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Currently reading. Bird Box vibes for sure. I picked it up from the cover alone, about 100 pages in. Not sure where it's going exactly.

I loved this book growing up, and it definitely encouraged my ongoing love affair with alleys 😂 I hadn't read this one in several years, and it was super fun to revisit. Cleery buys a box of magic at a flea market, and accidentally magics a stuffed crow into being alive - and able to talk - but not able to fly. With an enchantment of being able to find something magical in every new alley she visits that summer, she and her best friend set off ⬇

4/5 ?????

"If there was such a thing as a Career Fairy, she wasn't sprinkling any of her magic over Lydia."

#fantasy #mystery #crow

Fun book day!!

2 found books on the shelves of my fave local used/new bookstore 🤩

Rec‘d package from @Graciouswarriorprincess 😯 But no #? Maybe #jolabokaflodswap ? Can‘t wait, either way - thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼

And rec‘d #coffeebeanbookclub #cbbc for Dec & Jan!! Thank you @Callemarie for the adorable mugs & cocoas!! Perfect for me & hugs to share ☺️. And I love chocolate hazelnut wafers and Lindt truffles 😍🥰 Merry Christmas to you!! ♥️🎄♥️

One of my most obscure old favorites, because it never made it into paperback. (The library journal reviews weren't great, which makes me long for magic so I could go back in time and smack some heads.) It includes a series of many different kinds of magical adventures -- mermaids, pixies, witches -- but the chapter featuring a lonely ghost girl is truly... haunting.

Small haul for Independant Bookstore Day, but I got to chat with one of the owners (who I hadn't seen in awhile) and the pen was on sale!

I chose this audiobook based on this creepy/gorgeous cover and I‘m so glad I did! This was a super quick scary listen which made my Saturday morning chores go by in a flash. The loneliness and terror of not being able to look anyone in the eyes lest you go murderously crazy really got under my skin, and I loved the sort of overarching question of whether you might go mad anyways, or whether we are all inherently that way to begin with. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

I love a good short book that surprises me. Here‘s this week‘s surprise! There‘s plenty of creepy body horror. There are points when you wonder ok why are you so INSANE?! Are you kidding me! In this dystopian story you cannot look into someone‘s eyes or it nay be the last sane thing you do. Body horror. It was a great palate cleanser between books, I can see myself listening to this again. Read by the author. Cover buy!

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Damon is being bullied as one of the few Indigenous teens at school, while his mother struggles to overcome addiction. Gritty realism with a touch of the unexplained or fantastical. The digital art by nonbinary cartoonist nicole marie burton isn‘t to my taste, but this is nevertheless a strong first volume in a graphic novel series about intergenerational trauma by Cree author Wanda John-Kehewin. #Indigenous #YA #comics #CanLit

This YA graphic novel portrays the gritty reality of living in poverty with a parent who is addicted to alcohol.