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TieDyeDude
Dear Mothman | Robin Gow
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#blameitonlitsy @Soubhiville

An emotional examination of grief and queer identity. Excellent narration!

Soubhiville I liked the narration too. Glad to have influenced you 😊 1mo
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khooliha
Love and Other Conspiracies | Mallory Marlowe

Listen, not every book needs to be as big a pervert as I am, but this sex scene (which avoided both directly referring to, or even alluding to, genitals) was real... weird.

willaful I started reading romance in the era of throbbing manhoods so I actually appreciated authors who did that. 😂 1mo
khooliha @willaful yeah, some classic historical florid prose wouldn't fit the book, though it would have been very funny 1mo
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Soubhiville
Dear Mothman | Robin Gow
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For my Topics bookclub we are reading “Cryptids” in September, and this was available on audio from my library. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

Noah is 12 and trans and in deep grief over loss of his best friend Lewis. Lewis loved the legend of Mothman, so Noah starts writing to the Cryptids and leaving the letter notebook outdoors overnight. Someone seems to be reading the letters, but who?

Noah navigates school, new friends, bullies.

Soubhiville Noah is also neurodivergent and this is a novel in verse. See @Robotswithpersonality ‘s post for much more info, and pictures of the physical book which looks gorgeous! 🙂 1mo
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monalyisha
Love and Other Conspiracies | Mallory Marlowe
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Mehso-so

A fun premise with an average execution. I appreciate the sensitive topics that the story puts “out there” (emotional abuse, gaslighting, the loneliness the comes with being a caretaker — especially at a young age when caring for an ill or dying parent). The writing, however, is repetitive and lacks subtlety & finesse, e.g. “He pulls me into a kiss. It‘s slow and long-awaited…and tastes of tongue.” WHAT. No, thank you.👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: And did you know that blue hair = quirky? How many times would you like to be reminded? Think of an appropriate amount…and then double it. I am unlikely to go hunting for another of Marlowe‘s books but I‘m glad she tried something thematically different. 1mo
ChaoticMissAdventures This is too bad! She has a new one coming out centered on UFO hunting or something, it sounded fun but we I don't want to think about the taste of someone's tongue 😂 1mo
monalyisha @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes! There was an excerpt at the end of this book, which I read because I‘m nothing if not a completionist. 😅 1mo
AlaMich Hate repetition! I‘ve been reading Mistborn and Brandon Sanderson loooves to make his characters FROWN. Pick another verb!! (edited) 1mo
monalyisha @AlaMich Me too. It‘s a definite pet peeve — and one that I have reason to complain about all too often! 1mo
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Zephsomething
Aftermarket Afterlife | Seanan McGuire
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I love this book ever so much and not just because Mary‘s decades long care for this family feels terribly wonderfully familiar (but suffice to say if I was a ghost we would not have dissimilar positions). This was a lovely, sorrowful, fantastic continuation of a series I‘m truly enamoured with. I doubt I will ever get tired of finding out what the Price family gets up to next.

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Sharpeipup
Love and Other Conspiracies | Mallory Marlowe
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My favorite kind of Sunday - cuppa and a couple of chapters.

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Yenya1954
A Death in Door County | Annelise Ryan
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If you like reading about the search for mythical creatures, you probably will enjoy this book. The search is on for a creature in Lake Michigan. The mystery was fun. I liked the characters, especially Morgan and her dog Newt. I gave it 4/5.

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Abe
Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May Or May Not Exist | Rick Spears, Kelly Milner Halls, Roxyanne Young
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Great children‘s read about cryptozoology! The last section tells about various cryptozoology creatures from around the world!

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Ahw06
Love and Other Conspiracies | Mallory Marlowe
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This book was so adorable! It had the perfect amount of conflict, heat and slow-burn romance. I really enjoyed the banter between Hallie and Hayden.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 10mo
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