pickIts a dystopian novel, for that note it does a good job of painting a bleak alternative society. It‘s descriptive of certain scenes which definitely impacted me. A non filtered book, with an ending that accompanies the bleakness of the setting itself.
pickThis is solid if you like adventure stories with themes of religion, redemption, and some other words I won‘t articulate. I knew nothing about this book before I started reading it and it hit the mark.
so-soFeast while you can is a fast paced, easy read. I love a story about small town curses & the inescapability of your own bloodline, but I think this story reveals it's hands too soon. If you're looking for horror, something scary to take you on twists and turns, something with a slow build up to grip you this won't do. But if you're looking for a raunchy queer monster of the week, then this will fill your appetite. Sadly, I walked away still hungry
“If our faith is strong, we‘ll go to heaven, and we‘ll understand the whole thing when we get there. As if life were a joke, and heaven the place where the cosmic punchline is finally explained to us.”
― Stephen King, Revival
pickWhat a book! I haven‘t read Anne Rice in a very long time. Her descriptions of the cities and towns her story takes place in are in point. Such a poet! And who doesn‘t love a good ghost story? This book was published in 1997, what have I been waiting for? Anna is the reason that I had to visit New Orleans and walk thru the Garden District. I saw one of her homes. Now I feel I have to see Rio. Her stories pull me to the locations she writes about.
pickIt‘s amazing to me that a book the contains a few scenes of brutal body horror (even I cringed, and I can handle a lot) is overall rather lighthearted and funny. I really enjoyed this one and wasn‘t necessarily expecting to going in. #TOBlonglist
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Okay… this was super creepy. The author describes it as his “midnight campfire tale”, which feels so apt - you‘re settling in for a slow-burning, spine-tingling story that lingers like smoke. It had a palpable atmosphere, fantastic characters who I really cared about, and a great sense of time and place. I wish some things with the ending had been different, but it fit with the narrative. #Aardvark #AardvarkBookClub
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ITU - fan of his podcast and equally this....Team Believer or Team Skeptic....I'm Team Inbetween
IIB - fan of the Holly Novella but not the rest
MMUTM - Readable Xmas RomCom.
KITS - 2nd in the series. Just OK
