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AudiobookingWithLeah
Horror Movie | Paul Tremblay
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Panpan

1.5⭐

• horror • cursed film • mixed media • past & present timelines • multiple POVs •

•This is one of those books that either works for you or doesn‘t. It‘s obvious where I fall on this spectrum. I was completely adrift; for me, the writing was too disjointed, the narration too oddly done, and overall, it felt like there wasn‘t really a story here. Was it scary? I have no f-ing clue.

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AudiobookingWithLeah
Havoc | Christopher Bollen
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Pickpick

3.5⭐Light Pick
•An engagingly diabolical story where you‘re left trying to figure out who was the unreliable one. Unfortunately, I did have a few issues. 1. I‘m pretty sure the covid stuff was a turn-off for me. I lived through it, don‘t want to read about it. 2. The MC's meddling ways were overly annoying, & 3, I saw the end coming, although I didn't see that extreme, because wow, it was unhinged.
•Maggi Meg-Reed brought her A-game with this one.

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dabbe
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#two4tuesday @TheSpineView (thanks for the tag! 😍)

1. Nope. But I submitted at 11: 15 PM last night. 🤣
2. perplexing

Play? @PageShifter @BarkingMadRead @Librarybelle

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dabbe
Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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CogsOfEncouragement
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I enjoyed reading the revised series when I was in elementary school. I did not come even close to reading them all, but enough to have a genuine love for Nancy and her friends. Reading these with the #NancyDrewBR is really fun, but if you just want to read the “good” mysteries skip this one. It was choppy, and needed some more editing imo.
My favorite line from this caper -
George: Bess, you‘re the heroine of the occasion!

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Sace
The Sellout: A Novel | Paul Beatty
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Next up on audio.

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TheSpineView
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book but it was hard to get invested in. I tried reading the physical book and couldn't. I ended up with the audiobook and liked it better. 3.5 🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader

monalyisha I‘ll have to remember this! I‘m reading it with my book club this summer. 1h
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Robotswithpersonality
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Pickpick

A remarkable novel that does not need any connection to the Discworld series to make it so. It seems clear that Pratchett set out to have a clear-eyed discussion about religion, with a minor detour into classical philosophy, and on those points alone it's an incredible book. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I'm glad it's been long enough since my original read for me to forget the ending because it got to me probably as much as it did the first time.
I can only approach this book from my own perspective as an atheistic reader, but it might have other things to offer those with a spiritual tradition.
Unsurprisingly, this book works because of some Pratchett gold standards: excellent character work
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? (the evolutions of Om and Brutha are marvelous), deadly serious yet often wryly worded tackling of darker subject matter, which doesn't mean there can't be puns and disgruntled penguin goddess avatars, and a few moments spared to remember the importance of libraries, and just how stupid war is. 2h
Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I could go into more detail about how well Pratchett lays out the arguments around organized religion, the nature and value of faith, but I don't think there's a substitute for reading the book, even if there may be moments where you wish things would go faster (hint: that's probably when you should slow down and think about it more).
Don't take my word for it, go read it!
⚠️torture, mention of slavery
2h
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TheBookgeekFrau
The Double Bind | Chris Bohjalian
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charl08
Greta and Valdin | Rebecca Reilly
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Everything was going well with the dinner. No one brought up colonisation or euthanasia or the Springbok Tour.

ChaoticMissAdventures I hate to say it, I love the All Blacks but the Springboks are my team... I am American and really shouldn't have anything to do with Rugby, but I have gotten 4 friends VERY into it!
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