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#ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps
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AMVP
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#catchingup on #septembowie #day29 - #scarymonstersandsupercreeps

This would make for a good October revisit, and I definitely recommend it to those who haven't gotten around to it.

Marchpane So good 👍I have vol 2 on preorder 😁 7y
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GypsyKat
Halloween Tree | Ray Bradbury
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This is on my TBR list for October. The cover definitely has some #ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps 💀 #Septembowie @Cinfhen @Marchpane

ChicaReads It looks good . 7y
Marchpane Ray Bradbury and halloween? 🖤🎃🖤🎃🖤🎃🖤 (edited) 7y
CaliforniaCay I read this last halloween. Pretty good, but I was surprised it wasn't considered a children's book 🤔 7y
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readinginthedark What a great cover! 7y
WarpedSweetness I read this book! It was actually pretty good. @CaliforniaCay I thought it was a children's book. 7y
GypsyKat @ChicaCoyLuvsBooks @Marchpane @readinginthedark I'm looking forward to reading it! 🎃 7y
GypsyKat @CaliforniaCay @WarpedSweetness Goodreads classifies it as young adult. 7y
ferskner That cover is what I wish my world looked like 100% of the time. 😍 7y
CaliforniaCay @WarpedSweetness and @GypsyKat it definitely makes more sense to be classified as a kids book, but at the Barnes and Noble I work at it's shelved under Sci-fi. I should change it and shelve it in the kids section 🤗 7y
Soubhiville That is a great cover! 7y
Jess_Read_This I just finished it and I highly recommend! ❤️🎃❤️ 7y
Andrea4 Just finished this and loved it! But actually wouldn't consider it for kids...but I don't have any to gauge what they understand at what age...anyway it's great 🎃👻🎃 7y
Cinfhen Ooooh! Looks perfect for #Scaretober 7y
kyraleseberg I love this book! I'm making it an October tradition to re-read! 7y
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DebinHawaii
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#septembowie #icantread #scarymonstersandsupercreeps😱 I can't read (very much) this week because I've been under a big project deadline & when I stop working I'm tired & fall asleep.😴I've been able to listen to this audio & Jim Jones was a scary monster & super creep. I still have about 4 hours left but I think I'm taking the weekend off from this book-knowing what's about to happen. Hoping to catch myself back up on life & Litsy this weekend.📚

kricheal I need to read this! 7y
britt_brooke This is in my TBR! 7y
KVanRead Read about him in David Talbot‘s book on San Francisco and was shocked by how many well known supporters he initially had, including Reagan and Harvey Milk! 7y
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DebinHawaii @kricheal @britt_brooke It's a bit of a slow start with lots & lots of detail but it's kept my interest--especially the second half. 📚👍 7y
DebinHawaii @KVanRead Yes they are mentioned in the book along with Jane Fonda & her husband at the time Tom Hayden, Jerry Brown, Rosalynn Carter, Walter Mondale... Crazy. I'll check out that book--thanks! 👍📚 7y
Texreader I'm so with you; I've read maybe a total of 20 minutes this week thanks to being overwhelmed at work. Sure hope you can get through it soon so you and Max can get back to reading!! 7y
Cinfhen Great choice!!! Sorry about #workpressure love that you still manage to post the most awesome collages and gorgeous photos 💕💕🙌🏻 7y
DebinHawaii @Texreader Same to you! 💜💜💜 7y
DebinHawaii @Cinfhen Aww thank you! 💜💜💜I try. It's just been a few tiring & mentally draining weeks so I keep falling asleep when I try to read. Hoping to catch up this weekend & although I'm facilitating classes--hope next week is better. 📚😬 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
Perdido Street Station | China Miville
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For #ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps I'm going with the two most terrifying creatures from fiction that I can think of.

2: The Slake Moths - Slake Moths mesmerize you with their wings then eat your consciousness, but their wings don't work when reflected so the city of New Crobuzon has a team of hunters with their heads literally turned around backwards who see where they're going with mirrors. #NightmareFuel #SeptemBowie

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Art by TD-Vice on DeviantArt 7y
AlaMich Slake moths...*shudder* 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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For #ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps I'm going with the two most terrifying creatures from fiction that I can think of.

1: The Alzabo - Not only are they freaky to look at, but after they consume a human they gain some of their memories and THE ABILITY TO REPLICATE THEIR VOICES! Adding to the horror is that some people hunt them then eat human brains in alzabo gland soup to experience dead people's memories. #NightmareFuel #SeptemBowie

batsy To eat or not to eat alzabo gland soup... 7y
Centique Oh my god that‘s scary and also kind of awesome 😳😃 7y
vivastory My current read, book 2 of Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy, features a similar creature, except when it consumes someone it excretes the skeleton of the body it is currently inhabiting 😬 6y
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DivineDiana
Zombie | Joyce Carol Oates
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I am a fan of Joyce Carol Oates, but this book was beyond anything that I could stomach. Based on the real serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, It is the only book I DNF. When I saw today's prompt for #septembowie, I decided to use it for both yesterday's and today's prompt. #icantread #scarymonstersandsupercreeps

Scurvygirl This book is insane. She actually has a few books that are quite disturbing, which is what drew me to her as an author. 😬You definitely have to be careful what you read by her, sometimes you might be in for a surprise. 7y
DivineDiana @Scurvygirl Thank you for the warning! I read (edited) 7y
DivineDiana It was powerful! Also read a mystery about the Pine Barrens that she wrote under a pseudonym. 7y
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Owlizabeth Yeah, this is the only JCO that I‘ve bailed on. 7y
DivineDiana @Owlizabeth Glad to know I am not alone. 🙁 7y
Cinfhen I was going to attempt this for #spookyRead but now I'm definitely passing... 7y
DivineDiana @Cinfhen There are lots of spooky reads out there! I wouldn't call this spooky, more like disgusting. 😬 7y
Cinfhen Yikes 😱I can't do gruesome, brutal 7y
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Centique
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#septembowie #scarymonstersandsupercreeps

The very first image that scared the hell out of me as a tiny kid was from the video for Another Brick in the Wall. It‘s still a powerful image almost 40 years later.

