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My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/dlJ2ErURQWQ

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Having now read several selections from the tagged book this morning, I would say my favorites were Jeff Strand's “Rotten Eggs“ (about an elderly sibling who torments her younger siblings during an egg hunt), Killer Jelly Beans etc (a poem about Killer Jelly Beans. What's not to like?!) & It's Not All About Bunnies & Chocolate (a mother buys her daughter a popular toy for Easter. Child's Play/Gremlins vibes, not the best writing but a (CONT)

If, like me, you woke up today with a strong urge to read some religious horror or easter horror stores I have a recommendation! After a brief search I found the tagged book (available on KU) which includes a poem about killer jelly beans from outer space:
...An Easter not forgotten when
A threat appeared in place
Beware the Killer Jelly Beans
That hailed from outer space...

(Image taken from the interwebs)

I liked it. I didn‘t love it. There were some poems that were joys for me to read, but there were others where I didn‘t see the point in reading them. To me, the selection was uneven, but maybe that‘s because I have certain types of poems I enjoy reading, and some of these poems felt outside of my preferences. As it is, I‘m glad I checked it out from the library, as it was through this book that I discovered Elaine Equi. Recommended! ⭐️⭐️⭐️!!

Catching up with yesterday‘s page…… 😏

If there's no objections from the group, since all 3 books nominated for February interest everyone, Dhalgren will be the selection for February/March because it's a chunkster, Way Station will be April's selection (it's the shorter of the two remaining books and a breather after the chunkster), and Snow Crash will be the selection for May.
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Here are the choices for February's #ClassicLSFBC reading selection. All three are good choices, but my vote is for the chunkster, Dhalgren.
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I hope that everyone is enjoying January's #ClassicLSFBC selection, The Dispossessed. It's getting to be mid-month, so it's time to be considering February's selection. Nominations are now open. My choice is kind of a chunkster, so if it wins, we might have it be February and March's selection. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany. I read it when I was 15-16, and I know a lot of it went over my head. I'd like to read it again to gain a new prespective.

This is the 4th anthology that I have read this year edited by Ellen Datlow & it is by far the least impressive. The most memorable stories were by authors that I am familiar with (esp. those by Gemma Files, SG, Jones & David Morrell). Yet, there were some other gems like “The Thousand Cuts,“ by Ian Watson where people realize that some unknown entity is editing reality; or Steve Nagy's “The Hanged Man of Oz“ where the narrator (cont)