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Natasha.C.Barnes
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In hour 4 I paused Oyeyemi and picked up Jackson, but these books are way too similar--I need to read just one at a time I think! 😁 #deweysreadathon #bookmatch #bookmates

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Geek Love | Katherine Dunn
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If you're looking for #creepykids, the carnival has got to be your first stop, right? It's a carnivals & kiddos #bookmatch! Only Geek Love is actually creepy (The Weight of Feathers is a really sweet YA love story I enjoyed) & it's the parents who are way creepier than the kids, though they pitch in too-esp Arturo. It's a great book but definitely gets a bit gross/horrifying. I have a fairly weak stomach & I did handle it, but reader beware.

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Natasha.C.Barnes
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Perhaps #underaspell really only applies to the tagged book, but it's The Master and Margarita that provides the link in this triple #bookmatch! What to do prefer? Dancing with the devil (or similarly styled magical personage?) or big black talking dogs? M&M and JS&MN are both big and often dense but have a huge payoff. Mr. Chartwell is a fine little book-enjoyable but not all that much to write home about, I just love the dog connection.

Natasha.C.Barnes #correction!! The Master and Margarita does NOT have a giant talking dog, it has a giant talking cat, whose name is Behemoth and is definitely the best part of the book. Please forgive my error!! 7y
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Lonesome Dove: A Novel | Larry McMurtry
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#lonedove people, I'm really really hoping you don't consider this too much of a spoiler!! ?
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I love me a good #bookmatch! Perhaps "backwoods" is a stretch, but I think this is a nice non-horror interpretation of #backwoodsbodycount - things can go wrong out there on the road! These sagas make great #bookmates and my favorite characters from both of them are animals: the turtle and the pigs! ? Read them-you'll see. Audio of LoneDove is ??

Lacythebookworm The pigs! 🐖 😍 7y
Mdargusch I ❤️the 🐷🐷🐷and I agree, the audiobook is great. 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @Mdargusch Im so glad someone doing #LoneDove is listening to the audio! I really love it and I think it adds to the experience. I listened 2 years ago while backpacking and it was the perfect tale for that--I was walking for every hour of that audiobook, and the pacing felt right in step. 😆 7y
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Wolf in White Van | John Darnielle
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It's #bookmatch time! They all have similar sensibilities, which is why I chose them for #exorciseyourdemons--whether those that come of family traumas or past mistakes. Wolf in White Van and Splitfoot have a connection via journeys and imagination, while Splitfoot and Universal Harvester are connected by family issues and confusion. I love the mood of these books, but sadly I felt only WIWV followed through as much as I'd hoped. #hallowreads

MinDea I have Wolf In the White Van, but have never read it. Do you recommend it? 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @MinDea I do! If the premise and a weird creepyish atmosphere are things you like I say go for it. I think Darnielle's writing is beautiful. It's a small sort of story and perhaps not the most amazing book in the world, but it feels like a good debut novel. I definitely liked it enough to recommend it. 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes @MinDea and if you like audiobooks, the author does a good job narrating it. 7y
Centique I loved WIWV. A completely different read for me but a great one. Never going to forget it! 😍 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @Centique Awesome! That's how I felt about it too. 7y
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The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#fablesandfolklore #bookmates! I was going to do this #bookmatch for the #quest prompt in last month's #fallingintobooks, but I didn't have a copy of The Hobbit on hand! 😱 My mom read The Hobbit to me when I was a kid and I loved it so much--I can distinctly remember my imagination of the cave where Bilbo found the ring. I didn't read The Neverending Story till I was an adult but I was still delighted by it. #uncannyoctober #bookmate

