We each open a gift on Little Christmas Eve (today), tradition husband brought from Norway. This book is from my husband. One of only 1250 copies from first American edition in 1978, signed by the author and the artist. Husband just rocks!!
pickI read this for Cult Classics book club, and honestly I might not have finished it otherwise. Set in a Swedish suburb in the 1980s, the story follows Oskar, a relentlessly bullied 12-year-old, and Eli, his mysterious new neighbor who also happens to be a vampire. Vampires I can handle, but Eli's human companion is a pedophile and everything involving that man was stomach-churning, as was Eli's origin story. Apart from that, it was very good.
pickTheir whole family are insomniacs who have to wear a LOT of sunscreen when they go out. Their father goes into anaphylactic shock when a neighbour includes garlic in a Thai salad but Rowan and Clara Radley only find out the truth when Clara is attacked on her way home from a party.
I was expecting this story of ethical vampires trying to pass as human to be funnier than it was, but it was still very enjoyable.
pick5✨ This story was so cute. I loved their back and forth letters, and the diary sections. 🤣Such a sweet story. Now I‘m hoping there is or will be a werewolf sequel. 🥰
so-soThis was a cute read and I'm here for an awkward leading man.
The ending does feel weirdly rushed but so did the romance between Frederick and Cassie as it was odd but I overlooked it to see the potential of their friendship first but I really did love that I got "old vamp meets modern day challenges" vibe.
pickEvery year I add the newest Stephen Graham Jones novel to my TBR; every year I fail to read any of his work. This year I'm quite vexed with myself for failing, because the brilliance of his work is exactly what I didn't know I needed.
This was not an easy book to listen to. Jones's characters come alive on the pages in a horrifically real way, that makes you care and hate them with equal measure.
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