More recent super creeps from books my children voted for are Voldemort and Miss Trunchbull. They stayed on task - I went off on a tangent with music videos. Oh well Bowie would understand 😂

Balibee146 great choice....I remember being fascinated but freaked out by it too! 7y
Marchpane The Thriller video gave me nightmares 😱 7y
Centique @Balibee146 it scarred us! 😂 7y
Centique @Marchpane OMG yes! His eyes at the end 😱 7y
Cinfhen Same @Balibee146 still love this song and I love your kids bookish suggestions @Centique 😍 7y
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batsy
The Secret History | Donna Tartt
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Finished this earlier for the #readingenvyreadalong but forgot to review. It's a reread for me & I still find it fascinating. There's something unnerving about how these people could easily become #scarymonstersandsupercreeps. Dionysian energy or fate? That's the dark heart of the book. There's no psychologising about why they turned out this way & how they could do what they did. In essence, very much like a Greek tragedy. So good. #SeptemBowie

Redwritinghood I read it about 20 years ago and still it's one of my favorites. 7y
Cathythoughts It is like a Greek tragedy. Well said 💫. 7y
Leftcoastzen I agree , I'm glad I finally read it. 7y
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AceOnRoam I just finished it too. So good !! 7y
Centique Great review and I love the photo! 😍 7y
ReadingEnvy 💃 7y
Marchpane Beautiful photo! 7y
batsy @Redwritinghood Some books lose their initial pull and I was worried this one would but I'm glad I was wrong ☺️ 7y
batsy @AceOnRoam 👍☺️ 7y
batsy @ReadingEnvy Thank you for organising the group read! 💐 7y
Laalaleighh I love love love this book and never considered the Dionysian energy vs fate angle and now I feel like a moron and you are brilliant✨ 7y
batsy @Laalaleighh You are absolutely not! I wrote this last night then lay in bed wondering if I was a dolt because maybe it's the same thing in the end 😁 7y
Laalaleighh No I think this is a fascinating concept and I seriously can‘t believe I never stopped to consider it! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I am going to have to start this one soon!! 7y
batsy @ValerieAndBooks I look forward to your thoughts! This has its lovers and its haters 😁 7y
readinginthedark Sold! I feel like I keep hearing about this one but still know nothing about it. 😂 7y
britt_brooke Love your photo! 7y
batsy @britt_brooke Thank you! @readinginthedark That's great, I think, it helps to be utterly surprised in the way the plot unfolds 😀 7y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
You | Caroline Kepnes
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I think Joe definitely qualifies as a super creep!!!

#scarymonstersandsupercreeps

#septembowie

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JoeStalksBeck Lol oh I adore Joe! Have you listened to the audiobook? It's fantastic! It will make you love Joe 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JoeStalksBeck no 😮🙊🙈, but I adore you!!! 7y
Cinfhen Yes! And I still #crush on him 😬#totallytwisted 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Cinfhen Bahaha!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🙊🙊 7y
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Lizpixie
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#SeptemBowie #day29 #ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps The Myrdraal & Trollocs from The Wheel Of Time series always freaked me out. Myrdraal, also called Lurks or Halfmen are eyeless, pale "men" in black cloaks who move like the wind on black horses, have mad sword skills & can smell magic. Trollocs are half men half animals, blended in the dark caves under Shaitans mountain by the Forsaken, Aes Sedai who have betrayed their vows to serve The Dark One.

GypsyKat I'm honestly a bit ashamed that I've never read this series. 7y
TrishB @GypsyKat me neither 😱 7y
GypsyKat @TrishB It's been on my TBR list for ages! I need to read it at some point. 7y
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TrishB @GypsyKat me too! 7y
Siannalyn The Myrdraal creeps me out, too! 7y
Marchpane This picture is scary! 😱 7y
Laalaleighh I didn‘t know you liked this series! I name all my characters in games Avi after aviendha. I still think the magic system in this series is one of the best I‘ve ever read. 7y
Lizpixie @GypsyKat @TrishB I hereby order you to go out and buy this series at once! Seriously, even though the ending was not ideal it is still the best fantasy series I have ever read. And I've read a lot! You'd probably pick them up in 2ndHand bookstores for a bargain. 7y
Lizpixie @Siannalyn that image of Rand, with his father delirious on the makeshift sled, hiding in the wood while the Myrdraal stalks them on the Quarry road, is what sold me in the series. The way Jordan wrote, you could feel his terror, sweaty palms and desperation. Amazing writing. @Marchpane read the series, they're terrifying.😱 (edited) 7y
Lizpixie @Laalaleighh I started to read them over 20yrs ago, waiting breathlessly for the next book. I used to say to the lady at my bookstore "he's gonna cark it before he finishes this series the rate he's going!" Apparently I'm psychic? I've read a lot of fantasy in 40yrs of reading & hands down, this is the series I've reread the most. Jordan's writing was so full & rich, he put so much emotion and care into his books, that's why the ending kills me 7y
TrishB I hereby obey 😂 I have put the list on my phone and will try and hunt down via charity shops etc or just put on my Christmas book list! 7y
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