RealLifeReading Ooh what a lovely edition of Neverending Story! Who's the publisher? 7y
RealLifeReading Oh wait I see the penguin in the corner 7y
MorbidAi Love this photo! 😍😍😍 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @MorbidAi Thank you! I'm pretty fond of it too--I just went an stole props from my brothers' old rooms, so it came together quite quickly. You can always count on brothers for swords! 😂 7y
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Beloved | Toni Morrison
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Lots of #shhsecrets in these #bookmates... Ok, ok, I know, bear with me-these books work great together. Both deal with death/murder, keeping secrets, and the dynamics between people-but whereas one deals with the trauma of slavery and its repercussions, the other follows rich/white/"elite" assholes who think too highly of themselves. To me, this sets them up against each other in a fascinating dialogue. #awesomeautumnbooks #readingenvyreadalong

Natasha.C.Barnes The deaths in both these books fill me with a horror full of layered realizations that hit you in the pit of your stomach, but for very different reasons. Both deal with the question of "why"....the answer to that question tends to linger in the mind for a long time for both these books. #bookmate #bookmatch 7y
DrexEdit Gosh! Terrific review! Now I want to just re-read both of these books Right. Now. 👏👏👏 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @DrexEdit Aaaa thank you! ☺️ I've been matching a lot of books lately (with plenty saved to post in the future) but this one has to be my favorite. I'm obsessed with both of them. 7y
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ReadingEnvy Oh great pairing! 7y
batsy Very interesting! I haven't read Beloved yet and I know I should. 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @batsy It was on my "I know I should" list for so long--if I'd known how much I would love it I would have gotten to it sooner! I recommend the audiobook (read by the author!) bc the language is so much easier to understand--I picked up a copy in print and read a page and thought--"wow, this is kinda tough!" But the audio is so meditative and slow-burning in a good way. 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes To be specific, the difficulty with language is of the kind of stream-of-consciousnessy variety. It's not exactly that, but it can feel like it. Everything runs into everything else, you know? @batsy 7y
batsy @Natasha.C.Barnes I get what you mean! I don't do so well with audio books--my attention always wanders--but I'll check it out and see. Thank you! Maybe I can do a combo if I'm stalling with the print version. 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @batsy mm, yeah, I feel you, that happens to me sometimes too. If that happens regularly it probably will for this one, given how it's written. Just wanted to save you any extra effort! Well I hope I haven't built it up as this impossible mountain--just give it a no-pressure try. 😊 7y
batsy @Natasha.C.Barnes Not at all! I like having an idea of what the book is like and seeing if my reaction is the same, or different ☺️ It's always a pleasure. 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes
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Omigosh! You all must know by now how much I love #bookmates or #bookmatch or #bookpairings--AND I was just telling you about Arianna Rebolini, co-author of Public Relations and Editor of Buzzfeed Books! She just posted about this awesome article from the site, can't wait to dig into some of these books.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/anniespence/book-pairings-that-will-get-you-through-any...

diovival Fun! 7y
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Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The protagonists of today's #bookmates are definitely #guilty...💀💀💀💀💀 #fallintobooks #bookmatch

RealLifeReading Pretty photo! 7y
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Natasha.C.Barnes
Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy
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As I said before, I've become obsessed with pairing books together, whether similar or contrasting. Perhaps this #bookmatch is a little on the nose? 😂 But Anna and Emma make such good bedfellows.

{Thanks for your help with hashtags!}

Natasha.C.Barnes Oh shoot, I wrote #bookmatch when I meant to write #bookmate! Maybe that works too! 7y
MeganAnn Ooo these two are both on my TBR! I think #bookmatch works also 😉 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes @MeganAnn I read them both ages ago, and liked them both, but I'm pretty sure I preferred Anna Karenina. Maybe bc I read that for pleasure and Madame Bovary for school while stressed out of my mind? 😆 Possibly. I did read an article the other day, thought that Tolstoy wrote his novel in a response of sort to Flaubert's-not sure of the validity of that claim but they sure have similar plots! 7y
MeganAnn @Natasha.C.Barnes how interesting! Perhaps I'll have to read Madame Bovary first to compare. 7y
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