) and was on the fence about Original Daughter. Of course I got it! 😂😂 Four from #botm plus three from #aardvark plus whatever I buy at Parnassus today. (I already have three staff picks I like.) 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️😂 I‘ve lost my mind in the best possible way!!!!

There are many things I like about this book including the questions about human nature, religion, and monstrosity that it addresses. At first I was annoyed by the fact that Ruth bases her whole idea of a wonderful romance on Twilight, but her world has been severely limited and it was a miracle she found that. The ending was derivative, but it fits the characters. #audiowalk. I started To Say Nothing of the Dog as my next walking book.

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A gruesome ghost story with something very real to say. Gripping from the first chapter, the horror aspects sincerely scared me at times, but the sharp social commentary, infusion of Chinese culture, and layers of emotion are what made it the most impactful. #Aardvark #AardvarkBookClub

I only have three hours left, and I‘m still not positive who is responsible for some deaths yet. It‘s starting to get warmer again, but I‘m still okay in the low 80s with a breeze. #audiowalk

I do not think this burgeoning subgenre is for me: too much cross over with "literary horror", too slow a burn. A single nightmare is the first 60 pages of a horror novel (while the rest is a basically straightforward family drama) just... isn't enough for me.

Well that‘s a proposal to melt a woman‘s heart: “You were always a good girl growing up and didn‘t become a slut. Marry me.” I‘d accept that in a heartbeat. 🙄. I can‘t stand most of the people in this town. Ruth and Everett keep making some pretty questionable choices. It started raining while I was walking; luckily, I‘d brought my rain jacket. #audiowalk